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John Ferguson is the Chief Human Resources Officer at NASCAR, the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States.

In this role, Ferguson oversees the development and execution of NASCAR’s human resource planning, aligning it with the overarching business plan and strategic direction of the organization. This includes cultivating a "people-first" company culture across more than 20 office and race-track locations throughout the U.S.

Ferguson serves on the Board of Directors for the SHRM Foundation, Alumni Board of Directors for Furman University, and the UNCF Orlando Leadership Council.

Ferguson holds Bachelor’s in Political Science from Furman University, Executive Certificate in Strategic Diversity & Inclusion Management from Georgetown University, and a Master’s in Business Administration from the Howard University School of Business.

Eric M. Dunleavy, Ph.D., is a Principal Consultant at DCI Consulting Group, where he is involved in equal employment opportunity audit and litigation consulting. He also serves on staff with the Center for Corporate Equality (CCE), which is a national nonprofit employer and research association based in Washington, DC, whose mission is to promote proactive affirmative action, equal employment regulatory compliance, and other human resource management strategies to create diverse organizations free from workplace bias. Eric's primary areas of expertise are in employee selection, employment testing, validation research, adverse impact analyses and other quantitative methods. His most recent work has focused on advanced quantitative analyses for assessing adverse impact and on selection procedure validation research in the context of OFCCP enforcement. Eric received his M.A. (2002) and Ph.D. (2004) in Industrial/Organizational Psychology with a concentration in data analysis from the University of Houston. He received an Honors B.A. (2000) in Psychology from St. Anselm College.

Savanna L. Shuntich, Esq. is an associate attorney with Fortney & Scott, LLC in Washington, D.C.  She advises businesses on employee policy matters, OFCCP compliance, and the use of artificial intelligence in hiring.  Prior to joining Fortney & Scott, Ms. Shuntich focused her practice on employment litigation and appeared before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.  She was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star in the field of Employment Litigation.  Ms. Shuntich received her bachelor’s degree from Davidson College and her law degree from the American University Washington College of Law.

Jocelyn Samuels is Vice Chair of the Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), appointed by President Biden in 2021 and confirmed for a second term ending in 2026. Prior to joining the Commission, she served as the Executive Director of the Williams Institute, the leading research center on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. During the Obama administration, she served as the Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and as the Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice where she supervised enforcement of civil rights laws through litigation, rulemaking, policy development, and public education across a range of civil rights issues and was an architect of numerous government policies applying federal law to remedy discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. She previously served as a Vice President of the National Women’s Law Center, Labor Counsel to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and a senior attorney at the EEOC in the Office of Legal Counsel. She received a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.A. from Middlebury College.

Paul is a Senior Litigation Counsel for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He litigates and tries civil and criminal cases charging federal antitrust law violations. Cases he has litigated implicate billions in commerce and a broad range of industries including health care, agricultural equipment, poultry, publishing, and household appliances.

During his time at the Antitrust Division, he was detailed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Virginia, where he served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. He prosecuted fraud, drug trafficking, and other federal crimes. He participated in jury trials, and briefed and argued appeals in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.

Paul began his DOJ career as an Antitrust Division Honors’ Attorney in 2003. Prior to joining DOJ, He served as a law clerk to the Honorable James T. Moody, judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. He received a J.D. magna cum laude from St. John’s University School of Law.

 

Attorney James P. (“Jim”) Reidy is a management-side labor and employment lawyer. He is a partner in the New England based law firm, Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA, where he is the Chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment group. His practice focuses on prevention, training and compliance but he also handles matters when claims arise.

He has more than 35 years of experience in the field and been a media resource on workplace law for media outlets including CNN, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Business Magazine, Bloomberg, NPR, The Associated Press, NPR Market Place, Buzz Feed, Law 360, Inc. Magazine, The HR Power Hour, HR Breakroom, SKI Magazine and HR Magazine as well as several local/regional publications.

In 2020 Jim was inducted as a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. 

Chambers USA and New England Super Lawyers have ranked Jim in the Top Tier of management-side employment lawyers for each year of the last 15 years. Best Lawyers USA named Jim the 2022 Lawyer of the Year for Labor and Employment Law (Manchester, NH) and the NH Business Review named him one of the top 200 most influential business leaders in New Hampshire.

Jim has been a presenter regularly at SHRM’s Legal and Legislative Conference in Washington, DC as well as SHRM’s annual conferences.

Tiffany Meehan (She/Her/Disabled) is the Vice President of Marketing at Inclusively, an innovative employment platform connecting disabled job seekers to inclusive employers. Tiffany was born with Spina bifida and is a wheelchair user, making Inclusively’s mission to create opportunities for disabled professionals in the corporate world incredibly personal and important. As a first-generation Latina and disabled marketing professional, she is proud to create inclusive branding, accessible content, and to collaborate with leaders within the disability community. 

Based in Northern Virginia, Tiffany graduated from The George Washington University and received a BA in English and Religion. She has previously worked on successful marketing campaigns with the Office of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, SiriusXM, Lisner Auditorium and is on the board of directors for non-profits Loudoun Cares and The Arc of Loudoun. In her spare time, she enjoys taking photos, going to concerts, traveling, and making home-cooked meals for family and friends.

 

Angela Kinsey is best known for her portrayal of the feisty head of accounting, Angela Martin, on all nine seasons of The Office. She won a Daytime Emmy for her portrayal of Angela Martin in the webisodes The Office: The Accountants. She can also be seen in the Netflix original movies Tall Girl and Tall Girl 2 and the Netflix series Haters Back Off!, as well as in a lead role in the critically acclaimed Hulu Originals The Hotwives of Orlando and The Hotwives of Vegas. Currently, she writes, produces, and cohosts the Office Ladies podcast with Jenna Fischer. Angela is a New York Times Bestselling author of ‘The Office BFFs,’ co-written by Jenna Fischer. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, three kids, two tiny dogs, two big cats, and many hummingbird feeders.

Alyssa Gundred is the Cofounder and CEO of 28Muses where she inspires and activates corporate teams with creative, hands-on workshops for team building, offsites, celebrations, and client engagements. Previously, Alyssa was a Creative Director and the Head of HR & Ops for Myriad360, where Alyssa grew the company to over 100 employees.

About 28Muses

28Muses cultivates creative power through wonder and play to strengthen culture, DE&I, innovation, and wellness for highly-performing teams.  We believe everyone is creative and have worked with creative teams from Adobe, Amazon, IDEO, Etsy, etc, as well as finance and back-office teams.  Our experiences are designed to meet people where they're at and use unique human expression to build authentic connection.