In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, organizations must navigate the intersection of innovation, policy, and practical implementation to stay ahead. This session explores key strategies for responsible AI adoption, addressing bias in workplace applications, and ensuring AI technologies are both accessible and beneficial across the workforce. Gain insights into balancing innovation with ethical considerations while leveraging AI to enhance communication and leadership within your organization.
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Tina Beaty
Chief Brand & Marketing Officer
SHRM
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Tina Beaty changes the way people think, feel and believe. Using an integrated communications strategy, based on research and audience insights, she deploys omni-channel campaigns to change behaviors in pursuit of better workplaces for a better world.
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Anna Tong
Technology Reporter
Reuters
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Anna Tong is a correspondent for Reuters based in San Francisco, where she reports on the technology industry. She joined Reuters in 2023 after working at the San Francisco Standard as a data editor. Tong previously worked at technology startups as a product manager and at Google where she worked in user insights and helped run a call center. Tong graduated from Harvard University.
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Paul J. Gennaro
Chief Communications Officer
New York Life
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Paul J. Gennaro is senior vice president and chief communications officer for New York Life, where he leads the Corporate Communications team for the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States and one of the largest life insurers in the world. New York Life, a Fortune 100 company with $63 billion in annual revenue, provides insurance and investment solutions to individuals and businesses – and operates one of the world’s largest global asset managers through New York Life Investments, with $808 billion in assets under management.
Prior to joining New York Life in Sept. 2023, Paul spent nine years as senior vice president, and chief brand and communications officer, for Voya Financial, a leading health, wealth and investment company with $790 billion in total assets under management and administration. Previously, he was senior vice president and chief communications officer for AECOM, a $20-billion global infrastructure firm with nearly 100,000 employees serving clients in more than 150 countries, since 2006. Paul’s corporate career also includes leadership roles for Johns Manville, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, where he led all global corporate and marketing communications; Ingersoll-Rand; Dell; and American Express. He began his career as a journalist and public affairs officer for the U.S. Navy.
Twenty-two of Paul’s 31-year corporate career has been in the top communications role. He has overseen multiple global rebrands as well as communications in support of more than 50 M&A-related transactions, an award-winning initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, multiple seamless CEO transitions and new business launches, and numerous business integrations.
Paul has been honored with PRWeek magazine’s PR Professional of the Year award; the John W. Hill Award, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) New York chapter’s most prestigious honor; and the International Business Award for Communications Executive of the Year.
He is a member of four prominent organizations for the most-senior global brand, corporate communications and public relations executives: the Institute for Public Relations (trustee), the Arthur W. Page Society, The Seminar, and The Wisemen. Paul was also a member of the Wall Street Journal Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Network.
Externally, Paul serves as treasurer on the board of directors for Disability:IN, a national nonprofit that advances disability inclusion in the workplace, supply chain and marketplace.
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Sean McCormack
Vice President of Communications
Chevron
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Sean McCormack is vice president for communications at Chevron Corporation, a position he has held since 2022. As Chevron’s lead communications official, McCormack directs and coordinates the company’s global communications.
McCormack was a Managing Director at TrailRunner International, a global communications consultancy, prior to joining Chevron. From 2009 to 2018, Sean served as Vice President, Communications at The Boeing Company first in the company’s Washington, DC office and then as the lead communications official for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. He was Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and State Department spokesman from 2005 to 2009 after having been confirmed by the United States Senate. From 2001 to 2005, McCormack served as spokesman for the National Security Council and Deputy White House Press Secretary. During this time, he also received a commission as a Special Assistant to the President.
Sean entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1995 and served in Ankara, Turkey and Algiers, Algeria, as well as in Washington, DC. He retired from the Foreign Service in 2009 before joining Boeing.
McCormack joined Chevron in 2022 in the position he currently holds. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from Colby College and a Master’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park.