Concurrent Session

Steve Garguilo is an instigator with a track record of large-scale, grassroots change inside big companies. As the Founder of Cultivate, he leads a team that empowers changemakers inside many different types of organizations. His team at Cultivate also pioneered an enterprise software platform that supports workplace communities.

He is the author of a #1 bestseller, Surge: Your Guide to Put Any Idea into Action.

Garguilo has also worked on social ventures globally. In 2014, he completed The Mongol Rally, a 10,000-mile adventure from London to Ulan Bator, Mongolia, fundraising for the African Prisons Project. He has visited each of the 48 contiguous United States and is a member of the “century club” having visited over 100 countries.

Ben Eubanks is a bestselling author, speaker, and researcher living in Huntsville, AL. He spends his days as the Chief Research Officer at Lighthouse Research & Advisory, developing groundbreaking research on workforce trends and examining the talent technologies and People practices that set great organizations apart from the rest. 

His latest book Talent Scarcity explores why companies are having difficulties finding quality talent and how they can solve it. His first book, Artificial Intelligence for HR, is the world’s most-cited resource for leveraging technology to create a more human experience at work. His new book The Payroll Promise (March 2025) examines how HR and payroll teams can create workplace trust and do more meaningful work at the same time. He also hosts HR Summer School, a virtual event focusing on improving human resources, one HR pro at a time. When he's not speaking or writing, he spends time with his five kids and runs in a variety of outlandish races for fun.

Keli Wilson is a Principal Consultant with DCI Consulting Group, Inc. (DCI). She leads the diversity and inclusion practice group with metrics driven services. Keli manages a team of associate principal and senior consultants who assist contractors with compliance needs, such as affirmative action plan development, pay equity analyses, strategic audit advice, and training support. She writes blogs and white papers, presents at local and national conferences, and will host a new DCI diversity podcast, The EEO Studio. Keli received an M.A. degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Xavier University and B.A. degree in Psychology from West Virginia University.

Joe Gerstandt brings greater clarity, action, and impact to organizational diversity and inclusion efforts.

Joe has worked with Fortune 100 corporations, small non-profits, and everything in between. He speaks at numerous conferences and summits, and blogs at joegerstandt.com. He is a featured contributor for the Workforce Diversity Network Expert Forum and his insights have been published in Diversity Executive, HR Executive, and numerous other print and on-line journals.

A strong advocate for resetting the diversity and inclusion conversation, Joe sees these issues as poorly understood and often misunderstood.

As the Director of Performance Management for Population Health, Christa Roberts focuses on advancing results and relationships with employers, health systems, health plans and other sponsors. Services are focused on health risk analysis and consultation to introduce advanced programs designed to manage results. Programs may include health navigation and engagement planning, coaching and care management, third party administration of claims or other financial incentives, community provider partnerships and/or on-site clinical services such as pharmacy, primary care and occupational health centers.

She makes an impact on clients by establishing performance management plans that center on population management and health risk. General management also focuses on advanced responsibilities including matrix management crossing multiple technologies, and services and use of consulting to offer clients advanced programs. Advanced programs require management of external partners which might include health system, physician practice, retail and/or other healthcare provider relationships.

Chuck Edward is currently the Head of Global Talent Acquisition for Microsoft. He has been with Microsoft since 2004 working in various leadership roles in HR. Chuck started as an HR Director in the Microsoft Business Division (MBD), supporting the Unified Communications and Office Live groups and then spent 4 years leading HR for Microsoft’s Customer Service and Support (CSS) Organization.

Prior to Microsoft, Chuck held Human Resources leadership roles at Cigna Behavioral Health, PepsiCo and 3M. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Arts with specialization in Human Resources Management from the University of Minnesota.

Chuck enjoys spending time with his wife, daughter and son. He is an avid fly fisherman and a lifelong Green Bay Packer fan.

Dawn is the General Manager of the HR Business Insights team at Microsoft. Her responsibilities include advanced people analytics & research for Microsoft’s business units globally, as well as analytics and reporting support for HR programs, including Global Diversity & Inclusion, Global HR Services, Talent Management, and Learning & Development. She is also responsible for reporting tools and technology for HR and employee data privacy. Dawn has been at Microsoft for 20 years and has held positions in HR and Finance. Prior to Microsoft, Dawn supported leading insurance companies as an Actuary.

Mickey Silberman Esq. is a Shareholder with the law firm of Fortney & Scott LLC and is Chair of the firm’s Affirmative Action & Pay Equity Practice Group. Mickey is a nationally recognized expert and public speaker on diversity and inclusion programs, initiatives and best practices. He helps national employers develop and execute on innovative D&I programs that “move the needle” and get real results. 

Scott is the Director of Product at Hireology, driving the product roadmap for upcoming Hireology features.

​In this role, he’s responsible for discovering, designing, and defining valuable products that delight our customers. Brinkman drives the strategic vision for product development focused on creating impactful user experiences for customers through his product and UX teams.

Scott was previously the Head of Product at Upsight, a mobile analytics and marketing platform that provides business intelligence to the largest enterprises in mobile. Before joining Upsight, Brinkman was an engineer developing sales analytics and CRM systems at Google to empower companies to better understand how behavior affects revenue production.

Scott is the Director of Product at Hireology, driving the product roadmap for upcoming Hireology features.

​In this role, he’s responsible for discovering, designing, and defining valuable products that delight our customers. Brinkman drives the strategic vision for product development focused on creating impactful user experiences for customers through his product and UX teams.

Scott was previously the Head of Product at Upsight, a mobile analytics and marketing platform that provides business intelligence to the largest enterprises in mobile. Before joining Upsight, Brinkman was an engineer developing sales analytics and CRM systems at Google to empower companies to better understand how behavior affects revenue production.