Concurrent Session

 
Friday, November 20, 2015 - 10:15am to 12:00pm
 
Saturday, November 21, 2015 - 9:00am to 10:15am
Eric Peterson, MSOD
Senior Consultant
Cook Ross Inc
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Eric C. Peterson, MSOD is a Senior Consultant with Cook Ross Inc. He is a recognized facilitator and educator in the Diversity & Inclusion space with over 15 years of experience in Unconscious Bias, Diversity & Inclusion (D&I), Learning Strategies, and Organization Development. Eric is certified in the use of both the Predictive Index and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and is a graduate of the Facilitation Learning Partners Program of Healing the Heart of Diversity. He has been published in Profiles in Diversity Journal and Echelon Magazine, and has been sourced as a D&I expert by CNN, National Public Radio, USA Today, The Bloomberg Group, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times.

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Kimberly Rattley
consultant
Cook Ross, Inc.
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Kimberly Rattley is an organizational development specialist who for over 20 years has partnered with clients to bring clarity, focus and alignment to their diverse teams. She combines her expertise in business, leadership development, diversity, psychodrama and systems analysis to help them competently tackle what is next on their horizon with confidence.

In the education field, Ms. Rattley served as the Training Development Specialist for the Uniformed Services University Center for Health Disparities. In this capacity, she designed and delivered a national diversity curriculum for military medical providers. Her experiential training methodology was the basis of a five year research project that validated the power of using whole brain teaching methodology to insure learner engagement and retention. Of special note is the grant she received from Bill Cosby for her cutting edge work in identity development formation and its importance on individual self –efficacy.

In private industry, leaders are her passion.  She has designed over 100 subject matter relevant diversity training curriculum for clients like DC Chartered Health Services, Habitat for Humanity, and Washingtonpost.com.  In addition she has coached senior leadership teams across the globe on the keys to building team alignment and what pitfalls to avoid.

Her current passion is helping individual contributors catch the vision of being leaders in the global marketplace through her training in countries like Hong Kong, Italy, Australia, Brazil and Africa.

Kimberly Rattley holds a BA from Georgetown University, a Masters of Social Work from Howard University and is certified in the areas of Life Management Facilitation and Organizational Development from Georgetown University.

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Eric Peterson, MSOD
Senior Consultant
Cook Ross Inc
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Eric C. Peterson, MSOD is a Senior Consultant with Cook Ross Inc. He is a recognized facilitator and educator in the Diversity & Inclusion space with over 15 years of experience in Unconscious Bias, Diversity & Inclusion (D&I), Learning Strategies, and Organization Development. Eric is certified in the use of both the Predictive Index and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and is a graduate of the Facilitation Learning Partners Program of Healing the Heart of Diversity. He has been published in Profiles in Diversity Journal and Echelon Magazine, and has been sourced as a D&I expert by CNN, National Public Radio, USA Today, The Bloomberg Group, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times.

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Kimberly Rattley
consultant
Cook Ross, Inc.
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Kimberly Rattley is an organizational development specialist who for over 20 years has partnered with clients to bring clarity, focus and alignment to their diverse teams. She combines her expertise in business, leadership development, diversity, psychodrama and systems analysis to help them competently tackle what is next on their horizon with confidence.

In the education field, Ms. Rattley served as the Training Development Specialist for the Uniformed Services University Center for Health Disparities. In this capacity, she designed and delivered a national diversity curriculum for military medical providers. Her experiential training methodology was the basis of a five year research project that validated the power of using whole brain teaching methodology to insure learner engagement and retention. Of special note is the grant she received from Bill Cosby for her cutting edge work in identity development formation and its importance on individual self –efficacy.

In private industry, leaders are her passion.  She has designed over 100 subject matter relevant diversity training curriculum for clients like DC Chartered Health Services, Habitat for Humanity, and Washingtonpost.com.  In addition she has coached senior leadership teams across the globe on the keys to building team alignment and what pitfalls to avoid.

Her current passion is helping individual contributors catch the vision of being leaders in the global marketplace through her training in countries like Hong Kong, Italy, Australia, Brazil and Africa.

Kimberly Rattley holds a BA from Georgetown University, a Masters of Social Work from Howard University and is certified in the areas of Life Management Facilitation and Organizational Development from Georgetown University.

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Jonathan A. Segal
Partner
Duane Morris, LLP
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Jonathan is a partner at Duane Morris LLP in its Employment Group.  He also is the Founder and managing principal of the Duane Morris Institute, which provides training on employment issues to HR professionals, in-house counsel and other leaders.

The core of Jonathan’s practice is helping employers maximize legal compliance and minimize legal risk with regard to harassment, discrimination, retaliation and reasonable accommodations.
Over the past few years, Jonathan has focused on religion in general and antisemitism in particular. In addition to helping clients, Jonathan has delivered a number of talks on antisemitism on behalf of the EEOC as well as to field directors of the EEOC.
 
Jonathan has provided training to federal judges and other members of the federal judiciary on various employment issues for more than 20 years.

 

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Monday, October 26, 2015 - 10:45am to 12:00pm
Richard J. Bryan
speaker and business owner
Clifton Business Solutions
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At age 28, Richard took the reins of a $120 million car and truck dealership group when his father was forced to retire suddenly. This was a 100 year old family business and he was the 4th generation of his family to be CEO. That alone was a challenge. Worse, the business was losing $3.5 million a year. With help from his mentor Frank, Richard was able to apply creative strategies, articulate a crystal clear vision, hire the right people and forge a dynamic team. Ultimately he helped the business to survive and then prosper in a tough and competitive industry.

During his time as a CEO, Richard's leadership style matured from a controlling micro-manager to a coach and mentor. Today he shares with his audiences how they can achieve this in their own organizations.

Richard lives in Evergreen Colorado with his wife and two teenage children and likes to spend his leisure time golfing, skiing and traveling with family and friends.

Richard is a professional member of the National Speakers Association and is also a Board Member of the NSA-Colorado chapter.

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Friday, October 9, 2015 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Richard J. Bryan
speaker and business owner
Clifton Business Solutions
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At age 28, Richard took the reins of a $120 million car and truck dealership group when his father was forced to retire suddenly. This was a 100 year old family business and he was the 4th generation of his family to be CEO. That alone was a challenge. Worse, the business was losing $3.5 million a year. With help from his mentor Frank, Richard was able to apply creative strategies, articulate a crystal clear vision, hire the right people and forge a dynamic team. Ultimately he helped the business to survive and then prosper in a tough and competitive industry.

During his time as a CEO, Richard's leadership style matured from a controlling micro-manager to a coach and mentor. Today he shares with his audiences how they can achieve this in their own organizations.

Richard lives in Evergreen Colorado with his wife and two teenage children and likes to spend his leisure time golfing, skiing and traveling with family and friends.

Richard is a professional member of the National Speakers Association and is also a Board Member of the NSA-Colorado chapter.

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Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Glenn Sherman
vice president, Retirement Plans
ICMA-RC
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Glenn Sherman is Vice President of Retirement Plans for ICMA-RC. His responsibilities include management of ICMA-RC’s 457, 401, Retiree Health, and IRA programs. Mr. Sherman is responsible for ongoing development and enhancement of these programs in response to competitive, market and legislative and regulatory changes, as well as development and introduction of new programs in support of ICMA-RC’s mission. Mr. Sherman oversaw the development and introduction of ICMA-RC’s guaranteed lifetime income solution.

Mr. Sherman has nearly 25 years of financial services product development experience. Prior to joining ICMA-RC in 2004, Mr. Sherman was President at Retirement Plan Services, LLC, a regional third-party administrator. Prior to Retirement Plan Services, LLC, Mr. Sherman was Vice President, Employee Benefits Product Manager, SunTrust Bank. Mr. Sherman earned a BS in economics from George Mason University and an MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University.
 

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Randy McLaurin
director, Relationship Management
ICMA-RC
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Mr. McLaurin serves as a Director, Relationship Management. He has over twenty years of working in the Retirement Services industry for mission-based organizations, including the past eight years with ICMA-RC. In 2013, he relocated from his native Denver, Colorado to the Washington, DC area. He is assigned to a number of prominent clients in the region including: the District of Columbia, Prince George’s County, MD, City of Philadelphia, Monroe County, NY and Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. He has extensive experience in contract negotiations, client acquisition, team development and data analysis.

Some of his notable accomplishments with ICMA-RC are having the keen ability to improve plan participant trends and identify specific behaviors which tend to create barriers in Building Retirement Security.  As a result of Mr. McLaurin’s achievements he was been a member of ICMA-RC’s distinguished Leaders’ Circle, has been nominated for the Leadership Award by his peers and has directed national award winning communication strategies.

Mr. McLaurin participated in an Executive Masters of Business Administration graduate studies program at the University of Denver.  He holds FINRA registrations 6, 63, and 26. Additionally, he obtained a Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist designation from the College of Financial Planning.

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Howard Wallack, MA, MSc, SHRM-SCP
Deputy Chief Human Resources and Administrative Officer, Global Human Resources
Jhpiego
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Howard A. Wallack has been the Deputy Chief Human Resources & Administrative Officer since 2016 in the Global Human Resources (GHR) department at Jhpiego in Baltimore, MD, an international, non-profit health organization, affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. Jhpiego is dedicated to improving the health of women, children, and families in lower-resourced countries, with approximately 4,200 employees worldwide in 38 countries. At Jhpiego, Howard spearheads the organization’s leadership development program and leads a team of 5 regional HR business partners who support country HR operations, himself currently backstopping Ghana, Guatemala, and Mozambique. During his 40-year career with experience in nearly 90 countries, Howard has had senior-level positions in HR, training and development, global business development, and program management in for-profit and non-profit businesses and the US Peace Corps. In April 2023 Howard was recognized with an OnCon Icon peer-voted award among the “Top 50 HR Professionals” for having made a considerable impact on their organization and/or previous organizations; made strong contributions to their community through thought leadership; innovated in their role/career; and exhibited exceptional leadership. He has advanced degrees in international affairs and international human resources and globalization and holds multiple professional certifications, including the SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), and the GPHR® & SPHRi™ qualification from the HR Certification Institute. As a volunteer he has served on the Board of Directors of Cultural Vistas since 2011.

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Michael Goldberg
director
American Heart Association
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Michael Goldberg (a.k.a. SuperRecruiter) has over 25 years of Human Resources and Recruiting experience. His specialty – coming into organizations and rebuilding Talent Acquisition functions from non-producing to superstardom honing in on his team’s skills, the employment brand, social recruiting, process, metrics and partnerships.

Michael joined the American Heart Association as the Director of Talent Acquisition in September 2013 where he manages a team of three Recruiters and one sourcer while leading the talent acquisition strategy for the association. In September, Michael’s team won a 2014 North America Candidate Experience (CandE) Award. AHA has also been recognized as #3 Best Nonprofit to work for large companies by the Nonprofit Times and one of the top Nonprofit organizations who offer flexible jobs.

Before American Heart Association, Michael worked for Freeman, Insight, BDO Seidman, SABRE/American Airlines and Marriott.



 

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