Concurrent Session

Tara B. Taylor
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Managing Director
ADR Vantage, Inc.
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Tara Taylor, MPA, is the Managing Director of ADR Vantage, Inc., a woman-owned consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., that supports clients across the U.S. through conflict management, organizational effectiveness and leadership development, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) practices, as well as training and coaching. Tara holds a B.A. in Organizational Communication, an M.A. in Management & Public Administration and is a professional mediator and facilitator. She is a highly sought-after consultant and a dynamic speaker focused on helping audiences engage, get inspired, and walk away with ready-to-implement solutions for their professional challenges.

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Monday, June 12, 2023 - 7:30am to 8:30am
Lora A. Fish
Principal Consultant
Applegate Talent Strategies
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Lora Fish, SHRM-SCP, has 30 years of experience offering innovative solutions for leaders to improve employee engagement and job retention in hourly and entry level positions in varied industries including healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, government, and non-profit. She works with leaders from front-line supervisors to C-Suite executives. She is Principal Consultant with Applegate Talent Strategies and Business Partner with C-Suite Analytics, providing a solution that cuts turnover by 20% and more. She has a BSBA in Human Resources Management from The Ohio State University. She is a Certified Stay Interview Expert and a Certified Getting Ahead in the Workplace Facilitator.

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Monday, June 12, 2023 - 7:30am to 8:30am
Steven J. Smith, SHRM-CP
Chief Hiring Expert
ApplicantPro
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Steve will be the first to tell you that recruiting is marketing. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance at Brigham Young University and started his career in recruiting in Feb 2005. In 2008, he took a risk during a recession to help start a new company with Ryan Kohler, called ApplicantPro, a full suite HR platform for small to mid-sized businesses. With 11,000 clients and close to 300 employees, ApplicantPro has made the Inc 5000 list 11 years in a row, Top Places to work in Utah 3 years in a row. ApplicantPro was also named an Indeed Platinum Partner in 2023, one of five companies in the country to receive this designation. Steve is SHRM-CP and PHR certified, and currently volunteers on the Utah SHRM State Council as the immediate past State Executive Director. His book, The Hiring Tree: Laws of Applicant Attraction, was released in early 2023, and has helped thousands of organizations across the country rethink the way they approach hiring. If you need help understanding the principles and role of SEO, marketing, and AI when it comes to attracting job seekers, Steve provides a solid framework for hiring.

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Michael Bach
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CEO
Future of IDEA, LLC
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Michael Bach is a nationally and internationally recognized thought leader and subject matter expert in the fields of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA). He has worked globally in the IDEA field, including as the Deputy Chief Diversity Officer for KPMG International. He is the founder of the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI), CCDI Consulting and Pride at Work Canada.

He is the author of the best-selling and award-winning books Birds of All Feathers: Doing Diversity and Inclusion Right and Alphabet Soup: The Essential Guide to LGBTQ2+ Inclusion at Work.

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Dima Ghawi, MBA
DEI Influencer
Dima Ghawi, LLC
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Dima is Middle-Eastern in her genes and global citizen in her spirit. She ignites the untapped potential in individuals across the globe, empowering them to shatter limitations and become courageous, purpose driven leaders.

Through keynote speeches, workshops, and executive coaching, Dima shares her unique leadership transformation journey with one goal in mind: motivate those around her to reimagine their potential and grow into leaders.

Dima has worked across the United States, Europe, Asia, Middle East, and Africa for several Fortune 100 companies and has honed a keen expertise in developing leaders to meet the demands of the global workforce.

 

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Beatriz Fontanella
Senior Director
Marqeta
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Beatriz Fontanella is Marqeta’s Senior Director globally leading the Go To Market, People Experience, Finance and Legal, Risk & Compliance functions from a People Business Partner standpoint. Beatriz is an accomplished senior people and business leader with experience developing and implementing HR related best-practices and people strategy support to hyper growth teams. Beatriz has a keen acumen for transforming overall business objectives and vision to meet priorities and create an inclusive and diverse people culture.

Prior to Marqeta, Beatriz held the Senior Director, Human Resources role at Gartner, where she spent almost 10 years. She is a seasoned HR leader who has progressed her career through a number of senior HR leadership positions varying from Country Manager, Early Career Development Director, and Global Head of People Business Partners. Beatriz is originally from Brazil and has global experience, spending time living in Italy and Australia, before relocating to the US in 2015. She has Bachelors in Psychology, is a Certified Coach, and holds a Masters Degree in Group Dynamics. She is passionate about personal development, growth, and loves to travel with her daughter.

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Dr. Robert E. Lemon
President
Believe Your Dreams, Inc.
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Dr. Robert Lemon a leading corporate and workforce speaker, combines the ageless tool of storytelling with a profound understanding of today's culture.Thousands have been inspired by his Diversity , Work / Life Integration and Leadership presentations.He's a best selling and co-author of the book "Multiple Streams of Inspiration" with other celebrity authors including Jack Canfield "Chicken Soup for the Soul"with forewords by Les Brown and Zig Ziglar. Robert is also the author of "Now Is Your Time". In 2011, awarded the "Author of the Year" by Advantage Media / Forbes Books from a field of 1500 corporate authors. Dr. Lemon has presented for numerous SHRM chapters, conferences including HRFlorida, KYSHRM, HRIndiana and National SHRM events. 

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Monday, June 12, 2023 - 7:30am to 8:30am
Robert Bogue
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President
Thor Projects LLC
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Robert Bogue has led change projects for three decades. As a recovering technologist, he’s changed the way people work as he changed the technology. He’s the author of 28 books and has been a Microsoft MVP for 20 years. His work has transformed corporations, government, and quasi-government organizations. It’s not about the technology, but he leverages his strength in technology and human systems to create change that is sustainable and transformative for organizations of all sizes and shapes.

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Terri Bogue
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Chief Operations Officer
Thor Projects LLC
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Terri Bogue has a passion for helping people be healthy and happy, both physically and emotionally. As a clinical nurse specialist with over 30 years of experience in nursing, she understands how difficult healthcare and life is for patients and providers. Through this experience, she has developed tools that support healthcare providers in delivering effective and compassionate care to their patients and themselves and reducing healthcare-associated infections. She inspires people to learn what boundaries are and how to maintain them, both professionally and personally, cool down a conflict during heated situations, and prevent and recover from burnout. 

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Monday, June 12, 2023 - 7:30am to 8:30am
Kelly Dobbs Bunting
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Kelly Bunting, Co-Chair of the Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Labor & Employment Practice's Workplace Compliance & Counseling Group, and member of its Artificial Intelligence Law Group, has considerable experience defending class and collective wage and hour litigation and misclassification claims, having defended employers in Title III ADA access litigation and litigation alleging race, sex, pregnancy, age, disability discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. She is deeply experienced in virtually all aspects of employment litigation, including wage and hour, labor, Title VII, harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, non-competition and non-solicitation, trade secrets, SOX and Dodd Frank whistleblower claims, CEPA, ADEA, FMLA, NJLAD, and failure to accommodate issues. She has identified and managed employment issues in M&A deals and appeared before the EEOC, NLRB, and DOL in many states, as well as state agencies in DE, NY, NJ and PA. Kelly has represented many clients in mediation and settlement negotiations, and created HR and compliance training modules. She is regularly sought after as a workforce trainer for issues related to harassment and discrimination, FCPA compliance, good management techniques, and union awareness.

Kelly focuses much of her practice on international L&E issues, including employment/secondment contracts, data privacy, and global anti-corruption compliance. She advises clients on national and international handbook policies, procedures, and strategic HR issues, and provides day-to-day counsel in hiring, employee relations, employee discipline, and termination. She also conducts and advises on internal investigations.

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Ben Greene
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CEO and Speaker
BG Trans Talks
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Ben Greene is a transgender advocate and educator who has spoken internationally on topics surrounding transgender inclusion. After coming out at 15 in a small town, Ben has devoted his career to spreading empathy, education, and storytelling around the trans experience, and has spoken for companies, hospitals, schools, religious organizations, and government entities sharing what it means to be transgender and how to show up as an ally. He is a fierce advocate for transgender youth, regularly speaking in their defense at the Missouri State Capitol, and is the author of the book "My Child is Trans, Now What? A Joy Centered Approach to Support". He is passionate about educating others from a place of compassion—no matter where they’re starting from. 

 

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