People & Talent Management

Glean new strategies for engaging and retaining talent by delving into various aspects of the employee lifecycle.

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Jennifer Dulski
CEO & Founder Rising Team
Faculty, Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Jennifer Dulski has 20+ years of executive experience including leadership roles at Facebook, Google and Yahoo!, and founder, CEO and president roles at early stage and scaling startups. She is currently CEO and founder of Rising Team, a talent development platform that improves employee engagement and scales talent development with software that equips managers to run deeply connecting, interactive team sessions without an outside facilitator.  

Her lifelong passion is centered around empowering people to reach their full potential. From a very early age she was focused on bringing out the best in others, from her time as a crew coxswain to teaching high school and founding and leading a Breakthrough program to help motivated students be the first in their families to go to college. In addition to her role at Rising Team, she currently teaches management at Stanford Graduate School of Business, serves on the boards of Weight Watchers and Arcadia, and writes about leadership and the future of work as a LinkedIn Influencer. Dulski’s first book, Purposeful, about how each of us can be movement starters, is a Wall Street Journal Bestseller.  

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Erica Young, SHRM-SCP
Enterprise Solutions Architect
SHRM
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Erica started her career designing and facilitating training for social impact organizations. She quickly realized her calling: arming organizations with the capability needed to evolve. Since joining SHRM four years ago, Erica has held three roles. She began her career at SHRM in Research, then moved onto the founding SHRMLabs team. SHRMLabs explores the intersection of work and technology. Now, Erica oversees the enterprise client experience as the Manager of Solution Architecture.

Erica holds a master’s degree in industrial/Organizational Psychology, with a focus in instructional systems design. She earned her SHRM-SCP and consistently speaks on behalf of SHRM on workplace tech, the future of work, DEIB, and upskilling. Outside of work, you can find Erica tending to her indoor and outdoor garden, and giving her cat, Suki, more attention than she wants.    

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Erica Young, SHRM-SCP
Enterprise Solutions Architect
SHRM
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Erica started her career designing and facilitating training for social impact organizations. She quickly realized her calling: arming organizations with the capability needed to evolve. Since joining SHRM four years ago, Erica has held three roles. She began her career at SHRM in Research, then moved onto the founding SHRMLabs team. SHRMLabs explores the intersection of work and technology. Now, Erica oversees the enterprise client experience as the Manager of Solution Architecture.

Erica holds a master’s degree in industrial/Organizational Psychology, with a focus in instructional systems design. She earned her SHRM-SCP and consistently speaks on behalf of SHRM on workplace tech, the future of work, DEIB, and upskilling. Outside of work, you can find Erica tending to her indoor and outdoor garden, and giving her cat, Suki, more attention than she wants.    

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Jeremy Reese
Head of L&D
H&M
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Jeremy is currently the Vice-President of Learning & Development for H&M Americas, responsible for creating and driving learning and career development initiatives for over 25K employees in 750 offices and stores across North and Latin America. Prior to H&M, he spent over 10 years overseeing learning strategy, DEI initiatives, talent management, and business operations at the Equinox Group where he contributed to the expansion and growth of the portfolio across four brands: Equinox, Equinox Hotel, SoulCycle and Blink Fitness. He was recently recognized with a Top 100 L&D Professional Award by OnCon and is a frequent guest speaker / lecturer at NYU and Columbia Teachers College.  

He holds a Master’s Degree in Project Management & Organizational Development from NYU, and a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College. Interests include: All things tennis, the performing arts, marathon running, and weekend bagels on New York City’s Upper West Side.   

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Olivia Walsh
VP Talent and Culture
Tyson Foods
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Olivia is the Head of Talent & Culture and leads a team focused on design and execution of strategies to attract, retain and develop talent to promote a positive candidate and team member experience and drive the organization’s competitiveness. In addition, Olivia ensures an integrated strategy and approach with other HR and business areas. 

Olivia has a background in Global Talent Management, Learning & Development, IT, Diversity & Inclusion, & Change Management. 

She leads and coaches current teams of Talent Acquisition, Talent Enablement, Team Member Experience, Learning, HR Change Management, & Workforce Planning to ensure superior performance and delivery of the companies talent Ecosystem. 

She is a Mom to Adam and lives with her husband Michael in North West Arkansas and in her spare time loves hosting dinner parties, podcasts, and running. 

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023 - 7:30am to 8:30am
Lisa Brown Alexander
President & CEO
Nonprofit HR
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Lisa set out to build a market where one didn’t exist. She founded Nonprofit HR, the leading talent management firm in the U.S. that works exclusively with the nonprofit sector. Lisa’s goal is to ensure that every Nonprofit HR engagement inspires social sector leaders to strengthen their most important asset: their people. Over the course of her career, Lisa has presented to hundreds of organizations, staff and leadership teams. Today, fueled by the passion of their 100-plus employees and consultants nationwide, Nonprofit HR is helping many of the nation’s most impactful nonprofit organizations get ahead through smart people management strategies.

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Sharon L. Anderson
Principal, People Analytics & Benchmarking
Automatic Data Processing (ADP, Inc.)
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Sharon Anderson is Principal, People Analytics & Benchmarking Lead with expertise in HCM Data Analytics who focuses on working with companies to utilize their HCM data to solve business problems.

Sharon has over 30 years of HCM experience that have included Benefits Administration, managing HRIS systems, strategic planning, project management, and compliance management.  In her role as a strategic partner, Sharon worked with customers with in 35k+ employees to support them in leveraging their HCM systems to meet their business objectives.  She has also led a group of People Analytics Experts to realize powerful insights and increase People Analytics data utilization. Under Sharon’s leadership, she has had numerous customers provide positive testimonials on their experience with how ADP  helped them to reach their HCM goals and contribute to business objectives.   

Recently, Sharon has been the Key speaker for the following Webinars: Creating and Using People Analytics Dashboards and Using People Analytics to Understand Turnover & Retention .  In addition, Sharon has shared insight during Client Advisory Board meeting on Analytics and Insights, and presented at the May 2023 ADP Pro Summit  "Inform, Influence, and Improve Business Decisions Using People Analytics". 

Sharon has studied at Centenary University, has her SHRM-CP, Customer Success Manager Certifications, HCI certifications, and several Google certifications.  Sharon was selected as ADP’s NAS Impact Award Winner in 2021 based on colleague nominations.    

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 10:30am to 11:30am
Amy Leschke-Kahle
Vice President of Performance Acceleration
The Marcus Buckingham Company, an ADP Company
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As the VP of Performance Acceleration at The Marcus Buckingham Company, an ADP Company, Amy Leschke-Kahle leads the applied research and professional services teams, uncovering what actually moves the needle on engagement and performance and designs approaches that bring those findings the real world of work. Amy is a frequent contributor to business media such as Fast Company, Forbes.com, MIT Sloan Management Review, Chief Executive Magazine, Human Resource Executive, TLNT and many others. Amy holds a chemical engineering degree from Miami University (Ohio) and an MBA from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 7:30am to 8:30am
Kimbertly A. Jones, MBA, SWP
Founder and Principal
WP Publishing
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Kimbertly possesses a broad range of executive and senior level experiences that spans over three decades. As the Founder and Principal of WP Publishing, he's also a published author, mentor, and an inspiring speaker. His leadership spans multiple sectors, that includes serving as a Strategic Workforce Planning Advisor at the CDC. He boasts an impressive educational background, including an AI/Machine Learning Certificate from MIT Sloan School of Management, a Business Analytics Certification from Harvard Business School, and an MBA and a Bachelor's in Business Management from the University of Phoenix. He's also an HCI-Certified Strategic Workforce Planner

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Doreen Coles
Sr. Director, Career Growth & Development
ADP
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Doreen is a 2nd generation ADPer coming into the organization in 2005 as her mom was retiring from a 33-year career. Spending her first 10 years in front line leadership helped her to recognize the need for a sharper focus on career development. Doreen was instrumental in creating her own role – starting it from the ground up in June of 2015 – and growing it to a dedicated career office, with an international team of over 200 volunteer associates. In this role, Doreen is responsible for crafting and executing the career growth and development strategy for ADP enterprise-wide (62,000 associates).

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Sidney Abrams, SHRM-SCP
Chief Client Experience Officer
Nonprofit HR
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From prospect stewardship to strategic alliances and scaling growth, Sidney Abrams’ role sits at the intersection of where organizations are going and the talent capacity needed to get them there. A collaborative thinker and leader with a can-do spirit, Sidney architects solutions for new and existing clients by mobilizing the best and brightest minds with cutting edge people-focused solutions across all Nonprofit HR practices, including Strategy and Advisory, Outsourcing, Search, Total Rewards and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

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Dr. Tracye Weeks, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
Managing Director, Strategy & Advisory
Nonprofit HR
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Tracye provides value to clients in the areas of thought partnership, HR strategy, leadership coaching and training, and implementing best practices for creating high performing organizations. She often serves as the Interim HR Leader for clients who value her creative solutions for solving organizational challenges. Tracye advises leaders on strategy related to organizational structure, policies, risk assessment and aversion. Additionally, she enjoys managing creative initiatives that fit into “bigger picture” long-term organizational goals. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Business, a Master of Arts in Mass Communication and a Doctorate in Human Resource Management.

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JoDee Curtis, SHRM-SCP
HR Consultant
Purple Ink LLC
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JoDee is the Founder of Purple Ink, a human resources consulting firm in Indianapolis, IN. They serve a wide array of organizations with recruiting, HR consulting, leadership training, and HR outsourcing services.

JoDee serves on the Indiana SHRM State Council and is the chair of the Indiana SHRM conference.

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Sunday, June 11, 2023 - 2:30pm to 2:50pm
Betsy Furler
CEO
For All Abilities
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Betsy Furler is the founder of For All Abilities. She is passionate about optimizing the strengths of all people and ensuring that people are valued for their strengths and their differences. At For All Abilities, Betsy leads the development of a solution that enables employers to easily and inexpensively support the unique strengths, needs and preferences of their employees. Betsy enjoys speaking about the value of our differences, workplace accommodations, technology and accessibility. She has spoken at national and international conferences including SXSW and TEDX. She earned a BA from Austin College and a MS in Communication Disorders from UTDallas.

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm