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Benefits, Risks, and Challenges of Using AI in Employment-Related Decisions
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Recruiting personnel must scour through resumes to identify potential candidates, only to then engage in the time-consuming and risk-riddled interview and hiring processes. Many companies are turning to artificial intelligence to streamline this process. Are the benefits of AI outweighed by the risks that AI could create? Could AI in fact, perpetuate instead of eliminate bias? Is AI only as bias-free as its human users?
Succession Planning: Turn Your People Into Strategic Assets For The Present And The Future
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Transform how we build the future of our organizations through aligning what the business really needs now and for the long-term with what we need from our structure, roles and people. This is a dynamic process of shared ownership and accountability while building a talent system built on the 4 components of talent optimization: Attitude, Competency, Execution, Performance. You will unlock the breakthrough approach that yields the results you need now while building the capability you need for the future.
Finding Your R.O.A.R. in Leadership
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In Finding Your R.O.A.R. in Leadership Dionne (DG) McGee shares her amazing story of leadership at the Executive table and the challenges that came along with it, which prompted her to DG McGee Enterprises. Dionne is an amazing speaker, author, coach, and consultant. Her newly released book Finding Your R.O.A.R. has changed the lives of many. She has been fortunate to travel the country to Motivate, Empower and Inspire others to become leaders (by owning their careers) and breaking the glass ceiling. Dionne has taken her education and transferable skills to start her own businesses and to inspire others. All Dionne simply wants, is to ensure that everyone has a seat at the table and that we can all grow and excel in our careers in a diverse and inclusive work space. She has lead teams to win multiple multi-million dollar accounts, but nothing gives her more pleasure than making an impact in the lives of others. That is her purpose. She’s worked with effective and non-effective teams. She has appeared in Formidable Woman Magazine, and has been nominated for the 2019 Cathy Hughes Business Community Service Award. Dionne has participated in a hosts of interviews including radio. Walmart Corporate partnered with Dionne to host her hometown book signing. Once you hear her Finding Your R.O.A.R. message you become part of The Pride and R.O.A.R. Community. She resolves that you’ll be more: Relentless, Optimistic, Ambitious, Results Driven towards your goals for your career. There is room at the top for everyone to R.O.A.R.
Myths and Facts of Diversity, Equality & Inclusion: Peeling Back the Curtain of Unconscious Bias
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We will first discuss myths and facts regarding diversity and whether unconscious bias truly exists or are our emotions and behaviors learned? We will discuss how we can differentiate between myths and facts so that we can make conscious decisions about our interactions with others. We will discuss how words have an impact on others, positive or negative, intentional or not. How do we increase the awareness of the words we use so that we can enhance our positive interactions with others and have the outcomes we intended. Finally, we will discuss the impact of Micro-Aggressions in the workplace and the impact of our daily verbal and non-verbal communication.
PIVOT – Sure Fire Ways to Conquer Change
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PIVOT – Sure Fire Ways to Conquer Change Workplace Application: You will learn change strategies that top employers are using. Change in the workplace is inevitable and constant. We can embrace change and be hopeful or resist change and create chaos for those around us. Either way, implementing change is risky business and the employee comfort zone is disrupted. During this fast-paced keynote, change leaders will learn ten sure fire ways to guide others through the change process with minimum disruption and maximum productivity.
I’m Stuck- What’s Next? How To Go From Stuck to Strengths
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We all get stuck in our career sometimes but aren’t sure how to navigate through the “fog.” This session will help understand what may be causing your disengagement and when you shift to a focus on strengths it can increase energy, productivity and well-being. Based on the best selling book, StrengthsFinder 2.0 and the idea that started it all: What would happen if we focus on what is right with people, rather than fixating on what is wrong with them?
Myths and Facts of Diversity, Equality & Inclusion: Peeling Back the Curtain of Unconscious Bias
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We will first discuss myths and facts regarding diversity and whether unconscious bias truly exists or are our emotions and behaviors learned? We will discuss how we can differentiate between myths and facts so that we can make conscious decisions about our interactions with others. We will discuss how words have an impact on others, positive or negative, intentional or not. How do we increase the awareness of the words we use so that we can enhance our positive interactions with others and have the outcomes we intended. Finally, we will discuss the impact of Micro- Aggressions in the workplace and the impact of our daily verbal and non-verbal communication.
Invisible to Invaluable – Get Seen, Get Heard and Get Ahead
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This program helps identify what sets you apart and get confident owning and sharing your value. Robyn gives actionable techniques for engaging diverse communication styles, improving nonverbal skills and creating better rapport. How you are perceived is how you are received which impacts what you can achieve. You will discover how to influence how you are perceived so that you can achieve more.
Leadership Perspectives
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Calling upon over 33 years of experience leading the nation’s most elite high functioning military organization and using the story of my first foray into combat to illustrate, I will share my thoughts on culture, leadership development, talent acquisition and philosophy. These are lessons applicable to civilian and military organizations alike.
From Transactional to Transcendent: Transforming HR in the Age of AI
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While employees hold a strong position in the labor marketplace, new automated technologies potentially threaten workers’ future employment stability and economic outlook or are they the savior human enablers of a more fulfilling future of work? Review the latest trends in digital HR, including looking at workers needs more holistically, and examine responding HR practices and solutions for driving employee engagement, empowerment and performance.
Succession Planning: Turn Your People Into Strategic Assets For The Present And The Future
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Transform how we build the future of our organizations through aligning what the business really needs now and for the long-term with what we need from our structure, roles and people. This is a dynamic process of shared ownership and accountability while building a talent system built on the 4 components of talent optimization: Attitude, Competency, Execution, Performance. You will unlock the breakthrough approach that yields the results you need now while building the capability you need for the future.
Emily M. Dickens, JD, serves as Chief of Staff, Head of Public Affairs and Corporate Secretary for SHRM, the world’s largest human resources trade association, where she also leads SHRM’s Advocacy Team. She has been a featured expert on workplace issues and business leadership – with commentary appearing in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, Essence Magazine, Law 360, WTOP and HR Dive, among many others.
Dickens has testified before Congress and the EEOC on worker and workplace topics like AI, gender bias and paid leave. She also serves as the Secretary-General for the World Federation of People Management Associations and as a USA delegate for the North American Human Resources Management Association. She is a passionate advocate for access to higher education for minority students and promoting the importance of the education-to-employment pipeline.
Dickens’ prior roles include serving as the general counsel/head of policy for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Vice President of Public Policy for the Association of Governing Boards for Colleges and Universities, and Assistant Vice President for Federal Affairs at the University of North Carolina System.
Dr. Cory Dobbs is a national expert on sport leadership and team cohesion. He is the founder of The Academy for Sport Leadership a dynamic firm creating and applying tools and tactics for building leadership models. A teacher, speaker, consultant, and writer, Dr. Dobbs has established The Academy for Sport Leadership as a leader in curriculum and program development.
A former basketball coach, Dr. Dobbs basketball coaching background includes experience at the NCAA Division II, NAIA D1, NJCAA, and high school levels of competition. While coaching he researched and developed the transformative Becoming a Team Leader program for student-athletes.
Dr. Dobbs has worked with professional, collegiate, and high school athletes and coaches teaching leadership as a part of the sports experience. He teaches workshops, seminars, and consults with a wide-range of professional organizations and teams. Dr. Dobbs taught in the graduate colleges of business and education at Northern Arizona University, Sport Management and Leadership at Ohio University, and the Jerry Colangelo College of Business at Grand Canyon University. He is the author of numerous books and workbooks, including his groundbreaking “Coaching for Leadership: How to Develop a Leader in Every Locker.”
As a nationally syndicated radio host, media personality and Millennial-messaging expert, Richard’s non-traditional spin on populism has taken audiences by storm. He spends his time working to find the middle ground and real solutions to complex problems facing this nation. As a gay man, Fowler understands this fight more than most, having fought for equality his entire adulthood.
From his campaign work uncovering the deplorable school conditions in the Detroit Public School system to his effort training and equipping hundreds of Millennials to run for office and take charge of their community, Richard brings a sense of realness to everything he does.
When asked what drives him, Richard says, “Talk is cheap. Our country needs real solutions, and they will come from our greatest resource – our people.”
Richard believes that, through real conversation, we can tear down many of the walls that divide us. He fulfills this promise each week on his radio show by informing, empowering, and helping folks understand one another from all walks of life.
Christine Winston is the Executive Director of Path Forward, a nonprofit organization helping people return to their careers after time spent caregiving. In the seven years since she helped to found Path Forward, the organization has worked with tens of thousands of returners and helped more than 100 employers implement and expand successful return to work programs that create opportunity for traditionally overlooked talent. Christine speaks regularly at Path Forward events and workshops for both returners and employers running return to work programs. She also understands first hand the challenges people face when they seek to return to the paid workforce after breaks for caregiving, having taken a nine year career break to raise her two children. Prior to Path Forward, Christine spent fifteen years in a diverse set of roles across marketing, communications, strategic planning, and finance at AOL and JPMorgan Chase. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, and currently lives in Connecticut with her husband and two sons.
Jack is the CEO of Total Solutions Group a strategic consulting and results-based training firm. They work with executive teams who recognized they must align their culture, strategy, and capability to achieve what is Really Most Important™ now and for the long-term. The have driven $3.25 billion in ROI for their clients in growth, profitability and innovation. Some of their clients include: Gaming Labs International, Bosch, Johnson Controls, Novartis, Genentech and Highmark Health.
Some of the impact he has lead is in:
• Growth: Helped to transform a $5 billion organization to become a $10 billion organization in 18 months less time than projected on their 10-year plan through the transformation of their culture, strategy, business model and executive leadership team
• Culture: Taken a Fortune 100 global organization’s Silicon Valley site that is made up of 12 different business units and 7 corporate research departments and transformed it by building, launching and activating a site identity, culture and strategy to fully align these teams to focus on driving greater impact, innovation and growth to “Make Life Better”
Jack is also the Chair of the College of Business Advisory Board at his alma mater Kutztown University where He is leading a 3-year plan that will widen and target the impact of entrepreneurship on and off campus.
Michelle E. Phillips is a principal in the White Plains, NY, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Michelle is a member of the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. Michelle handles various types of employment litigation with an emphasis on sexual, racial and disability harassment, and LGBTQ+ matters. She also counsels clients on a variety of labor and employment matters concerning federal and state employment laws. Michelle frequently conducts and advises clients on internal investigations and leads seminars and webinars for a broad range of clients focusing on employment discrimination, diversity, sexual harassment and LGBTQ+ issues.
Some of the impact he has lead is in:
• Growth: Helped to transform a $5 billion organization to become a $10 billion organization in 18 months less time than projected on their 10-year plan through the transformation of their culture, strategy, business model and executive leadership team
• Culture: Taken a Fortune 100 global organization’s Silicon Valley site that is made up of 12 different business units and 7 corporate research departments and transformed it by building, launching and activating a site identity, culture and strategy to fully align these teams to focus on driving greater impact, innovation and growth to “Make Life Better”
Jack is also the Chair of the College of Business Advisory Board at his alma mater Kutztown University where He is leading a 3-year plan that will widen and target the impact of entrepreneurship on and off campus.
Christine Winston is the Executive Director of Path Forward, a nonprofit organization helping people return to their careers after time spent caregiving. In the seven years since she helped to found Path Forward, the organization has worked with tens of thousands of returners and helped more than 100 employers implement and expand successful return to work programs that create opportunity for traditionally overlooked talent. Christine speaks regularly at Path Forward events and workshops for both returners and employers running return to work programs. She also understands first hand the challenges people face when they seek to return to the paid workforce after breaks for caregiving, having taken a nine year career break to raise her two children. Prior to Path Forward, Christine spent fifteen years in a diverse set of roles across marketing, communications, strategic planning, and finance at AOL and JPMorgan Chase. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, and currently lives in Connecticut with her husband and two sons.
Joe is a nationally recognized speaker and HR Strategist. He helps organizations boost the bottom line using Continuous Performance Management (CPM) techniques. He encourages HR professionals to shift their mindset, from being HR Professionals to being Business Professionals with Expertise in HR. Business professionals help organizations achieve their vision by using systems thinking, understanding the business and its industry, collaborating across functional areas, and presenting ideas as solid business cases.
With over 35 years of experience, he combines the disciplines of management, human resources, software design & development, and psychology to understand people in the workplace and engage them to make great things happen. He looks for ways to motivate people and connect them to their jobs and the tasks they need to accomplish, set goals, track progress, and reach their goals.
He’s proud to be a top-rated speaker for the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) and serve as the Chief Value Officer for Delphia Consulting, a Human Resources and Payroll software consulting and development firm based in Columbus, Ohio.
Joe serves on the Human Resources Association of Central Ohio (HRACO) Board of Directors as VP of Certification. He teaches several modules of the SHRM Learning System in HRACO’s CP/SCP Certification Review Course, including Technology & Data and Business & HR Strategy. Joe is a content contributor for the SHRM Learning System and has been recognized as a SHRM Learning System Champion.
In addition to her clients, audiences have included the Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers, the Gulf Coast Symposium on HR Issues, the New York, Maryland and Florida State Annual SHRM Conferences, National Restaurant Association Show, HR in Hospitality, The Grocerant Summit and the International Restaurant and Food Service Show of New York. More information about Janet and consulting services can be found at www.hraligneddesign.com.
Julie P. Kantor, PhD, is a business psychologist, executive coach, advisor, and founder of JP Kantor Consulting. As a sought-after expert in leadership, resilience, emotional intelligence and the interface between work and personal lives, Julie speaks and advises organizations ranging from small startups to global corporations. She has authored 50+ seminars, which have trained thousands of employees in work-related topics. Julie is a regular contributor to Forbes on leadership and employee engagement. Julie resides in New York City.
Felice B. Ekelman, JD is a Principal of Jackson Lewis PC, where she practices employment law on behalf of companies. She currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the Sheridan Libraries and Museums. Felice is a well-known employment attorney and is a sought-out speaker. She has been quoted regarding workplace trends in Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal, Lexology, Law 360 and other business journals. Felice resides in New York City.
Mr. Artuz has served as Chief Administrative Officer and Director of Diversity & Inclusion since January 1, 2022. Mr. Artuz previously served as the Head of Corporate Services and Director of Diversity & Inclusion beginning on July 1, 2014. Mr. Artuz directs the management of the Bank’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion in the areas of Human Resources, Procurement and education and outreach to ensure that regulatory requirements are met and exceeded. Mr. Artuz also provides overall leadership, strategic direction, and oversight for all of the Bank’s human resources activities and operations. These activities and operations include the areas of employment, compensation, benefits, employee relations, employee and organizational training and development, performance management, succession planning, employee communications, and external and internal Human Resources information systems services. Mr. Artuz has the significant responsibility of providing support to the Compensation & Human Resources Committee of the Bank’s Board of Directors in connection with matters related to executive compensation and benefits. Mr. Artuz also provides strategic direction and leadership to the organization’s Corporate Real Estate departments to ensure efficient and effective management of the firm’s physical resources. Mr. Artuz holds a graduate degree from New York University in Human Resources Management and an undergraduate degree in History from the College of Staten Island. Prior to joining the Bank in 1989, Mr. Artuz held positions at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Dillon, Read & Co.; and the Dime Savings Bank of New York.
Emily Maxim Lamm is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Her practice focuses on employment litigation, counseling, and investigations. Emily has particular expertise counseling on the legal and policy developments surrounding artificial intelligence and automation across the employment lifecycle. Notably, Emily has represented technology companies in regulatory matters involving allegations of discrimination related to the use of algorithms and AI and frequently speaks and writes on AI issues in employment. She was selected as a member of Law360’s 2022 Diversity & Inclusion Editorial Advisory Board and maintains an active pro bono practice focused on LGBTQ+ issues.
Anjelica Dortch is Senior Director of U.S. Government Affairs at SAP – the world’s largest provider of enterprise application software – where she manages the company’s cybersecurity, cloud, and workforce policy portfolio. Prior to joining SAP, Anjelica led scale up of tech policy positions at IBM within the Government and Regulatory Affairs team with a focus on artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud, and intellectual property. Anjelica spent 10 years working for a variety of federal agencies to include being a Senior Technology Advisor within the White House where she led coordination of several tech policy initiatives within the U.S. Government. She was co-author to U.S. policies and strategies including the National Cyber Strategy, the U.S. Federal Cloud Computing Strategy (Cloud Smart), and the Administration’s Report on Artificial Intelligence. Anjelica is the recipient of the IBM Landmark award, Women Leading for Impact award, the University of Maryland Outstanding Alumnus award, and Federal Computer Week’s Rising Star award. Anjelica holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and a Master of Science in Financial Management and Information Systems from the University of Maryland.
Deb is Co-Founder at Gray Scalable, a boutique consultancy providing embedded recruiting support, organizational planning, management coaching, fractional HR services, training, compensation planning and design, and executive search for high growth companies. She brings 20+ years of HR and Talent Acquisition leadership experience, gained from roles at startups and large organizations, including Google, Unilever, Nielsen, and Recyclebank. In her spare time, Deb is a professional classical singer, and lives with her husband and 3 sons in New Jersey.
Jessica Golden Cortes provides clients with comprehensive employment counsel, ensures their regulatory compliance, and resolves workplace disputes when they arise. Her clients include businesses of all sizes from startups to established multinational corporations in industries such as advertising, marketing public relations, finance, fintech and architecture, and nonprofit religious and education-focused organizations.
Jessica is well known for her ability to analyze issues from a legal, practical and business perspective and for devising creative, cost-effective solutions to workplace issues. Business managers and human resources professionals rely on her for guidance on day-to-day issues such as hiring, terminations, reductions in workforce, restrictive covenants, wage and hour issues, federal and state family and medical leave laws, and a host of other employment-related matters. She drafts customized employment policies and handbooks, and structures and enforces employment and separation agreements.
Clients from across the nation call on Jessica to conduct employment trainings on respect in the workplace, diversity, equity and inclusion, eliminating unconscious bias, manager best practices, and many other topics. When issues arise, Jessica manages internal investigations of employee complaints, represents her clients in hearings before administrative agencies, and asserts and defends their interests in federal and state courts, and in mediation and arbitration proceedings. Jessica has prevailed in wide-ranging employment cases including race, sex, age, disability, failure to hire, and other discrimination cases, and breach of contract disputes.
Recognizing that avoiding problems in the first instance is the best strategy, Jessica crafts client-specific workplace policies and procedures, and works proactively with clients to help them foster a work environment where employees thrive, workplace conflicts are addressed constructively, and the risk of employee claims is minimized.
Based in Chicago and Miami, Priscilla Guasso thrives in leading human resources teams focused on all areas of the employee life cycle: talent acquisition, mobility, talent development, succession planning, performance management, employee relations, global diversity, equity and inclusion, and overall company culture. Her fifteen years of experience expands to HR in the US, Latin America, Caribbean, UK and Canada within the hospitality, healthcare and currently in the technology industry.
She thoroughly enjoys coaching leaders to invest in themselves to effectively grow their leadership skills in corporate, startups, nonprofit and government. She also provides coaching (interviewing, career, negotiation), HR consulting (recruitment, talent management, DEI, culture, employee engagement, employee relations) and an HR Startup Toolkit through her company Manifesting Leadership Group, LLC.
As the Amazon Best Selling Author and Founder of Latinas Rising Up In HR she is laser focused on one purpose: creating a community of Latinas in HR (and allies) sharing their keys of knowledge and success to O-P-E-N doors of unlimited possibilities!
Priscilla holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing from University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign, Illinois. In 2022 she received the ALPFA Rising Star National Award of Latina Women Worth Watching and contributed to the book Today’s Inspired Leader. In 2021 she contributed to Today’s Inspired Latina volume 9, was a speaker for the 2021 LATINATalks Global Tour and served as a proud board member of the Fig Factor Foundation. During the 2020 pandemic Negocios Now recognized her as one of Latinos 40 Under 40 and she proudly became an annual inspiration agent for Young Latina Day (April 11th). She supports many phenomenal organizations as a proud member of: HRHotseat, Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), The Latinista, Women Who Roar, the National Hispanic Corporate Council (NHCC) as past board member, Mujeres de HACE Chicago board member and alumna, and Latino/Latina Alumni Association for University of Illinois past board member. She enjoys traveling to new cities with her husband, Jorge, spending time with close family and soaking up the sun in warmer climates.
Janine is a Diversity Leader with over eighteen years of experience in Human Resources working in Finance, Law, & Pharmaceuticals supporting business leaders. Her areas of expertise including Diversity, Talent, Recruitment, HR Strategy & Employee Engagement. She was recently featured as a contributing author for the book “Latinas Rising up In HR” and is currently the Global Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Lead at Organon Pharmaceuticals based out of Jersey City, NJ. As the first in her family to pursue a college education she enjoys giving back by volunteering with organizations that focus on diverse populations. She frequently gives back through public speaking, mentoring, and discussing bias with both students and early career professionals. She has held several board positions, including, Inclusivity Chair for New York City Society of Human Resource Professionals, Prospanica New York (President), Latino U College Access (Board Advisor), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Alumni Association’s New York Chapter (Past President, Advisor & Elections Committee Member). Her educational accomplishments include a Master of Science in Urban Policy Analysis and Management from The New School, a Graduate Certificate from the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Communications and Political Science from Emmanuel College. She recently completed two certificates from Cornell on Diversity and Inclusion for HR and Strategic Human Resources Leadership. Janine currently resides in Mahwah, New Jersey where she is raising her three children. She actively supports her community and is currently a Trustee with the Mahwah Schools Foundation.
Brenda is currently the Director of Human Resources at Robertet, Inc. where she has been for five years. Located in Mt. Olive, New Jersey, she oversees the Human Resources function for New Jersey, New York, and Canada locations. Prior to Robertet, Brenda held senior level HR Business Partner roles at Scholastic, and for over 15 years, at Avon Products, Inc. With strong partnership and support, Brenda has served as an advisor and coach to senior management and leaders across various business units such as: U.S. Sales, Sales Support, Operations, Human Resources, Editorial, Manufacturing and Corporate functions. She has been a key driver of change in implementing best practices as they relate to succession planning and performance metrics. She has led the Women’s Leadership Group at Robertet and leads the first ever DEI strategy in the organization. In 2022, Brenda Co-Authored Latinas Rising Up in HR Vol. II. Along with 14 other professional women in Human Resources, Brenda shared her career journey and lessons not only in Human Resources, but in Sales and Management as well. Proceeds of the book will go towards funding scholarships for students in HR, AREAS OF FOCUS Additional areas of expertise include: Coaching, Performance Management, Goal Setting and Conflict Resolution. Most importantly, delivering the right message with respect and integrity during critical conversations and working with new managers
As the Director for Human Resources and Staff Engagement for the Southern New England Conference, UCC, Irma Reyes leads collaboratively with Executive staff for the overall administration, coordination and evaluation of the Human Resources function of the organization. Reyes is a dedicated HR professional, with a strong background in federal and state employment laws, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, training, compliance issues, employee relations and employment discrimination investigations in both private and public sectors. Reyes is proud of her leadership in executing development programs for inclusivity in the workforce. She currently serves as the lead chair for the company employee engagement group and leads the HR Committee for the implementation of employee policies and best practice procedures. She is most proud of her mentorship to seventh grade girls and her co-authorship to the Latinas Rising Up in HR book, both Spanish, and English versions. Reyes earned her B.S. Degree in Business Management and has a M.S. Degree in Management and Organizational Leadership (MSMOL). She is married with two young adults, all residing in New Haven, CT.
Genesis Fisher, Esq. is the founder of Fisher Law Practice, P.C. which helps businesses create healthier workplaces by addressing office tension. Through mediation, coaching, and employee education, the FLP team gets people talking so they can share their frustrations, address differences and repair trust. Their award winning workshops have helped over 2000 people in six countries. Ms. Fisher has been an Adjunct Law Professor since 2014 and taught over a dozen courses such as negotiation, conflict resolution, and legal writing. She is the Director of the Mediation Clinic at New York Law School.
Ms. Fisher is a Certified Mediator, on the Advisory Board for the Center for Creative Conflict Resolution, and the Immediate Past President of the Association for Conflict Resolution, Greater New York.
Prior to starting the firm, Ms. Fisher spent nearly a decade fighting for the rights of indigent clients as a public defender with the Legal Aid Society. She began her legal career at the Southern Poverty Law Center, where she worked on national civil rights issues and Alabama jail and women’s prison reform. Ms. Fisher is a graduate of Smith College and New York University School of Law.
Claire Stroh, MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP, is currently the Director, Technology Talent Management at Lighthouse Technology Services and President of Claire is Coaching. She has used LinkedIn, Twitter, and networking to build her personal brand and uncover new opportunities for herself and the companies she’s worked for. She’s passionate about helping others do the same! Claire has more than 10 years of successively diverse human resources management experience with privately-owned and publicly-traded global leaders. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in HR from the University at Buffalo and an MBA from Niagara University. She is certified as a Professional in HR through SHRM and HRCI. Claire is an active member and blogger for SHRM, and also a member of SHRM’s Emerging Professional Advisory Council (EPAC). She serves as the College Relations and Emerging Professionals Director on the Buffalo Niagara Human Resources Association (BNHRA) Board of Directors and is a Board Member for the UB School of Management Alumni Association (UB SOMAA). Claire was also named a 2022 HR Impact Award Winner by Buffalo Business First and 2022 Community Catalyst Award Winner by HRUnite.
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