Karen L Gilliam is the Agency Chief Learning Officer and Organization Development Lead for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In this position, she is responsible for development and execution of the agency’s training and development strategy inclusive of organization development, coaching, and mentoring.  Prior to her current appointment, Karen served as chief of the Human Capital Development Division and Glenn Research Center’s (GRC) Chief Learning Officer.  

Karen has more than 25 years’ experience providing training; management & leadership development; diversity and inclusion program; and organization development consulting to diverse industries that include manufacturing, insurance, health-care, telecommunications, and higher education.  She obtained the designation of Chief Diversity Executive (CDE) from the Institute for Diversity Certification (IDC) and the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) from the International Coaching Federation.  Over her career, she has been a staff manager, adjunct faculty instructor, business owner, published author, and elected politician, having served 9 years as a council woman.  Additionally, she is a lifetime member of the National Black MBA Association, a board member of Restore Cleveland Hope, Inc., and has been recognized in "Who’s Who in Black Cleveland."

A native Clevelander, Karen obtained her associate’s degree from Cuyahoga Community College; a bachelor of art degree from Notre Dame College; a master’s in business administration from Baldwin-Wallace University and her doctorate from Antioch University’s Leadership and Change program in 2006.

Daisy Auger-Domínguez is the chief people officer at Vice Media Group. She was formerly Google’s director of global diversity and inclusion strategy and global head of diversity staffing. She also served as the VP, talent acquisition and workforce diversity at Disney ABC Television Group, and she was the founder and CEO of Auger-Domínguez Ventures, a consultancy specializing in inclusive workplace culture theory and practice. She has earned a Community Service Leadership Award from the New York City Council and was named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in People en Español. She lives in Brooklyn.

Jeff Orlando is the Global Vice President, Learning & Leadership Development at Medtronic.

Sharahn Monk is the Global Director, Learning Delivery and Performance Solutions at FIS Global.

Mary Vinette is the Global Head of Learning & Development at Technicolor.

TeNita Ballard is a Diversity Business Partner for SMG at Intel. She joined Intel in February 2021 as Global Supply Chain’s Diversity Business Partner. Quickly after joining the team she partnered with key stakeholders to create Supply Chain's Diversity and Inclusion SharePoint site, was BHR D&I’s point of contact for XLT’s Authentic Leadership Pilot, presented Intel’s D&I story at Modern Health’s Juneteenth Panel, provided Supply Chain’s African American Resource Group A3iS with the resources and support to get the data they needed to grow their initiatives. 

In her previous role, she was the Lead Consultant for Diversity & Inclusion at AT&T. She led D&I strategy for the Asian Pacific Islanders, Individuals with Disabilities and Veterans segments where she partnered with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure AT&T is seen as a great place to work and their service provider of choice. TeNita joined DIRECTV in 2006 with roles as an Investigative Analyst investigating Customer Risk Management and as a Commercial Analyst where she was responsible for commercial dealer account auditing to ensure company policy compliance.

In 2013, TeNita’s dedication to relationship building and community outreach inspired her to lead the group responsible for the creation and launch of DIRECTV’s first African American employee resource group. BAALANCE (Building African American Leaders and Navigating the Company Experience) launched in January 2014 and quickly became known for providing access to influential African Americans at on-site networking events.

With the DIRECTV and AT&T merger, BAALANCE merged into Community NETwork, which is AT&T’s African American Employee Resource Group. She served as the Community NETwork Los Angeles Chapter President and Vice President for the past 3 years. TeNita received her B.A. in Psychology from Cal State Long Beach and her Master of Business Administration from Keller Graduate School of Management. TeNita also held a full-time HR position at Coca-Cola Bottling Company Los Angeles while pursuing her BA and a full-time position at DIRECTV while pursuing her MBA.

Kelly Yamanouchi is a business reporter covering airlines and the airport for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the AJC in 2008, joining the paper from The Denver Post. She has also worked as a business writer for newspapers in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Honolulu. She has a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

Madhukar Govindaraju is the Founder & CEO of Numly, Inc. As an experienced Tech. Entrepreneur, Madhukar brings more than two decades of experience in the software industry as a GM/Product Executive, CTO, SVP Engineering, and business leader, at some of the world’s leading software companies, including VMware, Microsoft, TriNet HR Group, Saba Software, SAP / Business Objects, Hyperion Solutions, HP, IBM, and several successful startups. He also has several patents pending in the Talent Management, Innovation Network Analytics and AI-4-HR space.

Kristine Ayuzawa is the Director, People Operations at Attuned.

Emily Pearce is the Director of Global Customer Care at Achievers and has a passion for leading large teams through transformations. Emily completed her Master of Arts, Leadership with Royal Roads University in 2022. Though her research focused on mentorship, Emily continues to explore the various types of learning partnerships and the role they play in career development, especially for those new to the corporate world.

Sarah began her career in Human Resources at companies like SiriusXM, Coach, and Gilt Groupe before transitioning to the role of Head of Sales at Gilt City—the company’s luxury lifestyle experiences arm. In this role, Sarah ran a 65-person sales team, managed $60 million in yearly revenue, and expanded the brand to top cities across the U.S. It was there that she identified the direct correlation between culture and the bottom line—when employees failed to address their issues with colleagues and managers, revenue suffered.

Before co-founding Bravely, Sarah launched an EdTech company (accepted into the acclaimed 500 Startups accelerator) that helped educate kids on the importance of environmental and wildlife conservation.
Sarah’s experience in HR, team management, and tech—combined with an ongoing obsession with helping people gain the confidence they need to find meaning in their work—inspired her to co-found Bravely in 2017.

Gerard Camacho, MPA, JCDC, is Atrium Health’s AVP of Workforce Development. As a new leader to the organization, he has been responsible for the design and implementation of the workforce development strategy for the system and the creation of the Career Development Center; impacting 80K+ staff members and the Charlotte community. During his tenure at Atrium Health, Gerard has worked with community and business leaders, academic systems, and local and federal government to lead workforce development initiatives specifically aimed to promote income mobility, advancement of policy, remove barriers, and provide equitable access to family sustainable livable wage careers for frontline teammates and people of color within our community.

As a leader in our community, Gerard serves as a member of the Executive Board for Charlotte-Mecklemburg School Foundation and a member of the Charlotte Executive Leadership Committee Workforce Development working team. At a national level, he serves as Vice Chair of National Workforce Solutions’ CareerSTAT and the Business Leaders United on the Hill Executive Boards.

Before BetterUp, Erin was a professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She lives in Alexandria, VA with her husband and two young children. When not working, you can find her and her family on adventures in their tiny home on wheels, a converted Sprinter van.

Lydia Dishman is Fast Company’s senior editor for growth and engagement. She has also written for CBS Moneywatch, Fortune, The Guardian, Popular Science, and the New York Times, among others.

Dr. Steven’s work focuses on the design and deployment of technology-enabled processes to improve workforce agility, productivity, engagement, experience, and well-being. An industrial-organizational psychologist by training, he has played a central role in creating HR solutions that have positively influenced millions of employees working for thousands of companies around the globe. Dr. Steven regularly speaks on topics related to the changing nature of jobs, organizations, talent management, and the experience of work. He has written hundreds of articles and several books on strategic HR methods

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza is a freelance journalist and From Day One contributing editor who writes about work, the job market, and women’s experiences in the workplace. Her work has appeared in the BBC, The Washington Post, Quartz at Work, Fast Company, and Digiday’s Worklife.

Jackie Bassett is the Director of People Strategy at UChicago Medicine. In her current role, Jackie is the strategic HR partner for many of UChicago Medicine’s leaders. She advises and collaborates with healthcare leaders on a wide range of strategic HR topics, including physician and staff engagement, organization development, workforce planning, talent acquisition, talent management, diversity & inclusion, compensation and benefits.

Prior to joining UChicago Medicine, Jackie held roles in organization development and strategy and change consulting in the technology industry. She has a passion for people and has spent much of her career helping organizations put people first.

Jackie has a two-year-old son, and as a working parent herself, she has a deep appreciation of the extraordinary challenges facing working parents right now.

Jill Carter is the Director, Leadership & Organizational Development at Intermountain Healthcare.

Caitlin is an Organizational Psychologist and Principal Implementation Consultant who serves as a strategic advisor and a Betterworks product and platform expert for the largest, most complex enterprise customers. She has spent her career consulting for mid to global Fortune and FTSE 500 companies across various vertical markets developing people-centric strategies for recruitment, development, agile transition and change to help organizations become more nimble, more capable and more productive. With the belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to be great at their jobs despite experience, Caitlin has successfully taken a different approach to talent management by unlocking and understanding potential.

Her personal mission is to help foster fulfilling work environments that will create a contagiously positive impact on lives outside of work. Caitlin holds a Bachelors of Science degree and Masters of Science degree, both in Organizational Psychology with a certification in Training and Development.