Charu has over 20 years of strategic human capital and operations experience.  In her current position, Charu is the deputy for Culture and Workforce for Digital Transformation. In addition, she is the Talent Consulting and Analytics Branch Chief. In her previous role, she served as a Division Manager for Strategic Workforce Planning and Analytics within the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) for Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Charu was responsible for managing the Human Capital Operational Plan which outlined the goals, objectives, and measures for successful strategic human capital management and service delivery.

Previously, Charu served as the Deputy Director within Workforce Resilience and Engagement Division within Customs and Border Protection (CBP) where she led a team to provide resiliency and engagement programs that impact the mission-readiness of a diverse 60,000 personnel CBP workforce. Charu was also entrusted as a strategic partner with multiple leadership assignments including frontline recruitment and hiring, strategic planning, training, workforce planning, and organization development.

Prior to her federal career, Charu was in Management Consulting for over 14 years. She managed several key human capital transformations for NASA including projects at HQ, GRC, GSFC, and JSC; Health and Human Services (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and DoD.

Charu has a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelor’s Degree in Decision and Information Systems and Marketing from University of Maryland, College Park. She holds certification for Organizational Change Management, Project Management Professional (PMP) and Society for Human Resource Management-Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP).

Casey has been committed to improving the world of work for more than a decade. In 2010, he founded a tech recruiting firm with the lofty ambition of fixing recruitment on a global scale. Over the next few years that company became EQIQ, and Attuned one of its keystone businesses, all with a combined mission of blending humanity with data to create purposeful and frictionless work lives.

Casey holds an MBA, is fluent in Japanese, produced the first startup-themed feature film in Japan (Startup Girls, released in 2019), and is the author of two books of interviews with Japanese entrepreneurs,  2015’s #1 best-selling  未来をつくる起業家 (Eng. The Quiet Comeback) and  2018’s 未来をつくる起業家 vol 2.  His top three intrinsic motivators are competition, rationality and autonomy.

David Kirkpatrick is a journalist, the founder and editor-in-chief of Techonomy Media, and author of the best-selling book “The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World.”  Techonomy’s conferences gather leaders to discuss how tech changes everything and to help build a better society. Along with frequently virtual roundtables, it has two major virtual events upcoming: Digitally United on March 22-23, exploring the many ways tech can bring us together and remedies for the ways it has fractured us, and The Health+Wealth of America, on achieving progress for the country in this difficult time. Techonomy normally hosts two major annual physical events—in New York in May and a fall retreat in California. Speakers have included Marc Benioff, Steve Case, John Chambers, Jack Dorsey, Esther Dyson, Katherine Maher, Marissa Mayer, Tim O’Reilly, Sean Parker, Penny Pritzker, Peter Thiel, Jeff Weiner, and Mark Zuckerberg. Kirkpatrick’s book on Facebook is in 32 languages. He spent 25 years at Fortune Magazine, and is a contributing editor at Bloomberg Television and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Emtrain founder and CEO Janine Yancey is a passionate advocate for healthy workplace cultures. Janine’s unique approach blends technology, behavioral science, data analytics, and social media-inspired interactions to help inform and improve workplace behavior. Janine presides over a team of experts and an extensive library of content including courses, video, resource guides, checklists and analytic reports that define the modern workplace.

Janine is a proponent of neutral, third-party guidance and problem-solving. By orchestrating a publicly-accessible community interface for employee questions and concerns, Janine stays at the forefront of real-world, real-time harassment, bias, discrimination, and ethics issues.

A tireless visionary, Janine writes extensively, has provided expert testimony and advice to state legislatures, and helps leading companies implement harassment prevention, diversity, ethics, and compliance programs. Janine is a sought-after speaker and has been published and interviewed in the mainstream media including The Washington Post, Fast Company, USA Today, Bloomberg Business, TechCrunch, and Startup Grind. She’s presented at Society of Ethics and Compliance; Techstars FounderCon; Founders Network, and The Club.

Prior to founding Emtrain, Janine was a partner at Employment Law Partners where she specialized in solving labor and employment problems for high tech firms including Google, Intuit and a variety of start-ups. Janine also worked as counsel at Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, served as Board Member of the Northern California Human Resources Association, and authored The HR Handbook, designed to help young tech companies navigate workplace laws.

Janine earned her JD at the University of California Hastings School of Law and a BA in English and Political Science at the University of California Berkeley.

Mandy Ryan is a Managing Director in Changing Our World’s Corporate Social Engagement practice and brings more than a decade of experience in the corporate citizenship space to her role. With a passion for helping companies find and leverage their unique opportunities to “do well by doing good,” Mandy specializes in the design, implementation and evaluation of strategic programs that drive business and societal impact. Mandy partners with her clients on corporate citizenship strategy and program design, nonprofit partnership facilitation, grantmaking, cause marketing and employee engagement. She also leads Changing Our World’s work around corporate responsibility strategy and materiality mapping, and has completed a GRI Standards Certified Training Online Course.  Her work spans an array of industries with clients including AXIS Capital, ConAgra Foods, Leprino Foods Company, Medtronic Foundation, Philips, TD Ameritrade, Union Pacific Railroad, and Walmart. As a leader of the firm’s corporate practice, Mandy also has responsibility for business development, talent development, marketing and thought leadership.

Prior to joining Changing Our World, Mandy worked as a corporate partnerships manager at the Food Bank for New York City and at CancerCare, a national social services organization. Mandy worked with these organizations’ corporate supporters to build lasting and mutually beneficial partnerships through cause marketing, philanthropy, employee engagement, sponsorship and in-kind support.

Mandy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in integrated marketing communications from Ithaca College’s Roy H. Park School of Communications.

Karsten Vagner is the VP, People at Maven, the world's largest virtual clinic for women's and family health. Karsten started his career in healthtech as one of the first employees at Zocdoc, where he led the People team as the company grew from 3 to 500 people. Karsten was the Director of People Operations at AppNexus, where he led M&A people operations as the company scaled from 300 to 1200 people, and most recently led the People team at Hired in San Francisco. Karsten lives on the Upper West Side with his husband, Lee, and his daughter, Josephine.

Leah is a Senior Director in Changing Our World’s Corporate Social Engagement Practice. With over 8 years of philanthropy and corporate responsibility experience, Leah brings a strong background in program strategy and implementation, employee engagement, and communications to her role. She is passionate about helping companies create programs that deliver meaningful social impact outcomes, while driving key business objectives.

Since joining Changing Our World, Leah has worked across a broad range of industries, with clients including TD Ameritrade, Rockwell Automation, and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, helping them examine their current strategies and implement best-in-class corporate citizenship programs.

Prior to joining Changing Our World, Leah worked in corporate citizenship at KPMG where she designed and executed programs to empower employees to give back to their communities. Before joining KPMG, Leah also held citizenship roles at AOL and Goldman Sachs, where she managed large-scale employee engagement efforts, including AOL’s global day of service and Goldman Sachs’ Community TeamWorks program. In these roles, Leah was responsible for creating and implementing social impact initiatives that aligned with each company’s corporate responsibility strategy, built brand awareness, and increased employee pride and morale.

Leah earned her Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, and her Masters in Social Work from Columbia University.

Akhtar Badshah is author of Purpose Mindset: How Microsoft Inspires Employees and Alumni to Change the World and professor of social innovation at the University of Washington - Evans School of Public Policy & Governance.

As a leader of the Corporate Social Engagement practice at Changing Our World, Maureen has over 15 years of experience establishing and implementing effective partnerships between corporations and nonprofits. Maureen brings a strong background in CSR strategy, program design, employee engagement, and grantmaking to her position at Changing Our World.  Her client experience represents an array of sectors and industries, including organizations such as BNY Mellon, ConAgra Foods, MillerCoors, Northern Trust, Philips, Rockwell Automation, TD Ameritrade and Xylem.

Prior to joining Changing Our World, Maureen served as the associate specialist of corporate social responsibility for Canon U.S.A. Inc. In this role, Maureen was responsible for managing Canon’s nonprofit partnerships with organizations such as the Yellowstone Park Foundation and the National Environmental Education Foundation. In addition, she was responsible for overseeing community relations initiatives, employee volunteer activities, cause marketing and Canon’s in-kind giving program.

Before joining Canon, Maureen worked for Toshiba America Foundation where she made funding recommendations and managed grant projects that support mathematics and science education in K-12 classrooms nationwide. Maureen also served on the Social Contributions Committee convening six Toshiba America Group companies and serving as a liaison to Toshiba’s headquarters in Japan.

Maureen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from the State University of New York at Oswego. She currently serves as a member of the Oswego Alumni Association’s board of directors and as a member of the Leadership Council for the Women’s Fund of Central New York.

Idit serves as the Head of Corporate Responsibility, Inclusion & Wellbeing at Amdocs [NASDAQ: DOX] – a global telecommunications software & services company with over 25,000 employees worldwide.

In this role Idit manages the over-arching impact umbrella, with focus on improving the lives of people in the communities, progressing diversity & inclusion, promoting sustainability with technologies and driving change with leaders in our industry.

Through her work, she is responsible to ensure that the company’s global CSR & ESG strategies create lasting value by enhancing business performance, valuing social impact and supporting engagement of employees. In addition, Idit overseas the design of cross sector partnerships and the creation of stakeholder engagement. She serves as an industry expert and thought leader on the topic of CSR, ESG, diversity & inclusion and an evangelist for the CSR work of Amdocs in particular.

Idit is a certified lawyer, with 20 years of experience, working in the public, private and non for profit sectors, mainly in the fields of communication, international law, strategic partnerships, and social impact.

Meg Hendricks, is a Vice President and Head of Military and Veteran Affairs at Fiserv, where she has focused on honing her expertise in Diversity & Inclusion, Employee Engagement, Entrepreneurship, and Military Employment. Her leadership of the Fiserv Salutes program has resulted in Fiserv being ranked in the top 5 on the Military Times “Best for Vets Employers” list for the last five years, being named an SVA partner of the year, named a “5 Star Employer” by VETS Indexes, and more.

In addition to her experience with Fiserv, she served in the United States Army as a human resources officer and had the pleasure of partnering with organizations in the manufacturing and human capital management space in the civilian sector. Meg is passionate about creating and leading employee-centric programs that drive culture and have a positive impact on the community.

Meg holds a master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Northcentral University, a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from The Colorado College, and the PHR certification.

Meg has a strong commitment to civic duty. As such, she is a co-founder and on the board for Commerce Guild (a nonprofit focused on community safety), serves on the Advisory Committee for a University of Richmond certification course, and volunteers regularly with various local organizations. Meg is married to a fellow Army Veteran, with whom she has one daughter.

Natalie Baumgartner, PhD, is the chief workforce scientist and director of the Achievers Workforce Institute, the research and insights arm of Achievers, the employee recognition and engagement platform. She has spent her career advising companies of all sizes, from entrepreneurial startups to Fortune 500 firms, on issues related to company culture. Specifically tackling key-hire assessment and portfolio due-diligence issues, she has found success analyzing what most overlook: the human element.

Previously, Baumgartner was the founder and chief psychologist of RoundPegg, a software platform designed to help companies understand their culture from the ground up to create cultural alignment and higher organizational performance. RoundPegg was acquired by Achievers.

Baumgartner earned her BA in psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her MA in clinical psychology at UCLA, and her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Denver, with a specific focus on assessment and additional training in strength-based psychology.

Rocky is the Founder & CEO of the NoW of Work Inc. - a business transformation firm whose primary focus is helping executives build future-proofed, resilient organizations that are anchored on cultures of innovation and agility. He couples a decade of senior leadership roles in large enterprise, with 5-years in start-up tech to form what he believes is the culture and operational DNA for all modern companies.

Melissa has a diversity of experience in the nonprofit, government, arts and cultural, and higher education sectors. Her experience in municipal government serving the Latinx community has taught her the value of equity of inclusion. Her work in the nonprofit sector as a fundraiser, grant-maker, and volunteer engager underpins her belief that volunteerism and philanthropy are essential to the wellbeing of any community and that everyone can play a part.

Hillary Bochniak is Accenture’s global HR lead for Strategic Accounts and Sales, working closely with business leaders to unleash the potential of over 500,000 people who are delivering on the promise of technology and human ingenuity.  Hillary has spent her professional career at Accenture, first as a Consultant in the Talent & Organization practice for Financial Services, followed by a succession of roles in Human Resources.  In HR, Hillary spent more than fifteen years in national and global HR business partner roles and has worked in numerous areas including strategic talent planning and management, resource planning, HR operations and implementing enterprise-wide technology solutions.=

Hillary is a charter member of Accenture’s HR Executive Committee and a member of Accenture’s Global Leadership Council. She serves on the steering committee for Accenture’s Chicago metro location and has been the executive sponsor for corporate citizenship since 2012.  Hillary is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, and she serves on the boards of Junior Achievement of Chicago, Skills for Chicagoland’s Future, and the Women’s Leadership Board of Harvard’s Kennedy School.   An avid reader, reluctant jogger, and aspiring bridge player, Hillary lives in downtown Chicago with her husband and two school-aged children.

Dr. David Bessler is a long-time emergency veterinarian with a passion for being the hero who helps pet owners and their pets in their time of need. After helping to build the nation’s largest specialty veterinary business, he struck out on his own in 2014 and bought a single, small, nights and weekends emergency veterinary practice called Veterinary Emergency Group or VEG.

At VEG, David has been able to reimagine the emergency veterinary experience from the client’s perspective making it comfortable and convenient while maintaining a high standard of medicine and top-notch culture. In the last few years under David’s leadership, VEG has grown to be the only nationwide emergency veterinary business. Currently, there are 18 VEG hospitals open in 7 states and at least 20 more underway for 2021.

David completed his BS in Animal Sciences from Cornell University and received his VMD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. Prior to his schooling, David lived in Israel and served in the Israeli army. He currently resides in Westchester with his wife, Marni, and 3 boys.

Ursula leads the Executive Engagement Programs at Facebook. The program focuses on bringing global leaders along Facebook’s view of the Future of Work today. Ursula works hands on with Executives to facilitate the discussion of important issues that CEOs/CHROs/CIOs face in today’s ever changing working environment and create space for discussion among like-minded leaders. Ursula is passionate about connecting people, and using social networks and technologies as enablers to a great employee experience and amplifying culture. For the past 20 years she has worked and led high performing customer success teams at Oracle, Salesforce.com, Box, Microsoft, insidesales.com and now Facebook.

On a personal note, Ursula is Peruvian born & raised and moved to Canada in her late teens. She is active with her two “start-ups” Lucas (11) and Matias (10), loves to participate in ultra-trail marathons and resides in Menlo Park, CA.

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.

Potoula Stavropoulos is Director, Social Impact at Regeneron, a leading biotechnology company that invents life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Potoula leads Regeneron’s societal engagement, equity and impact strategy and partnerships.

Potoula aligns Regeneron’s Citizenship investments with critical business and social objectives to nurture a deep and diverse pipeline of innovators, build equity in STEM education and promote employee engagement in the communities where Regeneron operates. Potoula leads Regeneron’s flagship STEM education and equity initiatives, including the Regeneron Science Talent Search and Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, prestigious pre-college science and mathematics competitions produced by the Society for Science.

Potoula joined Regeneron in 2012 as its inaugural community relations manager to build the company’s corporate philanthropic and community engagement strategy. Under Potoula’s leadership, Regeneron was recognized as the 2020 healthcare sector leader on the Civic 50 and has been on the list as one of America’s most community-minded companies for the last four years.

Prior to Regeneron, Potoula spent most of her career in the nonprofit sector in various corporate relations roles advancing social progress in the areas of health and economic development. Potoula spent five years at the American Heart Association (AHA) where she was the Regional Director in Westchester and Fairfield counties with oversight of the local corporate relations and fund development for Go Red For Women–a national movement to heighten awareness of heart disease as the leading killer of women. Before joining the AHA, Potoula was Director of Business Development at Hospitality Resource Group (HRG), a boutique public relations in White Plains, where she was responsible for a growing portfolio of nonprofit clients. Prior to HRG, Potoula spent eight years as Director of Programs at The Business Council of Westchester, a leading business and economic development organization.

Potoula is a strong advocate for equity in science education and community involvement, previously serving on the board of directors for Yonkers Partners in Education and the Westchester-Putnam Workforce Investment Board and was co-chair of its Biotech Sector Partnership. She has served on the boards of YWCA of White Plains & Central Westchester and Westchester/Fairfield Association for Women in Communications. She is a member of the national Points of Light Corporate Service Council.

In 2013, The Business Council of Westchester named Potoula among its Rising Stars/40 under 40. She was recognized as Volunteer New York’s Leadership Westchester Alumna of the Year in 2014. Potoula graduated summa cum laude from Mercy College with a BS in Organizational Management.

Craig Goodfriend runs the Large Enterprise segment in North America for Workplace from Facebook, working with companies that have 10k+ employees.  His team works with client across all industries helping them learn about and onboard Workplace for their Comms needs.

Craig holds a BA from UMass Amherst where he was the manager for the 1996 Final Four basketball team. He resides in Princeton, NJ with his wife Hallie and their two children, Ben & Leo.

Graham McLaughlin leads the health equity focused social responsibility program for Optum, a global health services organization with over 180,000 staff members across 150 global offices serving 124 million individuals, 4 out of 5 US hospitals, over 200 health plans, and over 100,000 health care facilities.

Prior to Optum, Graham launched and led the corporate responsibility program at The Advisory Board Company, a publicly traded health services firm, and has also been a management consultant for Fortune 500 organizations and a wilderness therapy instructor.

Additionally, Graham founded a for-profit social enterprise, Clean Decisions, and a non-profit incubator, Changing Perceptions, helping individuals coming out of incarceration launch businesses.  Graham is also a board member of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers as well as 1863 Ventures, a minority business accelerator.  He serves as a director on 1863’s venture fund as well, and is also a member of the UnitedHealth Group impact investment committee.  In these roles, Graham supports the deployment of over $100M in capital annually.

He has been published or profiled in publications such as Guardian Sustainable Business, Forbes, The Washington Post, and National Journal, and has spoken at the White House, on Capitol Hill, and at numerous conferences on corporate responsibility, social impact, impact investment, and mass incarceration and reentry.

Graham graduated Summa Cum Laude from UNC-Chapel Hill with a dual degree in psychology and management.