Christine M. Salerno is Head of Social Impact at Marsh & McLennan, a position she created in 2010.  In this role, she has shaped the Company’s overall SI strategy, which includes volunteering programs, grant making and fundraising, and all operational issues related to them. MMC now has active volunteers in over 50 countries and 350 cities – almost half of MMC’s geographic footprint.  These efforts have had a measurable impact on employee engagement, have helped shift the overall culture of the organization and most importantly have supported hundreds of communities and thousands of nonprofits around the world.

With Marsh & McLennan since 2009, she initially was on the International and Client Development team, working with the Country CEO’s in Europe and the Middle East.  She also managed the World Economic Forum relationship, increasing the company’s engagement with the WEF in key areas.

Prior to joining MMC, she was a Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum in Geneva.  While there, she designed and co-led the WEF’s integrated approach to corporate responsibility/citizenship including advising the Executive Chairman and numerous other internal and external constituents on content related to corporate engagement in society for the Annual Meeting in Davos and other regional WEF summits.

She started her career at Swiss Bank/UBS where she held numerous roles, including helping orchestrate the merger between Swiss Bank and UBS in Zurich.

Christine holds an MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies with specializations in international finance and environmental issues and a BA in International Relations from Boston University.  She has lived in Singapore, Italy, the UK and Switzerland.  She currently lives in Manhattan with her 9-year-old daughter.

Kurt Andersen is a writer. His new book Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America, a chronicle of what he calls the 50-year “hijacking” of the American economy by the right, the rich and big business, is a follow-up to Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire (2017), his prize-winning, bestselling history of America's defining weakness for entertaining falsehoods. In addition, he is the author of four critically acclaimed, bestselling novels -- You Can't Spell America Without Me (2017), True Believers (2012), Heyday (2007) and Turn of the Century (1999). He frequently appears as a commentator on MSNBC, and also writes for television and the stage. Previously he was a columnist and critic for The New Yorker, New York and Time, as well as editor-in-chief of New York. He also co-created and hosted the Peabody Award-winning weekly public radio program Studio 360, co-founded the e-newsletter Very Short List, the digital and print publication Inside, and Spy magazine. Born and raised in Omaha, he graduated from Harvard College and lives with his wife Anne Kreamer in Brooklyn, New York.

Elena Grotto is a senior vice president on Edelman’s business transformation team, working in lockstep with senior decision makers as they stabilize the workforce during a period of significant business transformation.

Elena manages culture and change programs that impact all phases of the employee journey – from attraction and onboarding to leadership development and retention. Across these distinct phases, Elena helps her clients develop strategies to shift mindsets and behaviors, leveraging learning & development methodologies, behavioral science insights and change management approaches.

Elena specializes in creating targeted culture interventions – when employees need to adopt a new behavior to support an explicit mandate – and holistic culture transformation programs, where she works with C-suite leaders to define the specific behaviors and capabilities that will advance their business’ strategy. She runs these programs with clients who are pursuing a merger-integration-spinoff, launching an evolved business strategy or repairing their reputation in the wake of a crisis.

Elena’s clients include a 30,000-employee health care system that was navigating a complex business transformation. Working with C-suite leaders, she led a team that launched a purpose-led culture, which sped up the adoption of a new operating model and business strategy. She also recently co-led multiple workstreams to support a major integration for a multinational pharmaceutical, chemical and life sciences company.

Elena joined Edelman after over 10 years at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, managing company-wide internal and external communications, ensuring story integration across earned-owned-paid platforms. This included a business transformation marked by a company rebrand and a $16 million dollar redesign that was precipitated by a desire to better engage key stakeholders.

Rosa is Vice President Talent Management and OD for PepsiCo’s North America Beverages sector. She is also the Co-founder of the podcast Color Forward, which focuses on providing a platform to amplify the voices of multicultural women and women of color.  She is a seasoned Talent Management executive, who’s passion for fostering environments where people can grow and advance, have led her to drive purposeful strategies that weave culture with business outcomes. Rosa’s own multicultural background has allowed her to successfully navigate roles in a multitude of countries and organizations, having held regional and global HR and OD roles for BP plc, The World Bank and the University of Chicago. Throughout her career she has been intentional about developing women, and creating opportunities to support other women, building forums for knowledge sharing, mentoring and advancement: in her tenure at Booth Business School, Rosa was instrumental in refocusing the school’s efforts in attracting and developing MBA female students, spearheading a strategy that would yield the development of the sought after program, Booth Women Advance.

She holds a Master’s degree in Organizational Management Development and Leadership from Fielding Graduate University, a Master’s degree in Sociology & Politics from University of Salamanca, Spain and University of East London, UK, and a Bachelor’s degree in Labor Law by the University of Salamanca, Spain. As a certified Executive Coach, Rosa held her own practice before joining PepsiCo, where she coached a wide array of senior executives from the UN, The World Bank, and the InterAmerican Development Bank.

She resides just outside Chicago where she lives with her husband and son. Rosa enjoys the art of bread baking, roasting coffee and good conversation over a dining table.

Michelle Goldberg became an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times in 2017 and was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for public service for reporting on workplace sexual harassment issues. She is the author of three books: “Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism,” “The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World,” and “The Goddess Pose: The Audacious Life of Indra Devi, the Woman Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West.” Her first book was a finalist for the Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism, and her second won the Ernesta Drinker Ballard Book Prize and the J. Anthony Lukas Work-In-Progress Award.

Previously she was a columnist at Slate. A frequent commentator on radio and television, Ms. Goldberg’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, Newsweek, The Nation, The New Republic, The Guardian and many other publications. She has reported from countries including India, Iraq, Egypt, Uganda, Nicaragua and Argentina. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and children.

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of society.

Edmondson has been recognized by the biannual Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers since 2011, and most recently was ranked #1 in 2021; she also received that organization’s Breakthrough Idea Award in 2019, and Talent Award in 2017.  She studies teaming, psychological safety, and organizational learning, and her articles have been published in numerous academic and management outlets, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business Review and California Management Review. Her 2019 book, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation and Growth (Wiley), has been translated into 15 languages. Edmondson’s latest book, Right Kind of Wrong (Atria), builds on her prior work on psychological safety and teaming to provide a framework for thinking about, discussing, and practicing the science of failing well. First published in the US and the UK in September, 2023, the book is due to be translated into 15 additional languages. 

Sharon Epperson, named one of “12 to Watch in TV News,” can be seen regularly on CNBC television and other media platforms.

As CNBC’s senior personal finance correspondent, Epperson covers the many facets of how people manage, grow and protect their money. Her expertise includes saving and investing for retirement, paying for college, managing mortgage, student loan, credit card and other debt, and building a financial legacy through estate planning.

Preparing your finances for the unexpected is another critical (and personal) aspect of her reporting. In September 2016, Epperson sustained a ruptured brain aneurysm and she nearly lost her life. She has become a staunch advocate for health and wellness issues, raising awareness about brain aneurysms and funding for research. In September 2018, she and her family established “The Sharon Epperson Chair of Research” through the Brain Aneurysm Foundation to provide grants for research on early detection and innovative treatments.

Epperson is a lead contributor to “Invest in You: Ready. Set. Grow.,” a multi-platform financial wellness and education initiative at CNBC in partnership with the micro-investing app Acorns, and developed its companion 8-week learning course and weekly newsletter, “Invest in You: Money 101.” She also contributes to NBC’s TODAY and NBC Nightly News as well as Today.com and NBCNews.com.

Her book, The Big Payoff: 8 Steps Couples Can Take to Make the Most of Their Money-and Live Richly Ever After, was a finalist for the Books for a Better Life Awards, honoring works that have “changed the lives of millions.” She also was a contributing writer for The Experts’ Guide to Doing Things Faster. Her personal finance expertise has been featured in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, USA Weekend, Self, Essence, Ebony and TIME, where she had covered business, culture, social issues and health as a correspondent prior to joining CNBC.

Epperson has numerous industry and civic awards, including the Special Achievement Award from the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) and the Savvy Inspiration Award from the non-profit, financial empowerment group Savvy Ladies. She won an Alliance for Women in Media’s Gracie Award for Outstanding Online Host for her “Financial Advisor Playbook” video series on CNBC.com. She has received the Vanguard Award for her distinguished career in business and personal finance reporting from the National Urban League Guild, and the All-Star Award from the Association of Women in Communications. She also has won awards from the New York Festivals, the New York Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Black Journalists.

She currently lives with her husband and two children in Westchester County, N.Y.

Randy has been with CVS Health for 15 years.  He serves the company as Director of Strategic Diversity Management where he is responsible for researching, recommending and executing the company’s enterprise Strategic Diversity Management strategy in support of the retail segments of the business which include Front Store, Pharmacy, Omincare, Retail Support Organizations and Minute Clinic.

He serves as a primary advisor to the VP of Workforce Strategies and Chief Diversity Officer and provides strategic advice and counsel to the company’s leadership on diversity management goals and strategies into all business and planning processes and practices.

Prior, he worked on the Community Relations team overseeing its activities within the company's central and eastern retail divisions. In his Community Relations role, he supported a five-year, $25 Million philanthropic initiative designed to support programs for children with disabilities, along with supporting other areas of philanthropic focus, such as programs for the uninsured and underprivileged.

He and his former team were responsible for awarding up to $75M annually in philanthropic and corporate contributions through community grants, disaster relief, product donations, two chain-wide annual campaigns (ALS and St. Jude), and an end-of-the year Employee Giving Campaign.

Prior to CVS Health, he led and managed national advocacy organizations out of Washington, DC where he started his career and focused on lobbying efforts for small business and social programs, Diversity & Inclusion and Supplier Diversity.

Randy holds an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and a Bachelor of Arts in English from George Mason University.

Dr. Gail Stern is the co-founder of Catharsis Productions, co-author of the non-stranger rape prevention program Sex Signals, and author of the programs, Beat the Blame Game, and Teaching Rape as a Moral Issue. She has been a SME for the White House and each branch of the Armed Forces on issues related to sexual violence prevention.

Dr. Stern and colleague Heather Imrie are the co-creators of the innovative Force of Awesome Institute, a program for violence prevention educators that enables them to design and deliver more effective presentations in their own communities. Based on Dr. Stern’s and Ms. Imrie’s extensive research and experience, the Institute incorporates a combination of lecture, group work, and coaching, effectively transferring the training capacity to participants.

A large part of Dr. Stern’s expertise strays from traditional prevention education. She began performing stand-up and improvisational comedy at the age of fifteen, and continued performing throughout her college and professional career. In the early 90s, she was asked to utilize this skill when training over 800 Chicago Police sergeants on “cultural sensitivity.” She discovered quickly that the strategic use of humor enabled her to connect with her audience, not only in building rapport, but also in enabling them to hear challenging information. This experience fueled the rest of her academic career, and she focused her studies and research on using humor to reduce emotional and cognitive resistance to challenging issues.

Dr. Stern is also the creator of the sexual assault prevention programs, Beat the Blame Game; Sexual Violence Prevention as a Moral Issue; The Canary in the Mineshaft: What Rape Jokes Signal About Our Culture; and, Fight Fire With Funny: Using Humor to Reframe Rape as a Moral Issue. Dr. Stern served as the director of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Campus Advocacy Network from 1991-1998, providing crisis counseling and court advocacy to victims of violent crime.

Jon is the CEO and co-founder of Even, a responsible earned wage access company that combines the flexibility and convenience of on-demand pay with intuitive budgeting and savings tools to improve employee financial health and boost retention and loyalty. Even currently serves more than 600,000 active members and is the most popular opt-in employer benefit offered by Walmart, behind only healthcare and 401k.

Jon co-founded the company in 2015 with a team of former Instagram and Google engineers who shared his vision and were equally committed to using a data-and-research driven approach to product design. Since then, Even has been embraced by forward-thinking employers in retail, healthcare, restaurant/fast food, logistics, manufacturing, financial services, and more, including Walmart, PayPal, Noodles & Co, Humana, CoxHealth, Pitney Bowes, The Toro Company, and more. Before founding Even, Jon studied behavioral and cognitive psychology at Skidmore College and applied those learnings to designing and building award-winning digital products and experiences.

Kathy is a Director with Aon’s Assessment Solutions practice. She has over 15 years of experience and consults in the areas of personnel selection, job analysis, leadership development, and test development. She also has experience in training, counseling, and executive coaching. Kathy has assisted both public and private organizations, as well as national and international clients.

Kathy received a Master of Science in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the Florida Institute of Technology, where she graduated with distinction. While earning her M.S., she had the opportunity to develop selection tools for two large aerospace organizations.

Kathy is a member of the American Psychological Association as well as Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and has presented at such conferences to contribute to and advance the field of I-O Psychology.

Mina Morris is a Partner with Aon’s Assessment Solution Practice.  As an organizational psychologist, Mina works with clients to maximize the effectiveness of their talent selection processes, implement talent management systems and manage change.

Mina has extensive global experience partnering with clients in North America, Asia Pacific, and Middle East to deliver human capital solutions that help deliver business results. Before joining Aon, Mina held various management consulting roles with leading human capital firms.

Mina holds a Masters of Science in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Psychology, from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

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.

Adam Weber is the host of the popular  HR Superstars Podcast & SVP of Community for 15Five where he supports and leads thousands of HR professionals through the HR Superstars Community, elevating them to become more strategic leaders. 

Previously he was the Co-founder and Chief People Officer of Emplify (which sold to 15Five in 2021), a company that helped leaders measure, diagnose. He also co-founded Bluebridge Digital, where he grew and sold the company in 2016. 

He is the author of the Amazon bestseller, Lead Like A Human. In 2020, Adam was named to Business Insider’s list of Rising Stars in HR. 

Adam is a proud Ball State University alum holding a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's degree in organizational communication. 

He lives with his wife, two sons and dog Poppy in Zionsville, Indiana. 

Rob Ryan has spent his career solving complex business challenges within Fortune 500 organizations and highly regulated environments. An expert in digital transformation, Rob finds new and novel ways to transform how companies deliver value to their customers, and most importantly – their employees.

As LumApps' Senior Director of Strategic Development and Business Value, Rob partners closely with large enterprise prospects in aligning their digital workplace vision, justifying solution-driven business value to executives, and providing a clear path forward. His award-winning digital transformation program strategies and organizational change plans have helped shaped the intranets, communities, extranets, and digital workplaces for some of the world's most recognized organizations and brands.

Alana Semuels is a senior economics correspondent at Time magazine based in San Francisco where she writes about technology, work, and the future. She was previously a staff writer at The Atlantic and the Los Angeles Times. She has a master's degree in global politics from the London School of Economics and a bachelor's degree from Harvard College in American history and literature.

He has consulted for multiple Fortune 500 and public sector organizations to impact the way people and systems operate to achieve transformative results. In his work, Scott has designed, implemented, and evaluated human capital systems and processes as both a consultant and internal HR professional. His areas of expertise are in leadership development, team performance, HR analytics, organizational effectiveness, and organizational development.

Before BetterUp, Scott worked with the Trispective Group, a consultancy focused on team and leadership coaching, where he developed team assessments and frameworks for team coaching. Scott received his PhD in management with a concentration in leadership and organizational behavior from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Scott’s research has been published in the International Journal of Public Leadership and the upcoming Handbook of Organizational Resilience. His research has also been featured in the Sloan Management Review.

Janet Duncan Rumsey loves what she does!! She is a passionate and engaged leader who believes it is critical for Human Resources leaders to be engaged in all aspects of the business they support.  Janet was recently promoted to the Regional Vice President of Human Resources for Sysco supporting the New England Region.  Janet has over 25 years supporting multiple Fortune 500 Companies including Coca Cola, American International Group (AIG) and McKesson Corporation.  Her experience with these organizations has given the experience and the ability to influence and inspire action in others and respond with vision and purpose during periods of growth, disruption or uncertainty.

Janet is a purpose driven business leader who is passionate about building talent strategies which enable and empower her clients to drive continuous improvement which impact results and employee engagement.  Janet has a master’s degree in Human Resources Management from Emmanuel College where she also spent close to 10 years as an Adjunct Professor.

Dave Osh partners with executive teams to co-create high-value performance in disruption, complexity, and uncertainty. His mission is to evolve leaders around the world to the highest level of effectiveness and consciousness so that, together, we create a ripple effect of unity in the world.

He is the founder of Varlinx that enables rapid business performance shift at an all-inclusive and affordable monthly subscription. His work helps organizations make the difficult leap from one growth phase to the next by building the organizational capacity and capability to create outcomes that matter most.

Dave was the CEO of the multinational company Qnet, leading 1,000 employees towards the revenue of $431M. The teams he has led span 34 countries and achieved an average 39% YoY growth, while living in Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United States.

Dave is the author of Outgrow Middle Management - Accelerate Your Climb to the Top, the forthcoming book Performance - Closing the Gap Between Reality and Vision, and the host of the CEOpeek video podcast.

Dave laid his leadership foundation on the battlefield as a fighter pilot and air force commander, taking his cockpit experience from the briefing room to the boardroom.

He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Ainsley. In his free time, he skis, hikes, plays electric guitar, works out, and ‘parents’ three adult children (and a cat).

Jeanne Schad, RiseSmart’s talent solutions and strategy practice lead, heads the company’s holistic Talent Mobility solutions to help RiseSmart customers retain employees and keep them engaged.

Schad is an ICF-Certified Executive Coach with 16 years of coaching experience and expertise in the field of career development. Prior to joining RiseSmart, Schad served as SVP/Talent Development at Lee Hecht Harrison for seven years where she was instrumental in building the company’s executive coaching and career development practice. Previously, she owned and operated a global executive coaching firm.

Jeanne holds a B.S. in TV/Radio/Film Management from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University. She is a Certified Professional Coach. In 2014, Jeanne was honored as one of California’s Most Influential and Powerful Women by the California Diversity Council.

Curtis Stancil is the Human Resources Business Partner Director in the Universities Segment of Sodexo supporting the Northeast region of a global foods and facilities management outsourcing firm serving over 72 countries worldwide.

In his role as HR Business Partner Director, Curtis serves as a strategic business partner and advises management on the formulation and administration of human resources (HR) programs for a significant segment of business. Coaches and counsel’s management on a broad range of HR topics focused on driving employee performance, strategy and workforce planning to strengthen overall business performance and outcomes. Curtis has extensive experience in both employee relations, labor relations, and facilitating frontline and management level training and development on a host of Diversity and Inclusion topics designed to promote and foster a more inclusive and productive work environment

Curtis also serves as the HR representative on the Universities Safety Leadership Steering Committee and Safety Coordinator incentive plan administrator.

In addition to his extensive HR background, Curtis has over 30 years of direct management level experience in the field of Outsource Contract management related to Food and Facilities management for Colleges and Universities.

Curtis is also a member of a number of Employee Business Resource groups, to include PANG, WING and AALF and is passionate about providing opportunities for everyone within Sodexo to contribute to their full potential.

Curtis has a B.A. degree in Communications from the University of Hartford, an Associates degree in Applied Science in Aerospace Technology from The Community College of the Air Force.

Curtis is married and the father of four, daughters named Cierra, Lauren, Jessica, and a son named Casey.