As Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources officer, Jeff focuses on moving forward many of Jefferson’s strategic HR initiatives. A mission-critical area that Jeff focuses on is the seamless integration and alignment of enterprise-wide benefits, cultures, and talent management practices and processes. 

Jeff is also instrumental in the work of developing Jefferson’s mission, vision and values for its new enterprise, rolling them out to all employees and integrating them into the organization’s performance management processes, learning curricula and other supports.

Employee engagement, satisfaction, and cultural diversity and inclusion contribute significantly to the patient and student experience at Jefferson, and to the recruitment and retention of top talent that sets Jefferson apart. These areas are of significant importance to the enterprise. Jeff works closely with Jefferson’s Chief Diversity Officer to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion throughout Jefferson.

Jeff has more than 20 years of human resources experience. Prior to joining Jefferson, Jeff was Chief Human Resources Officer at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), a system of three hospitals employing more than 18,000 people. While heading HR at URMC, he created a highly-rated HR business partner model; introduced a talent management system for 27,000 users; redesigned the benefits platform – including spearheading a physician network contract, establishing wellness programs, and changing disability formulas to save the organization $8 million annually; converted 30 performance management tools into one enterprise tool; and managed labor relations for five bargaining units. He has also held leadership roles at University of Massachusetts Memorial Healthcare and Northern Berkshire Healthcare, also located in Massachusetts.

Jeff received his undergraduate degree in economics from Clark University and his MS in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and Baruch College.

Alan Cabelly, Professor Emeritus, Portland State University, is a nationally and internationally recognized speaker, teacher, and consultant, the recipient of numerous teaching and other HR awards. His work focuses on leadership excellence in the 21st century, generational relationships in the workplace, and teambuilding with the DiSC. His personal mission is to help individuals increase their leadership skills and improve the functioning of their work teams. Alan helps people find passion in their work life environment, leading to greater individual engagement and satisfaction, and increased organization productivity. 

Jameel has his Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Development from St. Joseph’s University and is a graduate from Temple University with a Bachelor in Business Administration focusing on Human Resource Management and Management Information Systems. He has obtained Human Resource certifications from Villanova University, his Professional in Human Resources Certification (PHR) from the Human Resource Certification Institute, and is a SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP). Jameel serves as the President-elect for the Philadelphia Society for Human Resource Management, the board of People for People Inc., the Graduate Advisory Board for Peirce College, and the Advisory board for Jane Hires.

John Baldino founded Humareso to strategize with companies to develop plans to manage talent, recruit for skills gaps based on employee inventories, assess markets for growth, develop long-range succession plans and influence a culture of enthusiastic buy-in.  Humareso provides outsourced human resource services, including its flagship HRO plan, which helps businesses save money, increase productivity and reduce legal risks by providing dedicated HR consulting for compliance, training, performance management, employee relations, workplace management, discipline and other important HR best practices.

Humareso handles all facets of employee engagement and business development, providing strategic direction to help employers manage talent, recruit for skills gaps, assess markets for growth, assess competition, increase employee performance, develop long-range succession plans and influence an enthusiastic, innovative culture.

Aaron Abell is an accomplished global HR professional, talent guru, analyst, business leader, and entrepreneur. After staring his career in a generalist/analyst capacity, he quickly gained success in various other aspects of Human Resources. He helped develop and led enterprise-recruiting efforts, improving results while reducing costs and lead times through the implementation of lean strategies and new technologies. These achievements were not only recognized internally at Hillenbrand, but also externally – sharing his story and successes at the fall ERE Expo. In addition, Aaron's responsibility grew to manage many HR Operations including planning, budgeting, reporting, and government compliance.

After several years building experience in Human Resources, Aaron gained Merger and Acquisition experience working on the Corporate Strategy Team – assisting with due diligence efforts for the $545 million purchase of Coperion Capital GmbH. Following this experience, Aaron joined the Lean Business team – leading global Lean training and development activities to optimize business performance of current and future companies. In 2014, Aaron joined FMC Corporation to work on separating the Alkali Chemical Division for its ultimate sale to Tronox Limited.  Today, Aaron oversees corporate talent life-cycle management with Tronox Alkali and acts as the Sr. HR Business Partner for the executive leadership team.

Throughout his life, Aaron has had a passion for philanthropy and community service. Aaron services on the Society for Human Resource Management’s Young Professionals Advisory Council and the Philadelphia SHRM Emerging Leaders Committee.   Education is a major area of focus for him and he served on the Board of Trustees for Oldenburg Academy. Aaron tutored first grade students through Kiwanis Kids and Us program, mentors college students through Generation-to-Generation Program, and was a founding member of Wabash Fraternity Advisers.

Aaron is also active in other community efforts, having served on the planning committee for the Relay for Life in Decatur County and Montgomery County, raising more than a half million dollars for the American Cancer Society. Aaron previously served for three years on the board of directors for Tree County Players, a non-profit community theater group.

Ophelia Yan, SPHR, GPHR, SHRM-SCP is an HR Consultant with Mammoth / HRAnswerLink, the nation's premier provider of HR services and one of Oregon Business Magazine, Fortune, and The Great Place to Work Institute’s ‘Best Places to Work’. With nearly 10 years of HR experience, Ophelia specializes in the financial services, healthcare, IT, real estate, and telecommunications industries.

Ophelia began her career as an Interim HR officer in her hometown of Anchorage, Alaska where she managed all aspects of the recruiting function for 200+ employees. Upon completing her Bachelor of Arts and Master’s in Business Administration from Willamette University, Ophelia was one of the youngest people to pass both the PHR and GPHR certification exams.  

Ophelia volunteers as the College Relations Director for the Northwest Human Resources Management Association (NHRMA), the Portland Human Resources Management Association, Oregon Food Bank, and OMSI. She also offers resume review services and career coaching for the Multnomah County Library, and works part-time as a Group Exercise Instructor for 24 Hour Fitness. In her free time, she enjoys rock climbing, home improvement projects, cooking, hiking, skiing, and trying as many of Portland’s best restaurants as possible. 

Danielle Andrews is a Portland native, growing up in the Beaverton area. She attended University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA and graduated in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. During college she served as Vice President of Recruitment for her sorority and found her passion for recruiting, training, and facilitation. Upon returning to Portland, she began her HR career as a Recruiter for a national agency where she learned basic recruiting and networking skills. In 2009 she transitioned to corporate recruiting as a Sr. Recruiting Coordinator for Banfield Pet Hospital. Once promoted to Talent Acquisition Specialist she spent the next 7 years supporting leadership, corporate, and field recruiting as well as doing project work and stretch assignments to improve recruitment processes for the organization, improve talent development systems, and facilitate leadership courses.

In May 2016 she took a position as a Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner with Columbia Sportswear Company supporting recruitment for their Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, and Legal functions for all brands.