Volunteer Information and Registration

HR professionals are invited to support the future of the human resources profession by volunteering for a 2017 SHRM Student Case Competition and Career Summit. Volunteers are an important part of making the event a positive and meaningful experience for students. There are many onsite volunteer opportunities, and the Written Presentation Judge is a virtual volunteer opportunity.
Amy C. Edmondson
Novartis professor of Leadership and Management
Harvard Business School
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Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, where she has taught since 1996. She is the author of Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy (Jossey-Bass, 2012), and over seventy articles on leadership, teams, innovation, and organizational learning.  She teaches courses on leadership and organizational learning, has served on 30 doctoral committees, and is the author of more than 30 Harvard Business School case studies. She has received numerous awards, including the Accenture Award for significant contribution to improving the practice of management in 2004, the Cummings Award for mid-career achievement from the Academy of Management in 2006, and selection as one of the 20 Most Influential International Thinkers in Human Resources (#7) by HR Magazine in 2013.  Number 15 on the Thinkers50 list of the worlds’ most influential management thinkers, Edmondson speaks regularly on leadership and management in companies and conferences around the world. 

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MASTERS SERIES: How Organizations Learn, Innovate and Compete in the Knowledge Economy

Monday, June 29, 2015 - 10:30am to 12:15pm
Rebecca Peters
director, Policy Engagement
SHRM
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Mrs. Peters has worked with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) since October 2018. She previously worked for SHRM’s former affiliate the Council for Global Immigration (CFGI) in the Washington DC metro-area for nearly fifteen years, helping to advance high skilled immigration and employment verification reforms with the U.S. Congress, the White House and the federal agencies. She has served as a chair of the policy committee of the Compete America coalition. She also serves on other coalitions and working groups to educate and advance immigration system efficiencies and to ensure critical changes to employer immigration compliance are reasonable.
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Justin Storch
Manager, Agency Liaison
Council for Global Immigration
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Mr. Storch supports the Council for Global Immigration’s Government Affairs team as Manager of Agency Liaison, responsible for working with federal immigration agencies to ensure employment-based immigration policies enable U.S. employers to build America’s future workforce, grow the economy and create U.S. jobs. Prior to joining the Council, Mr. Storch worked as an immigration paralegal at both Trow & Rahal, PC and Freilicher & Hoffman, PC. Mr. Storch has also spent time serving in the offices of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and U.S. Representative Jerry Costello (D-IL). Mr. Storch received his JD from American University, where he worked as a student attorney in the university’s Immigrant Justice Clinic. Mr. Storch also holds a master’s degree in public affairs from the University of Wisconsin and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Elena Anderson-de Lay
Anderson-de Lay, director, Global Mobility & Visa Services
The Brookings Institution,
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Moving Forward on Immigration: How the President’s Historic Actions Impact You

Monday, March 23, 2015 - 1:45pm to 3:15pm
Elena Anderson-de Lay
Anderson-de Lay, director, Global Mobility & Visa Services
The Brookings Institution,
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Jathan Janove, J.D.
Principal
Janove Organization Solutions
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Jathan Janove, a former state bar Employment Lawyer of the Year and now Executive Coach and Organization Development consultant, writes SHRM’s “Putting Humanity into HR Compliance” column, and is a Master Coach and Practice Leader with the Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching organization, including writing its Ask the Coach column. He’s the author, most recently, of “Hard-Won Wisdom: True Stories From The Management Trenches” (HarperCollins 2017). He’s currently working on his next book, “From Compliance Cop to Culture Coach: Transforming the HR Profession.”

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Take Your But Out of Your Apology - Apply the MIDAS Touch

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 11:50am to 12:08pm
Sharlyn Lauby, SHRM-SCP
President
ITM Group, Inc.
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Sharlyn Lauby is an author, writer, speaker and consultant. She has been named a Top HR Digital Influencer and is best-known for her work on HR Bartender, a friendly place to talk about workplace issues. HR Bartender has been recognized as one of the Top 5 Blogs read by HR professionals by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and best business blog by the Stevie Awards.

Publications such as Reuters, The New York Times, ABC News, The Wall Street Journal, and Mashable have sought out her expertise on topics related to human resources and the workplace. Sharlyn is the author of “Essential Meeting Blueprints for Managers,” and ”Manager Onboarding: 5 Steps for Setting New Leaders Up for Success,” which are available in the SHRM Store.

Her personal goal in life is to find the best cheeseburger on the planet.

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Office Politics and Meetings: How to Manage Egos and Expectations

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 11:30am to 11:48am
Joe Gerstandt
speaker, author
Talent Anarchy
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Joe Gerstandt brings greater clarity, action, and impact to organizational diversity and inclusion efforts.

Joe has worked with Fortune 100 corporations, small non-profits, and everything in between. He speaks at numerous conferences and summits, and blogs at joegerstandt.com. He is a featured contributor for the Workforce Diversity Network Expert Forum and his insights have been published in Diversity Executive, HR Executive, and numerous other print and on-line journals.

A strong advocate for resetting the diversity and inclusion conversation, Joe sees these issues as poorly understood and often misunderstood.

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Fly Your Freak Flag! Authenticity @ Work

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 11:10am to 11:28am
Lori Kleiman, SHRM-SCP
Personal Pronouns
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Managing Director
HR Topics
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Been there – done that!  With 30 years of HR and business experience – Lori has walked in your shoes.  A recovered HR Generalist, she built a consulting company that she sold to Arthur J Gallagher after 7 years and then reinvented her current business – HR Topics -  training, speaking and developing content for HR professionals.  Lori delivers facts, tips, tricks and best practices in a way that appeals to human resource and business leaders: with a sense of humor, a bias toward actions that improve their operations right away, and practical resources and tools to support their progress.  As an annual speaker at the National SHRM conference, she has leveraged her masters in HR, SPHR and SHRM-SCP background to elevate the position of all HR professionals!

 

 

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HR Department of One: Getting a SEAT at the Table

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 10:40am to 10:58am
Susan Harmansky, SPHR
global vice president, Human Resources
Southern Graphic Systems
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Susan L. Harmansky, SPHR, is a management consultant and author focusing on workforce planning and strategy.  She has had a diverse career in human resource management most recently as Global Vice President Human Resources for SGS International, a design-to-print graphic services and marketing firm headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.  Her previous experience includes HR leadership roles with LG&E and KU Energy, Farm Credit Bank, Papa John’s International and the Presbyterian Church USA national headquarters.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Louisville and an MBA from Bellarmine University.  She has served as president of the Louisville Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) chapter and as state director for Kentucky SHRM.  She also led the SHRM-sponsored task force that developed the first American National Standard for performance management and served on the first international committee developing ISO standards for HR.   

She served seven years on the board of the premier international certifying agency for human resources, the HR Certification Institute, including a year as Board Chair during which HRCI expanded its reach internationally to the European Union and China. 

She has been certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources since 1990 and is a recipient of the Louisville SHRM Award for Professional Excellence.  

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Michele Fantt Harris, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, GPHR
executive vice president, Human Resources
National Cooperative Bank
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Michele Fantt Harris is the Executive Vice President, Human Resources for the National Cooperative Bank in Washington, DC. A seasoned HR professional, Michele has worked in human resources in education, nonprofit, healthcare, and the insurance industries.  Her books, What’s Next in Human Resources (Greyden Press 2015) and Rethinking Human Resources (Red Letter Publishing 2015) are groundbreaking publications for human resources professionals and entrepreneurs.

Active in many human resources organizations, she is a past president of the Human Resources Association of the National Capital Area and the former Black Human Resources Network. A member of the Society for Human Resource Management since 1985, she served on the Society for Human Resource Management national board from 1996 through 2001 and is a past chair of the SHRM Foundation Board of Directors.

Michele completed the Results Systems Coaching program and is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coach Federation and a Certified Career Management Coach (CCMC) through The Academies, Inc. A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she served on the board of the Delta Research and Educational Foundation from 2008–2014.

She received her bachelor of arts degree from the University of Maryland, a master of administrative science from Johns Hopkins University, and her juris doctorate from the University Of Baltimore School of Law. A certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR), Michele teaches at Prince Georges Community College and Catholic University. Michele is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and currently resides with her husband in the District of Columbia.

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What's Next in Human Resources

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 10:20am to 10:38am
Beth McFarland
director, Foundation Programs
SHRM Foundation
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Beth McFarland, CAE is the director of programs for the SHRM Foundation, an affiliate of SHRM. She is responsible for all Foundation products and programs including publications, research grants, scholarships, special events and thought leadership initiatives. She is currently leading a project with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) to identify and analyze future global trends likely to impact the workplace in the next 5-10 years. In addition, Beth serves as staff liaison to the Foundation Board Research and Thought Leadership Committee. Prior to joining the SHRM Foundation in 2001, she managed SHRM’s student membership program for eight years. Beth holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia and the professional designation of Certified Association Executive (CAE).  She recently completed an executive certificate program in nonprofit management from Georgetown University.

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Engaging and Integrating a Global Workforce

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 10:00am to 10:18am