Andrew Schmidt joined the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in 2012 to develop and manage engagement programs for Chief Human Resources Officers. Andrew and his team have built a global community of 500 CHROs that hold peer networking events, participate in applied research and advocacy, and advise SHRM on business issues related to the HR profession. Recently, Andrew has been using his background in competency modeling to help build SHRM’s new certification for HR professionals. 

Prior to joining SHRM, Andrew was a management consultant and worked with c-level clients in finance, IT, HR, and marketing to build and transform organizational programs. He specialized in succession planning, leadership development, and organizational design. Andrew completed his Ph.D. in Industrial & Organizational Psychology with a dissertation that examined the effects of toxic leadership on military units.

Allan H. Weitzman is the head of the Labor and Employment Law Department in the Boca Raton office of Proskauer Rose LLP, and is Board Certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in Labor and Employment Law with over forty-one years’ experience – all at Proskauer. 

Based on a peer-review study, Allan has been named in the 2005 through 2015 editions of Best Lawyers in America, the nation’s definitive guide to legal excellence.  He is particularly proud that he was named by Best Lawyers as the 2013 Lawyer of the Year for Employment Law in South Florida.  From 2007 through 2015, Allan has earned a first tier Chambers ranking for his outstanding employment law work.  In 2009 and 2011 through 2015, Allan was named by Human Resource Executive magazine as one of the nation’s top 100 corporate employment attorneys. He is also a fellow in the prestigious College of Labor Employment Law Attorneys. 

Among his notable achievements, Allan submitted the amicus brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of the Society for Human Resources Management in the Faragher case.  The employer’s “affirmative defense” that was adopted by the Supreme Court in Faragher was based on an argument made by Allan and his firm. 

Allan is graduate of the Cornell Law School where he was an Editor of the Cornell Law Review, graduating with distinction and was a member of “The Order of the Coif.”