Rob Harkins leads the Willis initiative for private exchanges, which focuses on a Defined Contribution approach and emphasizes cost control through a total population health management strategy. Harkins has over 30 years of experience at medical carriers, including UnitedHealthcare, Coventry and Prudential. Most recently, he was Vice President of Sales for Extend Health, the nation’s largest private exchange.

Erika Philpot is the Assistant Human Resources Director at Coconino County in Northern Arizona.  Erika’s background includes work in the public, private, and non-for-profit sectors across many divisions including recruiting, retention, classification, compensation, training, benefits, and employee relations.  Since Erika began at Coconino County in 2007, the innovative HR team has been recognized with eight awards including a Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award, Arizona Mature Worker Certification and AARP Best Employer for Workers Over 50.  Erika received her Bachelor’s degree and Master’s in Business Administration from Arizona State University.  She also holds her Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification and is a member of SHRM.

Christine Hanley's practice focuses on regulatory issues affecting the employment relationship. She develops human resources policies, programs and training courses. Her legal expertise includes internal investigations, litigation, arbitrations, mediations, negotiations, administrative hearings, Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) compliance and affirmative action compliance and plan development.

Marlin D. Smith is a dynamic HR professional that is passionate about helping employees and companies find common ground for success. As founder of Mandrake HR Consulting, LLC, he has a solid background in leadership, safety, and employee culture from over 15 years in Human Resources leadership. He believes that the key to a successful employer/employee relationship is commitment: on the part of the employer to provide the best environment for employee to thrive, and on the part of the employee to bring the whole of their skills to the table to fulfill their given roles. When both parties bring their best, it’s amazing what can happen!

Richard Mosley is one of the world’s leading authorities on employer brand management. He wrote the first and best-selling book on the subject in 2005, ‘The Employer Brand’ (Wiley), and the latest ‘Employer Brand Management’ (Wiley) is due to be published in September 2014. Over the last 10 years he has developed employer brand strategies for many of the world’s leading employers, including BP, Coca-Cola, e-Bay, GSK, HSBC, LEGO, L’Oreal, MetLife, PepsiCo, Unilever and Verizon. He has led employer brand masterclasses in over 30 countries, and is a regular chair and speaker at HR and talent management conferences in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.

David Henderson is a passionate advocate of the role talent can play in business success. He joined MetLife in 2012, when he recognized the opportunity to join a company with significant global ambitions and a shared belief in the central role that effective people management is essential in

delivering world-class performance. Prior to joining MetLife, Henderson played a similar role as Chief Talent Officer at PepsiCo, helping guide the company through a period of significant change in its people management philosophy. In both cases, he was one of the chief architects and advocates of employer brand management thinking, establishing an Employee Value Proposition that clearly defines the deal between the company and its employees, and delivers a clear and compelling brand promise to high caliber talent seeking a world class employer.

Paul Karlzen (JD, MBA, and PMP) serves as the Director, HR Information & Analytics at Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI). One of the nation’s largest health systems, Englewood, Colorado-based CHI operates in 19 states and comprises 105 hospitals, including four academic health centers and major teaching hospitals and 30 critical-access facilities; community health-services organizations; accredited nursing colleges; home-health agencies; and other facilities that span the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care. Paul is responsible for HR Information metrics, service level agreements, information standardization and researching/implementing leading information practices including predictive analytics, text analysis, and big data.  

Previously, Paul held various leadership roles at The Coca-Cola Company, American Airlines, Ball Corporation and Accenture. Paul is licensed to practice law in Colorado, Georgia and Texas and obtained concurrent Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and Masters in Business Administration (M.B.A.) degrees from Southern Illinois University, magna cum laude. 

Paul is a voting member of SHRM’s National HR information standards taskforces and has been an active member of the Colorado Bar Association’s Communications & Technology section. He is a first time presenter at SHRM’s Annual Conference & Exposition and has previously presented at the Project Management Institute’s Global Congress.

Sheri made a bold career change after 35 years in Advertising/Design. At the age of 55 she decided to pursue her other passion in life—Health & Wellness. During her extensive career in Advertising Sheri found that long hours and job related stress had a debilitating effect on the health and wellbeing of herself and those around her. She found that this “stress effect” was ubiquitous in the workplace.

Sheri began her journey to become a Health & Wellness Expert and Speaker in 2008 where she obtained her Personal Trainer certification. From there she authored a health and fitness book—MAMA KNOWS FITNESS: Bells, Balance & Your Body—about finding time in your life to exercise, the importance of being healthy and fit, and her amazing exercise tool of choice—Kettlebells.

Today Sheri has incorporated her Health & Wellness expertise, along with her experience working in Corporate America, to empower people to TAKE CONTROL and REINVENT THEIR LIVES. Whether she is speaking about Boosting Your Energy, Sitting Too Long or Career Reinvention, her underlying message is holistic fitness—of the mind, body and soul. It is nearly impossible to face life’s challenges without physical, mental, emotional and spiritual fitness.

Sheri speaks from the heart, with humor and audience interaction. She particularly relates to Baby Boomers, being born right in the middle of that generation. With the Boomers being the largest population moving into their 50s and 60s, Sheri has become an inspiration for people who want to reinvent themselves, their careers and their lives. She empowers people to make that CHANGE.

Psychologist and humorist, Bruce Christopher, is America's foremost "Enter---Trainer" today. He has earned this distinction because of his high-energy style and humorous presentation of his material. He is a licensed psychologist holding degrees in Professional Psychology and Interpersonal Communications. Bruce has Enter-Trained audiences internationally because of his humorous approach to today's hot topics which impact our personal and professional lives. He combines excellent content with loads of laughter and contagious comedy.  He has earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation (CSP), which is the speaking profession's highest merited international measure of professional platform competence.Psychologist and humorist, Bruce Christopher, is America's foremost "Enter---Trainer" today. He has earned this distinction because of his high-energy style and humorous presentation of his material. He is a licensed psychologist holding degrees in Professional Psychology and Interpersonal Communications. Bruce has Enter-Trained audiences internationally because of his humorous approach to today's hot topics which impact our personal and professional lives. He combines excellent content with loads of laughter and contagious comedy.  He has earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation (CSP), which is the speaking profession's highest merited international measure of professional platform competence.

Jason Barger is committed to engaging the minds and hearts of people. He is the globally celebrated author of Thermostat Cultures, Step Back from the Baggage Claim and ReMember as well as a coveted dynamic keynote speaker around the world. As founder of Step Back Leadership Consulting, he partners with organizations to strengthen leadership development, culture-shaping, and clarity of mission, vision and values. He has added value to global brands like Nationwide Insurance, Wendy’s, Ultimate Software, Deloitte, TEDx and across industries from corporate america to government to education to healthcare. Learn more at JasonVBarger.com @jasonvbarger