Elise Miller
Director of Educational Products
SHRM
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Elise Miller, MBA, SPHR is the Director of Educational Products at SHRM. Elise has over 10 years of experience in HR and product development and management. She is responsible for SHRM’s certification preparation products as well as SHRM’s competency assessment tools.

SESSIONS:
 
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:00pm
 
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 10:00am to 10:30am
 
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 3:15pm to 3:45pm
 
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:00pm
 
Sunday, June 22, 2014 - 6:00pm to 6:30pm
Shiza Shahid
CEO and Co-founder
The Malala Fund
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Shiza Shahid is an entrepreneur and social activist of Pakistani origin. She is the CEO and co-founder of the Malala Fund, the organization representing the young Pakistani activist who was shot by the Taliban for her campaign for girls’ education. A graduate of Stanford University, Shiza was previously a business analyst at McKinsey & Company in the Middle East. She is now leading Malala Fund in its work to empower girls through education. Shiza was recently named one of TIME magazine’s “30 Under 30 World Changers” and to Forbes “30 Under 30″ list of social entrepreneurs.

Around the world, over 600 million adolescent girls are denied a formal education because of social, economic, legal and political factors. And in being denied an education, society loses one of its greatest and most powerful resources. The Malala Fund aims to change that. Education empowers girls to raise their voices, to unlock their potential, and to demand change. The Malala Fund’s solutions are grounded in inspired innovation: they are girl-centric approaches to education that support the Fund’s goal of creating a world where every girl reaches her true potential.

Shiza currently lives in New York City.

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Grace A. Odums
strategy consultant
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Grace A. Odums, an independent strategy consultant, has a growing consultancy spanning over fifteen years.  Her impressive client list boasts Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500 companies including: Disney ABC Media NetWorks, Waste Management (PA/WVA Area), Fairmount Southampton Resorts, Chevron-Phillips, Siemens Medical Solutions, Wells Fargo Bank.  

A much sought after international speaker, Grace welcomes the opportunity to partner with organizations and professionals in the areas of management coaching, revenue recapture, change leadership, optimum customer care, talent performance enhancement, productivity improvement, increased efficiencies, balanced scorecard architecture, and diversity strategy creation with diversity scorecard and strategy map development and system-wide implementation.

SESSIONS:
Sunday, October 12, 2014 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
James E. Wright, SHRM-CP
Diversity & Inclusion Strategist and Tech Enthusiast
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James Wright of JamesWantsToKnowYou.com is a dynamic and compelling leader with a track record of delivering practical roadmaps for increasing Inclusion and Diversity in global corporations such as Apple Inc., LinkedIn, NBCUniversal, and Time Warner (now WarnerMedia). A featured guest on NBC and FOX, Wright’s articles and commentary appear frequently on LinkedIn and his expertise has been included in The Washington Post as well as several SHRM articles

In his practice, James offers transformative training solutions on Gender Equality, Unconscious Bias, Improving Race Relations, and Generational Diversity. In addition, James introduced The Language of Inclusion - a free download of over 135 key terms and definitions to help organizations find a common language to Inclusion. With increased focus on gender and LGBTQIA+ equality, James believes it is important to update these terms to signal where we are today in our journey to ensure diverse communities are truly seen, heard, and valued.

James attended Erskine College in SC & The Catholic University of America in Washington DC.

SESSIONS:
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 9:30am to 10:45am