Kevin Pitts is an executive coach, motivational speaker and facilitator. He has conducted seminars and coached executives across the United States as well as in countries such as India, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Germany, and Singapore to name a few.  Mr. Pitts has over 20 years experience partnering with senior leaders to identify and develop leadership talent, improve performance, manage change, and transform teams.  He, also, has over 20 years experience as a consultant working with global organizations to facilitate the management of budgets, develop organizational capabilities, marketing/product strategies and customer acquisition strategies. 

A sought-after Global Diversity Strategist and HR advisor, Laraine Kaminsky is an energetic and engaging speaker and a recognized leader in the fields of global diversity, cross-cultural awareness, language training, mentoring and consulting. With a focus on cultural, racial, religious, gender, generational and sexual orientation issues from a global perspective, she works with leadership teams and organizations to develop the competencies and skills needed to adapt to the realities of diversity in the ever-changing world of work.

Laraine’s contribution and commitment to her field of expertise has been widely recognized by the industry and communicated both through her writings and presentations. Laraine takes a well-rounded approach to expanding her own competence, and draws from life experience, study, research, and travel – in particular, she enjoys exploring a culture from the seat of her bicycle.
 

Margaret Regan is President & CEO of The FutureWork Institute, a global consulting firm that translates future trends to transform organizations. She helps clients achieve a MindShift, HeartShift and SkillShift in creating more inclusive/flexible workplaces. She has worked on HR and generational practices in Asia, mergers in Europe, cross-cultural executive education and women’s studies on four continents. She has appeared on NBC-TV’s "Today Show", "CBS This Morning", "NBC Nightly News" and CNN. She is featured on "Close-Up TV" as the CEO of one of the most innovative businesses in the U.S., in CNN/Money as the expert on future workplace trends and in Business Week for FutureWork’s creative approach to “my-job my-way, “my-business our way” and “my perks my-way.” She received the Diversity Innovation Award for this and for her ground-breaking work on diversity education in the virtual world.

 Haven Cockerham founded Cockerham & Associates, a Chicago-based firm, in 2005 to provide strategic consulting services in Human Resource Transformation, Talent Management and Diversity & Inclusion.   A distinguishing feature of the company is its web-based technology that gives organizations the ability to aggregate initiatives, metrics, and action plans for employee groups globally.

Previously, Haven was Chief Human Resources Officer for R.R. Donnelley and DTE Energy, and the Senior Human Resource Executive for Fisher Guide Division of General Motors.  Prior to his executive leadership positions, Haven held key assignments in manufacturing, labor relations, EEO, general and executive compensation, policy development, employee relations and leadership development.  Haven has extensive business, entrepreneurial, technology and merger and acquisition experience.

Kathy Kacher, President of Career/Life Alliance Services, (CLAS) and Cofounder of The SMART Workplace, is a workforce transformation expert with a focus on workplace mobility, change management and leadership engagement. She is also a faculty member with World at Work.