Former U.S. Department of Justice attorney Michael Johnson has trained thousands of people on skills for detecting signs of deception and truthfulness, including presenting at dozens of conferences for human resource professionals and other busines executives.  

He has spoken at numerous conferences around the world for HR, legal, law enforcement, and other professionals.  He has provided numerous client-specific sessions for international organizations such as the United Nations (in New York, Congo, and Sierra Leone) and the World Bank, government agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Social Security Administration, and dozens of Fortune 500 companies such as Google and Northrup Grumman.

 As an attorney with the US Department of Justice, Michael was the lead attorney on one of DOJ’s first “pattern or practice” sexual harassment cases.  Michael has served as an expert witness in cases challenging the adequacy of employer’s investigation procedures. 

He is a graduate of Duke University and Harvard Law School.

Stephen A. Lowisz is an Author, Educator, International Speaker, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Qualigence, Inc., a recruitment research and professional search firm he founded in 1999 that has grown to become the largest recruitment research firm in the United States. In addition, Stephen serves as Chairman of AllianceQ, a consortium of leading employers who collaborate on common recruitment problems and openly share resources and ideas to facilitate better, more open, and sustainable recruitment practices. With more than 18 years of experience in the recruitment industry, Stephen has led both sourcing and staffing engagements for companies located throughout the world. Due to his global experience and unique perspective of the industry, Stephen is an often requested and highly-rated speaker for leading HR industry events and conferences. He also serves as an author for various recruiting community resources and publications, an educator/trainer of The Answer® Recruitment Training Program and other recruiting functions, and is a speaker for several Fortune 500 organizations each year.

Chip Luman is an HR and general management expert, published author and COO of HireVue, a leading provider of web-based digital interviewing services. Prior to 2009, Chip served as Senior Vice President,  HR Shared Services and Total Rewards, and VP of HR for Client Services at Charles Schwab and Co. Mr. Luman has held extensive HR and management background positions at Pepsi Cola, Acclaim Entertainment and others. He is adjunct faculty at PSU where he earned his BA in Labor Studies. He pursued graduate studies in Business at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette and serves as President of the Pi Lambda Phi Educational Foundation.

Neil is a passionate entrepreneurial executive who has been working in online marketing for the past 15 years focusing on Internet commerce software, targeted digital advertising, search marketing and online recruitment advertising. In 2010 he founded HireClix, LLC on the cornerstones of creative digital marketing, analytical thinking and great service. As CEO of HireClix he counsels clients on how to build effective marketing campaigns and leads a team of savvy marketers and Internet specialists to implement them. His clients include healthcare organizations, medical device companies, technology firms, retailers, and staffing firms. Neil frequently speaks on topics regarding the innovative use of digital recruitment marketing to change the way organizations find and recruit talent, as well as the challenges and opportunities of today’s job market. Organizations turn to him for his expertise in the sub-specialties of employer branding, search marketing, targeted digital advertising, and social media tools. Neil has been a guest speaker at the MIT Enterprise Forum, Tufts University School of Business, and online marketing and digital recruiting industry events. He is a regular blog contributor on Electronic Recruiting Exchange (ere.net) and hosts monthly webinars to provide free education to human resources executives about new recruitment marketing channels. Before founding HireClix Neil worked at Monster.com as part of an internal digital marketing agency, driving recruitment marketing and advertising campaigns. During his time at Monster Worldwide he managed a $20 million annual digital marketing budget to drive very targeted audiences to engage with the Monster brand, post resumes and purchase products.

Roberta Matuson, MBA, author of, Suddenly in Charge: Managing Up, Managing Down, Succeeding All Around, is a highly sought after thought-leader who is known for her ability to accelerate workforce productivity and profitability. She is the CEO of Human Resource Solutions (www.yourhrexperts.com), a firm that partners with clients to create business growth and innovation. The firm is also known for their unique ability to leverage intergenerational workforce differences into opportunities.

Roberta is currently an HR Expert for BostonWorks, a division of the Boston Globe. She has served as the HR Careers Expert for Monster, and is a former weekly columnist for The Record (British Columbia). She is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP).

As Manager of the Talent Measurement Solutions group at pan – a TALX Company, Jocelyn Courtney-Hays is responsible for developing and validating selection systems and enhancing employee development programs. Her experience includes job analysis, competency modeling, assessment validation and implementation, development of custom assessment reports, design and administration of professional development tools, and process consultation. Ms. Hays teaches Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the undergraduate level. She received her Master of Science degree in I/O Psychology from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Ms. Hays is a member of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and serves as Vice Chair of the I/O Division of the Association of Test Publishers (ATP).

Regina Clark, CSP is a sought after speaker, executive coach and founder of Clark Training & Development. Regina has spoken to thousands of audiences worldwide about process improvement, innovation and leadership. She is the author of numerous articles and three books including Are We Having Fun Yet? 75 Ways to Create a Motivating Work Environment. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies, associations and non-profits. You can reach her at www.reginaclark.com.

Howard A. Wallack has been the Deputy Chief Human Resources & Administrative Officer since 2016 in the Global Human Resources (GHR) department at Jhpiego in Baltimore, MD, an international, non-profit health organization, affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. Jhpiego is dedicated to improving the health of women, children, and families in lower-resourced countries, with approximately 4,200 employees worldwide in 38 countries. At Jhpiego, Howard spearheads the organization’s leadership development program and leads a team of 5 regional HR business partners who support country HR operations, himself currently backstopping Ghana, Guatemala, and Mozambique. During his 40-year career with experience in nearly 90 countries, Howard has had senior-level positions in HR, training and development, global business development, and program management in for-profit and non-profit businesses and the US Peace Corps. In April 2023 Howard was recognized with an OnCon Icon peer-voted award among the “Top 50 HR Professionals” for having made a considerable impact on their organization and/or previous organizations; made strong contributions to their community through thought leadership; innovated in their role/career; and exhibited exceptional leadership. He has advanced degrees in international affairs and international human resources and globalization and holds multiple professional certifications, including the SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), and the GPHR® & SPHRi™ qualification from the HR Certification Institute. As a volunteer he has served on the Board of Directors of Cultural Vistas since 2011.