Talent Acquisition:  It's more than just hiring great talent!

Understand the difference between Talent Acquisition and Recruiting; What are the top TA strategies; How can a good TA strategy facilitate long-term business growth.

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Speaker: Tonia Woodbury is a national speaker on diversity, inclusion and equity trends, relationship building and professional branding. With more than 20 years of experience in financial services, marketing and human resources, she is an expert in diversity, equity and inclusion, supply chain management and marketing communications for high-growth companies. Her extensive skills include program and project management, consulting, strategic leadership, implementation, negotiation and facilitation. She holds an Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Project Leadership Certification and a CPSD Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity certification; and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate from the University of South Florida.

Creating Strategic Benefits for Thriving Organizations

This session explores the varied benefits that organizations and businesses can execute to create an environment where employees thrive and serve with joy. There is a direct connection between productivity and how employees feel about their personal finances.  Organizations heads and HR leads can play a huge role in creating an environment where employees thrive, have more confidence and bring their best to work daily.

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Speaker: Mary Grate-Pyos is an Advisor and a Certified Family Business Specialist with MassMutual Financial Group for the past 17 years.  Her focus is assisting businesses and organizations in building a solid financial foundation to thrive and specializes by creating strategies that protect assets, increase employee loyalty and and achieve the right balance of risks and rewards between employers and employees.  She is an international speaker and speaks regularly at conferences, organizations and businesses to share her insight on employee benefits, financial peace of mind and legacy building.
 

Hire or outsource? Things to consider when seeking talent in the new economy.

In this new economy, hiring is not as easy. Many experts have opted to start contracting instead of returning to the office. Let's examine why and when to make the decision to outsource positions to contractors instead of hiring. Join this session with Kenzie Biggins, the Founder & CEO of Worxbee, if you are looking to level-set your understanding of outsourced support.

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Speaker: Approachable and participative, Kenzie is known for orchestrating people and processes to transform cultures and generate high performance. She has established herself as a results-driven leader, accomplished in talent attraction and development, operational team management, and the enhanced customer experience in diverse nonprofit, startup, and corporate environments. Throughout her career, Kenzie has demonstrated solid conceptual and analytical thinking combined with a strong P&L orientation and is adept in problem-solving and leading consequential projects to create and sustain trusted relationships at all levels. She has infused these skills into Worxbee, creating an innovative solution for leaders who value a partner who understands their executive-level needs and seek assistance to make their lives easier.

Making Workplaces as Safe as Possible

As we emerge from this pandemic, it is clear that creating safe in-person experiences is a priority to manage business and societal risk.

In this session we will share risk management solutions and best practices to keep your workplaces and interactive business areas safe for employees and visitors alike to ensure health and safety and peace-of-mind for everyone.

The end-goal being to resume businesses and scale them effectively in the months and years to come. 

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Speaker: Sumanth Channabasappa is an executive, entrepreneur & venture investor. He has ~20 years of combined experience with incubating impactful technologies, products & services that are used globally. His experiences have spanned mobile and internet technologies, telecom, cloud, cybersecurity, internet of things (IoT,) healthcare and smart cities.

New Employee Benefit Trends

In this session I will share the newest trends for benefits, why we need to innovate for employer solutions, employee offerings and cost containment strategies. 

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Speaker:  Jordan Markuson is a Risk Management Consultant at Assurance, a Marsh & McLennan Agency, who focuses on the staffing industry. Jordan strives to continually educate, advise and tailor insurance programs that provide both corporate protections and uniquely controlled premium costs for his clients. He's a passionate entrepreneur who intimately understands insurance from both sides of the table. Jordan received his Bachelor of Science degree in business from Indiana University Kelly School of Business. He currently holds his Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. 

Key Points on the Return to Work

This session will provide an overview and guidance for employers and employees as the return to work process begins. It will attempt to answer some of the questions employers have about the process going forward.

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Speaker: Daniel Simonette is an accomplished and highly effective Labor and Employment attorney specializing in arbitrations, mediations, administrative hearings, and contract negotiations for a broad range of organizations. He has experience working both in-house and as part of small, diversified legal practices. He has trained and developed stakeholders across all levels to ensure compliance with all relevant legal matters. He is an engaging and articulate communicator, skilled in advising individual and corporate clients, and conducting legal investigations while maintaining the strictest level of confidentiality.

Beyond The Basics – Workplace Race Relations

The ability to make necessary changes and influence better Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices in the workplace starts with Emotional Intelligence. This session will provide a foundation of change that  requires everyone to address the root cause(s) of racism and discrimination in the workplace and the business impact.

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Speaker:  Erika Broadwater is the National President of the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources. Leading the charge of organization expansion, globalization, and strategic partnership. Immediate Past President of the Delaware Chapter of NAAAHR. Professional Background includes Head of Talent Acquisition North America, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant, and Recruiting Operations Manager with over 25 years of experience Affirmative Action, Change Management, Employer Attractiveness and Branding, Human Capital and Talent Strategist to optimize employee engagement. As a member of the Global Center of Excellence, focused on improving talent performance, D/E/I, HR operations, leading and driving global recruitment, and implementing strategies by building solid relationships with key stakeholders and partners.

Global Diversity, Inclusion and Supply Chain Sustainability

This session will focus on Global Diversity, Inclusion and Supply Chain Sustainability. Participants will gain additional insight on the process of diversity and inclusion from a practical, business approach and understand considerations for environmental, social and governance considerations (ESG). This includes insight on supplier diversity as a practice, diversity as a consideration within the ESG framework and consideration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the ongoing journey of global inclusion.

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Speaker: IlLonka (Javette) Hines is Director, SC Supplier Senior Group Manager and Head of Supply Chain Development, Inclusion and Sustainability at Citi.   Javette leads Citi’s efforts to ensure the consideration and inclusion of diverse firms within Citi’s sourcing practice.  She works across the firm to align supplier selection efforts with Banking on 2030: Citi and the Sustainable Development Goals, global expansion, and serves on the Enterprise Operations and Technology’s Diversity Operating Committee as the Recruiting Subcommittee Co-Chair.  Javette has over 20 years of experience in procurement, leadership, diversity, and management, including 11 years and International Business Machines (IBM). She holds a Bachelor of Science in Middle Grades Education and is a proud graduate of Clark Atlanta University. She also holds a Juris Doctor from the Wake Forest University School of Law and holds a certificate as a Certified Professional Supplier Diversity (CPSD) from the Institute of Supply Management.   Javette is an advocate for social justice, diversity and inclusion both personally and professionally.  In June, she will receive a certificate in Human Rights from the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School.