Lydia Dishman is Fast Company’s senior editor for growth and engagement. She has also written for CBS Moneywatch, Fortune, The Guardian, Popular Science, and the New York Times, among others.

Bryan Walsh is the editor of Vox’s Future Perfect section, overseeing coverage on policies and technologies that will make the future a better place. Previously he worked at Axios as the Future Correspondent, wrote the 2019 book End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World, and worked at TIME magazine for 15 years as a foreign correspondent in Asia, a climate change writer and as the international editor.

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza is a freelance reporter and From Day One contributing editor based in Richmond, Va., who writes about workplace culture and policies, hiring, DEI, and issues faced by women. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Fast Company, and Food Technology, among others, and has been syndicated by MSN and The Motley Fool.

David Bator thinks and writes about how work could work. David leads Achievers Workforce Institute, a strategic practice whose focus on Research, Community and Advisory empowers global executives with tactical, practical approaches to changing how the world works.

David is passionate about people, and has spent the last 20 years working closely and consultatively with HR, IT and Communications leaders to build programs that position individuals, teams and companies to grow.

Odessa Jenkins is the Founder of the Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC), and sought after executive leader. She most recently served as the Head of Business Develop for Parity, and VP of Support/Ops at YourCause. An in demand national speaker, Jenkins is also the founder of multiple nonprofits. She is a recognized market leader in CSR, DE&I, Team Dynamics, and SAAS technology with multiple years of leadership experience in private funded start-ups, joint ventures and fortune 100 public companies. Jenkins served for several years as an executive leader at YourCause, a start-up which helped to revolutionize the CSR industry.

As a disrupter in sports, Jenkins is paving the way to create inclusion and equity in sports for women and girls. She was an inaugural participant in the NFL’s first Women’s Career in Football Forum and is one of the first women to obtain the coveted NFL Bill Walsh Diversity Internship in an on-field position (Running Backs Coach – Atlanta Falcons). Featured on Fox, Sport Illustrated, CBS, ESPN, Yahoo Sports, The Undefeated and more, Jenkins was recently recognized as one of the most influential and powerful women in sports by Sports Illustrated (Unrelenting).

Jenkins has 22 years of coaching and leadership experience, is a Hall of Fame, a 5X National Champion, 2X USA National Team captain, 2X Gold Medalist, and heralded as one of the top leadership experts in the country.

Ernie is the Chief Regional Officer of Assessment for our North America and Asia Regions. He is a partner in our Washington, D.C. office. He has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors and is an acknowledged thought leader in talent assessment. He helps clients by providing effective solutions related to selection, employee engagement, succession planning, and leadership capability assessment.

Prior to joining Aon in 2008, Ernie was an organizational effectiveness director at Freddie Mac and director of the competency assessment branch at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. He first began working in the industry in 1989. Ernie’s expertise includes developing and implementing talent management strategies, defining workforce capability requirements, ensuring HR practices are legally and professional compliant, leading large scale, global workforce transformation initiatives, identifying market trends and developing innovative strategies to drive business performance.

Ernie earned a Master of Arts in industrial-organizational psychology from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Science in psychology from James Madison University. He is an active member of the American Psychological Society, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington.

Emtrain founder and CEO Janine Yancey is a passionate advocate for healthy workplace cultures. Janine’s unique approach blends technology, behavioral science, data analytics, and social media-inspired interactions to help inform and improve workplace behavior. Janine presides over a team of experts and an extensive library of content including courses, video, resource guides, checklists and analytic reports that define the modern workplace.

Janine is a proponent of neutral, third-party guidance and problem-solving. By orchestrating a publicly-accessible community interface for employee questions and concerns, Janine stays at the forefront of real-world, real-time harassment, bias, discrimination, and ethics issues.

A tireless visionary, Janine writes extensively, has provided expert testimony and advice to state legislatures, and helps leading companies implement harassment prevention, diversity, ethics, and compliance programs. Janine is a sought-after speaker and has been published and interviewed in the mainstream media including The Washington Post, Fast Company, USA Today, Bloomberg Business, TechCrunch, and Startup Grind. She’s presented at Society of Ethics and Compliance; Techstars FounderCon; Founders Network, and The Club.

Prior to founding Emtrain, Janine was a partner at Employment Law Partners where she specialized in solving labor and employment problems for high tech firms including Google, Intuit and a variety of start-ups. Janine also worked as counsel at Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, served as Board Member of the Northern California Human Resources Association, and authored The HR Handbook, designed to help young tech companies navigate workplace laws.

Janine earned her JD at the University of California Hastings School of Law and a BA in English and Political Science at the University of California Berkeley.

Sarah began her career in Human Resources at companies like SiriusXM, Coach, and Gilt Groupe before transitioning to the role of Head of Sales at Gilt City—the company’s luxury lifestyle experiences arm. In this role, Sarah ran a 65-person sales team, managed $60 million in yearly revenue, and expanded the brand to top cities across the U.S. It was there that she identified the direct correlation between culture and the bottom line—when employees failed to address their issues with colleagues and managers, revenue suffered.

Before co-founding Bravely, Sarah launched an EdTech company (accepted into the acclaimed 500 Startups accelerator) that helped educate kids on the importance of environmental and wildlife conservation.
Sarah’s experience in HR, team management, and tech—combined with an ongoing obsession with helping people gain the confidence they need to find meaning in their work—inspired her to co-found Bravely in 2017.

Dave Landa is the chief executive officer of Kintone Corporation, the startup behind Kintone: a digital workplace platform with a no-code builder that empowers organizations to effectively manage their data, workflows, and team collaboration in a more transparent and empowered way.

In leading efforts to improve teamwork for organizations across the country, Dave has developed profound expertise on the culture, tools and policies needed for teams to optimize collaboration. He has also spoken and written extensively about the role of management in team building, as well as the importance of purpose and individual happiness in the workplace.

Dave has been on the forefront of the cloud revolution for decades, driving strategic business development on the executive teams of leading SaaS application providers. His career includes stints at Fortune 500 companies (Ball Corporation) and startups (Blue Rice, SPG Solutions, Electric Run), and he was instrumental in bringing a mid-stage company (Active Network) through to a successful IPO.

A former senior culture writer for BuzzFeed, Anne Helen Petersen now writes her newsletter, Culture Study, as a full-time venture on Substack. Petersen received her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin, where she focused on the history of celebrity gossip. Her previous books, Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud and Scandals of Classic Hollywood, were featured in NPR, Elle, and the Atlantic. She lives in Missoula, Montana.

As the executive in charge of Internal Communications globally for General Motors Company, Robyn Henderson is responsible for the dissemination of timely, relevant information to GM's employees worldwide. Robyn and her team counsel GM’s c-suite on employee engagement, providing insights and guidance on their internal communication strategies. Robyn been with the GM Communications team over 20 years and has been rooted throughout the business including Manufacturing and Labor, Creative Design, Product Development, Cadillac, Chevrolet Europe, and Social Media.

Gabriela Mauch joins the Productivity Lab following a career focused on organizational effectiveness, leadership, and design at management consulting firms including McKinsey & Co. and KPMG LLC. Gabriela shifted from consulting into the corporate world when she sought opportunities to bring organizational strategy and solutions to life. After taking the opportunity to help stand up McDonald’s first Organizational Effectiveness & Leadership Center of Excellence, she worked across the McDonald’s system to improve its business performance through implementing solutions that empowered employees, improved processes, and leveraged technologies that kept McDonald’s relevant in the digital age.

Gabriela finds herself constantly gravitating towards new ways of advancing the world of work; recognizing that the importance of productivity in the workplace extends far beyond business performance; she feels a deep connection to her work as it relates to employee wellbeing and engagement. Gabriela received her BS in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.

Britt Provost plays a key role in shaping the employee experience across Accolade to ensure they attract, develop, retain and engage their talent. She has over 20 years of experience leading People, Culture and Talent teams in global and growth organizations. Prior to joining Accolade, Britt was Chief HR Officer at Promethean, a global educational technology company. Britt also lead the People function at Apptio through many transitions during her tenure (as a private VC-funded company, through their initial public offering, to a publicly traded company, and finally, through a private equity acquisition).

Britt is an accomplished speaker and facilitator on topics including: enabling and growing great people managers; building organizational culture; developing high performing and engaged teams; and career empowerment.

Britt has a bachelor’s degree in Art History from the University of Washington and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Colorado.

Donovan Campbell serves as the General Manager for Accolade’s Care offerings, leading the teams that design, build, execute, and evolve these solutions. He has a passion for combining the power of digital technology with the professionalism of medical clinicians in order to deliver better healthcare, to more people, more equitably. Donovan started his career in the United States Marine Corps, serving for five years as a Ground Intelligence Captain with three combat deployments. Donovan was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor for his time in Iraq and the Defense Meritorious Service Medal for his time in Afghanistan. In 2013, Donovan co-founded the non-profit NextOp, an organization that has found careers for over 2,000 veterans, and Donovan continues to serve on the board. Donovan is also the New-York-Times best-selling author of two books, Joker One and The Leader’s Code.

Donovan received his M.B.A. from Harvard University and his B.A. from Princeton University. He currently lives in Houston with his wife, six children, and their dog.

Laura Chapin is a Senior Solution Partner at Coachhub, a leading global talent development platform that enables organizations to create a personalized, measurable and scalable coaching program for the entire workforce, regardless of department and seniority level.

As a member of the Coaching Lab, she closes the gap between coaching research and practice by acting as a trusted advisor to clients, designing solutions based on client organizational goals, and partnering with CoachHub’s client success team to bring solutions to life.

For over 20 years, Laura has helped leaders reach their potential and organizations achieve results through leadership and consultant roles in talent management, organizational effectiveness, L&D, HR, and executive coaching. Her experience includes global Fortune 100 organizations, technology start-ups, and consulting across multiple industries. This breadth of experience enables her to partner with clients for impact.

She is a life-long learner with an MA in Management & HR Development from Webster University, a BS in Criminal Justice from University of Texas-Tyler, and certifications in Co-Active Training Institute coaching, Korn Ferry Voices 360, Ken Blanchard Situational Leadership, DDI Facilitation, DiSC assessment, MBTI, Human Capital Institute Strategic Workforce Planning, and more.

She enjoys traveling, reading, painting, and most of all, exploring the Colorado outdoors

Paige McInerney has been Executive Vice President, Director of Human Resources, Penguin Random House U.S. since December 2018. In this role, Paige leads the Human Resources function for Penguin Random House’s U.S. population of 5,000 employees and sits on the PRH U.S. board. Prior to this, she headed the HR generalist and talent acquisition teams for Penguin Random House U.S.’s publishing offices, after leading all of HR for Penguin Group USA prior to their merger with Random House.

In her many years of experience as an HR executive within book publishing, she has been recognized as an outstanding leader and a valued partner to both executive/management teams and employee groups. Paige is passionate about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and fostering an environment where all employees feel empowered, valued, and safe. A true HR generalist, she has extensive knowledge of all areas of Human Resources, including employee relations, talent acquisition, compensation and rewards, diversity & inclusion, learning & development, talent management, policy development, investigations, benefits and more.

Paige, a long-suffering Cincinnati Bengals fan, loves spending time with her extended family in Ireland and lives with her husband just north of NYC.

A recognized business leader, professional development & leadership coach, artist, and queer parent; Rach uses expertise in communication, operational strategy, conflict management, and learning design to help clients overcome the obstacles and gaps that are blocking them from success. How? By helping them unpack their goals and roadblocks so that they can strategize towards creative and empowering solutions. Armed with a BFA degree from Rhode Island School of Design, 20+ years of experience in the non-profit and Boston Tech spaces (including 7 years at HubSpot), and an MBA from Babson, Rach uses a blend of creative and analytical approaches to provide coaching programs that are customized to every client’s unique needs and styles. Through coaching conversations, Rach’s clients get unblocked as they start developing new ways of thinking, strategizing, and communicating. By developing new strategies that embrace their strengths and weaknesses, her clients are able to leverage their skills and adapt in the areas that are holding them back enabling them to get on a path to thrive.

Rach has had the privilege of leading and coaching diverse teams in Customer Success, Learning & Development, Sales Enablement, Operations, Marketing, and Fundraising. They have coached hundreds of clients to develop new skills and reach greater levels of confidence by coaching them to discover their goals, pinpoint their obstacles, confront their failures, adapt to change, and embrace their whole-self. Rach’s mission is to help individuals like you overcome every obstacle in your path so that you can thrive!

Alan Morales is the Head of Transformative Change for Future of Work at Prudential.

Jason Cerrato is the  Sr. Director, Product Marketing at Eightfold.

Sheela Subramanian is Vice President and co-founder of Future Forum. She holds 20 years of experience building high-growth global teams across Google, Slack, and startup organizations. As a champion for workplace equity, her work is cited in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and other publications. She is also co-author of How The Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do the Best Work of Their Lives. Sheela earned her BA from Stanford University and MBA from Harvard Business School and is the mother to two magical daughters.

Suzanne Courtney is the Director of Global Strategic Growth for Aon's Assessment Solutions and is a recognized occupational psychology consultant with extensive expertise in assessment, leadership development, people strategies and employee engagement. She is responsible for the company’s global performance and growth.

Her role focuses on helping clients make strategic workforce decisions, including identifying potential for future leadership positions and ensuring the workforce is ready to evolve as the roles and business evolves. Additionally, her role focuses on helping clients measure culture fit, minimize hiring risk, convert their assessment process to digital formats and driving positive customer experiences by selecting the best candidates.

Cindy currently serves as VP of HR Transformation at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Having reached her 24-year anniversary with GSK, Cindy is both thrilled and humbled to be leading the HR organization through this transformation. We are striving to be a best-in-class HR function, partnering with business leaders to drive impact in talent, leadership, culture and capability.

Each day, I am amazed at the level of HR talent we have in our organization who are working hard to protect our license to operate and create the right employee services with user-friendly support. My goal throughout the transformation is to make sure everybody in the function feels supported and equipped to lead through the change.

Rich Jacquet is Coursera’s Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Coursera in 2019, Rich was the Chief People Officer at Gigamon, a network security company with approximately $350 million in revenues. While shaping Gigamon’s culture and employee experiences, he helped take the company public and scale the team to over 800+ people. Rich has also held significant leadership positions at Yahoo!, eBay, Packeteer and Bay Networks. He has an MBA in Organizational Studies from Notre Dame de Namur University and earned his BS in Business from California State University at Chico.

Cynthia Stuckey is a business leader who has lead, implemented, and consulted globally on many digital, sales and L&D transformations. This included the development of new learning strategies, cultures, target operating models, and learning experiences that drove better business outcomes. She understands the relationship between EdTech and learning/talent practices having worked in-house and externally, so she has lived your challenges and brings that expertise and experience to all her engagements.

Charlie Warzel recently started writing a newsletter, Galaxy Brain, on Substack. Before that he was a writer-at-large for the New York Times Opinion page, and a senior technology writer at BuzzFeed News. He was the lead writer of the Times’ Privacy Project and co-author of ‘One Nation Tracked,’ a seven-part investigative series on smartphone location tracking, for which he was named a finalist for the 2020 Livingston Award for National Reporting. Before the Times, Warzel was a senior technology writer at BuzzFeed News, covering technology’s biggest platforms, disinformation, and information warfare. He was the recipient of a 2019 Mirror Award for his reporting on Facebook’s privacy struggles. He lives in Missoula, Montana.

Montserrat Salvany-Ferrer is the Vice President, Human Resources at T-Systems International.