Julie Law

Julie Law is Head of Human Resources for John Hancock, the U.S. segment of Toronto-based Manulife, and Global Head of Talent Management for Manulife. In her John Hancock role, Ms. Law is responsible for cultivating an engaging, inclusive, and collaborative working environment, grounded in the Company’s values.

Ms. Law also oversees talent and performance management, team engagement, leadership development, and Manulife’s employee recognition program. She is passionate about promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion across the organization and is dedicated to fostering a thriving, high-performance culture that supports employees’ wellbeing and promotes their leadership skills, capabilities and mindset.

Ms. Law joined John Hancock from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and previously spent 19 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in a variety of executive roles in Human Resources where she built and executed HR strategies to drive business results. Additionally, as the global leader of the Talent Management Center of Excellence, she transformed PwC’s global talent strategy and processes across 155 countries impacting over 275,000 people.

Ms. Law began her journey in the Human Resources space after graduating from Ohio’s Wittenberg University with a B.A. in Sociology. She is a member of the Massachusetts Business Coalition for Early Childhood Education and a co-founder of “An Evening for Bridget,” an annual charitable event which raised over $500,000 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Andy Dunn

Andy Dunn is the co-founder of the Bonobos menswear-apparel brand and the author of Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind, a radically honest and unconventional entrepreneurial memoir and a revelatory look at the presence of mental illness in the startup community. In intimate and insightful prose, Andy fearlessly shares his experience building a business while living with bipolar disorder, a diagnosis he kept secret from almost everyone for more than 15 years.

At 28, fresh from Stanford’s MBA program and steeped in the move-fast-and-break-things ethos of Silicon Valley, Andy found his calling with a new-school approach to an old-school product: selling men’s pants online. Against all odds, business was booming. As he hustled to scale the startup, raising millions in venture capital, boundaries between work and life evaporated. As Andy struggled to keep Bonobos afloat, he was also haunted by his “ghost”: the bipolar diagnosis he received after a wild manic episode as a college undergraduate.

For years, Andy had understood his diagnosis as an unspeakable shame, which, according to the codes of his family and the business world, should never be addressed. With his secret locked away, Bonobos began to take off, but he found that some of the very traits powering his success as a founder–relentless drive, confidence bordering on hubris, and ambition bordering on delusion–were now threatening to undo him. A collision course was set in motion, one that would culminate in a violent night that nearly unraveled all that he had built.

Dunn served as CEO of Bonobos through its 2017 acquisition by Walmart. As an angel investor and through his venture-capital firm Red Swan, he has backed more than 80 startups, including Warby Parker, Oscar, and Coinbase. Dunn serves on the boards of Monica + Andy, an organic baby apparel company founded by his sister, and the tech nonprofit Raised By Us. Named to Fortune‘s 40 under 40 list in 2018, he is a graduate of Northwestern University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He lives with his wife and their son in Chicago.

Kimberly Young

Kimberly Young Vice President, Global Benefits and HR Technology at Amentum.

Nicole Smith

Sheila Krueger

Sheila is the “People” in “People and Things”. Sheila snuck in the back door of HR through a secret IT passage. After implementing an HRIS for an HR team, she just refused to leave. Thus started a career that has encompassed HRIS, Compensation, Benefits, Wellness, Communication, M&A, and many other aspects of the People Experience life. Currently the Head of Global Benefits at Zoom Video Communications, Sheila works to provide a suite of benefits, based on the Five Pillars of Wellness, to Zoomies that helps them lead their best lives and truly foster the culture of #workhappy. This includes the recrafting of processes as well as implementing creative and useful benefit programs for all, based on the five pillars of wellness. In her spare time, she runs a charity benefiting the unsheltered in Phoenix, spends some time creating paper crafts, and loves to travel.

James Kinney

James Nicholas Kinney is a global diversity and marketing executive, author, and speaker. Kinney has over 18 years of experience as an in-house practitioner and external consultant. He is the global chief diversity officer for Media.Monks, a digital-first marketing and advertising services company. Previously, he was global chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for Ogilvy.

Kinney has been featured on CNN, NBC Smart Money and NASDAQ Disruptors.

Kinney has helped over 30 companies as a consultant and has lead organizations with more than 15,000 employees as an in house practitioner.

Kinney is currently advising global brands on diversity as a business and the importance of building authentic relationships with non-homogenous markets and cultures.

Kinney is the chairman of The Force, representing over 100 Billion dollars in brand equity. A world’s first initiative bringing the world’s top brands together to solve societal problems through business.”

Bryan Walsh

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.

Brandy Lappi

Brandy Lappi is the Director, Workforce Health and Employer Onsite Services at Kaiser Permanente.

Rachel Schneider

Rachel Schneider is founder and CEO of Canary, a company helping the 21st-century social net evolve to reflect the future of work. She has led development of Grant Circle, a high-impact solution for challenges she uncovered as co-author of The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty. Grant Circle exists so employees can access emergency support in times of financial need and enable them to recover quickly.

She brings experience from Merrill Lynch, Financial Health Network, and The Aspen Institute, as their entrepreneur-in-residence. She credits her commitment to the potential for innovative finance to solve major social problems from her days as a VISTA Volunteer.

Kathleen O’Driscoll

Kathleen O’Driscoll is the Vice President Human Resources – Global Benefits, Wellbeing and HR Policy at Cognizant.

Anna Maltby

Anna Maltby is an award-winning journalist and editor who currently works as a freelance editorial director and consultant, fitness programming and performance coach, and personal trainer and Pilates teacher. Until April 2021, she was the executive editor of Elemental, Medium’s health and wellness publication. She was previously the deputy editor at Real Simple magazine and a deputy editor at Refinery29, and also held staff positions at Men’s Health, Marie Claire, SELF, Fit Pregnancy, Natural Health and Condé Nast Traveler. Her writing has appeared in such outlets as The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and O. She received her BSJ and MSJ from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Anna is also an American Council on Exercise–certified personal trainer and functional training specialist, a certified prenatal and postnatal exercise specialist, and a certified mat Pilates teacher.

Janelle Nanos

Janelle is a business reporter at the Boston Globe, covering retail, restaurants, and consumer culture. She is also the host of the Bold Types interview series with the city’s business leaders. She thrives on diving deep into the ideas, people, and trends that drive Boston’s economy. She has previously worked at Boston Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, and New York Magazine, and she currently teaches a class in magazine writing at Boston College. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. She was a Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism.

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Haeli Harris

Haeli Harris is the Lead Mental Health Clinician at Nivati, a licensed mental health therapist, yoga instructor, health and wellness coach, and mindfulness practitioner dedicated to helping others through holistic health and healing. She takes a client-based, solution-focused approach helping the client to find their own solutions that are within them and building on their own strengths. Haeli has specialized training in combining yoga and mental health including using a trauma-informed lens when working with her clients. She is also a mother to teenagers and a lover of chocolate and dancing!

Amelia Wilcox

Amelia Wilcox is the Founder and CEO of Nivati, a company providing employee stress management and mental health services that employees can access – anytime, anywhere. Recently listed as a Forty Under 40, Fast 50, Twice on the Inc 500 and twice awarded National Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year, Amelia has exponentially grown her company from a solo living-room service business to an international technology brand. She operates Nivati with a virtual team and provides flexible work for over 1200 practitioners across North America while balancing the demands of motherhood with her three daughters.

Monica Elliott, LCSW

Adam Weber

Adam Weber is the SVP of Community for 15Five where he supports and leads thousands of HR professionals through the HR Superstars Community, elevating them to become more strategic leaders.Previously he was the Co-founder and Chief People Officer of Emplify (which sold to 15Five in 2021), a company that helped leaders measure, diagnose, and solve their employee engagement challenges.  He also co-founded Bluebridge Digital, a mobile app platform, where he grew and sold the company in 2016. Adam is an expert and speaker on employee engagement, culture, team performance, and leadership development. He is the author of the Amazon bestseller, Lead Like A Human.

In 2020, Adam was named to Business Insider’s list of Rising Stars in HR.Adam is a proud Ball State University alum holding a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a master’s degree in organizational communication. He lives with his wife, two sons and dog Poppy in Zionsville, Indiana. Passionate about the environment, he lives in a net-zero house. His hobbies include pickleball, backyard birdwatching, and songwriting.

Jennifer Hanson

As chief human resource officer, Jennifer oversees Accolade’s employee experience, engagement and recruiting. In her more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare and employee benefits arena, having led Associate Experience and Benefits at Fidelity Investments she is dedicated to helping people during the most difficult moments in their lives when confronted with a significant healthcare need with empathy and care.

Dr. Anupam Goel

Dr. Anupam Goel is a practicing general internist and clinical informaticist. He joined Accolade’s care solutions group to help deploy remote chronic disease monitoring. Previously, he worked with Accolade’s case management team to support the company’s largest customers. He practices in the virtual primary care model.

Troy Heflin

Troy Heflin is a senior Human Resources and Organization Development executive with 25+ years of domestic and international leadership experience in a variety of industries and environments.  He is an inclusive leader who thrives on developing people to optimize their potential, resulting in high employee engagement, enhanced customer experience and outstanding company results.  His expertise lies in organization, leader, and talent development; executive coaching; employee engagement; and developing high performing cultures.  Troy coaches leaders at all stages of their careers to increase their personal and professional effectiveness.  He currently leads all aspects of the Human Resource function for Volvo’s financial services business.  Volvo Financial Services is globally headquartered in Greensboro, NC with close to 1700 employees spread out across 52 countries.  The organization has received several awards on its workplace culture, including being recognized as the most Diverse and Inclusive business within Volvo Group.  In 2020, Volvo Financial Services received Top 100 (#20) Best Global Workplace recognition through the Great Place to Work Institute and Fortune magazine.

Troy holds a B.S. from Purdue University and a M.S. in Organization Development from Pepperdine University.  While at Pepperdine, he centered his thesis research around the impact that changing workforce demographics have on Talent Management practices and how to align across the generations.  Additionally, he has completed PhD level courses on Human Development/Coaching, attaining the Evidenced Based coaching certificate from Fielding Graduate University.  He is a recognized PCC level certified coach through the International Coaching Federation.  Troy holds a Neuroscience for Leadership certification through the Academy of Brain Based leadership.  He has recently completed an Executive Certificate from MIT, Sloan School of Management with focus areas of neuroscience, transitions, and digital disruption.

Troy is married and the proud father of three children.  They happily reside in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Kumud Sharma

Kumud is Chief People Officer at Betterment. She is a strategic HR professional with a strong understanding of global business and the ability to help organizations strengthen and grow at a fast pace. She has over 25 years of human resources experience designing and executing world-class HR initiatives to align with and support business objectives. She has a reputation as a great collaborator, listener, and champion for diversity. Prior to Betterment, she held senior HR positions at high growth companies in tech, healthcare, and education. Kumud is an SHRM-Senior Certified Professional with a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management.

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Natalie Baumgartner PH.D

Dr. Natalie Baumgartner: Natalie has spent her career advising companies of all sizes, from entrepreneurial startups to Fortune 500 firms, on issues related to company culture. Specifically tackling key hire assessment and portfolio due diligence issues, she’s found success analyzing what most overlook – the human element. She holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a specific focus on assessment and additional training in strength-based psychology.

Harrison Bach

Harrison Bach is a Certified Human Potential Coach, lead researcher, and facilitator at Regenerate. Harrison has studied performance science for over five years, learning from the world’s peak performers in disciplines from Olympic athletics to serial entrepreneurship about the tools and traits that translate to the greatest health, happiness, and productivity. As a coach and speaker, he’s used his knowledge to help many young professionals and athletes unlock greater energy, purpose, and career success.

Claire Barnes

Claire Barnes has been at Monster since 2018, and was recently named Chief Human Capital Officer, leading a global human resources strategy. With more than 20 years of experience working in communications, tech, and information services, Claire has played a leading role in human capital planning for brands such as Verizon and Thomson Reuters. She is passionate about equality, engagement, and leading successful and effective teams. Claire is based in the U.K.