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Scott Cawood | CEO of WorldatWork
Scott is the CEO of WorldatWork, the world’s largest association for total rewards. Prior, Scott was the Global Leader for Organizational Effectiveness at WL Gore, the maker of Gore-Tex and has served as the President of Synygy, a global sales compensation software company where he began as its Chief Human Resources Officer. Scott has also held executive positions including the Vice President of Global Talent at Revlon, and the Great Place to Work Institute, which selects Fortune magazine's 100 Best Places to Work. Scott holds four degrees, including his doctorate from the Graduate School of Education, and Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. As a Wharton Fellow, Scott received distinction on his dissertation that mapped the precise moment new hires became enculturated to their new organization. He also studied labor and industrial relations at Michigan State. He has completed five WorldatWork certifications and has donated every single dollar from his bestselling new book, The New Work Exchange to the WorldatWork Foundation.

Amy Beacom | Founder and CEO, Center for Parental Leave Leadership
Dr. Amy Beacom is the founder of the field of parental leave coaching and consulting. She draws on her 25+ years in executive leadership development and coaching to work with Fortune 100 companies, international organizations, working parents, and more to transform the way our companies and our country engage with the parental leave transition - from policy to practice. She is also the co-author of the first book to offer an evidence-based framework for navigating leave: The Parental Leave Playbook.

David Cichelli | Revenue Growth Consultant, The Alexander Group
David Cichelli is a revenue growth consultant. David helps companies achieve their sales objectives through a variety of solutions, including improved segmentation, channel design, sales ROI, sales metrics, quota allocation, selling models and sales compensation. David is widely recognized for his work in linking sales compensation to management's objectives, He is author of McGraw Hill’s Compensating the Sales Force and AGI Press’s Revenue Growth Model: Chief Revenue Officer’s Guide to B2B Sales Success. He is an instructor/author for WorldatWork’s classes on sales compensation. Mr. Cichelli holds an undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and a graduate degree from Michigan State University.

Brent Schlosstein | Founder and Senior Partner, Alera
Brent’s an entrepreneur and recognized, employee benefits expert focused on building high performance health plans for progressive and employee-focused organizations. Passionate about transforming health care in an environment of transparency, collaboration, and professionalism. As a Founder and Senior Partner at Alera Group, Brent’s responsible for driving growth and building a world-class consulting organization. He's brought innovation to the employee benefits industry for over thirty years. His experience with self-insured plans, strategic planning and leadership gives him a unique ability to address the most complex challenges with practical, often ingenious, solutions that deliver results. Today, the Alera Group is one of the largest, privately-held insurance brokers in the U.S.

Andrew Schpak, J.D., SHRM-SCP, SPHR | Co-Managing Partner, Barran Liebman
Andrew Schpak is the Co-Managing Partner at Barran Liebman, where he has represented management in employment litigation, provided advice to employers, and performed fact-finding employment investigations for over 19 years. While Andrew spends the majority of his time representing clients in state and federal court proceedings and before state and federal administrative agencies, he also provides employment law advice, drafts and updates workplace policies and handbooks, and employment, partnership, and independent contractor agreements. He is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI) and as a Senior Certified Professional (SCP) by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). He graduated from Reed College and received his J.D. from Cornell Law School.

Serilda Summers-McGee | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Workplace Change
Serilda Summers-McGee is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Workplace Change, a Human Resources firm created to guide, advise, and encourage the business world through internal as well as external growth and transition, while incorporating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into HR systems. Serilda has been an HR/DEI innovator for over 17 years, honing her ability to identify challenges and opportunities while teaching the masses how to be better leaders. She has inspired thousands to create, embrace, and mobilize lasting organizational change.