Bob Churilla is a partner in a conflict management and organizational development firm, Conflict Resolution Professionals Group (CRPG). In addition, Bob is a Visiting Professor at a private University. Bob has worked with the United States Postal Service, Veterans Administration, Transportation Security Administration and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as a mediator and consultant. He has also consulted with local, state and private employers, government agencies, churches and nonprofit organizations. Bob has a Ph.D. in Conflict Resolution and a Juris Doctorate degree.

Christopher Salem is an Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, and Professional Speaker mentors C-Suite, CPAs, Financial Advisors, Physicians, and other business leaders to build and protect their brands by raising their level of influence as trusted advisors to maximize their results.  He also works with companies to create an interdependent work environment and thriving culture through a growth mindset foundation, effective communication, transparent leadership, and higher engagement.  

His book Master Your Inner Critic / Resolve the Root Cause – Create Prosperity went international best seller in 2016. He also co-authored the recent edition to "Mastering the Art of Success" with Jack Canfield. His weekly radio show Sustainable Success is part of the Voice America Influencers Channel.  Chris is also an accomplished business & emotional intelligence strategist, award-winning author®, certified mindset expert, radio show host & media personality, and wellness advocate.  

He works with organizations such as such as JP Morgan – Chase, Ralph Lauren, GE Research, UTC - Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon, Microchip Technologies, Anthem, US Census Bureau, United Healthcare, Laticrete Corporation, Hubbell Corporation, Conning & Company, Foxwoods Casino, and NYPD Forensics Department including universities such as University of Hartford, Westchester Community College, Bay Path University, Worcester State University, and spoke on overcoming limited beliefs for peak performance at Harvard University’s Faculty Club and US Senate.

Dena Davis, PHR has over 20 years of experience designing people-centered training and development programs to unlock high performing talent, build leadership skills, and increase levels of engagement, productivity and efficiency across teams. 

She is a lifetime learner, focusing on delivering engaging workshops that are needed in today’s ever changing business climate. She prides herself in “making it real”, bringing a practical, organic approach towards training where she finds creative ways to put learnings into practice. 

In her professional career, she has a proven track record of successfully transforming human resources, employee engagement, organizational development, talent acquisition and (DEI) training and strategy. She was most recently Head of People of Culture at Volk Optical, overseeing the international HR function and prior to that she served as HR Manager and Business Partner for US Sales with ZOLL Medical, overseeing a high-volume recruiting operation. Prior to joining ZOLL, she held senior level HR roles where she led several organization wide transformation and change management efforts. 

In 2019, founded Davis Hill Consulting, where branched out from her corporate background into the consulting world where she leverages her expertise to build collaborative relationships with clients to develop training and advance their talent and people practices. On a personal note, Dena enjoys yoga, herbalism and anything that gets her out in and around nature.

Dr. Minniti is the President and Owner of Minniti CPA, LLC. Dr. Minniti is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Forensic Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Valuation Analyst, Certified in Financial Forensics, Master Analyst in Financial Forensics, Chartered Global Management Accountant, and is a licensed private investigator in the state of Arizona. Dr. Minniti received his doctoral degree in business administration from Walden University, received his MBA degree and Graduate Certificate in Accounting from DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management, and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix. Dr. Minniti taught graduate and undergraduate courses in forensic accounting at DeVry University, Grand Canyon University, Kaplan University, Northwestern University, and the University of Phoenix.

He designed graduate and undergraduate courses for Grand Canyon University, Northwestern University, and Anthem College. He is a writer and public speaker. He has experience in forensic accounting, fraud examinations, financial audits, internal audits, compliance audits, real estate valuations, business valuations, internal control development, business continuation planning, risk management, financial forecasting, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance work. Dr. Minniti is an instructor teaching continuing professional education classes for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Compliance Online, CPE Link/CCH . AccountingEd, Global Compliance Panel, Clear Law Institute, CPE Solutions, Canopy CPE, The Institute of Management Accountants, the National Association of Valuators and Analysts, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and various state CPA Societies.

Ethan L. Chazin is a speaker, executive coach, consultant, and facilitator with over 30 years of experience. His energy is focused on helping leaders make choices that lead to stellar results – in their bottom line, their business relationships, and careers.

His focus is delivering results-driven, measurable increases in performance, productivity, and profitability through engaged, impact-driven Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, High Performance Team Building, Effective Communications, and Emotional Intelligence. Ethan has worked in several industries, including: manufacturing, legal, printing, publishing, advertising, professional services, and financial services.  He has worked with for profit organizations, privately held companies, family businesses, non-profits, and Government entities. He is driven to achieving results on behalf of his clients with employee training, executive coaching, and consulting to build amazing workplace cultures and unleash people’s untapped potential.

Ethan has authored two books entitled “Bulletproof Your Career in Turbulent Times” and “The Compassionate Organization”, conducted over 200 talks to many professional Associations and organizations, and taught as an Adjunct Professor at eight Colleges and Universities at the Undergraduate and Graduate levels.

Francine Friedman Griesing is the founder of Griesing Law, LLC, is a full-service women-owned and operated law firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with satellite offices in Arizona, New, Jersey, New York, and Ohio. She is a strategic advisor to executives and general counsel at the country’s largest institutions with 40 years of experience representing clients in business transactions, commercial litigation, employment matters, and alternate dispute resolution. She serves as an arbitrator and mediator, primarily in employment and business disputes and has extensive experience conducting proceedings remotely.

Fran is a highly sought speaker and writer and has received recognition for her accomplishments as both an attorney and an entrepreneur. She was recognized by Francine Griesing was chosen by The Philadelphia Inquirer as a Lifetime Achiever for the Law (2018) and Diversity and Inclusion (2019). Fran was also shortlisted as Diversity & Inclusion Lawyer of the Year (2020) and the Firm was shortlisted as Outstanding Firm for Furthering Diversity & Inclusion by Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards North America (2020-2021). The Philadelphia Business Journal also recognized Fran as one of the region’s Most Admired CEOs for her protecting her team and managing the Firm during the pandemic. In addition, the Firm received the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s H. Robert Fiebach Award (2021), which recognizes Pennsylvania law firms that have implemented initiatives to help women attorneys advance their careers. Furthermore, the Firm was awarded by in-house counsel as the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms’ Law Firm MVP (2013) and as SmartCEO’s Philadelphia Law Firm of the Year (2014).

Fran is an honors graduate of Binghamton University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School and is admitted to practice in Arizona, New York and Pennsylvania.

Jennifer Hancock is the author of several best selling and award winning books and is the founder of Humanist Learning Systems. Not only was she raised as a Humanist, she is considered one of the top speakers and writers in the world of Humanism today. Her professional background is varied including leadership positions in both the for profit and non-profit sectors.

She teaches Humanism – a combination of Love, Rationality, Science & Responsibility. Her courses will give you hope. It will help you simplify your life by reducing complexity of the problems you face, which will in turn – help you reduce your anxiety. Finally- because this is all science based – it will work. 

What makes her unique is that she teaches humanistic approaches grounded in dignity and compassion coupled with science based behavioral modification techniques to create positive workplace cultures that eliminate unwanted behaviors like bullying, harassment and discrimination while positively reinforcing the behaviors you do want.

Ms. Hancock has a BA in Liberal Studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (1990). Her field of study combined cognitive linguistics, anthropology and psychology.  While in college, she apprenticed as a dolphin trainer for a dolphin language/cognition laboratory which is where she learned the behavioral science and behavior modification techniques she now teaches.

Ms. Hancock has worked in executive leadership roles her entire career (since graduating college in 1990).  She has literally never not worked in leadership/management.  In the course of her career she has provided training to companies all over the world for both executive leadership as well as staff.  She started training and coaching staff in her first job out of college as the director of volunteer services for the Los Angeles SPCA., and has provided training, support and mentoring programs at  every job she’s held since including her stint at the manager of acquisition group information for a 1/2 billion dollar company.

She has over 30 years of experience working in executive leadership and in providing leadership and management training to others. If you let her, she can teach you how to be a more authentic and effective leader who is both powerfully ethical and armed with the technical skills required to master whatever challenges you face with grace and dignity. 

Lauren Baptiste is an executive wellness coach, international speaker and corporate well-being consultant. After working 10+ years at a Big Four accounting firm and personally experiencing the effects of burnout, Lauren launched Acheloa Wellness, a wellness coaching firm that empowers women leaders and organizations to break-through the widespread effects of stress. As a practitioner of Ayurveda, hormonal health and other healing modalities, she brings a holistic approach to transform burnout to balance, joy and high-performing productivity.    

Lauren collaborates and co-creates with Fortune 500 companies, international organizations, not for profits and start-up organizations, covering a diverse background of industries and needs.

Melveen Stevenson is a sought-after human resources consultant and business advisor. As a certified HR professional with a background in accounting and finance, she helps companies to navigate the human resources “jungle” of compliance, human capital, and leadership challenges. In doing so, she empowers companies to strengthen their infrastructure from the inside out, specifically through leadership development, operations, training, employee engagement, and executive coaching. 

Melveen speaks on key topics to empower companies with the latest research and best practices for increasing engagement, enhancing leadership presence, and optimizing diverse workforce groups.

Over the last 20 years, Melveen has held leadership positions in human resources operations, supply chain, and talent management at international companies in food manufacturing, medical devices, and consumer products. She was also a faculty member at California State University-Dominguez Hills. She has spent most of her career in California, and has expertise in the state’s complicated employment regulations. 

Melveen is certified through the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP) and the Human Resources Certification Institute (SPHR).

Raymond Sheen, PMP® LSS BB, is president and founder of Product & Process Innovation, Inc. He is a veteran business leader with over 35 years of executive, functional, and project management experience working in GE, the US Air Force and as an independent consultant.  Ray is author of the book, Guide to Building Your Business Case, published by Harvard Business Review Press and a contributor to the book, Guide to Project Management, also published by Harvard Business Review Press.  Ray teaches process improvement, digital transformation, project management, product development and strategy development topics through Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. 

Ray received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy and his M.S. in Astronautical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He has recently completed a graduate certificate in Digital Leadership and Strategy from Boston University.    He also attended numerous business management and executive management training programs while at GE.  Ray is a Fellow at the Institute for Digital Transformation and a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).  

The focus of Ray’s work has been the management and deployment of technology in various industries and business functions including finance, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, service, and IT.   Ray has completed projects, managed teams and delivered training and consulting on three continents and 15 countries.

William J. Rothwell, Ph.D., SPHR, SHRM-SCP, RODC, CPLP Fellow is President of Rothwell & Associates, Inc. & Rothwell & Associates, LLC. His consulting focuses on succession planning and talent management.  He is also a Professor at Penn State University, University Park, where he teaches graduate courses in Organization Development and Change. 

Before becoming a professor 28 years ago, he had nearly 20 years of full-time human resource management experience in government and in business. He has consulted on succession planning with corporations, small businesses, family businesses, charities, and Federal, State and local government agencies. He has traveled to China 83 times and has consulted on succession on nearly every continent. Among his 127 published books are these, which are relevant to this webinar: The essential HR guide for small businesses and startups; Optimizing talent in the federal workforce; Building a talent development structure without borders; Effective succession planning: Ensuring leadership continuity and building talent from within; The leader’s daily role in talent management: Maximizing results, engagement and retention; Career planning and succession management: Developing your organization’s talent for today and tomorrow; The competency toolkit; Talent management: A step-by-action-oriented guide based on best practice; Becoming an effective mentoring leader: Proven strategies for building excellence in your organization; Working longer: New strategies for managing, training, and retaining older employees; Invaluable knowledge: Securing your company’s technical expertise-Recruiting and retaining top talent, transferring technical knowledge, engaging high performers; The manager’s guide to maximizing employee potential; and Cases in government succession planning: Action-oriented strategies for public-sector human capital management, workforce planning, succession planning, and talent management.