STEPHEN BAILEY

Founder & CEO
ExecOnline

Stephen brings a passion for helping executives and their companies solve their most pressing strategic challenges through innovative technology solutions. Before ExecOnline, Stephen served as the CEO of the Frontier Strategy Group (FSG), a venture-backed software and information services business serving Fortune 500 executives who have responsibility for emerging economies. Stephen grew the business from an early-stage start-up to a company that serves nearly half the Fortune 500 across a range of international markets and business functions.

MARTHA MAZNEVSKI

Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Faculty Director for Executive Education
Ivey Business School, Western University

Martha Maznevski is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Faculty Director for Executive Education at Ivey. She is an expert in global teams, global leadership, culture and identity, and empowering individual differences. She has published widely on these topics and also works closely with leaders and their companies around the world on innovative approaches to leadership at all levels in today’s highly complex global environment. She publishes the popular textbook International Management Behavior, now in its 7th edition, with Ivey professors emeriti H. Lane and J. DiStefano.

LAURA KRAY

Professor, The Ned and Carol Spieker Chair in Leadership & Faculty Director, Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership, UC Berkeley

Laura Kray is a leading expert on the social psychological barriers influencing women’s career attainment. Kray is the recipient of multiple research awards from the Academy of Management, the International Association of Conflict Management, and the California Management Review. Kray is a fellow to both the Association for Psychological Science and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. From 2017 to 2018, she was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Some of her current research seeks to debunk popular myths about the gender pay gap and to identify solutions to gender inequality in the workplace.

ELLEN MCGIRT

Senior Editor, Fortune Magazine

D.V. WILLIAMS

Chief People Officer, Cars.com

D.V. Williams is Chief People Officer at Cars.com, where he leads all aspects of Human Resources. Passionate about people and career development, Williams focuses on attracting, retaining and developing the best talent by further expanding and innovating the use of HR technology across CARS. He also helps foster an environment and culture that keeps diversity and inclusion at the center of everything CARS does.

Prior to his role at CARS, Williams led Human Resources, Strategy and Enabling Functions at Tyson Foods, Inc., where he was instrumental in creating the first enterprise-wide business partner shared service organization supporting 5,000 employees. Williams also worked in HR for Whirlpool Corporation, leading global diversity.

A native of Chicago, Williams received his MBA from the University of Notre Dame with a focus in Strategy. He graduated from the University of Illinois in Champaign with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and Economics and received master’s degrees in Education and in Labor and Employee Relations.

Williams has served on the board of the Benton Harbor-St. Joseph YMCA Black and Latino Achievers program, a junior board member of the Heartland Alliance organization, a volunteer for the Chicago Scholars Foundation and is an active member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated. In his spare time, he has personally mentored over 30 high school and college students. He is also a lover of street/graffiti art and documentaries.

HEATHER HOERDEMANN

VP Talent & Development, Synopsys

Heather is a Human Resources executive with over 20 years of experience in Hi Tech. Her passion is enabling the growth and development of others and empowering all team members to lead from where they are. As VP of Talent at Synopsys, she leads a global team with the goal of driving organizational vitality with a world-class employee experience.

LESLIE CAMINO

Sr. Director, Corporate Leadership Development, D&I, Keysight

With over 20 years working in leadership development in the Tech space, Leslie’s why is “empowering others to achieve their potential.” Strategic by nature, her roles include working with the C-suite, business & functional leaders to develop and execute on key global, enterprise wide initiatives and programs aligning talent development and culture with company strategic direction. Developing a pipeline of future leaders includes succession, identification of talent, and designing accelerated, high potential development programs which have yielded leaders who play key roles within the company. She is honored to witness emerging leaders who went through the company programs & have reached the highest levels within the company. Additionally, this past year she was charged by Keysight’s CEO, Ron Nersesian to lead the DE&I strategic plan, which is one of Keysight’s Strategic priorities. She is known for being an early adopter, trying new approaches to build a positive thriving culture and employee growth, experimenting with technology, and rallying people’s motivation and passion to create change. Her experience includes mentoring & coaching programs, assessments, employee voice pulses, ideation sprints, support the development and corporate integration of Keysight’s Leadership Model- the blue-print on how leaders run the business. Additionally, she supported the development of 5G training/cultural transformation in its early stages. has experience in the field of Marketing, Sales, Human Resources, Vocational Rehabilitation, is a past President of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Sonoma County and member of Kaiser Permanente’s Parent Pediatric Advisory Board. She was previously with Hewlett Packard, Agilent Technologies and Kaiser Permanente, is a graduate in business administration from the University of Washington and Certification in Women’s Leadership from UCLA, and brain based coaching certification from the Neuroleadership Institute. She lives in Santa Rosa, CA and rebels in walking between 4-9 miles a day with her mini-Sheepadoodle.

KEYLA CABRET-LEWIS

Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Aflac

Keyla Cabret-Lewis is Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Aflac Incorporated. Keyla is responsible for fostering, advancing, and implementing Aflac’s DI&E organization-wide initiatives. In her role, Keyla will develop diversity awareness opportunities for all employees and stakeholders. She will also lead enterprise initiatives and provide consultative services to all departments in support of creating an inclusive workplace. Keyla began her career with Aflac in high school and after college graduation, accepted a position within the Human Resources department as an entry-level recruiter. In her last role as Sr. HRBP, she provided solutions based human resources support, consultation, and strategic leadership to designated customer populations. Keyla holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in public administration from Columbus State University.

MICHELLE JEWELL

Head of Learning & Development, ThoughtWorks

Michelle Jewell is the Head of Learning & Development at ThoughtWorks NA. She enjoys the strategic and organizational challenge of putting programs, processes and resources in place so that at an organizational level, ThoughtWorks can better support career development with a special dedication to empowering new hires to be successful, and supporting leaders as they progress through their leadership journeys.

SAKKARA PAMA

Senior Vice President, Global Head of Talent & Development, Oaktree Capital Management

Sakkara Pama joined Oaktree in 2021 from Citibank, where she was a senior vice president and the head of talent, performance and diversity for the Enterprise Technology, Legal, Internal Audit and Citi Services functions.  Prior thereto, Ms. Pama was with J.P. Morgan Chase as a vice president and the organization development lead for both Risk and Internal Audit.  She began her career in London at Eden Brown as an HR generalist before moving on to Panasonic Avionics Corporation as an organizational development lead.  Ms. Pama received an M.B.A. and B.A. in psychology from Pepperdine University.

TRACY HUTTON

Vice President of People and Team Development, lululemon

Tracy Hutton currently serves as lululemon’s Global VP, Learning, Leadership and Talent. In this capacity, she is responsible for leading the team that ensures lululemon is the place where people come to grow and develop as inclusive leaders for a better world. A champion for personal, professional and organizational development, Tracy has held several senior-level roles focused on coaching and the people experience. She led the Coaching and Facilitation arm of The Marcus Buckingham Company (and ADP Company) and was a collaborator on Marcus Buckingham’s last two books, Find Your Strongest Life and StandOut. She also served as VP of Employee Experience for Placemaking, the real estate development arm of Intrawest. Tracy holds a master’s degree in Learning and Leadership from Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia, where she completed her thesis on strengths-base development, and is a certified professional coach. She lives in Whistler, British Columbia with her partner, Ian and their two boys, Angus and Oden.

ADAM BRINEGAR

SVP Client Solutions, ExecOnline

Adam leads ExecOnline’s Client Solutions team where he is responsible for deepening and expanding relationships with our growing client base. Adam spent 10 years leading research and advising Fortune 500 CHROs for the Corporate Leadership Council at CEB, where he led the development of groundbreaking insights on nearly ever facet of talent management and leadership development. Adam holds Ph.D. and MA degrees in Political Science from Duke University, and a BA in Political Science from The Ohio State University.

MISSY HALLEAD

Senior Vice President, Global Talent & Group People & Culture, Aristocrat

Missy Hallead is a ‘People First’ human resource leader and serves as the Senior Vice President for Global Talent & Group People & Culture for Aristocrat Technologies. With global experience across diverse industry sectors including technology, gaming, hospitality, and education, Missy is passionate about equipping and encouraging leaders to reach their potential and attracting and aligning diverse talent to drive business results. Specializing in the areas of leadership effectiveness, talent optimization, organizational development, diversity and inclusion, employee experience, leadership development, executive coaching, executive recruitment, and succession planning, Missy is relentless in her pursuit of enabling leaders at Aristocrat to become the best versions of themselves. In addition, with an emphasis on leading with courage and an attitude of TGIM (Thank God it’s Monday), Missy is committed to driving a diverse talent and development strategy, growing high performers, maximizing teams, and multiplying the influence of the leaders she engages with. Prior to joining Aristocrat, Missy served for over 5 years at MGM Resorts International in the roles of Vice President for Global & Corporate HR and Vice President of HR for Luxor & Excalibur Hotel & Casino. Prior to entering the gaming and technology industry, Missy served as Assistant Superintendent & CHRO for a nationally recognized school district providing executive leadership to all aspects of human resource management. She has also served in roles of high school principal, associate principal/athletic director, and high school teacher. Missy received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Education from Central Washington University, a Master’s Degree in Leadership and Administration from Concordia University, and a Human Resources Management Certification from Portland State University. In her spare time Missy enjoys spending quality time with her family and dog, traveling to other warm destinations, attending athletic events, and playing poker.

AURELIE RICHARD

Chief Human Development and Strategy Officer, S&C Electric

Aurelie is the Chief Human Development and Strategy Officer at S&C Electric Company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. In this role, Aurelie leads S&C’s Human Resources function and its strategy planning process. Prior to joining S&C in January 2019, Aurelie worked for 15 years at Schneider Electric, holding several executive positions in Finance, Strategy and Human Resources and developed expertise in energy management, electrical distribution systems, performance contracting and industrial automation. Since 2014, she led efforts to transform the company culture, and leadership and talent management processes, defining and implementing strategies to attract, coach and develop talent and accelerate innovation. She also spent nine years at Ernst & Young, in France and in the United States. Aurelie has an undergraduate degree in accounting and finance, a CPA certification and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from EM Lyon Business School in France. She also holds a certification in Science in Learning and Organizational Change from Northwestern University. Aurelie lives in Chicago with her husband and her two sons.

DANI CUSHION

Chief Marketing Officer, ExecOnline

Prior to ExecOnline, she served as CMO at Cardlytics, where she developed the global marketing vision and positioned the company for a highly successful IPO. As SVP marketing and communications at Millennial Media, she saw the company through rapid growth, including its IPO, international expansion, and numerous acquisitions. Dani began her career in sports marketing at SiriusXM, Swiss-based ISL, Omnicom agency MIllsport/The Marketing Arm, and Major League Soccer. She has a personal passion for investing in others to help them grow and serves on the Board of Directors for Women in Technology (WIT), a non-profit dedicated to empowering girls and women to excel in STEAM. Dani graduated magna cum laude from Lehigh University with a Marketing major and Philosophy minor, and was a four-year starter for the Women’s Soccer team, captaining the squad her junior and senior years.

HOYUN KIM

Chief Legal Officer & Head of Inclusion, ExecOnline

Hoyun Kim joined ExecOnline in 2016 to build its legal department and people operations, leveraging her prior experience leading both functions at a venture-backed emerging markets consulting firm. As Chief Legal Officer, Hoyun oversees all compliance, transactional, and corporate governance matters. Earlier in her career, she practiced law at several prominent Washington, DC law firms, representing both publicly-traded and private companies in financing and business transactions, and complex commercial litigation. While continuing to lead the company’s legal strategy and operations, Hoyun is also stepping into a new role as ExecOnline’s Head of Inclusion. Hoyun received her BA in English Literature, with honors, from George Washington University, where she also received her law degree.

NOAH RABINOWITZ

Chief Learning Officer & Vice President Human Resources, Intel Corporation

Noah G. Rabinowitz is a vice president of Human Resources (HR) and the chief learning officer at Intel Corporation. He leads the Global Leadership Development and Learning organization responsible for providing world-class, value-added development solutions for all segments of Intel’s employee population – from entry-level to executive. An almost 25-year veteran of the HR and learning industry, Rabinowitz joined Intel in 2019 from Deloitte Consulting, where he served as managing director. There, he worked with global clients across multiple industries to design, build, and deliver business-transformational leadership and learning programs. Earlier in his career, he held numerous consulting and HR leadership roles at Korn Ferry and Alcatel-Lucent. Rabinowitz has a bachelor’s degree in history and Spanish from Hamilton College and a master’s degree in education from the University of Michigan. A recognized specialist and thought leader in senior leadership development and human capital, he is a frequent guest lecturer at several leading business schools and industry conferences. He is also deeply committed to volunteer work in supporting veterans in their transition to civilian careers.

SMIJAI PETER

Director, Client Advisory, ExecOnline

Smijai works with ExecOnline’s top accounts creating alignment and thoughtful integration of our suite of solutions to our clients’ broader talent strategies. Smijai supports ExecOnline’s One Partner vision by designing custom learning journeys, strategic communications and oversees the insights strategies for some of ExecOnline’s largest accounts. Prior to ExecOnline Smijai worked as a consultant with Korn Ferry and the Hay Group. He has experience advising clients in the areas of leadership development, assessment & selection, work measurement and total rewards. He has worked extensively with executives as a facilitator, coach and assessor and has worked to link talent needs with job design and organizational strategy.

DANIELLE CLARK

Senior Director, Talent Development, Adobe

Danielle is a Talent Development leader who loves helping people fulfill their potential. In her role at Adobe, she is responsible for leading the global enterprise talent development team which creates and delivers programs for all employee personas from individuals through to senior leaders. Key areas of development are around leadership and career growth. Her team designs, facilitates and creates learning journeys to enable development to stick and make a true business impact. Danielle also leads several DEI initiatives and partners on talent management and performance management solutions for the company. Adobe has 23,000 employees and is a leader in creative and enterprise marketing cloud software.