Meet the Speakers

Currently Heading Global HR Operations for CA for 55 countries across 4 regions. Responsible for HR Strategy, HR Analytics & Quality, HR Outsourcing (HRO), Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), HR Technology and HR Programs for CA global business operations.

Prior to joining CA he was heading HR and Quality functions in GE in the senior Leadership positions. Before GE assignment worked in Toyota and Philips in HR leadership positions in Asia and International geographies. As a Certified Master Black belt and Change Management expert led many process reengineering and Organization transformation projects.

Sreekanth holds an MBA in HR, with 16 years of global experience in HR and Quality.

Ms. Barker is currently the Executive Vice President of Human Resources at OgilvyOne, the global leader in customer relationship management and interactive marketing. She is responsible for all aspects of the company’s global Human Resources capabilities including setting the talent management strategy, learning and development, succession planning and the continuing focus on attracting and retaining the best talent in the industry.

Her Human Resources career began with Allied Domecq Spirits and Wine, where she spent six years on global HR initiatives, including leadership development, global graduate development programs, and OD initiatives. She started her career in sales and marketing with Kimberly Clark, and Britvic Soft Drinks in the UK. She joined the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement New York in January 2008.

Marie-Claire was educated in the UK, and received her Post Graduate degree in Human Resources from Kingston University, London.  She is a member of the British Psychological Society, and is qualified in the use and interpretation of psychometric evaluation. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and son. 

Terri Harrell is the Vice President of HR Diversity & Inclusion, Dr Pepper Snapple Group. Dr Pepper Snapple is one of the largest beverage companies in the Americas and manufacture, market and distribute more than 50 brands of carbonated soft drinks, juices, teas, mixers and other premium beverages across the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Terri joined Dr Pepper Snapple on June 5, 2000 as a Human Resources Business Partner. She then moved to the Diversity Team in April 2001 and was promoted to the Vice President in April 2005. Terri held several Senior Human Resources positions for Levi Strauss & Company before coming to Dr Pepper Snapple. Terri completed her Executive MBA at University of Texas at Dallas. During her tenure at Dr Pepper Snapple she has implemented an inclusive regional mentoring program, which brought colleagues together across functions, locations and levels to create a talented and insightful workforce. Terri oversaw the creation of strategic partnerships with several national diversity organizations, and she now sits on the corporate advisory boards for the National Society of Hispanic MBAs and the Mayor’s Committee for the Employment of People with Disabilities.

Terri is married with a 17 year old daughter.

Clem is an HR leader focused on strategic HR consultation and talent management for CIGNA's Information Technology organization. Clem has held various HR leadership roles at CIGNA including head of Staffing and Retention and leading workforce retention, employee engagement and HR measurement initiatives. Prior to joining CIGNA, Clem was a Senior Vice President of HR for Citigroup and an HR leader for W.L. Gore & Associates. Clem has also held various operations management positions during his career. He graduated with a B.S. from the College of William & Mary and also holds an M.B.A. from the University of Delaware.

Clem resides in suburban Philadelphia and is married with two daughters and a son. In addition to family and work, he is active with the March of Dimes, the College of William & Mary and participating in triathlons.

Chris Cigarran is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Organization Development at Healthways in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to being a member of Healthways’ executive team, Chris is responsible for People and Culture strategy and implementation at Healthways. This includes Compensation and Benefits, Internal Communications, Education, Organization and Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources Processes, and the relationship with the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. He is passionate about creating an environment within organizations where individuals can truly thrive. Healthways was recently recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the 100 Best Places to Work in the U.S and by Training Magazine as a Top 125 organization for colleague development.

Prior to joining Healthways in 2001, Chris spent several years as a consultant working with multiple large organizations in the U.S. and Canada. As a consultant, Chris focused on teams in organizations, organizational culture, as well as organizational change and effectiveness. Chris received his undergraduate degree from Bucknell University and his Master’s in Organization Development from Pepperdine University. He is married with two wild young children.

Amar has been with Saba since May 2005. He was a co-founder and CTO of Thinq, which was acquired by Saba in 2005. During his tenure here, Amar has guided our technology direction and has demonstrated strong leadership skills managing our engineering team. Amar has more than ten years of Human Capital Management (HCM) and enterprise software experience – as well as a track record of supporting a strong customer focus. Prior to his technology career, Amar worked for a number of Management Consulting organizations advising customers on a variety of technology and business initiatives. He remains a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and holds an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics.

Elise Eberwein serves as senior vice president, people and communications for US Airways. In this capacity, she oversees the company’s overall human resources efforts as well as strategic communications planning, executive communications, media relations and employee communications.

Eberwein has 20 years of combined airline experience, most recently with Denver-based Frontier Airlines where she spent five years leading that company’s media relations, employee communications, customer relations, community relations and government affairs activities. She began her career as a flight attendant for TWA and spent 11 years serving in various capacities at that airline.

She holds an MBA from Colorado State University as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications from Lindenwood College located in St. Charles, Mo.

Allison Friend is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Goodwin Procter. In this role, Ms. Friend is responsible for developing and implementing a firmwide human resources strategy for the firm’s lawyers, paralegals and support staff. She works closely with the firm’s management and executive committees to maintain a superior organizational support structure, while leveraging the many talents of Goodwin Procter’s administrative directors and bringing new resources to various firmwide initiatives.

Prior to joining Goodwin Procter as its first Chief Human Resources Officer in 2004, Ms. Friend served as corporate counsel for the employment law group at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and, most recently, the manager of human resources for Liberty Mutual’s National Group Market business unit. Before joining Liberty Mutual, Ms. Friend was an associate in Goodwin Procter’s Labor & Employment practice, where she worked with a broad range of our clients on various legal issues that govern all aspects of the employment relationship. She received her J.D. from The George Washington University National Law Center and an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.

Susan Graye is globally responsible for development and implementation of strategic initiative staffing strategy to ensure that HP is hiring the top talent in the technology industry. Deliverables include weekly global staffing dashboard tracking key metrics including cost of workforce, cost of hire, time to fill, source of hire, utilization of graduate hiring, and diversity.

Susan lead a benchmark study of top sales performers in US storage sales to assist staffing and hiring managers increase quality of hire. She also implemented a successful project to hire over 1000 people globally in first half FY 08 for HP Software including employment branding, employee referral program enhancement and internal employee value proposition, as well as decreasing the number of agency hires, increasing the number of employee referrals and exceeding hiring goals.

Prior to her current role, Graye managed a team of recruiters focused on sales recruiting for TSG, while acting as the Americas Sales Recruiting Lead. Prior to HP, she ran a successful executive search firm focused on identifying top talent in the technology industry, with clients including Compaq Computer Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, BMC Software, and Xerox Corporation.

Susan holds a Bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University

A Native of Southern California, Mark attended the University of Notre Dame on an athletic scholarship. After being selected Team Captain on the 1988 National Champion Football team, Mark was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1989 NFL draft. Following a five-year playing career, Mark joined Ameritech Wireless as a Corporate Account Manager, responsible for managing corporate sales with fortune 500 companies. After three years of Corporate Sales Management, Mark transitioned into the Executive Search industry, where he spent the next seven years of his corporate career. First at Higgins Associates as Manager Client services, later at A.T. Kearney Executive search as an Executive Director and more recently Russell Reynolds an Executive Director of the Diversity Recruitment Practice.

In 2001, Mark joined W.W. Grainger as Director, Diversity. He had Complete responsibility for all workforce diversity planning, strategy, programs, initiatives, measurements, diversity representation goals, leadership coaching, external partnerships and alliances, recruitment, AAP’s/EEO programs and all facets of diversity management. Accomplishments includes the development of two diversity councils, a three-year diversity improvement plan, corporate-wide diversity metrics plan, diversity mentor program, led the development of three venues for diversity awareness & education, established partnership/alliance with several minority organizations, positioned diversity as a business intangible that will help business evolve, aligned diversity objectives with leadership performance management and provided leadership for the re-alignment of the Supplier Diversity function at Grainger.

Most recently, Mark is Head of Diversity at Miller Brewing Company in Milwaukee, WI. In this capacity, Mark has responsibility for all facets of diversity strategy, planning, programs, leadership coaching, external partnerships and alliances and AAP/EEO programs. In May 2006, Mark received his MBA from University of Notre Dame.

After more than 18 years as a HR professional working with a diverse group of entertainment, internet, and technology companies (Fox Broadcasting, Yahoo, Radar, Interscope, eToys, Alesis), David Kroes has a unique perspective about business.  People matter.  Navigating people as individuals, working in teams, and as employees at a company, takes a broad spectrum of skills, talents, science, and art.  And David strives every work day to broaden his spectrum.

Prior to founding Avature, Dimitri co-founded HotJobs.com in 1997. As Chief Operating Officer and later CEO, Dimitri’s responsibilities at HotJobs included the direct management of all products and services. HotJobs sales revenue grew from zero to 119MM annually in 5 years and it was sold to Yahoo! in 2002. Prior to HotJobs, Dimitri was Managing Director of an executive search firm.

Dimitri is a noted authority on the labor market and has appeared on CNNfn, CNN, Fox News, The Cavuto Report, Power Lunch, and other programs, and has been featured in Business Week, The New York Daily News, Investors Business Daily, and other print publications. He serves on the Board of Directors of Zhaopin.com, an internet employment site located in Beijing, China.

Lance LaVergne is a Vice President in the Human Capital Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He manages the firm’s global Diversity recruiting efforts, which include the Goldman Sachs Scholarship and Fellowship programs, as well as relationships with external organizations that help identify students and professionals from historically underrepresented groups. He also works in the Office of Global Leadership and Diversity on firmwide Diversity initiatives focusing on race, gender, sexual orientation and work-life issues. He serves on the firm’s recruiting Global Leadership Team and the Global Recruiting Council.

Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Lance was a Manager of Experienced and Lateral Recruiting at McKinsey & Company where his emphasis was on financial services recruiting. Lance began his financial services career in retail brokerage at Shearson Lehman Brothers. After earning an MBA, he worked in the fixed income and currencies businesses at Chase Manhattan Bank and Merrill Lynch. He began his recruiting career as an Associate in the financial services practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, focusing on banking, capital markets and asset management searches.

Lance earned a BA in Sociology from Harvard and an MBA in Finance from Leonard N. Stern School of Business at NYU.

Martha Lindeman is responsible for Playboy’s investor relations activities as well as for corporate communications, public relations, financial and employee communications. She oversees Playboy's public affairs programs and the philanthropic efforts and activities of the Playboy Foundation. She also serves on the company’s six-member executive committee.

Since joining Playboy in 1992, Lindeman has been instrumental in the completion of three successful equity offerings, as well as the company’s first public debt offering. She helped create the company's first investor relations program and employee stock purchase program. As a result of her efforts, Playboy’s profile in the investment community has increased dramatically in terms of both analyst coverage and institutional ownership. In addition, she has worked with major business and financial media in profiling the company and its management, oversaw the Company wide 50th Anniversary celebration and was instrumental in the development of a new employee communications program.

Before joining Playboy, Lindeman spent six years at Tribune Company. She also held positions with Burlington Northern Inc., and the public relations firm of Golin Harris Communications. Lindeman began her career as an institutional equity trader, initially at Weeden & Co. and later at Alex Brown & Sons.

Lindeman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wheaton College in Massachusetts and a Master of Science degree from Boston University.

Amy Moore is the Director of Benefits and Wellness at Healthways. In this capacity she is responsible for the Health & Welfare, Retirement and Wellness functions internally at Healthways. Amy has 20 years of experience in the benefits field working primarily for large employers in the non-profit, hospitality, high tech and retail industries. Her experience encompasses all aspects of benefits including strategic plan design for global benefits and health improvement programs, administration and systems. In her tenure at Dell and Whole Foods Market, she designed award winning medical and health improvement plans. She has participated on numerous benefit committees including the NCQA PPO Accreditation Committee, the Texas Business Group on Health as well as several industry groups and spoken at many conferences regarding employer benefit programs. Amy has a B.A. from Radford University in Political Science as well as certificates from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans in Global Benefits Management and Health Care Plans. She resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

Alan Momeyer is Vice President of Human Resources for Loews Corporation. He is responsible for overall strategy and management of the human resource function for the New York-based diversified corporation consisting of Loews Hotels, Lorillard Tobacco Company, CNA Insurance, Diamond Offshore Corporation, Boardwalk Pipelines and HighMount Exploration and Production. Alan has been with Loews since 1980.

Alan holds a Masters Degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Bachelors Degree from Pennsylvania State University, and is the author of numerous articles on personnel management.

Alan is President of Inside Broadway, the Broadway Educational Program, a non-profit organization to promote theatre arts in New York City public schools. Alan is former President of the Board of Directors of Community Access, a non-profit agency which provides housing and rehabilitation for over 1000 homeless mentally disabled citizens of New York. He is also former President and Board member of Just One Break, Inc. (JOB), an agency to employ disabled citizens, founded in 1947 by Eleanor Roosevelt and Bernard Baruch. Alan is a member of the Board of Trustees of his graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh.

He is married to Janet Markoff and they have a daughter Lily, 18 and a son Jack, 16. He lives in Greenwich Village, New York City, and he always will.

Cheré Lynn Nabor, Chief Diversity Officer at Grainger Corporation in Lake Forest, Illinois, leads the organizational business integration of diversity. Cheré provides consulting, education and subject matter expertise to senior management and is responsible for implementing diversity processes and initiatives in coordination with organizational effectiveness, employee development, community relations and supplier diversity efforts.

Noteworthy accomplishments include the Dollars and Sense Magazine’s “Outstanding Business and Professional Women’s Award,” the Quad County Urban League “EEO and Community Relations Achievement Award,” and the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago/Chicago Tribune’s “Black and Hispanic Achiever’s Award.” She is also a much sought after speaker and lecturer on the topic of diversity.

Nabor is a Chair of the NAACP ACT-SO Advisory Committee, 1st Vice Chair of the Quad County Urban League and a member of the National Association of African American Human Resource Professionals. Cheré is committed to today’s youth and believes in “lifting as she climbs” which is reflected in her ongoing role as an advisor and mentor.

Nabor holds a Business Administration degree and has received Certification in “Organizational Leadership and Applied Organizational Development” through DePaul University’s Graduate Program.

For nearly two decades, Jim has worked at the intersection of innovation and communications for some of the most exciting brands and agencies of our time. He is currently vice president of corporate communications at US Airways - the nation's fifth largest airline. Jim leads the airline’s external and internal communications, which includes media and analyst relations, crisis management, and employee engagement for more than 35,000 employees.

Previously, Jim was a senior vice president at Waggeneer Edstrom Worldwide - a global public relations agency based in Seattle. At Waggener Edstrom, Jim built and led the agency's global Corporate and Digital Strategies practice groups. Jim joined Waggener Edstrom in 2004 from Overture Services Inc., a subsidiary of Yahoo!, where, as vice president of corporate communications, he led the public relations function for this pioneer and global leader in commercial web search. Before Overture, Jim consulted for Nissan North America for seven years. Along the way, he has also worked with J.D. Power and Associates, TBWA Chiat/Day Advertising and Apple.

He earned his MBA from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Syracuse University.

Ms. Pedro is currently, Senior Partner, Chief Diversity Officer for Ogilvy, NY. In her current role, Ms. Pedro is responsible for establishing and executing the agency’s diversity and inclusion strategic objectives. Prior to joining Ogilvy in February, 2007, she was a Senior Consultant for the FutureWork Institute. As part of the Institute’s Executive on Loan program, she served as the on-site Chief Diversity Officer for an International Pharmaceutical Company, an advertising agency and a global consulting firm. She was responsible for the design, development and recommendation of their overall Diversity strategies. As Project Manager for a variety of large clients, Ms. Pedro helped them execute their diversity strategy and meet their business objectives. She also played an integral role in establishing numerous Diversity Councils. Ms. Pedro worked extensively with pharmaceutical and communications clients.

Her clients have included Boehringer Ingelheim, Centocor, Johnson and Johnson, Magazine Publishers of America, Sony Music, Canada, Ogilvy and Mather, AT Kearney, Metro USA, Convergys and Goldman Sachs. Ms. Pedro has over 25 years of corporate Human Resources experience with specific expertise in Diversity, Training and Development, Employee Relations and Staffing. Before joining The FutureWork Institute, Ms. Pedro was the Corporate Head of Diversity and Staffing for 13 years at Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. Previous employers also include Nabisco Brands, Chemical Bank, the American Broadcasting Companies Inc and the Bradford Trust Company.

Ms. Pedro has worked on and managed global and domestic project assignments involving diversity management, mentoring, organizational effectiveness, staffing and retention and sexual harassment. Areas of expertise include strategic staffing and talent management, diversity transformation initiatives and training, focus group facilitation, Work/Life Flexibility solutions, coaching and career development planning.

Ms. Pedro is a graduate of Wheaton College, Norton, Mass. She has also completed numerous graduate level courses in Human Resources Management. She is a certified facilitator in: DDI-Targeted Selection, Seven Habits for Highly Effective People, Situational Leadership, Producing Results with Others (Social Styles) and Conversations on Race. She resides in New Jersey with her teen age daughter.

Paul H. Sartori, PhD. is Corporate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer; named to this post in 2008. Most recently, Dr. Sartori was senior vice president of organizational development and human resources for BioTrove, Inc, which he joined in 2007. Prior, beginning in 2000, he was a partner and principal at CHM Partners International, LLC, the international executive search and management consulting firm. While at CHM, he served as the chief human resources officer on a retained basis for a number of start-up companies, including Integrated Biosystems and Focus Diagnostics.

Dr. Sartori has also served as global vice president of human resources for Covance; executive vice president, External Affairs and Human Resources at Novartis; senior vice president of Human Resources and Communications at CIBA-Geigy; and global vice president of Human Resources at CIBA-Corning Diagnostics. Dr. Sartori has held teaching and administrative roles at the University of Virginia, James Madison University, and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

Born in Somerville, MA in August 1946, he received his M.A.T. in history, Ph.D. in education and MBA from the University of Virginia, and his B.A. in history from Northeastern University. Dr. Sartori is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Curry School of Education Foundation at the University of Virginia, and a member of the Advisory Board for Tau Therapeutics, an incubator company at the University of Virginia.

Matt is Chief HR Officer for Tishman Construction, Hotel & Realty Corporations. Tishman is one of the nation’s leading construction management firms currently working with clients building such high-profile projects as The Freedom Tower and World Trade Center Towers 3 and 4 ,Bank of America Tower, and the Goldman Sachs World Headquarters in New York, and MGM MIRAGE’s CityCenter and Boyd Gaming’s Echelon in Las Vegas. Tishman has also worked with clients building such well-known projects as the original World Trade Center, EPCOT in Walt Disney World, John Hancock Center in Chicago, Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, Madison Square Garden, Westin New York at Times Square, Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan Resort, and the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Tishman Hotel & Realty owns a portfolio of nearly 7,000 guest rooms and other commercial property across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. In most cases, Tishman was the developer and asset manages the properties.

Matt has over twenty five years experience as a human resources professional and employment and labor attorney in the construction, real estate, sports, entertainment and healthcare industries. He is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations and New York Law School.

David Sturt has an extensive background in technology-related product development and market research. Prior to his position at O.C. Tanner, he was vice president of product development at Learning.com. Sturt has a decade of experience in the recognition industry and holds a bachelor’s degree in human resources training and development and an MBA from Brigham Young University.

Jeff Summer leads the People and Change "Talent Management" group. Prior to joining PwC, Jeff led the U.S. Financial Services-Human Capital and Global Talent Management practices and completed a two-year secondment the HR Leader for the U.S. and India at his predecessor firm. His areas of expertise span the development of talent management, change management, internal communication and the redesign of HR organizations including core programs and related process, service delivery, structure, technology and HR performance metrics. Previously, Jeff led the HR organization for a west coast healthcare organization.

Louis is a 13+year veteran of the advertising and marketing industry. He first cut his teeth in the ad agency world at DDB Seattle back in the ’90s before joining a small creative boutique agency called Austin Knight. Austin Knight was one of the few early adopters of interactive development for talent attraction in the mid-90s. At TMP Worldwide, Mr. Vong is responsible for keeping the agency at the forefront of interactive innovation and emergent technologies, working closely with clients to deliver innovative marketing strategies. Mr. Vong is also a member and co-chair of TMP Labs, TMP Worldwide’s internal think tank, tasked with development of next-generation recruiting strategies and tools.