Diversity & Leadership

8th Annual Ohio NATIONAL DIVERSITY COUNCIL PRESENTS Diversity & Leadership CONFERENCE

October 29–30, 2015

Sheraton Columbus Hotel at Capitol Square 75 E. State Street Columbus, OH 43215

Sponsored by: Leading with care

By always putting our patients first. By treating each person as an individual. By collaborating, sharing and listening. By always acting with wisdom, compassion and honor. That’s how the thousands of experts who make up Premier Health are leading with care. FOUNDER’S WELCOME

Greetings, It is my privilege to welcome you to our 8th Annual Ohio Diversity and Leadership Conference. Since the inception of the Ohio Diversity and Leadership Conference, we have made great strides in fostering an environment for diversity and inclusion. However, there is still much more to be done. In order to remain competitive in today’s global economy, organizations must be innovative and creative. Through the promotion of diversity we will foster an environment for organizations to grow and leverage their knowledge of diversity best practices. Our two-day conference will afford organizations the opportunity to explore tools and resources necessary to build diverse workforces and remain competitive on the global stage. The event will also provide a valuable opportunity for individuals to network together and grow in their knowledge of diversity and leadership. Finally, our speakers and various panel sessions will offer a unique perspective on a plethora of topics, including the creation of a diverse workforce, essential leadership skills, personal branding, and diversity and Leading with care inclusion best practices. My hope is that you take your newly acquired knowledge back to your organization and share it with your By always putting our patients first. By treating each person as an individual. By collaborating, sharing and coworkers, managers, and senior leadership, in order to promote a diverse and inclusive environment for all. I would listening. By always acting with wisdom, compassion and honor. That’s how the thousands of experts who like to take this time to thank our sponsors who see the value in our Ohio Diversity and Leadership Conference and continue to provide financial support to keep us going. I also want to acknowledge our speakers who have make up Premier Health are leading with care. made a commitment to be here. Finally, I would like to thank the conference organizers and volunteers who worked diligently to bring you a top-notch conference. Sincerely, Dennis Kennedy Founder & CEO, National Diversity Council

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3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Barbara Johnson - Chair Denise Ali Joe Cisneros System Vice President & Chief Manager, Director, Human Resources Officer, Diversity & Workforce Diversity, Premier Health Inclusion Program American Electric Power Medical Mutual

Eleanor Biddulph Larry Burns John J. Davis Leadership Vice President, Manager, Development Advisor, External Affairs, Meijer Leading Fully University of Akron Present Consulting

Charmane Harrison Tessa Lawrence Perika Sampson Talent Programs Manager, Director, Vice President Timken Steel Corporation Field Support, & Regional Diversity Aerotek Inc. Officer – Midwest Region, Morgan Stanley

Denise Stump Rachel A. Wilson Executive Vice President, Program Director, Global Human Resources, Law and Leadership Institute The Scotts Miracle Gro Company

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4 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Gene Smith Athletic Director, Ohio State University

Gene Smith is in his 11th year as director of athletics at The Ohio State University. He was promoted to vice-president and director of athletics in January of 2014. He is widely recognized among the leaders of his profession and has been named “one of Vice President the most powerful people in collegiate sport.” Smith was named the Buckeyes’ director of athletics March 5, 2005. Smith is the & Regional Diversity eighth person to hold the athletics director position at Ohio State and the first African-American to do so. He previously served Officer – Midwest Region, as director of athletics at Arizona State, Iowa State and Eastern Michigan universities and is entering his 31st year in the role. Morgan Stanley At Ohio State, the 59-year old Smith oversees the nation’s most comprehensive and one of its most successful collegiate athletics programs. The department sponsors 36 fully-funded varsity sports with more than 1,000 student-athletes regularly competing for Big Ten Conference and NCAA championships. Smith has additional oversight responsibility for a recently created Business Advancement Division of Ohio State which includes: Schottenstein Center, Nationwide Arena, Blackwell Hotel, Drake Union, Fawcett Center, and Trademark & Licensing. Smith’s business acumen has fostered collaboration and optimized revenue opportunities within each entity to ensure profitability. The athletics department is completely self-supporting; it receives no university funds, tax dollars or student fees. In fiscal year 2014-15, the department transferred nearly $37.5 million in assessments to the university, including more than $17.4 million in grant-in-aid reimbursement.

As a highly-recruited student-athlete and member of national championship teams as a college athlete and coach, Smith is passionate about the well-being of student-athletes and the championship experience. Under Smith’s leadership, the Ohio State athletics department has thrived, winning myriad conference and national, individual and team, athletic championships and awards. In 2014-15, Ohio State won five team national championships. Football won the Big Ten Conference championship game; the Sugar Bowl; and the inaugural College Football Playoff Championship. Wrestling, pistol, synchronized swimming and rowing won national championships. When Smith arrived, the overall student-athlete FED graduation rate was 65 percent. It is now 75 percent, with over 50 percent of student-athletes maintaining a 3.0 grade point average or better. Smith’s focus on academics - higher individual and team goals, additional academic support services, and recognition of excellence - has shifted the department’s culture to reflect his philosophical focus on the total student-athlete. In terms of the NCAA Graduation Success Rate improvement, all Ohio State student-athletes had a GSR of 80 percent in 2005-2006. That has increased to 89 percent for 2014-15. Over that same time frame, the GSR for football improved from 55 to 81 percent.

Currently, Smith serves on the newly constituted NCAA Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee (2015-18). Smith is past president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and was that organization’s first African- American president. www.diversityfirstjobs.com

5 MASTER OF CEREMONY

Megan Cleghorn, JD, MBA President, Cleghorn Performance Elevation LLC

Megan Cleghorn, JD, MBA is the President of Cleghorn Performance Elevation LLC, an elite private–client executive coaching, leadership empowerment and executive communication company. As a coach and consultant, Megan marries her many years of operational and financial expertise with her passion for empowering current and future senior executives with the tools to graduate from Excellent to Superior.

Megan is also the CEO of Request For Relief LLC, a national organizational–wellness consultancy servicing clients facing high–stress business and workplace challenges, including restructurings and post–M&A integration. Through RFR, Megan facilitates organizations’ effective management of stress and burnout that increases employee resilience, strengthens performance and improves bottom–line business results.

Prior to leading Cleghorn Performance Elevation and RFR, Megan spent more than a decade at the premier global law firm as a corporate restructuring professional, advising companies in distressed situations on operational and financial reorganizations as they underwent transformational change.

In addition, Megan is a lecturer at, and advisor to The Wharton School ofBusiness MBA Program on topics of Executive Communication and Advanced Persuasion. Megan regularly presents nationally on topics of Transformational Change, Leadership Empowerment, Advancement of Women, Organizational Wellness, and Entrepreneurship. Megan obtained her B.S. and her J.D. at Duquesne University and her M.B.A. at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS!

Tammy D’Alto Patrick Flanik Shaun Hamilton Zakiya Robinson Melinda White

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6 CONFERENCE AGENDA Thursday, October 29 8:00 a.m. Registration

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Ohio’s Most Powerful and Influential Women Breakfast

10:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. Door Prize Giveaway/Exhibitors

10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions I

11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Multicultural Leadership Awards Luncheon

1:00 p.m.–1:20 p.m. Door Prize Giveaway/Exhibitors

1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions II

2:40 p.m.–3:40 p.m. Concurrent Sessions III

4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. First Day Closing Reception

Friday, October 30 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Registration Open, Coffee and Danishes Available

9:00 a.m.–9:50 a.m. Concurrent Sessions IV

10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions V

11:10 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Closing Reception

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7 Nationwide knows that a diverse workforce is a key ingredient for success.

As a proud sponsor of the 2015 Ohio Diversity & Leadership Conference, we’re committed to fostering an environment of diversity and inclusion – not just in the workplace, but in every community.

Learn more: nationwide.com/diversityandinclusion At BakerHostetler, we believe that when the vibrancy of diversity meets the energy of inclusion, good things happen – for our clients, our firm, and our community. We make it our mission to recruit and develop diverse lawyers and support inclusion at every level in our firm. We are proud to support the 2015 Ohio Diversity and Leadership Conference.

NDC Consulting

When EXPERIENCE and RESULTS count, turn to NDC Consulting, your complete Diversity & Inclusion consulting and training solution.

Let us help your organization achieve success!

Contact: Cecilia Orellana-Rojas, VP Strategy and Research, [email protected] www.nationaldiversitycouncil.org/what-we-do/training/ 2015 OHIO MOST POWERFUL & INFLUENTIAL WOMEN

Philecia Avery Vice President, Pharmacy, The Kroger Co. Dr. Philecia C. Avery leads Kroger’s retail, mail order and central fill pharmacy teams, including working closely with Kroger’s specialty pharmacy, Axium, and their retail clinics, The Little Clinic, to provide a holistic approach to healthcare in the Kroger-banner stores. At BakerHostetler, we believe that when the vibrancy of diversity Dr. Avery has worked for the Kroger Co for a combined 17 years where she has held a number of meets the energy of inclusion, good things happen – for our clients, positions including Director, Pharmacy Operations, Manager, Kroger Prescription Plans - Kroger’s our firm, and our community. PBM, Clinical Program Manager, Pharmacy Manager and Pharmacy Coordinator in the Nashville, We make it our mission to recruit and develop diverse lawyers and Tennessee area before moving to Cincinnati, Ohio to work in Kroger’s General Office. support inclusion at every level in our firm. She is a member of several professional organizations including the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute; The Academy We are proud to support the 2015 Ohio Diversity and Leadership of Managed Care Pharmacy, where she has served on the Schools of Pharmacy Resource Committee; National Council for Conference. Prescription Drug Programs; past member and President of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., Cincinnati Chapter. Additionally, Dr. Avery is a member of the Phi Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the Queen City Chapter of the Links, Inc., and Carousels, Inc. bakerlaw.com Dr. Avery graduated from Xavier University of Louisiana’s College of Pharmacy, where she obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy Degree in 1997. It was there she was inducted into Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Fraternity. Dr. Avery is a graduate of the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati’s African American Leadership Development Program, Cornell University Food Executive Program, YWCA Rising Star and Leadership Class. Additional accolades include Progressive Grocer 2012 Top Women in Grocery Award, Founding Member, KY/OH AMCP Affiliate, and member of The Children’s Home of Cincinnati Young Professional Board.

NDC Consulting Connie Bayne, CPCU, CSP President Mid-Atlantic Region, Business Insurance, Liberty Mutual Insurance Connie became President of the Mid-Atlantic Region of Business Insurance in July of 2014. The Mid-Atlantic Region footprint includes Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and DC. Connie comes to the President role from her position with Liberty Mutual as Senior Vice President and Manager of Commercial Insurance Underwriting Operations for Liberty Mutual Group. She managed the Underwriting Technical Consulting, Risk Control Services, Underwriting Quality Assurance, Underwriting Systems, Underwriting Support Services–Compliance, Process Improvement, Communication, Change and Knowledge Management, and Underwriting Systems functions and the Research Institute for Safety. When EXPERIENCE and RESULTS count, turn to NDC Consulting, She has also held the role of Senior Vice President and Manager of Commercial Markets Underwriting Support Services. Where your complete Diversity & Inclusion consulting and training solution. she oversaw the Compliance & Controls, Loss Control Advisory Services, Premium Audit, Policy Production, Retro Processing, Underwriting Operations and Underwriting Systems functions for Commercial Markets Underwriting. Prior to that she held the role of Vice President and Manager of Risk Quality Assessment. From 2006 through 2008, she was responsible for all Loss Prevention operations within Wausau Insurance Companies, as vice president and manager—Loss Prevention. She also acted as the interim Vice President for Distribution Management. Prior to Let us help your organization achieve success! joining Wausau Insurance, she held various management and field positions in Liberty Mutual’s loss prevention department. www.diversityfirstjobs.com Contact: Cecilia Orellana-Rojas, VP Strategy and Research, [email protected] 9 www.nationaldiversitycouncil.org/what-we-do/training/ Tina Benavides Vice President Cards, Creative Division, American Greetings Corporation Tina Benavides is Vice President of Creative Division’s Core Cards for American Greetings She oversees the Company’s planning, design, graphics and editorial staffs for seasonal and everyday Core and Feature cards, as well as the Imaging & Media Solutions area. Since joining the Company as an artist in 1979, Tina has held a number of positions within the Creative Division, each with increasing responsibility. Tina is a past recipient of the Cleveland YWCA Women of Professional Excellence Award and was Celebrity Artist for the Cleveland American Diabetes Association Benefit. Over the years she has played an active role in many of the company’s philanthropic campaigns, including Harvest for Hunger, and United Way. She was a past executive sponsor for the American Greetings Chairman’s Award. Tina has also been a past keynote speaker at the National Stationery Show and Greeting Card Association conferences and was part of a panel discussion for Speaking of Women’s Health Conference. She was recently the 2015 Greeting Card Association Industry Awards Gala Chairperson and assumed executive sponsorship of the Hispanic Resource Network at American Greetings.. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and is a past member of the Board of Trustees for the Avon Lake City School Foundation.

Mary H. Boosalis Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Office, Premier Health Since January 2011, Mary H. Boosalis has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Office of Premier Health. Prior to her current role, Mary served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miami Valley Hospital following 20 years as a senior leader at the Dayton area’s largest hospital. Premier Health is the largest health system in southwest Ohio and offers a wide array of health care services. The mission of the health system is to build healthier communities. There are four hospitals including Miami Valley Hospital, with an additional site at Miami Valley Hospital South; Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton; Atrium Medical Center; and Upper Valley Medical Center. In addition, there are over 100 sites of service including primary and specialty care and home health and behavioral health services. The system combines a focus on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment to serve our community. Mary has taken a leadership role to help drive diversity efforts at all levels of the health system. These include being part of a diversity sub-committee of the Premier Health Board of Trustees, a focus on our workforce to be a reflection of the communities we serve, minority nursing scholarships, an Administrative Fellow program, working with diverse suppliers of goods and services, and diversity education and celebrations throughout each year. A California native, Mary earned a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, magna cum laude, from California State University at Fresno and a Master’s degree in Health Services Administration, magna cum laude, from Arizona State University. Mary is a diplomat of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She is a member of the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association Board and has served as president in the past. She is currently a member of the University of Dayton Board. She is a past member of the Sinclair Community College Board and the Dayton area American Heart Association Board. Mary has been named to the Top 10 Women list by the Dayton Daily News.

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10 Crystal L. Faulkner, CPA, CExP, MAFF Partner & Co-Founder, Cooney Faulkner & Stevens, LLC Crystal’s passion for helping others has given her the opportunity to work with a diverse range of professionals, owners and businesses throughout our region. Her innate aptitude for cultivating relationships enhances her client–centric philosophy. Her primary areas of expertise include: business and tax advisory, strategic planning, income and estate tax minimization, fraud and forensic analysis, succession planning, wealth enhancement and transfer and consulting related to business acquisition and disposition. Through her experience and education, Crystal continues to partner with clients to offer valuable options and solutions and empowers them to take their business to the next level. She serves her clients as an advocate and is gratified when they achieve financial success.

Kathleen Golovan Chief Information Officer, Medical Mutual Kathy Golovan is Executive Vice President Care Management and Pharmacy and Chief Information Officer for Medical Mutual. Ms. Golovan joined Medical Mutual as a Tax Coordinator in 1998 from Ernst & Young where she was a Tax Consulting Manager. During 1999, she assumed the position of staff attorney. She was appointed Corporate Counsel in 2000 and Director of Legal Affairs in 2003. She has acted as the Company’s Deputy Privacy Officer and has provided legal support for many of the Company’s business areas including IT, compliance, provider contracting, mergers and acquisitions as well as provided legal support for the Company’s IT outsourcing company. In 2010 she was named Vice President and General Auditor where she had responsibility for internal audit and Enterprise Risk Management. In March 2012 she was named Chief Information Officer. In September 2013 she added to her responsibilities by assuming leadership of Care Management and Pharmacy. In 2014 she was asked to own the Company’s Medicare Stars program. Ms. Golovan received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Economics from the College of Wooster and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University. She is a licensed attorney and Certified Internal Auditor (inactive). She is a 2005 graduate of Cleveland Bridge Builders, was named to Crain’s 40 under 40 in 2005, was named a Woman Worth Watching by Diversity Magazine in 2012, was a graduate of the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2013 and was named CIO of the Year by Crain’s in 2015. She has served as president of the Board of New Life Community and a member of the Board of the Old Stone Foundation. Currently she is a member of the Board of Business Volunteers Unlimited and a member of Ernst & Young’s Alumni Council. She was also named to the Board of Westfield Bank and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (CWRU) Visiting Committee in 2015.

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11 Michelle F. Goret Vice President, Corporate Communications, Cintas Corporation Michelle Goret is Vice President of Corporate Communications at Cintas Corporation, a $4.5 billion business services company, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. In her role, Michelle is responsible for the development and execution of strategic communications plans that enhance and safeguard Cintas’ reputation. She also serves as the company’s media spokesperson and is responsible for helping to mobilize internal and external support for Cintas’ corporate objectives. Michelle joined Cintas in 1996 as Project Director of Cintas’ Customer Satisfaction Index program (CSI) and over the past eighteen years has held various roles in Communications and Marketing including Market Research Manager, Executive Speechwriter, Director of Marketing Communications, Director of Communications for the President & COO and most recently Director of Corporate Communications. Michelle is passionate about mentoring young professionals and typically has several protégés at any given time from whom she learns just as much (if not more) than they do from her. Michelle is also actively involved in increasing diversity and inclusion at Cintas. She serves on the Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the company’s First Aid and Safety and Fire Division and helped launch Cintas’ Employee Business Resource Groups for Women, Hispanic, and African American employees. Michelle is an active member of Cintas’ WAVE (Women Adding Value Everywhere) Employee Resource Group. She is a graduate of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s WE Lead Class 8. Michelle graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and worked for Matrixx Marketing Research prior to joining Cintas. She has been married to her husband Brian for seventeen years and has two daughters, Julia and Olivia, ages fifteen and twelve respectively.

Elizabeth A. Kastner Partner & Practice Group Chair, Health & Life Sciences Practice Group, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Elizabeth A. Kastner is a partner in Taft’s Columbus office, where she is chair of the Health and Life Sciences practice group. Beth devotes her practice to the representation of hospitals, physicians and other health care organizations regarding contractual arrangements as well as regulatory, operational and compliance matters. She regularly advises clients on vendor relationships; software licensing; Medicare/Medicaid participation and reimbursement; licensure and accreditation; health information privacy planning; and health care fraud and abuse law compliance. Beth graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Indiana University at Bloomington with a B.A. in criminal justice and political science. She attended law school at The Ohio State University, where she served as Managing Editor of The Ohio State Law Journal. Beth has been recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star. Beth has also been honored by America’s Leading Lawyers for Business through Chambers USA, a national legal industry publication. In 2009, Nightingale’s Healthcare News named her an Outstanding Young Healthcare Lawyer. Beth is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the Health Care Compliance Association. Beth serves on the St. Vincent Family Center Board of Trustees, Compliance Committee and Executive Committee.

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12 Colleen Jay President, Global Beauty Specialty Business, Procter and Gamble Colleen Jay has worked across multiple businesses and categories for Procter and Gamble; half of her career being in Beauty Care. She also has extensive experience in Healthcare /Oral Care and Home Care, including the launches of new brands like Swiffer and Febreze. She has significant P/L delivery and operational experience in broad Global businesses (150+ markets) with large organization footprints and multiple manufacturing, distribution and sales sites. She also has experience in New Business Development and in driving strong marketing and innovation programs. Colleen joined Procter and Gamble in Canada, (from Wilfrid Laurier University – Business Administration) and has lived and worked around the world, including in Canada, United States, China and Switzerland. She now leads the Global Beauty Specialty business for Procter and Gamble with global responsibility for all Fragrances, Color Cosmetics, Retail Hair Color and Salon Professional brands/markets. She is also the executive sponsor for Diversity and Inclusion efforts in Geneva, Switzerland, where she is currently based.

Stella Keane, SPHR Vice President, Talent Management, Big Lots, Inc. Stella Keane is Vice President, Talent Management for Big Lots, Inc., a publicly traded company with annual revenues exceeding $5 billion. The company operates approximately 1,500 Big Lots stores in 48 states. Big Lots offers consumers a wide range of value-priced merchandise, including brand name closeouts, seasonal products, food, furniture, housewares, toys and gifts. Keane joined big Lots in 2012 and is responsible for Talent Acquisition and Talent Development, including training, organizational development and change management. She brings twenty years of retail Human Resources experience to her position, managing best in class strategies and programs surrounding High Potential Programs, Talent Readiness, Succession Planning, Management and Leadership Development, and Cultural Engagement. Prior to joining Big Lots, she was Director of Talent Development at Foot Locker, Inc. where she held several positions with increasing levels of responsibility, including an expatriate assignment for Foot Locker, Europe. During her tenure, she oversaw numerous initiatives, including implementation of the company’s global Applicant Tracking System, Talent Management System, and annual competency Executive Development Review. Keane holds a master’s degree in adult and organizational development from Temple University, a bachelor’s degree in business management form Clarion University and her Senior Professional Human Resource Certification from Villanova University. She leads numerous initiatives to support equity and advance a workplace climate of inclusion through her involvement with WELD (Women for Economic Leadership and Development).

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13 Monica S. Verma Partner, BakerHostetler Monica Verma leads BakerHostetler’s national Information Technology and Transaction team and focuses her practice on assisting clients with technology and outsourcing transactions. Licensed to practice in Ohio and in India, over the last 18 years, she has launched her career on two continents. Ms. Verma handles high net worth Information Technology and Business Process outsourcing transactions (both onshore and offshore) with executive level visibility and participation, and with substantial impact on her clients’ revenues and stock prices. She handles all aspects of such transactions, including review and management of the RFP process, draf ting, and negotiations of outsourcing agreements and statement of works. Ms. Verma’s experience relating to outsourcing transactions spans a wide range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, management consulting/professional services, and computer technology. Due to her background and experience with India and its laws, she is able to help clients bridge cross-border differences in business and social culture, language, geopolitical risk, and dispute resolution processes in order to achieve successful outcomes when dealing with cross border outsourcing transactions. Ms. Verma routinely handles negotiation of cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) agreement, with a particular focus on issues that are uniquely critical in this context, including availability and backup of data, disaster recovery plans, service levels, data security and confidentiality concerns, and issues relating to access, use, and storage of personally identifiable information. In addition, she works with clients in structuring and negotiating contracts with third party service agreements, such as hosting agreements, software development agreements, colocation agreements, hardware and software support, and maintenance agreements, that are needed to run a company’s IT infrastructure. Prior to practicing in the United States, Ms. Verma was an associate lawyer with the Chief Senior Counsel for the Central Government of India, where she handled appeals of JAG decisions and constitutional law matters before the High Court of Lucknow. Ms. Verma was the recipient of the Woman of Professional Excellence award and IP Stars has named her one of the Top 250 Women in IP in 2013 and 2015. Ms. Verma is actively involved in mentoring young lawyers both within and outside her firm. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the LL.M. program at CWRU. In this capacity, she mentors foreign law students, and helps them overcome biases, cultural differences, potential hurdles, and language barriers in order to create and grow a successful legal practice. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for Cleveland Council of World Affairs. She also donates her time to assist start-up companies owned by immigrants with IP and technology issues.

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14 Lorraine Washington, MA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Summa Health Lorraine Washington currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Summa Health, one of the largest Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems in the state of Ohio. In this role she leads human resources, organizational development, and volunteer services for Summa Health’s 10,000 employees, physicians and volunteers. Prior to joining Summa Health Lorraine served as the Vice-President of Human Resources for St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, MS, and the Vice President of Human Resources and Support Services for Mercy Medical Center, in Canton Ohio where she also served as a Corporate Officer. Lorraine worked in operations and human resources for Cox Communications in New Orleans, Louisiana and McDonald’s Corporation in Boston, Massachusetts and Cleveland, Ohio. She has over 30 years of operation’s, human resources management and executive experience. Lorraine is a former Army Reservist and holds both a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master’s in Organizational Management. In addition, she is SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) certified with the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI), is a Senior Certified Professional with the Society for Human Resource Management and is a certified personality consultant. She uses her skills as a personality consultant to assist organizations in building high functioning teams.

Kellie Wurtzman Senior Vice President, Stores & Operations, Luxottica Retail North America Kellie has been in specialty retail her entire career. Before Sunglass Hut, she gained knowledge, experience, and leadership at Victoria’s Secret, Virgin Megastores and Frederick’s of Hollywood. At Sunglass Hut, she leads a team of over 14,000 associates in stores across the U.S. and Canada along with the Store Operations team at the North American headquarters. Starting out, she earned a B.A. from Ohio University and then an M.B.A. from The Ohio State University. Besides visiting stores all over the continent, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two beautiful daughters, and playing tennis. Like her life, she likes her sunglasses colorful and fun. She is known for her exciting Instagram posts (@kelwurtz) and her tag line, Stay Savvy!

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15 D iversityFIRST™

Content Areas Gender Metrics Michelle Goret Infographics Vice President Corporate Communications Global Diversity Diversity Councils Diversity Marketing Cultural Competence Leadership. Compassion. Diversity and Inclusion Employee Resources Groups Loyalty. Excellence. For more information, please contact Jim Penny [email protected] or visit diversityfirsttoolkit.org For more than 19 years, Michelle Goret has personified those words at Cintas and in the community. On behalf of all of the employee-partners at Cintas, congratulations on receiving the Ohio Diversity Council’s Most Powerful & Influential Woman Award.

“ How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank

Summa Health is proud to support the 8th Still fishing for the right employer? Annual Ohio Diversity & Leadership Conference. Congratulations to Lorraine Washington on receiving the Most Powerful and Influential Women award.

For more information, please contact David Vanek at [email protected]

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The National Diversity Council is proud to announce the launch of the DiversityFIRST™ Toolkit, an online resource intended to help organizations raise awareness and advance diversity efforts within their organizations. MULTICULTURAL LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNERS Content Areas Gender Nadeem Ali Metrics Vice President & Corporate Treasurer, Infographics Greif Inc. Global Diversity Diversity Councils Greif Inc., a $4.3 billion industrial packaging company headquartered in Delaware, Ohio appointed Diversity Marketing Nadeem Ali in August 2012 to lead the Global Treasury function. With more than 22 years of Cultural Competence experience, he has expertise in Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Financial Risk Management, Diversity and Inclusion Treasury Operations, Bank and Rating Agency Relationship Management. Additionally, he also Employee Resources Groups oversees Leasing, Pensions and Insurance activities for the corporation. For more information, please contact Jim Penny [email protected] Nadeem’s experiences in Fortune 100 and 500 companies include management positions at Cummins or visit diversityfirsttoolkit.org Inc., Hewett Packard, Compaq Computer Corporation, Genentech and Ford Motor Company. Career highlights include developing a world-class treasury function, implementing currency, commodity and interest rate hedging programs which generated multi-million dollar savings for the corporation and also led a drive to upgrade credit ratings to a solid “A” over a 3 year period at Cummins Inc. Nadeem received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering from University of California, Berkeley and his master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Nadeem also holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Ross School of Business at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was honored with the “40 under 40” Award from Treasury and Risk Management Magazine in October 2008.

Nada Aried Vice President, Application Services, L Brands

Nada Aried is the Vice President of Enterprise Applications for Mast Global, the make, move and enable division of L Brands (parent company to Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, La Senza, PINK and Henri Bendel). Her career with L Brands began as a student in college as a sales associate in the company’s stores. With over 26 years at L Brands, Nada has worked with different brands and functions in the organization including Store Operations, Marketing and Information Technology. Her leadership roles within the organization have provided her experience managing diverse teams. Currently, Nada oversees a global team in Columbus, Montreal and Bangalore, India and is responsible for many of the technology systems for L Brands including Finance, Human Resources, Real Estate, Store Design and shared services.

Nada holds a BBA/Finance from the University of Toledo, BA/English from The Ohio State University and a MBA from Ohio Still fishing for the right employer? University. She has a passion for development and education with youth. Nada is the Vice Chairman of the Ohio Chapter for After School All Stars (ASAS) a non-profit program that provides comprehensive after-school programs that keep children safe and helps them succeed in school and life. ASAS Ohio is a public school based program in Toledo, Columbus and Cleveland serving over 600 at risk students. Nada is also currently serving as the co-chairman for the Mast/L Brands division for the Pelotonia organization benefiting cancer research at The Ohio State University raising over $1M in 2015.

Born and raised in Toledo, OH with six siblings (she’s number 5!), her many interests include cooking, gardening, biking, tennis, reading and spending time with her husband, Ali and her 9 year old son, Tarek. Nada has lived in the Columbus area for over 20 years and is currently residing in Upper Arlington, OH.

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17 J. Phillip Holloman President & Chief Operating Officer, Cintas Corporation J. Phillip Holloman, was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer at Cintas Corporation in January 2008. Cintas, a Nasdaq-100 company based in Cincinnati, Ohio provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types throughout North America. Mr. Holloman’s 17 year career with Cintas makes him uniquely qualified to lead the company’s 400 plus operations including a sales force which generated revenue of $4.5 billion in Fiscal Year 2014. Mr. Holloman holds a B.S. degree in Engineering from the University of Cincinnati; serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Rockwell Automation; serves on the Business School Advisory Boards for Florida A&M University in Tallahassee FL, Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD and the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, OH; is a Board Member of the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati Ohio; serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC); is Co-Chair of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s Minority Business Accelerator; serves on the University of Cincinnati Foundation’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council; and serves on the Advisory Board of the Middletown, Ohio Teen Mentoring Program.

In January 2009, Mr. Holloman was recognized in Black Enterprise magazine as one of the “100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America;” in February 2009 was featured in an Executive Suite article entitled “In the Black;” received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Wilberforce University; was a 2010 Cincinnati “Men of Honor, A Salute to African American Men” award recipient and received the Merlin Pope, Jr. Diversity Leadership Award in 2012. Mr. Holloman was named a University of Cincinnati Kautz Alumni Master in 2012 as well.

Marie-Joëlle C. Khouzam Partner, Bricker & Eckler LLP Marie-Joëlle C. Khouzam, a partner with the Columbus firm of Bricker & Eckler LLP, grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, speaking French, attending a German elementary school, and trying to learn Greek from her grandmother. In fact, she didn’t know any English when she was enrolled in school the first day her family arrived in the U.S. Growing up, her family placed emphasis on cultural diversity, participating in multi-ethnic events in Toledo and encouraging her to study abroad, which influenced her desire to work at the United Nations or for the State Department’s Foreign Service. But life has a way of taking turns, and after working in the legal department of a global corporation, she went to law school. For almost 25 years, Joëlle has been advising and defending management clients on employment issues. She is a frequent speaker and author of employment-related topics. She serves as Bricker & Eckler’s Diversity & Inclusion committee chair, and is the firm’s 2015 Fellow to the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. Joëlle served on the Steering Committee of the Ohio Management Lawyers Association and is immediate past president of the Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association. She is listed in the “International Who’s Who of Management Labour & Employment Lawyers”. She is consistently awarded the top peer rating of AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and is on its Bar Register of Preeminent Women. She has been included in Ohio Super Lawyers’ Corporate Counsel list, Employment Law list, and Top 25 Women in Columbus lists. She is also listed in Best Lawyers in America. She has received the Columbus Bar Association’s Community Service award, the Northwest Rotary’s 2008 Woman of the Year award, and the Ohio Diversity Council’s 2009 Most Powerful and Influential Women award.

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18 Michael S. Lawson, MBA President, Grant Medical Center Michael S. Lawson, MBA, is the President of Grant Medical Center, Columbus Ohio. As President, he provides strategic and operational leadership of a billion dollar organization while promoting mission, vision and system alignment of 2 tertiary and orthopedic hospitals exceeding 640 beds, multiple outpatient clinics and 3 Emergency Care facilities. Mr. Lawson has extensive experience in strategic planning, leadership development, recruitment, contract negotiations, patient care operations, service line management, finance, and clinical program development. At OhioHealth-Grant Medical Center, he led development of a strategic plan, helped expand the organizational brand into new markets, established agreements to grow the surgical and medicine businesses, generated record level double digit operating margins, reduced operating expenses by more than $40 million, integrated support service lines and re-invented the medical campus through multiple construction projects while remaining committed to service and quality of care. Under his leadership, Grant Medical Center is ranked as one of the Top 100 hospitals in the United States. Grant received top ranking recognitions by Truven Analytics, Leapfrog, Healthgrades, Joint Commission and Press Ganey. Before joining OhioHealth, Mr. Lawson served as a Vice President at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio. He worked closely with CEOs of health system and helped developed clinical programs to improve brand awareness, integrate services across a 12 hospital system and improve U.S. News World Report ranking by 58.8%. He worked for the Cleveland Clinic for 24.5 years starting out in a clinical role as an x-ray tech and later advancing up the management ranks from an ED administrator to system service line Vice President and to hospital senior level Vice President.

Pavan Mediratta Vice President, Marketing LexisNexis Pavan Mediratta is vice president of Marketing at LexisNexis. In that capacity, Mediratta is responsible for the long-term planning and execution of complex, strategic, integrated communication programs for North American Research Solutions. He delivers advertising and promotional campaigns that consistently communicate the company’s value proposition, leverage the company’s leadership positions and drive sales force effectiveness and productivity to generate revenue. Under his leadership LexisNexis has won over 10 ADDY® Awards, including two prestigious Gold ADDY/Hermes Awards from the Dayton Ad Club, recognizing creative excellence and the very best advertising worldwide from the industry’s largest and most representative competition. Previously, Mediratta was responsible for the LexisNexis global intranet strategy as well as the corporate Web 2.0, eCommerce and eMarketing strategies for addressing the needs of legal and corporate customers. He led the successful creation and execution of the company’s corporate web site, lexisnexis.com, and the successful launch of the company’s global intranet and online newsletters. He is also a frequent speaker at industry events and chaired the Content Management Network’s Intranet Week conference Mediratta began his career with LexisNexis in September 1997. Since then, he has held various technical management and product management positions supporting corporate web initiatives. Prior to joining LexisNexis, Pavan spent 8 years as a public- sector IT consultant. In this capacity, he led teams in various efforts such as: developing multi-tier web-based and client/server applications and designing, developing, and implementing enterprise networks (LAN/WAN).

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19 Clarence A. Pauley III Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, UC Health Clarence Pauley has served in the role of Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer since January 2014. He has a long and distinguished history guiding the human resources efforts of large healthcare institutions. He has also served as Vice President of Human Resources for UC Medical Center for seven years and Director of Human Resources for a former affiliate hospital for eight years. In addition to his work in healthcare, Mr. Pauley has proudly served with the United States military with service both in the Army and the Air Force Reserves. He was deployed overseas to combat several times over a military career that spanned 30 years. Earlier in his career, he worked for Children’s Protective Services of Hamilton County Ohio. Mr. Pauley co-authored an article that appeared in the Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law entitled “Improving Evaluations in the Healthcare Workplace: A Case Study.” Awards he received are: the Who’s Who in Black Cincinnati Award, the Merlin G. Pope Jr. Diversity Through Leadership Award, and the Black Achievers Award. He was also recognized by the Cincinnati Business Courier as a finalist for the Health Care Heroes Award.

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20 DiversityFIRST™ AWARD WINNERS

John J. Davis Retail Store Director Executive, Meijer John took active role and ownership for sponsorship , organization of many diversity events and community organizations including the Black Enterprise Entrepreneur Conference, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Breakfast, Urban league, Ohio After School All Stars , Mid-Ohio Food Bank , American Red Cross, Nationwide Children’s Hospital ,Red Cross , Cleveland Clinic . John continually seek and ambition to develop ethnic and cultural diversity and build an inclusive work environment as a key factor in success and giving back to the community to make a difference in Ohio. John as a gold medalist athlete in fencing, marathon runner, and martial artist drives a key commitment in creating winning inclusive teamwork and motivation. John did educate and advocate senior company leader’s to grow their knowledge of diversity and inclusion and importance of diversity and inclusion to get their “buy-in” for diversity initiatives. John received his Bachelor of Science degree in operations management major from The Ohio State University the Fisher College of Business. Received Web Designer Diploma from The Penn Foster College .John is currently working to finish his M.B.A. from The New Hampshire University and completed courses from Harvard Graduate School, MIT, and Berkley for leadership, business transformation, supply chain and innovation.

Kimberly Barrett Vice President, Multicultural Affairs & Community Engagement, Wright State University Dr. Kimberly Barrett currently serves as Vice President for Multicultural Affairs and Community Engagement at Wright State University. Barrett has more than 25 years’ experience providing services to college students as well as working with faculty, governing boards, community members and others to promote learning, student development, social justice and diversity. Prior to joining Wright State, Dr. Barrett served as Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Montevallo (Alabama). Dr. Barrett has also held a number of other administrative positions; such as Vice Provost at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Canada and founding director of the Women’s Center at Murray State University in Kentucky. Dr. Barrett has presented at regional, national and international conferences, taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels, published articles in newspapers and professional journals and served as a diversity consultant. She holds graduate degrees in Psychology and Higher Education. Throughout her career she has been active in a variety of community organizations in a number of states (and Canada) whose goals relate to achieving social and economic justice.

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21 Kathy Espy Director of Diversity & Community Initiatives, Mount Carmel College of Nursing “I would never have made it without your help” are words of gratitude and appreciation from her students that continue to motivate Kathy Espy. As Director of Diversity at Mount Carmel College of Nursing, the joy and pride in accomplishment she sees in her students on graduation day inspires Kathy in her work. Kathy was a supporter of Mount Carmel long before she was an employee. She was a trustee on the Mount Carmel Foundation board, and the first African American member of the Mount Carmel College of Nursing Board of Trustees. She was invited to a meeting to develop a strategy to support minority students in their journey to become professional nurses. That meeting turned into a job and the implementation of “The Learning Trail,” a program Espy created and named—an innovative strategy of advocacy and support for underrepresented students which positively impacts retention and graduation rates. Espy brings a unique understanding of the challenges of diversity and inclusion facing colleges and universities. With support and encouragement, students can maximize their opportunity for educational success, impacting their families and future generations.

An involved and engaged community leader, Espy has been the recipient of numerous awards. She is a member of the YWCA Academy of Women of Achievement and is one of only 3 women to receive the Y award for Lifetime Achievement. She has been a trustee on many community boards. She serves as a Commissioner and past president of Columbus Recreation/Parks Commission. She holds membership in The Links, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Columbus Corporate Sisters, the Coalition of 100 Black Women, and several social organizations.

Marilyn McClure Demers Associate Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Corporate & Intellectual Property Litigation, Nationwide Marilyn serves as Associate Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Corporate and Intellectual Property Litigation at Nationwide and leads the teams responsible for managing and directing strategy for all Corporate and Intellectual Property litigation and the discovery management legal function. She personally represents Nationwide in matters pertaining to the areas for which she is responsible including regulatory or agency matters and class actions. Previously, Marilyn led the teams which managed both Property and Casualty extra-contractual litigation and P&C Class action litigation. She also serves on the law department’s Diversity and Inclusion Council. Before joining Nationwide, Marilyn served as Employment Law Counsel at Rite Aid Corporation where she led the employment legal team which managed and directed strategy in litigation, and other regulatory agency investigations along with class and collective actions. While at Rite Aid, Marilyn also served as Chief Negotiator and represented the company in collective bargaining and labor arbitrations and served on the CEO’s Ethics committee. Prior to that time, she was in private practice in West Virginia, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. She has represented private and public sector clients, including public officials, in multiple industries in regulatory and litigation matters in federal and state courts and collective bargaining. Marilyn holds both a BA and JD from West Virginia University, where she serves on the College of Law’s Visiting Committee. She is licensed in Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Marilyn is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a past Fellow of the Leadership Council for Legal Diversity and sits on its Alumni Executive Council. She is a community steward and served as Chair and Founder of the Women’s Leadership Network (WLN) for Delaware County, is President Elect for the Ohio Women’s Bar Association (OWBA), and serves as Board Chair of the United Way of Delaware County, Ohio. www.diversityfirstjobs.com

22 The DiversityFIRST™ Certification Program prepares Facilitators qualified professionals to create and implement highly successful D&I strategies for organizational excellence and a competitive edge in today’s global marketplace. The program blends theory and practice during a 5-day intensive curriculum and on-going professional development within the graduate network. Graduates of the program are recognized as a NDCCDP (National Diversity Council Certified Diversity Professional).

November 16-20, 2015 Cecilia Orellana-Rojas, Ph.D. Jim Penny VP-Strategy and Research Executive Director 2700 Post Oak Blvd., 6th floor National Diversity Council National Diversity Council Houston, TX 77056

Areas of Focus

• The Business Case for Diversity and Inclusion • Cultural Competence • Measurement and Evaluation • Diversity Leadership • Best Practices in Diversity and Inclusion • Graduate Network Component Matthew D. Gonzalez, Ph.D. Armida Mendez Russell Associate Professor Senior Consultant Extended Academic Program National Diversity Council Guest Speakers University of the Incarnate Word

LaMonte Thomas Lisa Firmin, MS, MHRM, Colonel, USAF, Retired T.K. Floyd Pranika Sinha President & General Manager Associate Provost for Faculty/ Attorney at Law Manager-Employee North Texas and Oklahoma Student Diversity and Recruitment National Certified Counselor & Organization Development Cigna The University of Texas at San Antonio Law Office of T.K. Floyd, PLLC Occidental Petroleum

REGISTRATION DEADLINE October 30, 2015

For more information and to register, please contact Jim Penny at [email protected] www.nationaldiversitycouncil.org/diversity rstcerti cation CONCURRENT SESSIONS Thursday, October 29 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions I Senate • Managing in the Age of Change: Essential Skills to Manage Today’s Workforce Moderator: Vanessa Sandarusi, The Rehabilitation Institute of Ohio, Sports Medicine and Pain Center Speakers: Barbara Johnson, Chief People Officer, Premier Health Charmane Harrison, Sr. Talent Programs Manager, TimkenSteel Tina Benavides, Vice President, Creative Division, American Greetings Miguel Martinez-Saenz, Provost & VP of Academic Affairs, Otterbein University Legislative A • Dialogue on Diversity Best Practices Moderator: John J. Davis, Meijer Speakers: Adrian Taylor, Director of Diversity, Premier Health Stacey Lawson, Human Resources Executive, Premier Health Dr. Valerie Kinloch, Chief Diversity Officer, College of Education and Human Ecology, OSU Legislative B • Are Micro-Inequities Impacting Your Workplace Moderator: Shaun Hamilton, Premier Health Speakers: Anthony Sharett, Patner, BakerHostetler Valarie Boykins, Director of Employment Human Resources, TriHealth Mia Hairston, Chief Diversity Officer, Nationwide Dr. Elizabeth Piatt, Assistant Professor, Chair of Sociology, Hiram College Governor’s CDE • Most Powerful & Influential Women Roundtable Moderator: Sharon D. Howard, Premier Health Speakers: Linda Lu, SVP and Chief Litigation Officer, Nationwide Insurance Kimberly Blackwell, Chief Executive Officer, PMM Agency Crystal Faulkner, Partner & Co-Founder, Cooney, Faulkner & Stevens LLP Stella Keane, VP Talent Management, Big Lots

1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions II Senate • Learning to Lead Moderator: Sharon D. Howard, Premier Health Speakers: David Arango, Senior Vice President of Personal Lines Product, Nationwide Insurance Vicki Giambrone, Executive VP and Partner, CBD Advisors Philecia Avery, VP Pharmacy, The Kroger Co. • Diversity Scorecard – How does your organization measure success? Legislative A Moderator: Laura Thompson, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Speakers: Lee Gill, Associate VP of Inclusion and Equity, Chief Diversity Officer, University of Akron Jaime Kolligian, Kastner, Westman, and Wilkans LLC TBD Governor’s CDE • Succeeding at Work & Life 24/7 Moderator: Angela Morrissey, Fifth Third Bank Speakers: Mike Kelly, VP, Learning and Development, Macy’s Derek Grosso, President/CEO and Founder, Columbus Young Professionals Club Rebecca Rice, President/CEO, Upper Valley Medical Center Dr. Elizabeth Piatt, Assistant Professor, Chair of Sociology, Hiram College Legislative B • Navigating Your Career Moderator: David Crafts, Mercy College Speakers: Erin Wisecup, Managing Director, LPK Clarence Pauley, Senior VP and Chief Human Resources Officer, UC Health Staci Jenkins, Partner, Thompson Hine LLP Michael Lawson, President, Grant Medical Center Michelle Goret, VP Corporate Communications, Cintas 2:40 p.m.–3:40 p.m. Concurrent Sessions III Senate • Maintaining Your Cultural Authenticity Moderator: Shawn Kindle, Aleris NonMetals Procurement Speakers: Philip B. Sineneng, Associate Business Litigation, Thompson Hine LLP Vinita Mehra, Director and Asia-Pacific Team Leader, Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter Karen Bankston, Associate Dean Clinical Practice, Partnership & Community Engagement, University of Cinncinati Kimberly Barrett, VP for Multicultural Affairs & Community Engagement, Wright University Legislative A • Creating & Sustaining a Diverse Pipeline Moderator: Vanessa Sandarusi, The Rehabilitation Institute of Ohio, Sports Medicine and Pain Center Speakers: Kelli Scott, Chief Diversity Officer, Mount Carmel Health System Rachel Wilson, Program Director, Law and Leadership Institute Adrian Thompson, Partner/Chief Diversity Officer, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Joy Kouns-Lewis, PhD, Vice President and Board Member, Asian American Commerce Group Governor’s CDE • Winning the Generational Game Moderator: Shaun Hamilton, Premier Health Speakers: Eleanor Biddulph, Leadership Development Advisor, Leading Fully Present Consulting Celia Jarvis, President/CEO, Quality Management Solutions Group Yonathan Kebede, VP of Operations, Fidelity Health Reggie Thomas, VP Community Development Strategy, Huntington National Bank Legislative B • LGBT Roundtable Moderator: Angela Morrissey, Fifth Third Bank Speakers: David Crafts, Director of Student Life, Mercy College Alana Jochum, Northeast Ohio Director, Equality Ohio Mark Matson, Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Ethics Officer, EWI Lilian Briggs, Development Director, Toledo Streets Newspaper Friday, October 30 9:00 a.m.–9:50 p.m. Concurrent Sessions IV Senate • Diverse Team Dynamics; Winning the Game Moderator: David Crafts, Mercy College Speakers: John Davis, Retail Store Director Executive, Meijer Frank Sawyer, VP Operations, Good Samaritan Hospital Philip B. Sineneng, Associate Business Litigation, Thompson Hine LLP Shaun Hamilton, System Director of Community Benefits, Premier Health Legislative A • ERG Best Practices Moderator: Laura Thompson, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Speakers: Anne Marie La Bue, VP and Associate General Counsel, Cardinal Health Adrian Thompson, Partner/Chief Diversity Officer, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Kelli Scott, Chief Diversity Officer, Mount Carmel Health System Angela Payne, Corporate Communications Manager, Bob Evans Farm Legislative B • Leadership Lessons From the Top Moderator: Lauren Prophet, Nationwide Insurance Speakers: Marilyn McClure-Demers, Associate VP and Associate General Counsel, Nationwide Julia Wallace, Market Vice President, Cox Media Group Ohio Jonathan Sanchez, Executive Vice President, PNC Bank 10:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions V Senate • Diversity & Inclusion as a Revenue Growth Strategy Moderator: Shaun Hamilton, Premier Health Speakers: Tom Lianez, Manager, Diversity and Talent Management, Bob Evans Farm Kathy Espy, Director of Diversity and Community Initiatives, Mount Carmel College of Nursing Anita Adams, COO, Kettering Medical Center • Secrets of Confident Women Legislative B Moderator: Lauren Prophet, Nationwide Insurance Speakers: Amy Shore, President, Nationwide P&C Exclusive Distribution Christie Angel, Deputy Chief of Staff, City of Columbus Mayor’s Office Linda Lu, SVP and Chief Litigation Officer, Nationwide Insurance Staci Jenkins, Partner, Thompson Hine LLP • Building Your Professional Tool Box Legislative A Moderator: Emma Walker, Kroger Speakers: Mike Kelly, VP, Learning and Development, Macy’s Derek Grosso, President/CEO and Founder, Columbus Young Professionals Club David Crafts, Director of Student Life, Mercy College Kim Campbell, Director of Admissions and Recruitment, Mount Carmel SPONSORS

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