LaKisha C. Brooks, MSc, MEd, CDP, is the director of learning and development at Brooks Enterprise and Consultants, a certified diversity professional, and a columnist for the DimEnsIons of Organizational Development: The Bottom Line of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Jeff Evans is an experienced organizational development practitioner and coach. He is a managing partner with Designed Learning, a training company that creates workplaces and communities that work for the common good of all. He spent more than 25 years as an internal consultant for NASA, Chrysler, and the Cleveland Clinic. His passion is to bring humanity to organizations and communities around the world.

Andrea Hoban, head of learning at Oji Life Lab, is reimagining the way we learn soft skills, translating world-class research into programs that fuse self-paced mobile learning and live, coach-led experiences. As a certified coach, speaker, and learning experience designer, she has helped thousands of professionals make leaps forward in their professional and personal lives.

Devin C. Hughes is a captivating speaker, author, and culture expert. His approach draws from the science of positive psychology, positive organizational research, appreciative inquiry, neuroscience, mindset, and mindfulness. Devin was named to peopleHum’s power list of the top 200 thought leaders to follow in 2022. He received his BA from Colgate University and his MS from Southern New Hampshire University.

Sy Islam, PhD, is vice president of consulting at Talent Metrics. He has more than 15 years of experience providing people analytics and leadership development to various organizations. Through Talent Metrics, he has consulted with Fortune 100 companies like IBM and teams like the Florida Panthers. His book Leaders Assemble! Leadership Lessons From the Marvel Cinematic Universe was published by Emerald Publishing.

Beth Messich is a talent management, learning leader and coach who has spent the past fifteen years in human resources, communications, and operations. Today, she oversees learning, talent, and culture for a mid-stage start-up, finding the right development solutions for leaders at all levels. Beth uses her experience as a certified coach to incorporate coaching into organizations’ performance and development strategies.

Nasseem Nilipour holds a dual role as the head of talent management and learning for Tinder and also for the parent company, Match Group. She leads the global talent strategy by identifying key learning priorities and implementing portfolio-wide initiatives to create synergies at scale across brands. Nasseem is responsible for delivering against core learning needs through mentorship and leadership flagship programs, learning tools and training that drive employee growth and development, leading the annual engagement survey efforts, and establishing common talent management standards and practices. She also collaborates with DEI partners to ensure inclusion strategies are integrated and rooted into the talent development efforts.

Kenneth M. Nowack, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and the chief research officer of Envisia Learning (envisialearning.com). Ken received his PhD from UCLA and has published extensively in the areas of leadership development, assessment, and health psychology. He serves as editor of the Consulting Psychology Journal and is a fellow of the Society of Consulting Psychology division of the American Psychological Association.

Sandy Pickett graduated from the University of California, Davis and has spent the past two decades developing and inspiring learners to deliver strong business performance and to unlock their own personal potential. She has implemented successful learning interventions across a diverse set of audiences and industries. She is the senior director of leadership, professional, and business development at the Aspen Group.

Rick is an expert at creating talent strategies that connect to and advance business strategies. He has partnered with leaders in large, mid, and small organizations with the goal of building more capable and engaged companies. Rick has consulted on leadership, organizational effectiveness, innovation strategy, change management, diversity and inclusion, and employee engagement and culture.

Nazanin Tadjbakhsh Campbell, PhD, is an organizational psychologist and talent development practitioner. She has helped design and deploy more than 50 learning and development programs at numerous companies from small businesses to Fortune 50 firms.

Karen Thrall has been a business coach since 2002. In 2008, she joined the executive team at John Fluevog Shoes and led the retail division for US and Canada for seven years. Since 2015, Karen has been working with leaders and teams across the US. Her expertise is in sales, leadership, communications, and culture. Karen’s purpose is to accelerate the growth of an organization and ignite people’s love for their work, their teams, and their customers.

Louise van Rhyn, PhD, is a social entrepreneur. She holds a doctorate in complex social change and has founded a few organizations. She is the designer of Partners for Possibility—an award-winning and innovative nation building and leadership development process for business and school leaders. So far, more than 3,000 leaders and 1,600 under-resourced schools have benefitted, and more than a million lives have been impacted.

Catherine Wemette has almost 20 years of leadership experience in banking, associations, and retail. Through her firm, Good for the Soul, she helps organizations cultivate talent and get results through coaching, facilitation, training, and HR and organization development leadership. She is working on her doctorate in clinical psychology and believes in the power of bringing our whole selves to everything we do, including work.

Tonya Wilson is president and founder of AFC Consulting Group. She is a business leader, entrepreneur, consultant, and coach with expertise in organization effectiveness, change management, and DE&I. She connects people to strategy. She has worked in manufacturing, aerospace, telecom, government markets, and healthcare. She has been in leadership at McKesson, Change Healthcare, Meggitt, and AT&T. Her mission statement is "setting you up to win."