SPEAKERS

We have a great speaker lineup filled with the top minds in change management.  Presenters include leaders in academia, government, public and private organizations. Download a preview of the speakers here.

Linda Ackerman Anderson
Vice President and Co-Founder, Being First Inc.
Co-author, The Change Leader's Roadmap: How to Navigate Your Organization's Transformation

"The Future of Change Management - Strategic Change Leadership"

Linda Ackerman Anderson, Vice President and Co-Founder of Being First Inc., brings more than 30 years of experience to her work in Conscious Transformation... (read more)

Laurie Barrueta
Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers

"Internal Change Management at PricewaterhouseCoopers: Leading 2K Partners to the Same Watering Hole"

Laurie Barrueta is a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, providing internal consulting services in the areas of Change Management and Process Improvement. As a member of the Firm's internal consulting practice, she advises on national and international strategic initiatives... (read more)

Julie Burnett
President/CEO, Liberty Northwest

"A Recipe for Managing Rapid and Disruptive Change Successfully"

Julie Burnett is President and Chief Executive Officer for Liberty Northwest, a $690 million commercial property & casualty insurer based in the Northwest. Julie is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company, including direct leadership and management of underwriting, sales, financial, actuarial, marketing and human resources operations... (read more)

"Next Generation Change Leadership: 'Changing the Way We Lead Change' "

Ms. Chusid has more than twenty years of experience in consulting, law, and organizational effectiveness. She has partnered both internally and externally with clients in the technology, retail, medical, financial and legal industries to develop and implement business, people, process, and product strategies... (read more)

"Making the Most of Change: William Bridges' Transition Model"

Nina Coil is Director of Product Development at Linkage, with more than fifteen years experience designing and facilitating learning programs for leaders at all levels. She has worked with leaders and staff of domestic and global corporations, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and small businesses...(read more)

Karyn Corbett
Senior Director, Customer Advocacy, Cisco Systems

"Next Generation Change Leadership: 'Changing the Way We Lead Change' "

Mrs. Corbett has seventeen years of experience in operations management, process improvement, strategy and planning, and leadership development. She has had the opportunity to lead and work with many global, cross-functional teams, and create lasting foundational change... (read more)

"Integrating World-Class Organizational Change Management into Oracle and SAP Methodologies"

Maria Cramer is a Director in the Organization Transformation Solutions practice at Hitachi Consulting. Maria has over ten years of Change Management experience with a specific focus in communications, change readiness and leadership development related to system and process implementations. Maria is responsible for managing the organizational change practice in the Southwest market...(read more)

"Your Org Chart Isn't Telling You Everything: Discover the People and Connections in Your Business to Help You Manage Change"

Ellen Dailey is a Senior Project Manager with extensive experience delivering  complex technology solutions projects for key clients across several industries: engineering, manufacturing, retail, government, and technology ...(read more)

Jeanie Daniel Duck
Author, The Change Monster: The Human Forces that Fuel or Foil Corporate Transformation and Change

"The Emotional Side of Change"

Ms. Duck is a world-recognized expert on Change Management with over 30 years of experience working with organizations in transition. Consulting Magazine honored her with their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.  Previously she had been named #2 of the Top 25 Most Influential Consultants Globally by Consulting Magazine in 2002 and later featured by them in a cover story... (read more)

Phil Eastman II
Author, The Character of Leadership: An Ancient Model for a Quantum Age

"The Character of Leadership in Change Management"

Phil Eastman combines more than 25 years of leadership experience with his passion developing leaders, building teams, and enhancing performance... (read more)

"How to Leverage Program Portfolio Management to Gain Support for Change Portfolio"

Susan Fehl is co-author of the strategy to increase Nationwide's capacity for change, and leads Program and Change Management competency. An instrumental leader in transformation initiatives, Susan draws from more than 25 years diverse experience to customize people-centered solutions...(read more)

Victoria Grady, Ph.D.
Assistant Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University

"Measuring Individual Response to Organizational Change"

Victoria M. Grady completed her Doctor of Science at the George Washington University in May 2005. Dr. Grady's dissertation focused on the inherent loss of stability suffered by organizations introducing and implementing organizational change initiatives. The research resulted in a validated model explaining the tendency of individuals, often subconsciously, to struggle, resist, and potentially disrupt the organizational change initiative... (read more)

"Change With the Grain of Human Nature: The 5 Forces of Change"

Dr. Anthony Greenfield combines over 20 year hands-on experience of leading change in a range of major organizations with a deep understanding of the dynamics of organizational change, culminating in the publication of his book "The 5 Forces of Change" in 2008... (read more)

Brian Healy
Market Development Manager, Ricoh

"Selling Change to Customers: An ADKAR Case Study"

Brian Healy has been working in the print and imaging industry for the past 15 years, specializing in consulting services. He has worked with Ricoh Corp for 10 years in the areas of Document Management consulting, Project Management, and Business Development... (read more)

Chris Healy is a Principal with Booz Allen Hamilton's Organization and Strategy capability. Chris is a functional expert in business process re-engineering and improvement and organizational transformation and change management. He supports the Homeland Security and Law Enforcement markets providing organizational transformation and change management services... (read more)

Jeff Hiatt is the author of ADKAR: a model for change in business, government and our community and co-author of Change Management: the People Side of Change. He started Prosci in 1994 and is the founder of the Change Management Learning Center. Jeff has led benchmarking projects with more than 1600 companies in over 59 countries on change management... (read more)

"Managing Large Scale Change Requires Cultural Transformation"

Dr. Amber S. Hinkle is the Quality Lead for polycarbonate manufacturing at Bayer's Baytown, Texas, facility and Lead for the Baytown site's Change Management Team. Prior to her current role, she performed numerous functions for Bayer... (read more)

Lori Holuk-Siddall
Change Management Specialist, Manitoba eHealth

"Establishing Change Management Competency: Past Lessons Learned and the Manitoba eHealth Journey"

Lori Holuk Siddall is the internal Change Management Specialist for Manitoba eHealth. Manitoba eHealth is a publicly funded program that facilitates the improvement and enablement of healthcare delivery transformation through the use of information and communication technology (ICT)... (read more)

Carole Ibarra is a Senior Manager in the Organization Transformation Solutions practice at Hitachi Consulting. She has been involved in systems integration and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation projects for over 20 years, across a variety of industries and software applications. Her most recent experience includes leading the change management activities for nation-wide rollouts of ERP applications for thousands of geographically dispersed users... (read more)

Todd Jick
Professor, Columbia University

"Changes in Change Management: A 25-Year Retrospective"

Todd D. Jick is Professor of Management at Columbia Business School and President of Global Leadership Services, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in leadership training, consulting, and executive development.  In 2009, Todd won the prestigious prize for Excellence in Teaching at Columbia, selected as the best teacher by Columbia students... (read more)

Dwight King
Director, Talent Management, Human Resources, Ashland Inc.

"Ashland's Change Journey"

Mr. King is director, Talent Management, Human Resources, Ashland Inc. with responsibility for all areas of training and development, staffing and diversity within Ashland Inc... (read more)

"Internal Change Management at PricewaterhouseCoopers: Leading 2K Partners to the Same Watering Hole"

For the past several years, Lowell has led change management efforts on multiple teams throughout different departments at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has led the implementation of change management strategies in the Auditing and Tax practices for internal process improvement initiatives around communications and training... (read more)

Chris Kreuser
Regional Manager, Change Management, Caterpillar, Inc.

"Enterprise Change Management at Caterpillar, Inc."

Chris Kreuser is the Regional Organizational Effectiveness + Engagement Manager at Caterpillar. Her responsibilities include overseeing the deployment and governance of Caterpillar's change management methodology... (read more)

"Leaders are People First, Targets Second and then Sponsors"

Jeanenne LaMarsh, Founder and CEO of LaMarsh & Associates, works in a consultative capacity with organizations committed to effective organizational change. She is internationally recognized as an expert in helping companies to implement successful change... (read more)

"Change Management, Project Management and Sponsorship - Mapping the Love/Hate Triangle"

Marlee Lovatt is co-founder and president of Third Stage Alliance a communications and training firm that has been in business for over a decade. She has over 25 years of experience in instructional design, multimedia technologies, and project and change management... (read more)

"Building One Great Airline One Change at a Time"

Sara is an innovative results-focused change management and workforce performance consultant with an acclaimed business background. She has proven success in designing, implementing and sustaining change....  (read more)

Beverly Magda, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Technology Management, Georgetown University

"Putting the Pieces Together: Effective Practices for Managing the People Side of Technology Change"

Beverly Magda, Ph.D., is the Associate Dean of the Master of Professional Studies in Technology Management program at Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies. Prior to moving into academia full time, Dr. Magda spent nearly 20 years leading IT initiatives with more than half the time in education and non-profit organizations... (read more)

Darlene Meister
Director, Unified Change Management, U.S. House of Representatives

"Five Techniques Used by the House of Representatives to Overcome Change Fatigue"

With more than 10 years of diverse consulting experience, coupled with twelve years experience in organizational change, Darlene's knowledge, enthusiasm and understanding of change dynamics has contributed to multiple successful project implementations in federal and state governments, the utilities marketplace and the private sector... (read more)

"How to Leverage Program Portfolio Management to Gain Support for Change Portfolio"

David, MPM, PMP, is Nationwide's leader for building the Change Management Portfolio Capability. David has extensive experience delivering large programs and projects at Nationwide Insurance. His experience includes portfolio, program, and project management from a delivery and competency development perspective, applications development management, advanced technology consulting, and technical writing management... (read more)

Beth Montag-Schmaltz
Founding Partner, PeopleFirm

"A Recipe for Managing Rapid and Disruptive Change Successfully"

Beth is a Principal and founding partner of PeopleFirm LLC. As a thought leader and industry expert in Adoption and Change Execution, Beth is frequently sought after to architect and manage complex change management programs for strategic and high-risk corporate initiatives... (read more)

Mark Murphy
Founder and CEO, Leadership IQ
Author, Hundred Percenters: Challenge Your Employees to Give it Their All and They'll Give You Even More

"How Great Leaders Manage Change"

Mark Murphy is Founder & CEO of Leadership IQ, a top leadership training and employee survey firm. Leadership IQ's clients include the Harvard Business School, Microsoft, IBM, GE, MasterCard, Merck, AstraZeneca, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins, and hundreds more... (read more)

DeeAnn Palin
Vice President, Strategic Projects and Talent, SCF Arizona

"Engaging Sponsors in Change"

DeeAnn Palin has nearly twenty years of Leadership and Operations experience. As Vice President of Strategic Projects & Talent at SCF Arizona, DeeAnn leads strategic initiatives, Human Resources, Performance Solutions and Organization Effectiveness. She also manages the Corporate Balanced Scorecard... (read more)

"Emerging Renewed for the Upturn: Retooling an Organization through Holistic Change Management"

Chris Peila is a dynamic leader with proven record of accomplishment in complex global program management, organizational change management (OCM), corporate communications and sourcing, organizational development, customer relationship management (CRM), and international business operations... (read more)

"Communicating to Create Enthusiasm and Commitment to Change"

Lawrence Polsky knows change. From leading corporate IT and HR change initiatives to consulting leaders on 5 continents on how to change company structure, processes & culture, Lawrence has lived change challenges in many shapes and forms... (read more)

Working with Ricoh for more than 8 years, Nancy brings together the disciplines of Project Management, Records Management, Information Architecture and Change Management to provide Ricoh customers with a complete spectrum of best practices... (read more)

"Your Org Chart Isn't Telling You Everything: Discover the People and Connections in Your Business to Help You Manage Change"

Marilynn Robinson is a senior consultant with experience in various facets of consulting, civil/environmental engineering and construction. These include change management, knowledge management, education and training, project controls, project management, construction, and design... (read more)

"The Art of Storytelling - How to Tell a Compelling Message About Your Change Initiative Through Creative Inspiration"

Rachel Shafran leads a Change Management Center of Excellence at the Nike World Headquarters. She is a coach and facilitator with extensive experience in Leadership Development, Change Management and Organization Effectiveness... (read more)

Faye Wankling
Senior Consultant, PCGI Consulting Services

"Establishing Change Management Competency: Past Lessons Learned and the Manitoba eHealth Journey"

Faye Wankling is a practical and results-oriented Senior Consultant at PCGI Consulting Services with nearly 30 years experience in a myriad of information technology, business process, organizational change management and human capital management roles... (read more)

Catherine Wolpert
Director of Business Development, LaMarsh & Associates

"Enterprise Change Management at Caterpillar, Inc."

Catherine has over twelve years of professional experience in the field of consulting. She began her career as a Psychologist working with individuals and groups on personal and employee-related issues... (read more)

Christopher Worley, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Center for Effective Organizations, University of Southern California
Professor, Pepperdine University
Co-author, Built to Change

"Building Change Capabilities"

Chris Worley is a Research Scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He also serves as a professor of management at Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management... (read more)

Panel Speakers

Panel: "Change Management in International Cultures"

Wendy Appel is a cultural anthropologist and consultant working with her clients at the confluence of leadership, strategy and change - aligning and integrating them in a purposeful, emergent and powerful way. She specializes in leadership and organizational change and transformation... (read more)

Panel: "Integrating Project Management and Change Management"

Donna Brighton helps leaders recognize results of change initiatives more rapidly. Organizations benefit from her unique perspective on the integration of change and project management though increased capacity for change... (read more)

Panel: "Integrating Project Management and Change Management"

Beth Feresten is a Business Process Analyst with extensive experience in the creation and delivery of process to enable a more effective and efficient Project Management Office... (read more)

Panel:"Government Organizations: Change Management Challenges & Solutions"

Dr. Mitchell Fleischer is the lead for Organizational Change Management at the Vector Research Center for Enterprise Performance of TechTeam Government Solutions Inc. Dr. Fleischer currently leads Readiness Measurement activities for the Air Force's Expeditionary Combat Support System... (read more)

Panel: "Government Organizations: Change Management Challenges & Solutions"

Pamela has over 7 years' experience in ERP system implementations with a strong focus on change management, business analysis, and training. Ms. Louie has led change management on technology implementation projects for various government clients throughout North America... (read more)

Panel: "Change Management in International Cultures"

Tom is a certified trainer of the Prosci methodology and is a director of a niche Change Management Consulting Company in South Africa. His specialization is in change management, process innovation and enhancement in financial services, call centers, business problem analysis and rationalization execution... (read more)

Panel: "Impact of Organizational Culture and Values During Change Initiatives"

Jan has more than 20 years of experience in management, marketing, organization design, learning and development, executive coaching, leadership development, management effectiveness and learning/training design and implementation... (read more)

Panel: "Government Organizations: Change Management Challenges & Solutions"

Gerrie Penn is the Director of Quality and Continuous Improvement/Strategic Planning and Reporting for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD). She has worked with large and small teams both in the United States and Internationally... (read more)

Panel: "Change Management in International Cultures"

A qualified Attorney-at-law and former journalist, Kamla Rampersad de Silva discovered her passion for helping public services become more effective at serving people when she served as Transformation Manager for the Registrar General's Department, Ministry of Legal Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago... (read more)

Ayanna Rice joined the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March 2005, and currently works in the Center for Planning and Analysis in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation as the Enterprise Project Manager (EPM) Project Manager for the Watts Bar 2 Reactivation Project... (read more)

Panel: "Change Management in International Cultures"

Bill Synnot (B. Ag. Sc. & B. Ec.) is one of Australia's leading organizational change management consultants with 35+ years of managerial and consultancy experience in Australia and internationally (Middle East, Japan, Asia, Europe, USA, Pacific Islands, PNG, New Zealand and the Indian sub-continent)... (read more)

Panel: "Government Organizations: Change Management Challenges & Solutions"

Paula Wszolek is an Organizational Development Consultant with SaskPower and is currently filling the role of Change Specialist for multiple projects within the Service Delivery Renewal Program (SDR). In her role, Paula supports the successful implementation and reinforcement of SDR change initiatives... (read more)