100+ speakers embracing the future of work include:

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  Louis DeJoy

  Postmaster general, United States Postal Service

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  Louis DeJoy

  Postmaster general, United States Postal Service

  Louis DeJoy is the 75th Postmaster General of the United States and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Postal Service. He was appointed by the organization’s Board of Governors and began his tenure in June 2020. Prior to joining the Postal Service, he spent more than 35 years growing and managing a successful nationwide logistics company.

   

  DeJoy is committed to ensuring that the Postal Service can continue to fulfill its public service mission and maintain financial sustainability well into the future. He is leading this effort through Delivering for America, the organization’s 10-year improvement plan. In his role as Postmaster General, DeJoy is a member of its Board of Governors and currently chairs its Strategy and Innovation Committee.

   

  Previously, as chairman and CEO of a private logistics company, DeJoy spent decades in collaboration with the Postal Service, Boeing, Verizon, Disney, United Technologies and other public and private companies to provide supply chain logistics, program management and transportation support. His company, New Breed Logistics, was a contractor to the Postal Service for more than 25 years and received Quality Supplier Awards from the Postal Service on four separate occasions.

   

  In 2014, New Breed merged with XPO Logistics, with DeJoy serving as CEO of XPO Logistics’ supply chain business in the Americas before his retirement in December 2015. He then joined the company’s board of directors, where he served until 2018.

   

  DeJoy is a member of the Board of Trustees at Elon University in North Carolina. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Stetson University.

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  Dr. Karin Kimbrough

  Chief economist, LinkedIn

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  Dr. Karin Kimbrough

  Chief economist, LinkedIn

  Dr. Karin Kimbrough is the chief economist for LinkedIn Corporation. Prior to joining the LinkedIn Corporation in 2020, she served as the assistant treasurer for Google from 2017-2019 and the managing director and head of macroeconomic policy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2014-2017. In addition, Kimbrough worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the Markets Group from 2005-2014. She worked as an economist and FX strategist at Morgan Stanley from 2000-2005. Kimbrough currently serves on the board of Fannie Mae, is an advisor to 3×5 Partners and serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Academic Advisory Council and the Economic Advisory Panel of the New York Fed. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University, a Master’s from Harvard, and a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford.

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  Brian Glaser

  Chief learning and talent officer, Google

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  Brian Glaser

  Chief learning and talent officer, Google

  Brian is part of the senior HR leadership team responsible for building a vibrant, inclusive culture and a highly engaged workforce overseeing onboarding, training, leadership development, talent management and organisation consulting for 145,000 “Googlers” in over sixty countries. In 2017, Brian founded The Google School for Leaders, Google’s leadership development center of excellence, which has reached 25,000+ leaders to date.

  Prior to joining Google, Brian founded and led gothamCulture, a New York City based organisational development firm specialising in leadership and culture transformation. In 2014, Inc. Magazine named gothamCulture as one of America’s fastest growing companies. Previously, Brian led organisational development at JetBlue Airways, helping to build the company’s distinctive culture. He joined the airline when it was a start-up, as one of its first employees, and played a significant role in the company’s massive growth.

  Brian serves on several Boards including The Gansevoort in New York City and Bideawee, one of the country’s first animal rescue organisations. Brian holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Communications, an M.S. in Organizational Change Management, and a Ph.D. in Organisational Psychology. He lives in New York City with his partner and eight year old dog, Alfred.

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  Holly May

  Executive vice president and global chief human resources officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance

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  Holly May

  Executive vice president and global chief human resources officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance

  Holly May is responsible for the strategy and direction of innovative global HR programs, policies and practices that support WBA’s business goals and initiatives and for ensuring fair and equitable treatment for all team members. She also leads Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and serves on the Board of Shields Health Solutions, in which WBA is a majority investor.

   

  Most recently, May served as global chief human resources Officer for Abercrombie & Fitch Co., managing all aspects of human resources and ESG efforts across the company. She previously worked for Starbucks as senior vice president of global total rewards and service delivery, responsible for consulting with the company’s Board of Directors and executive leadership team on the strategic direction of Starbucks’ global compensation and benefits portfolio. Prior to her time at Starbucks, May served in human resources leadership roles of increasing responsibility at ING, Voya Financial and Visa Inc., as a human resources business partner and leading Rewards, diversity, equity and inclusion and HR strategy.

   

  May graduated from Wellesley College and earned her master’s degree from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.

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  Roshan Navagamuwa

  Executive vice president and chief information officer, CVS Health

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  Roshan Navagamuwa

  Executive vice president and chief information officer, CVS Health

  Roshan Navagamuwa is executive vice president and chief information officer for CVS Health, leading all areas of the Information Technology organisation. The IT organisation encompasses software development, technology operations and innovation for the company.

   

  Prior to his current role, Mr. Navagamuwa was senior vice president, client services, responsible for onboarding new Pharmacy Benefits Management clients and managing ongoing capabilities across benefits plan designs, eligibility and clinical solutions for CVS Health’s PBM clients. Prior to that Mr. Navagamuwa played a leadership role in the company’s Government Services and Technology divisions between 2013 and 2015. He led both business and technology operations teams, helping drive operational excellence and a growth-oriented agenda for our Medicare Part D and Medicaid services.
  Mr. Navagamuwa joined CVS Health in September 2012 as an IT executive.

   

  Prior to CVS Health, he was vice president, application hosting services at Aon. His career at Aon, and Aon Hewitt prior to that, spanned 14 years in operations and technology roles in Aon Hewitt’s Human Resource Outsourcing business segment and Aon’s Global IT division.

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  Don Relyea

  Chief innovation officer, US Bank

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  Don Relyea

  Chief innovation officer, US Bank

  Don Relyea is chief innovation officer and chief digital officer for employee segment at U.S. Bank. 

   

  In these roles, he works with the digital, innovation, legal, and technology teams to develop strategic assessments of emerging technologies and products, and their potential role within the company. He also negotiates intellectual property agreements in partnership with business lines, in-house legal experts, and outside counsel. 

   

  An avid inventor with more than 100 U.S. patents, Relyea’s career has spanned sectors in banking, telecommunications, interactive gaming, and web development, with focus areas in innovation, technology, design, and customer experience. He loves to bring people together for collaboration, problem solving, ideation, and strategy sessions, and enjoys mentoring young colleagues and innovators.

   

  Mr Relyea has more than 25 years of experience designing and developing award-winning customer experiences. Prior to U.S. Bank, he held leadership roles covering design, intellectual property and innovation at BBVA, Barclays, Verizon and others. His background also includes time as a video game designer, including a Star Wars 3D game that was featured on the Conan O’Brien show. His first job out of college included designing and developing the first website for Coke. 

   

  Mr Relyea earned his BFA in Fine Arts and his BBS in Management Information Systems from Southern Methodist University.

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  Alisha Alaimo

  President, Biogen US

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  Alisha Alaimo

  President, Biogen US

  Ms. Alaimo is an accomplished global executive with extensive experience in leading strategy, sales, marketing, market access, key account management, advocacy and medical functions. Prior to joining Biogen in 2017 to lead the company’s U.S. business, Ms. Alaimo spent 17 years at Novartis Pharmaceuticals in global product development, global brand strategy and regional leadership roles in Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the U.S. With increasing roles of responsibility, Ms. Alaimo focused on driving growth and people development in the company’s high-profile, priority franchises including cardiovascular, metabolic, autoimmunity, rare disease, transplant and neuroscience. Ms. Alaimo started her career in commercial roles at Johnson & Johnson.

   

  Ms. Alaimo holds a Bachelor of Science from Emory University and has completed courses at Harvard University and Tufts University in clinical pharmacology, drug development and regulation and business finance.

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  Serena H. Huang Ph.D

  Global head of people analytics, visualisation & human resources technology, PayPal

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  Serena H. Huang Ph.D

  Global head of people analytics, visualisation & human resources technology, PayPal

  Dr. Serena Huang is currently a data analytics executive leading People Analytics & HR technology at PayPal. She is a thought leader and international keynote speaker in people analytics, HR technology, future of work, AI, and employee experience with deep expertise spanning large multinationals including GE, Kraft Heinz, Koch Industries, and Deloitte. Her monthly newsletter “From Data to Action” currently has thousands of subscribers. As one of the Top HR Leaders to Watch in 2022 and 30 People Analytics Leaders to Learn from in 2022, Dr. Huang is passionate about building high-performing global teams and helping business leaders see data as an asset in large organizations. Her recent interviews appeared on People Matters, Data Chief podcast, AllVoices podcast, HR Leaders podcast, Workforce.com and Rallyware.

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  Eric Severson

  Executive vice president, chief people & belonging officer, Neiman Marcus Group

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  Eric Severson

  Executive vice president, chief people & belonging officer, Neiman Marcus Group

  Eric Severson was appointed Chief People and Belonging Officer at NMG in September 2019 and oversees enterprise people strategy, people operations, corporate communications, and environmental, social and governance (ESG). During his career, Eric has excelled in creating systems to manage talent and organizational performance, including the largest implementation of the Results Only Work Environment in retail; the first publication of gender pay statistics by a Fortune 500 corporation and the establishment of Belonging as a next-generation Diversity/Equity/Inclusion capability. Prior to NMG, Eric was Chief People Officer at DaVita Inc. and Co-CHRO at Gap Inc. He also spent part of his career at Macy’s. For nearly 20 years, Eric has served as a director on the boards of various organizations, including HR People + Strategy; Society for Human Resource Management Executive Council; The Felton Institute; La Napoule Art Foundation Advisory Board; and the IM Human Advisory Board.

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  JoAnn Stonier

  Chief data officer, Mastercard

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  JoAnn Stonier

  Chief data officer, Mastercard

  JoAnn C. Stonier serves as Chief Data Officer for Mastercard, leading the organization’s data innovation efforts while navigating current and future data risks. She oversees the curation, quality, governance and management of the company’s extensive data assets. JoAnn and her team design and operationalize Mastercard’s global data strategy, guiding enterprise deployment of cutting-edge data solutions, including advanced analytics and AI, and the development of enterprise data platforms. Her leadership is integral to Mastercard’s push to deepen the strategic value it can provide its merchant, banking and government customers and cardholders through its expanding data-driven products and capabilities.

   

  JoAnn previously served as the company’s Chief Information Governance & Privacy Officer, responsible for global privacy and information governance, and leading regulatory engagement for data compliance. Prior to joining Mastercard in 2008, JoAnn was Chief Privacy Officer for American Express. She also held various roles with the company, including Chief Operating Officer, American Express Tax & Business Services; Vice President, Acquisition Integration; and Vice President & Assistant to the Chairman. JoAnn has worked at Waldenbooks, Inc., PepsiCo and started her career as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers.  

   

  JoAnn is a recognized and highly sought-after thought leader in emergent data and privacy issues.  She has advised industry executives, governments, intergovernmental organizations and NGOs. Currently, she serves on the United Nations Expert Group on Governance and Artificial Intelligence and is Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Data Policy.  JoAnn also serves as a Board Advisor for Truata, a data trust co-founded by Mastercard and IBM, on the Board of Directors and Governance Committee for Hope For The Warriors, a non-profit Veteran service organization, and on the Board of Trustees and Executive & Finance Committees for Academy of Mount St. Ursula, where she attended high school in Bronx, New York.

   

  Previously, JoAnn served as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and has served on the board of the Center for Information Policy Leadership. In 2011, she was named a Fellow to The Aspen Institute’s First Mover’s Fellowship Program. In addition to this service, JoAnn is an adjunct professor at Pratt Institute, where she teaches business strategy and international business in the Design Management Master’s Program.

   

  JoAnn’s work has been featured by Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Cybersecurity Law Report, JW Michael & Co. Captains of Privacy, Oliver Wyman Forum, Digital Future Society, American Banker and PYMNTS, among other outlets. She is a well-regarded speaker, known for her forward-leaning approach to data design and innovation – offering practical guidance on responsibly navigating issues at the frontier of data innovation, including deployment of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain solutions. She has been a featured speaker at World AI Summit, AI Summit NY, World Economic Forum Annual Meetings at Davos, New York Chief Data Officer Group Town Hall Series, Future of Privacy Forum Corporate Data Workshop Series, Bloomberg Data for Good Exchange, MIT Chief Data Officer Symposium and Drexel University Business Analytics Series, among other venues. 

   

  JoAnn received her Juris Doctorate from St. John’s University and her Bachelor of Science degree from St. Francis College. She holds memberships in the Bar of the State of New York and the Bar of the State of New Jersey. She is based in Purchase, N.Y.

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  Jim Swanson

  Executive vice-president, chief information officer J&J

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  Jim Swanson

  Executive vice-president, chief information officer J&J

  Jim Swanson is a global business and technology leader and Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and member of the Executive Committee for Johnson & Johnson. Based at the company headquarters in New Jersey, Jim is responsible for accelerating Johnson & Johnson’s business outcomes and advancing human health with technology.

   

  Jim joined Johnson & Johnson from Bayer Crop Science, a $20 billion division of Bayer, where he served as a member of the Executive Leadership Team and as CIO and Head of Digital Transformation. In this role, he inspired teams across the world to use digital innovation and data science to transform and deliver world-class products and services sustainably. Jim and the Information Technology organizations he has led have received industry accolades for their contributions in leadership, application of technology to deliver substantial business value, best places to work in IT, and support of STEM for emerging talent.

   

  Previously, Jim served as CIO at Monsanto for five years before the company was acquired by Bayer. In addition, he had nine years of experience working as Vice President and CIO for Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, where he advanced technology throughout the company’s R&D organization.

   

  He also amassed a breadth of experience at Merck, where he led the R&D and Commercial IT organizations, and SmithKline Beecham, where he was a bench scientist before transitioning to IT. During his career, Jim has had extensive international experience, including living in the UK and Germany.

   

  Jim holds a bachelor’s degree in Bioscience and Biotechnology and a master’s degree in Computer Science, both from Drexel University.

   

  Jim is married with three daughters. In his free time, he enjoys running, biking, skiing, scuba diving, and boating, as well as volunteering with United Way Ready by 21 and the American Heart Association.

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  Greg Cunningham

  Senior executive vice-president and chief diversity officer, US Bank

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  Greg Cunningham

  Senior executive vice-president and chief diversity officer, US Bank

  Gregory G. Cunningham is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer of U.S. Bancorp (U.S.Bank). Mr. Cunningham has served in this position since July 2020. From July 2019 until July 2020, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer of U.S. Bancorp, having served as Vice President of Customer Engagement of U.S. Bancorp from October 2015, when he joined U.S. Bancorp, until July 2019. Previously, Mr. Cunningham served in various roles in the marketing department of Target Corporation from January 1998 until March 2015.

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  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Thomas D. Dee II professor of organisational behaviour, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

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  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Thomas D. Dee II professor of organisational behaviour, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

  Jeffrey Pfeffer (www.jeffreypfeffer.com) is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.  Pfeffer is the author or co-author of 16 books on topics including power in organizations, managing people, evidence-based management and The Knowing-Doing Gap.  

   

  Pfeffer received his Ph.D. from Stanford and taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of California, Berkeley, before returning to Stanford in 1979 as a full professor.

   

  Author of more than 150 articles and book chapters, Pfeffer has won numerous awards for his scholarly research, including an Honorary Doctorate from Tilburg University in The Netherlands.

   

  Pfeffer has taught seminars in 40 countries and has been a visiting professor at Harvard Business School, London Business School, Singapore Management University, and for many years, IESE in Barcelona.   He has served on the board of directors of several human capital software companies as well as other public and private company and non-profit boards.  He lives in Hillsborough, California.

   

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  Erika Irish Brown

  Chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer and global head of talent, Citi

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  Erika Irish Brown

  Chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer and global head of talent, Citi

  Erika is Citi’s Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer and Global Head of Talent, responsible for developing global diversity, equity and inclusion strategy and driving Citi’s agenda on talent planning, succession planning and leadership development.

   

  Prior to joining Citi, Erika was Chief Diversity Officer at Goldman Sachs from 2018 to 2021 and Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Bloomberg from 2015 to 2018. Prior to this, she led executive and diversity hiring efforts at Bank of America and Lehman Brothers.

   

  Erika’s background includes a range of banking and finance roles, including Head of Business Development for Black Entertainment Television, Senior Associate in High Yield Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley and Senior Policy Analyst for Domestic Finance for the United States Department of the Treasury. She began her career as an Analyst in Public Finance at Lehman Brothers.

   

  Erika is Vice Chair of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and serves on the Board of the Riverside Hawks. Erika earned a BS in Economics from the State University of New York at Albany and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

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  Nick Bloom

  Economics professor, Stanford

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  Nick Bloom

  Economics professor, Stanford

  Nick Bloom is a Professor of Economics at Stanford University. He has been researching working from home for almost 20 years. He has been heavily involved with policy, including meeting President Obama, and speaking in the White House 2014 Working Families Summit. Has consulted with 100s of CEOs and managers, and has been covered extensively on working from home by international media including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, BBC, Financial Times and the Economist. He was called the “Prophet of working from home” by Fortune Magazine and “America’s best work-from-home expert” by Business Insider.

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  Kelly McCulloch

  Global chief people officer, Taco Bell

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  Kelly McCulloch

  Global chief people officer, Taco Bell

  As global chief people officer, Kelly McCulloch leads the human resource management teams for Taco Bell, which employs more than 260,000 people globally.

  For more than 15 years, Kelly has served in leadership roles within the Human Resources function across Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell and Yum!, focusing on turning business strategies into action plans, specifically in the areas of organisational effectiveness, leadership development, employee engagement, talent acquisition, employee relations, diversity and inclusion, and total rewards. She is passionate about cultivating an authentic culture where everyone can thrive.

  Kelly has a Master’s degree in Human Relations and Business from Amberton University, and a Bachelor’s degree in English from Abilene Christian University.

  Kelly and her husband, Lewis, live in Orange County, CA with their two children.

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  Neel Adhya

  Chief digital officer, BlackRock

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  Neel Adhya

  Chief digital officer, BlackRock

  Nilanjan (Neel) Adhya is the Chief Digital Officer of BlackRock — the world’s largest investment management corporation. In his role, Neel actively collaborates with marketing, design, product and sales teams at BlackRock to reimagine all aspects of digital experiences, create new digital innovations, build great experiences and accelerate transformation across the digital ecosystem. He is passionate about blending design, data, and cross-functional teams to create experiences that people love. Neel has over 20 years of experience working at the intersection of technology, platforms, and people to help global organizations leverage new business models and drive growth.

   

  Prior to BlackRock, Neel was the Chief Digital Officer of IBM’s Cognitive Applications Unit and Vice President of Digital Transformation where he was instrumental in building the digital platforms that power experiences for IBM’s cloud and AI products. Neel is a keynote speaker at several digital and innovation-focused industry conferences. He frequently shares his thinking on building innovative products and driving transformation in his blog and on LinkedIn. Neel lives in Fairfield, CT with his wife and two kids.

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  Melissa Werneck

  Global chief people officer, Kraft Heinz Company

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  Melissa Werneck

  Global chief people officer, Kraft Heinz Company

  Melissa Werneck is the global chief people officer for The Kraft Heinz Company. She is responsible for overseeing the global human resources function. Melissa joined Heinz in 2013 to implement the new performance methodology and the integrated management system.Prior to joining Heinz, Melissa served as performance senior vice president and chief people officer at America Latina Logistica (ALL). Melissa received a degree in chemical engineering from Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil and an MBA from Federal University of Rio De Janeiro.