RfH Virtual Conference — Sep, 2021
2021 lineup

Meet Our Speakers

SERENA WILLIAMS

Tennis Champion & Entrepreneur

Adam Grant

Organizational Psychologist & Bestselling Author

shantell
martin

Visual Artist

Azure
Antoinette

Founder & CEO, Teller Ventures LTD, Commissioned Poet, Actress

Jack
Altman

CEO, Lattice

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Katarina
Berg

Chief Human Resources Officer, Spotify

Tiffany Stevenson

Chief People Officer, Patreon

LarS
Schmidt

Founder, RedefiningHR Accelerator

Katelin
Holloway

Founding Partner, 776

Gianna
Driver

Chief People Officer, Bluevine

Kristen
Lisanti

Chief Culture Officer, BCW Global

Ashvin Vaidyanathan

VP of Customer Success and Insights, LinkedIn

Justin
Phalichanh

SVP, Global Talent Development & Product Enablement, Kinesso

Joanna
Miller

Head of Organizational Effectiveness & Coaching, Asana

Christina Shareef

Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging,
Reddit

Khalilah "KO" Olokunola

Chief People Officer, TRU COLORS

Megan
Thornton

Vice President, Human Resources, Kasasa

Amanda
Myton

Director, Employee Development, Anaplan

Mai
Ton

Chief People Officer, Kickstarter

Heather
Doshay

Managing Director, People + Talent, SignalFire

Lucia
Guillory

VP, People & Places, Virta Health

Shonezi
Noor

VP of Operations, Sampler

Erica
Johnson

Head of Diversity, Equity & Belonging, Chime

Robert
Lopez

Senior Vice President, JustWorks

April
Anderson

Director, Talent Development, Datadog

Adrienne Barnard

SVP, People Operations, Mainstay

Courtney Cherry Ellis

VP of People, Ironclad

Isa
Notermans

Global Head of People & Culture, Linktree

Chloe Sesta Jacobs

Global Director, Inclusion & Engagement, Deputy

Ambrosia Vertesi

VP, Operative Collective

Roselle
Rogers

VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Circa

Vanessa Tanicien

Director, LifeLabs Learning

Zach
Wright

Strategy Staff Executive, Qumu

Tania
Molinar

HR & Payroll Manager, Avolta

Parker
Hansen

Director of Human Resources & Culture, Gabb Wireless

BetH
Steinberg

Founder, Mensch Ventures

Kevin
Yip

COO & Co-Founder, Blueboard

Daniel
Chait

CEO, Greenhouse and co-author of Talent Makers

Amy Frampton

Head of Marketing, BambooHR

Dr. Jarik Conrad

VP, Human Insights & HCM Advisory, UKG

Claire
Clarke

Community Manager, Calm for Business

Adriana
Clark

HR Manager, BambooHR

Dave
Carhart

VP of People, Lattice

Annette Cardwell

Head of Content & Community, Lattice

Mia
Remar

People Partner Director, Lattice

Reid
Koster

Sr. OKR Consultant, Lattice

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Agenda

Morning

Perform

Engage

Grow

Afternoon

Perform

Engage

Grow

12:15-1:00pm PT

Perform

Perform

Perform

1:00-1:45pm PT
1:45-2:00pm PT

Mindfulness Break presented by Calm

Claire Clarke, Community Manager, Calm for Business
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2:00-2:45pm PT
Perform

Employees love Lattice for how human it makes processes like performance reviews, engagement surveys, and career development.

In this session, we’ll talk about the evolution of the Lattice Goals product and hear from customers about how they’ve adopted Lattice to activate every employee around OKRs.

speakers
Julian Clarke, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Lattice
Jeff Gurr, Product Manager, Lattice
Zach Wright, Strategy Staff Executive, Qumu
Shonezi Noor, VP of Operations, Sampler

Reid Koster, Sr. OKR Consultant, Lattice Advisory Services MODERATOR
Engage

Companies want to build a culture that leads with empathy but also cultivates high performance. While that decision needs to start at the top, carrying out that strategy often falls to managers. So how do you cultivate and empower self-aware, emotionally intelligent managers? In this session, our panel will talk over how to make empathy a holistic part of your culture from the top down, show how performance and empathy aren’t at odds, and give practical advice on how to build an empathetic manager practice. 

speakers
Khalilah "KO" Olokunola, Chief People Officer, TRU Colors Brewing
Isa Notermans, Global Head of People + Culture, Linktree
Dr. Jarik Conrad, VP, Human Insights & HCM Advisory, UKG

Kristen Lisanti, Chief Culture Officer, BCW Global MODERATOR
Grow

HR and People Operations roles at companies were evolving well before the events of last year. High growth coupled with competition for talent drove companies to care more about building a great culture and creating workplaces where people felt they could do their best work, grow, and belong. And that put Chief People Officers and similar roles in huge demand. And the last year has only heightened HR’s importance with new needs and new roles within organizations.

Our panel will explore what HR leaders need to know as they develop strategies and grow their teams to meet the coming challenges employees and companies will face.

speakers
Ambrosia Vertesi, Operating Partner, Operator Collective
Tiff Stevenson, Chief People Officer, Patreon
Lucia Guillory, VP People & Places, Virta Health

Lars Schmidt, Founder, RedefiningHR Accelerator MODERATOR
Perform

Employees still have all the leverage when it comes to the race for talent. So in an increasingly competitive (and global) job market, how can companies evolve their total rewards and compensation strategy to match the moment? People leaders from Anaplan, Lattice, Kasasa, and the Growth Coaching Institute will share how they approach employee compensation, from adopting a philosophy toward “pay for performance” to addressing the shift to distributed work.

speakers
Meghan Thornton, VP, Human Resources, Kasasa
Dave Carhart, VP, People, Lattice
Courtney Cherry Ellis, VP, People, Ironclad

Amanda Myton, Director, Employee Development, Anaplan MODERATOR
Engage

After a year of uncertainty and even downsizing, many companies are whiplashing this year into high-growth mode, needing to hire quickly to meet the needs of a fast-moving recovery. Meanwhile, their employees are becoming part of the “Great Resignation,” moving to new opportunities or rethinking their careers. Our panel will look at ways to maintain a great culture and retain your top performers amid volatility.

speakers
Adrienne Barnard, SVP, People Operations & Experience, AdmitHub
Kevin Yip, Co-founder and COO, Blueboard

Mia Remar, People Partner Director, Lattice MODERATOR
Grow

Companies are always evolving and helping employees grow their skills and progress in their career track only helps companies grow. But during periods of high growth and change, L&D and employee development initiatives can sometimes move to the backburner. Our panel will discuss ways companies can keep attention on these incredibly important needs, even when the swirl of change is pushing HR teams in different directions.

speakers
Joanna Miller, Head of Organizational Effectiveness & Coaching, Asana
April Anderson, Director, Talent Development, Datadog
Justin Phalichanh, SVP, Global Talent Development & Product Enablement, Kinesso

Annette Cardwell, Head of Content, Lattice MODERATOR
Perform

Successful companies have leaders who put talent at the core of their business. These leaders are Talent Makers, creating a shared hiring mindset across teams and departments. Don’t miss this session led by Daniel Chait, Greenhouse CEO and co-author of Talent Makers, alongside business and talent leaders, to discuss why investing in a Talent Maker mindset can transform your business.

speakers
Beth Steinberg, Founder, Mensch Ventures
Ashvin Vaidyanathan, VP of Customer Success and Insights, LinkedIn
Robert Lopez, SVP, JustWorks
Erica Johnson, Head of Diversity, Equity and Belonging, Chime

Daniel Chait, CEO, Greenhouse and co-author of Talent Makers MODERATOR
Engage

Building workplaces that value and drive diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging has become a major priority for many companies. However, for companies with employees, vendors, or customers across different parts of the world, building a cohesive DEIB strategy can be a challenge. Our panel of People and DEIB leaders will talk over establishing values as well as their best practices for helping make DEIB work across very different teams.

speaker
Roselle Rogers, VP, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Circa
Christina Shareef, Head of Diversity, Equity, Belonging, Reddit
Gianna Driver, Chief People Officer, Bluevine

Grow
speaker
Katelin Holloway, Founding Partner, 776
Katarina Berg, Chief Human Resources Officer, Spotify

Perform

There’s a thin line between great work and overwork — but supporting mental health and driving the business forward aren’t mutually exclusive. Greater flexibility, manager check-ins, and resetting expectations are just some of the ways HR teams are addressing overwork and emotional exhaustion among employees (and themselves). But what more can be done to prevent burnout even before it happens? Leaders from Webflow, Carta, and Kickstarter will share their advice for maintaining high-performance cultures that still put people first.

speaker
Mai Ton, Chief People Officer, Kickstarter
Suzy Walther, Chief People Officer, Carta
Heather Doshay, Managing Director, People + Talent, SignalFire

Vanessa Tanicien, Leadership Trainer and Host of LeaderLab Podcast, LifeLabs Learning MODERATOR
Engage

How important is company culture? Company culture needs to be one of the top three priorities of your company and encouraged by HR and other leaders in the company. Otherwise, the company culture will naturally build itself.

Listen to these panelists share their insights and discuss the rewards that come from having a strong company culture.

speakers
Parker Hansen, Director of Human Resources & Culture, Gabb Wireless
Tania Molinar, HR & Payroll Manager, Avolta
Adriana Clark, HR Manager, BambooHR

Amy Frampton, Head of Marketing. BambooHR MODERATOR
Grow
RFH SPEAKS WINNER

Working sustainably isn’t about chasing a perfect (and unrealistic) state of equilibrium between your personal and professional life. In this session, Chloe Sesta Jacobs, Global Director of Inclusion and Engagement at Deputy, will share how the pandemic profoundly changed her understanding of what “balance” really means as a People leader. She’ll walk through what she’s discovered and will share actionable advice on how to transform your relationship with work and yourself.

speakers
Chloe Sesta Jacobs, Global Head of People Experience, Deputy

Artist Shantell Martin will deliver a talk while creating an original drawing during her Resources for Humans Virtual presentation. In her talk, Shantell will explore the connection between tapping into your creativity and developing collaborative, compassionate relationships in life and in work.


speakers
Shantell Martin, Visual Artist

Serena Williams is a tennis icon and world-class champion whose name is synonymous with power and performance. Recognized as one of the greatest athletes of all time, her strength and resilience extend to her life off the court — from her challenging journey into motherhood to her redefinition of what it means to be a “working mom” to her success as an entrepreneur and investor. In this conversation, she’ll sit down with Lattice CEO Jack Altman to talk about what’s fueled her passion to be an advocate for parental leave, female empowerment, and diverse representation in leadership.

She’ll also share her advice on how to maintain a culture of high performance while building a culture of high empathy.

speakers
Serena Williams Tennis Champion & Entrepreneur
Jack Altman, CEO & Co-Founder, Lattice MODERATOR

One thing that has started happening more and more this year: many organizations are starting to see that empathizing with employees, showing them compassion, is no longer just a “nice-to-have” — it’s a must. And many of us are rethinking their approach for how they lead with empathy and how to manage with compassion. Adam Grant shares his thoughts for areas where he has begun his own rethinking on these questions.

speakers
Adam Grant, Organizational Psychologist & Bestselling Author

Empathy is a cornerstone of healthy workplace cultures -- but this doesn’t just happen. Empathy is a skill that has to be practiced. During this session, you will learn two short practices that you can use to strengthen your empathy skills - these practices are ones that you can modify, make your own, and integrate into your workday.

speakers
Claire Clarke, Community Manager, Calm for Business
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2021 conference theme

Lead with Empathy

After an unprecedented year of hardship, many companies are adapting to the "new normal.” This year, HR leaders are developing new playbooks for their organizations, hoping to keep their teams performing well and cultures strong.  

Join us for the RfH Virtual Conference as we learn from executives, thought leaders, and innovative HR professionals who will share their thoughts on the best ways to incorporate empathetic leadership into your People strategy.

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Conference Tracks

Perform
Strategies for HR leaders and managers to help identify, retain, and reward top performers.

Engage
Methods for building a company culture that engages employees and attracts top talent.

Grow
Approaches to development, career pathing, and how to advance your HR career.

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FAQs

Is RfH Virtual free?

Resources for Humans Virtual is a free event.

I can’t make it to RfH Virtual. Will the sessions be recorded?

Yes! The sessions will be recorded. To make sure you get access to the recordings, sign up and you'll be notified when the recordings are available.

I’m interested in speaking at Resources for Humans Virtual.

Unfortunately, we’re not accepting any additional speakers at this time.

Are you offering SHRM or HRCI credits?

Yes. This event is eligible for both SHRM and HRCI credits. Attendees will receive more information about session credits closer to the event.

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Resources for Humans Virtual Conference is happening Sept. 22, 2021