Speakers
Madilyn Zike
Chief Human Resources Officer
State of Oregon
LEAP: Transforming the employee experience through a simple, thoughtful and cost-effective initiative
Day Two
Wednesday 8th December 2021
10:20 am | Develop: What More Can We Learn from Those Rethinking How to Re-Energize & Take Care of Public Sector Workforces?
9:40 am | Discover: Re-Energizing Burnt-Out Front-Line Employees by Applying Human-Centric Wellness Programs
Michael Rossman
Chief Human Resources Officer
Hennepin County
LEAP: Embracing flexible work to engage and retain the public sector talent who will provide quality service to citizens in 2022 and beyond
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
11:20 am | Develop: What More Can We Learn from the HR Leaders Rethinking How to Make New Workforce Models a Reality?
10:20 am | Discover: Leveraging Flexible Workforce Models to Attract & Retain the Public Sector Workforce of Today
Michael Zaccagni
Chief Human Resources Officer
City of Philadelphia
LEAP: Making radical, data driven changes to recruit diverse and young talent into the public sector
Day Two
Wednesday 8th December 2021
11:50 am | Develop: How Can We Become More Progressive Within Local Government HR?
11:30 am | Discover: How the City of Philadelphia is Re-imagining the Hiring Process in the Public Sector & to Drive Engagement & Equity
Justin Zimmerman
Associate Director HR Policy
District of Columbia
LEAP: Developing an award-winning “Workplace Re-entry” guide to enhance employee engagement
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
2:00 pm | Develop: What More Can We Learn from the HR Leaders Transforming the Way We Engage Public Sector Employees in a Post-Pandemic Environment?
1:20 pm | Discover: Rethinking Return to Work Strategies in Local Government to Drive Employee Engagement
Lori Bays
Chief Human Resources Officer
City of Phoenix
LEAP: Supporting employees dealing with long-term physical and emotional side effects of the pandemic
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
8:50 am | Opening Panel Discussion: Leveraging Lessons Learnt from the Pandemic to Drive HR Innovation in State & Local Government
Stephanie Penney
Assistant Human Resources Commissioner
State of Tennessee
LEAP: Transforming the impact of L&D on a remote workforce, and providing significant cost-savings to the state during the pandemic
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
4:30 pm | Develop: What More Can We Learn from HR Leaders Rethinking How to Unlock the Potential of Learning & Development in Local Government?
3:30 pm | Discover: Re-Imagine the Future of Work in State & Local Government to Meet the Needs of a Changing Public Sector Workforce
Devin Brown
Chief Human Resources Officer
County of Kern
LEAP: Overcoming the greater complexities of connectivity associated with a hybrid workforce model
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
8:50 am | Opening Panel Discussion: Leveraging Lessons Learnt from the Pandemic to Drive HR Innovation in State & Local Government
Karen Niparko
Former Chief Human Resources Officer
City and County of Denver
LEAP: Going beyond limited resources to re-energize and engage employees who have been stretched to the limit
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
9:10 am | Transforming and Modernizing Your Workforce: Lessons Learned During a Crisis
8:50 am | Opening Panel Discussion: Leveraging Lessons Learnt from the Pandemic to Drive HR Innovation in State & Local Government
Jennifer Fairweather
Chief Human Resources Officer
Jefferson County
LEAP: Making a four-day working week a reality in local government
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
11:20 am | Develop: What More Can We Learn from the HR Leaders Rethinking How to Make New Workforce Models a Reality?
10:40 am | Discover: Rethinking How to Make a Four Day Work Week a Reality in Local Government
Lynetra Ross
Employee Development Analyst
City of Memphis
LEAP: Rethinking how managers interact with employees to transform working relationships and performance
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
4:30 pm | Develop: What More Can We Learn from HR Leaders Rethinking How to Unlock the Potential of Learning & Development in Local Government?
3:10 pm | Discover: Optimizing Your Management’s Leadership Skills to Engage and Retain Top Public Sector Talent
Joe Ambrosini
Director of Human Resources
City of Long Beach
LEAP: Making public sector positions more attractive to the Gen Z generation
Angela Crawford
Director of Human Resources
Wake County
LEAP: Leveraging data to power an award-winning wellbeing program
Day Two
Wednesday 8th December 2021
10:20 am | Develop: What More Can We Learn from Those Rethinking How to Re-Energize & Take Care of Public Sector Workforces?
10:00 am | Discover: Leveraging Data to Power an Award-Winning, Cost-Effective Wellbeing Program in the Public Sector
Vicki Lackey
Human Resources Analyst
City of Goodyear
LEAP: Maintaining core values and branding government workforce culture through a change in workplace format
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
2:00 pm | Develop: What More Can We Learn from the HR Leaders Transforming the Way We Engage Public Sector Employees in a Post-Pandemic Environment?
1:00 pm | Discover: Rethinking How to Take Hybrid Approaches to Workplace Culture in Local Government
Tyrome Alexander
Director of Human Resources
City of Toledo
LEAP: Leveraging Covid-19 recovery funds to better government organizations
Jimmee Medina
Director of Human Resources & Innovation
City of Irvine
LEAP: Building a diversity, equity and inclusion strategy from the ground up
Dr. David Kahn
Human Resources Director
Broward County
LEAP: Leveraging technology to advance the way it presents information and increase self service for employees
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
4:10 pm | Discover: : Leveraging Enterprise Learning Management Systems to Advance How We Present Information Efficiently and Increase Self-Service for Government Employees
4:30 pm | Develop: What More Can We Learn from HR Leaders Rethinking How to Unlock the Potential of Learning & Development in Local Government?
Linda Misegadis
Senior Government Strategist
UKG
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
9:10 am | Transforming and Modernizing Your Workforce: Lessons Learned During a Crisis
Aaron McElroy
Director
Avature Federal
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
11:00 am | Discover: The Most Disruptive Change Coming to Government Since the Cloud - The Total Talent Workforce Strategy
11:20 am | Develop: What More Can We Learn from the HR Leaders Rethinking How to Make New Workforce Models a Reality?
Sean Morris
Chief Operating Officer and Future of Work leader- Government & Public Services
Deloitte
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
1:40 pm | Discover: Leveraging the Future of Work to Elevate HR’s Role
2:00 pm | Develop: What More Can We Learn from the HR Leaders Transforming the Way We Engage Public Sector Employees in a Post-Pandemic Environment?
Julia Back
Head of Event Content
LEAP HR
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021
8:30 am | Introduction from the LEAP HR Team: What it Takes to Make a Leap a Reality
Brian Green
Sr. Advisor, Public Sector Partnerships
Coursera
Day One
Tuesday 7th December 2021