INDEPENDENT ENERGY HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATION

23rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE
 September 28 - 30, 2011
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center

Conference Presenters

“ILLUSIONS VS. REALITIES IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY”

JASON MAKANSI, President Of Pearl Street, Inc.
Jason is also a Principal of Pearl Street Liquidity Advisors, and Executive Director of the Coalition to Advance Renewable Energy through Bulk Storage (CAREBS), is an independent consultant in the electricity industry. For 30 years, he has been analyzing the technological, business, environmental and regulatory issues in electricity production and delivery and has visited countless power plants and electricity infrastructure installations around the globe.
He spends much of his time speaking to industry, business and community groups on energy issues. His third book, Lights Out: The Electricity Crisis, the Global Economy, and What It Means to You, was called a “must read for anyone even slightly interested in the adequacy of the U.S. power sector and what the future may hold,” and received glowing reviews from industry observers and critics in the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the St. Louis Post Dispatch to name just a few.

He has appeared on CNBC, TheStreet.com, and the Financial News Network and has been interviewed several times on NPR. He has been interviewed for and quoted in The New York Times, Newsweek and CFO magazine, has written special sections on energy for Business Week, and has had articles published in Power magazine, Electric Power International, Global Energy Business, Electrical World, Power Engineering, Combined Cycle Journal, IEEE Spectrum, Public Utilities Fortnightly, EnergyBiz, Electric Perspectives, Turbomachinery International, and others.


“SUCCESSION PLANNING IS SUCCESS PLANNING”

TERI FISHER, CEO And Managing Partner Of Insight Strategies, Inc.
Ms. Fisher is recognized in the areas of Succession Planning, Strategic Initiatives, Leadership & Influence, Talent Management, Performance Management, Mediation/Conflict Resolution, Interpersonal Communications, and Team Development. Ms. Fisher has been published in the Financial Times, ft.com and the Wall Street Journal’s, career.com specifically directed toward corporate executives. In 2006, Ms. Fisher published a white paper on the topic of succession planning and in 2008 was a contributing author along with Stephen Covey and Ken Blanchard for a book entitled, Blueprint for Success


“MANAGING SOCIAL MEDIA: FROM BABY BOOMERS TO GEN-Y”
 
JASON BOULETTE, Partner, Boulette & Golden L.L.P.
Jason is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been repeatedly recognized as a Texas Rising Star and one of the Best Lawyers in America. Together with the other members of his firm, Jason offers a full array of employment-related legal services for employers, including litigation, labor-management relations, compliance audits, corporate counseling and training, and corporate immigration services.



“3 TRENDS CHANGING THE WORLD OF TALENT”

JASON WARNER, Principal, Recruiting Toolbox, Inc.
Jason Warner has over 15 years of corporate recruiting, talent management, and executive leadership experience at some of the world's fastest growing and most innovative companies. He has held senior leadership roles in both Talent Acquisition and Learning, Training and People Development at Google, Starbucks, Computer Sciences Corporation, and Intellectual Ventures. At Google, he led the largest Recruiting and Learning and Development teams at the company, supporting the hyper-growth and people development needs of North America, Latin America and Asia for the Online Sales and Operations group, one of the fastest growing business units at Google. At Starbucks, he was the Director of North America Recruiting, responsible for recruiting for all of North America during the greatest growth years at the company. More recently, he led Global Talent Acquisition at Intellectual Ventures, a fast-growing company that is the global leader in the business of invention.
Now, he focuses his efforts on helping other in-house corporate recruiting and human resources teams, at companies of all sizes, improve their internal recruiting capabilities through consulting, training and other project-based solutions.
Jason has been chronicled in the New York Times and featured in the National Best Selling book Mavericks at Work. He is a frequent keynote speaker at leading Human Resources and Recruiting Industry Conferences such as ER Expo, Kennedy Information, and OnRec Exposition. But what is most important to Jason is that he is known by his colleagues and business peers as a pragmatic and practical leader; 'someone who really gets recruiting and really gets results' and as someone who turns innovative ideas into practical, efficient realities.
 

“I HIRED EMPLOYEES AND PEOPLE SHOWED UP”

STEPHEN B. PICARDE, Vice President, PI Midlantic
Steve has been a professional trainer, consultant, speaker, and coach for nine years. A certified behavioral analyst, Steve works with organizations worldwide in leveraging their human capital, improving leadership effectiveness
 

“THE RECESSION’S OVER AND I QUIT”

DICK FINNEGAN, President Of Finnegan Mackenzie, The Retention Firm
Dick Finnegan has been cited by BusinessWeek, CEO Magazine, and Consulting Magazine as the leading thinker on employee retention.
Dick is the author Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad, his book that details the best strategic approach to cutting turnover with specific, research-based tactics that work. Dick’s next book is titled The Power of Stay Interviews for Engagement and Retention which will be published later this year.
Dick’s U.S. clients have included Sprint, Hilton, The Hartford, GE, and Johnson & Johnson, as well as the CIA. His international work has spanned 6 continents and includes working with Siberian banks and African gold mines where he went 3 kilometers deep to learn why employees stay and leave.
 

“HEALTH CARE REFORM: WHAT HR PRACTITIONERS NEED TO DO, AND WHEN”

ANNE CRUMLISH, Principal And Health Care Actuary, Health And Benefits Practice¸ Aon Hewitt
Anne is a Principal and Health Care Actuary in Aon Hewitt’s Health and Benefits practice and is based in Atlanta, GA.. She is responsible for managing a wide variety of consulting engagements related to broad health and welfare benefits with a focus on the strategy, design and financial management of benefit programs. She is also a key member of Aon Hewitt’s national health care reform team, serving as a health care reform expert on compliance, financial and strategic issues for numerous clients across the country. Anne is a regular speaker at industry and regional conferences on the subject of health care reform and its impact to employers, insurers, health care providers and the community. Anne has over 10 years of experience in the health and welfare consulting industry.

 

"ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS"  (ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION)

JANESE MURRAY, Executive Director, Talent Development and Inclusion, Constellation Energy
Janese joined Constellation Energy in April, 2007 and is responsible for developing and implementing effective strategies to enhance talent management, leader and employee development as well as diversity and inclusion across the organization.

Prior to this, she was Director of Diversity and Talent Management for Black and Decker, a leading global manufacturer and marketer power tools.  Prior to joining Black and Decker in 2005, Janese spent twelve years at CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield where she was the Director of Associate Relations.

Janese received her undergraduate degree from Morgan State University where she received a BA in Speech Communication. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Associated Black Charities and the YMCA of Central Maryland where she is the chairperson for the Talent and Leadership Development Committee. Janese previously served on the board of the Greater Baltimore Committee Leadership Program and the Baltimore County School Board.