2020 HIRE Conference Sessions

Speakers

Kim Sindelar - Director of Talent Acquisition, Medical Solutions

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Bryan Johanson - COO, The Adler Group
Bryan is the Chief Operating Officer of The Adler Group, a consulting and training company specializing in hiring process reengineering and recruiter and hiring manager upskilling. He has been consulting and training for the last 19 years with companies as diverse as Bank of New York Mellon, Wells Fargo, Arby's Restaurants, Panda Restaurant Group, REI, and the YMCA of the USA. His previous career includes over 15 years of experience in management, the majority of which has been in high technology sales and marketing. His leadership experience in start-up companies and Fortune 500 companies has provided him with a unique perspective on the issues of hiring top talent.

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Candias Jones - Professional Career Coach, Mutual of Omaha
Candi is a Professional Career and life Coach whose work is focused on inspiring, developing and cultivating a culture of leaders that understand what it means to be personally accountable and committed to both professional and personal growth, no matter the current circumstances or position in life. Candi brings the life lessons and perspectives learned from over a decade of Human Resources experience, including HR consulting, leadership coaching, employee relations and leadership development expertise. Her powerful intuition and ability to meet people where they are has served her well in her profession and has allowed her to successfully shift the mindset of many. Candi created and successfully implemented a career coaching program at Mutual of Omaha and has launched her life coaching business with the sole purpose of determining what really matters to people. She has had the opportunity to speak to many companies around the Omaha and Greater Omaha community and was recently awarded the Greater Omaha Young Professionals Changemaker Award for her commitment to making a different in corporate and community spaces.

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Shavonne Washington-Krauth - Culture & Inclusion Manager, Children's Hospital & Medical Center
Shavonne Washington-Krauth is the inaugural Culture and Inclusion Manager for Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Ms. Washington-Krauth’s responsibilities include the creation and revision of systems, policies, opportunities, and environments in which everyone can not only work, but thrive at a more equitable rate without feeling excluded or marginalized. She also leads the development and implementation of a culture, diversity, and inclusion strategic framework; instigation and supervision of five employee resource groups, and serves as an advisor or subject matter expert on topics regarding the organization’s culture, diversity, and inclusion efforts. Ms. Washington-Krauth holds a bachelor’s degree in exercise science, a master’s degree in health education, is a Prosci-certified Change Management Practitioner, and is a trained facilitator on Everyday Bias in Healthcare, Bridges Out of Poverty, and Bridges to Health and Healthcare. She is a self-proclaimed “Air Force Brat” currently living in Omaha, NE with her husband, two sons, dog, fish, and 4 chickens.

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Andie Gordman - Senior Consultant, SilerStone Group, a HUB International Company
Andie Gordman is a Senior Consultant with SilverStone Group, a HUB International Company. Prior to joining SilverStone Group, Andie held Human Resource Leadership roles where she worked with management teams to implement human resource strategies to increase efficiency and improve the employee experience. Her wide range of experience allows her to help clients see how the human resource function fits within the organization. Andie’s experience has allowed her to learn about the success factors of many industries, including customer service, sales, entertainment and hospitality. She routinely provides advice on all aspects of HR including, recruiting and selection, policy development and compensation analysis. Andie is a member of the Human Resources Association of the Midlands, the Society for Human Resource Management and World at Work. She holds the SPHR, SHRM-SCP and CCP designations.

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Sharon Robino-West - Community Employment Coordinator
Barry L. Wilkinson has spent the last 45 years serving the military services. After retiring from 24 years of active duty in 1996 as an Air Force First Sergeant he eventually returned to government service to work at the Offutt AFB Airman & Family Readiness Center (A&FRC) (formerly the Family Support Center). Barry spent the last 20 years overseeing the Personal Financial Readiness Program, Casualty Support, Department of Defense Transition Assistance Program (TAP), and the Executive and Chiefs TAP until his retirement in November 2017. During his tenure at the A&FRC he created the Offutt AFB Career Fair in partnership with over 250 local, national, and international companies. He is the co-founder of the Excel with a Mentor (EWAM) Program which is now a permanent part of the newly founded non-profit “Boots & Suits United, Inc. Inc.” Barry holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources and Associates in Personnel Management along with national certification as an Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC®) through the Association of Financial, Counseling, and Planning Education (AFCPE).

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Derek Bellinger - Relationship Manager, LinkedIn
As a Relationship Manager at LinkedIn, Derek serves as the client partner and consultant for multiple customer accounts. It is his job to ensure that clients have the resources, knowledge and support to achieve a significant return on their LinkedIn investment. More simply put, he shows his customers how to leverage resources that are changing the world by connecting talent with opportunity at massive scale.