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People First: Elevating Talent for the Future

OCTOBER 06 - 07, 2026

NEW YORK MARRIOTT AT THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

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People First: Elevating Talent for the Future will equip you with the insights, strategies, and innovative thinking needed to design future-proof, sustainable people strategies that thrive in an era of constant transformation.

Who Should Attend

C-suite executives, CHROs, Chief Learning Officers, and senior leaders in:

Employee Engagement & Experience
Human Resources & Organizational Development
Learning & Development
People Analytics & HR Technology
Transformation & Workforce Strategy
Compensation Committees, Talent Management, and Talent Acquisition
Workforce Planning & Sustainability

Contact Us

Speaking Opportunities: speaking@tcb.org
Sponsorship Opportunities: sponsor@tcb.org
Marketing Partnerships: eventmktg@tcb.org
Group Registrations: Ulei Kou (ukou@tcb.org)

Past Speakers

Maral Kazanjian Maral Kazanjian

Chief People Officer
Moody’s Corporation

Fidelis Igiehon Fidelis Igiehon

Head of Global Compensation & Employee Programs
Netflix

Dani Monaghan Dani Monaghan

Senior Vice President of Global Talent Enablement
Expedia Group

Tina Gupta Tina Gupta

Senior Vice President, Head of Talent Management
New York Life Insurance Compan…

Sachin Jain Sachin Jain

Managing Director, Global Head of Talent Strategy
Citi

Brad Haime Brad Haime

Global Head of Learning and Leadership Development
Experian

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Dr. Mayer Bellehsen

AVP, Director of the Center for Traumatic Stress, …
Northwell Health

Elizabeth Carley

Head of Total Rewards
Chobani

Stacy Delapenha

Vice President, Apprenticeship and Employer Engage…
Strada Education Foundation

Mark Englizian

Former CHRO, Walgreens
Author, Stakeholders

Ruth Ferguson

Executive Vice President and Head of Human Resourc…
Wells Fargo

Justin Fossbender

Senior Vice President, Head of Human Resources
Blueprint Medicines

Dr. Natasha Hepburn, EdD

Sr. Director of Enterprise Leadership Development
Cigna Healthcare

Matt Juniper

CEO
Praxis

John Korinek, PhD

Co-Founder, President & CEO
PartnerComm

Spring Lacy

Vice President and Global Head of Talent Acquisiti…
Verizon

Nikki Wan

Senior Director of Health and Welfare
Omnicom

John Mitchell

President & CEO, Global Electronics Association
Author, Fire Your Hiring Habit…

Farah Mohiuddin

Senior Strategic Leader
Forage (a Seramount Solution)

Rumbi Petrozzello

Head of Strategy, Consulting
Seramount

Heather Powell

Senior Vice President, Business Transformation Off…
Marriott International

Subba Lakshmi Ramaswamy

Managing Director
Accenture

Danelle McCusker

Danelle McCusker Rees

President, Human Resources and Operational Trainin…
UPS

Anna Liza Rodriguez

Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Nursin…
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Rosie Sargeant

Principal
Boston Consulting Group

Juliet Schor

Economist and Professor of Sociology, Boston Colle…
Author, Four Days a Week

Adam Schreiber

Senior Director, Head of Transformations, Change &…
Pepsico

Eric Severson

Executive Coach & Consultant
Severson & Associate

Khalil Smith

Vice President, Inclusion, Diversity, and Engageme…
Akamai Technologies

David Suarez

Co-founder and Co-Chief Creative Officer
Bandits & Friends

Kaushik Viswanath

Features Editor
MIT Sloan Management Review

Heather Wollerman

Vice President, Talent Management & Chief Culture …
McGraw Hill

Jill Wrobel

Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources…
Brunswick Corporation

Michelle Blieberg

Program Director, Leadership & Executive Developme…
The Conference Board

Erka Amursi

Principal Researcher, Human Capital
The Conference Board

Jeremy Eskenazi

Program Director, Talent Acquisition Business Coun…
The Conference Board

Robin Erickson, Ph.D.

Head of Human Capital Research
The Conference Board

Melissa Fisher, PhD

Distinguished Principal Research Fellow, Human Cap…
The Conference Board

Lisa Hunter

Senior Fellow and Program Director
The Conference Board

Elson Kuriakose

Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Coherent Corp.

Barbara J. Lombardo, Ph.D.

Program Director, Distinguished Principal Research…
The Conference Board

Matthew Maloof

Researcher, Human Capital Center
The Conference Board

Rita Meyerson, EdD

Principal Researcher, Human Capital
The Conference Board

Dana M. Peterson

Chief Economist
The Conference Board

Diana Scott

U.S. Human Capital Center Leader
The Conference Board

Edward Stanworth

Senior Fellow, Human Capital
The Conference Board

Nicole C. Jackson, PhD

Distinguished Principal Research Fellow, Human Cap…
The Conference Board

Hy Pomerance, Psy.D.

Senior Partner
Berman Leadership Development

Michael Molinaro

Senior Partner
Berman Leadership Development

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Lead Sponsor

Aon - People First (Lead)

Supporting Sponsor

Valence - People First (Supporting)

Exhibitor

Inclusive Leadership Compass

Participating Sponsor

Herron Palmer/B rown & Brown Participating Sponsor

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