2010 Government Talent Management Summit

Angie has dedicated 29 years to public service, with 26 of those years in human resources. She was selected for the Senior Executive Service in October 2007. As the Deputy Associate Director for Recruitment and Diversity, she overseas OPM's diversity and inclusion initiatives, hiring, classification, and recruitment policy, student programs, including the Presidential Management Fellows Program, and USAJOBS, the Federal Government's one-stop source for jobs and employment information. Recruitment and Diversity provides Federal-wide policy to almost 2 million Federal employees and over 11 million Americans seeking employment opportunities with the Federal government.Angie began her career with the Social Security Administration. She later worked for the Department of Defense in several different components and Defense agencies. She has served in many roles, including Budget Analyst, Labor Relations Officer, and prior to leaving DoD as the Director of Human Resources for the Defense Contract Management

Mr. Baker is currently the Acting Chief Learning Officer at the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) University and is responsible for aligning workforce development programs and investments to the Department's mission and strategic goals across all HHS' Operating Divisions, such as Center for Disease Control, Indian Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, and National Institutes of Health. Mr. Baker has over 15 years of human capital and workforce development experience in both the private and public sector and as an Executive Consultant, Learning Strategic Advisor and Project Manager. Prior to his role at HHS, he served as the State Training Director in charge of workforce development for the Virginia Department of Social Services and has led numerous internal consulting engagements across the Federal government for small, medium and large-sized workforces ranging from 5,000 to in excess of 75,000 at agencies, such as the Department of Justice, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security and FEMA (U.S. Fire Academy). Mr. Baker holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from Columbia College and a Master of Arts Degree in Human Resources Management from The Catholic University of America in Washington DC.

Suzy Barker was appointed Director of Human Resources for the U.S. Department of Labor in May 2008. Over her 30-year career in government, Ms. Barker has served in every aspect of Federal human resources (HR) management and has worked for other agencies in addition to Labor, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Office of Personnel Management.While at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Ms. Barker served as Director, Staffing Policy, and Manager, Recruiting, Examining and Qualifications Group. Among her major accomplishments at OPM are the development of the original Federal regulations concerning Student Loan Repayment and of the Federal Career Intern Authority, an innovative approach that has found wide success across all government agencies. She also directed the development of regulations stemming from the Department of Homeland Security Act, including those pertaining to Category Rating, Direct Hire Authority, and Voluntary Early Retirement Authority.Ms. Barker took charge of human resources policy and accountability at the Department of Labor in 2003. Her highlight accomplishments include the revitalization of the Department's human resources management accountability program; the resolution of policy issues associated with the automation of staffing procedures; the development of the Department's competency-based human resources system; and leading the attainment of one of the highest scores among Federal agencies on OPM's Performance Appraisal Assessment Tool. She also served as the Department's Competitive Sourcing Placement Official.In her current position as HR Director, Ms. Barker serves as the principal advisor to Department of Labor executives and senior agency managers on the impact of policies, proposals, and decisions on the strategic management of human capital including the Department's planned transition to an HR Shared Service Provider.

Maria-Paz Barrientos is a Partner with IBM Global Business Services, and leads the corporation's Organization and People Consulting Group for North America. Ms. Barrientos has over 19 years of consulting experience focused in the area of organizational transformation in the areas of human resources, finance and operations. She has performed business transformation projects for a number of organizations, including the US Department of Veterans Affairs, the US House of Representatives, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation, the State of Florida, and FEMA. In addition to her experience in transformation, Ms. Barrientos has also led projects in Strategy Consulting, Knowledge Management and Organizational Change, as well as Disaster Recovery operations. Ms. Barrientos holds a BA from the University of Maryland as well as an MA from the George Washington University.

Wendy Freeman Carr is a Director in Deloitte's Federal Human Capital Service Area and leader of the Federal Organization and Talent Service Line. She supports Federal clients in improving organizational performance by applying effective strategies to leverage and align their workforce. In her 19 years of management consulting experience, she has developed deep knowledge in all aspects of Human Capital Management, including workforce planning, organizational design, competency planning, process improvement, performance management, professional development, performance measurement, training, and Human Resources service delivery improvement/shared services approaches. She has supported clients through the assessment, design, and implementation of Human Capital programs. Her clients have included US Federal government agencies, state and local governments, higher educational institutions, and international governments.

Stacy Chapman co-founded Aruspex in 2003 with the sole purpose of solving the challenge of Strategic Workforce Planning. Stacy is a highly sought after speaker and is quoted and published widely on the future workforce and how to prepare for it, including HR Monthly, IHRIM.link, Human Resource Executive, Human Resources Magazine, Business Review Weekly and other Conference Board events. She has more than fifteen years' experience with HR strategy, including a highly successful role as global product strategy manager for PeopleSoft in California, where she designed and launched world leading software. Stacy has significant experience coaching and consulting with global clients (including Starbucks, Applied Materials, Microsoft, Aetna, ESCO Corporation and many others), as well as facilitating workshops, futuring, and of course workforce planning, about which she is passionate.

Michael DeMarco is the Strategy and Acquisition Team Leader at The Human Capital's Center for Human Capital Excellence (CHCE). As Team Leader for Talent Strategy and Acquisition, he oversees member programming, in-person events and conferences, and Signature Research Reporting. Michael has 19 years of business and consulting experience for leading companies including PricewaterhouseCoopers, General Electric and IBM. He has authored two books and nine white papers. Michael is based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and can be contacted at mike.demarco@hci.org

Jennifer L. Dorn (Jenna) is President and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration, a non-profit organization chartered by Congress and dedicated to improving government. She has been a Fellow of the National Academy since 1992, and previously served on the Academy's Board of Directors.Since becoming President in March 2007, Jenna has led an effort to expand the reach and impact of the organization building partnerships with like-minded non-partisan organizations to tackle important cross-cutting issues of governance and management. For example, with support from the MacArthur Foundation, the National Academy has partnered with the National Academies of Science to develop a fact base and alternative policy scenarios to address the nation's long-term fiscal challenges. In addition, working with a variety of partners in the government and non-profit sector, the National Academy launched The Collaboration Project. This web-based forum gives government leaders throughout the nation and around the world a place to work together to develop best practices, policy guidance and implementation tools that will speed the integration of collaborative technology into the work of government, improve the delivery public services and make government more transparent and accountable to citizens.Jenna has nearly 30 years of management experience, leading multi-billion dollar Federal agencies, as well as start-up and well-established not-for-profit organizations. She has been appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to four senior leadership posts in government. Immediately prior to joining the National Academy, she served as the U.S. representative on the Board of Directors of the World Bank, an institution dedicated to the eradication of poverty through sustainable economic development. Previously, she served as the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, which provides over $7 billion in financial assistance each year to develop new transit systems and to improve, maintain and operate hundreds of existing transit systems throughout the U.S. She has also served as the Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Labor and as the Associate Deputy Secretary of Transportation. Her not-for-profit leadership posts include Senior Vice President of the American National Red Cross, President of the National Health Museum, and service on a number of boards. She is currently a member of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration.Jenna is a graduate of Oregon State University, where she majored in journalism. She earned a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of Connecticut.

Chris is currently the Vice President for Government and Public Sector for Taleo, a role he assumed in January, 2009. He is a member of the Senior Leadership Team and the Business Leaders Team and is responsible for establishing and growing the public sector business for the leader in Talent Intelligence that currently has more than 4500 commercial customers including half of the Fortune 100.Prior to joining Taleo, Mr. Feeley was the Group Director for Global Services at iSoft plc, a clinical health care software company located in Banbury, England. Mr. Feeley was a member of the Executive Operations Board and managed the efforts of iSoft's 1200 developers in Chennai, India and led the group's service organizations in the United Kingdom, India, Germany, the Netherlands, Singapore, Australia and Spain.Prior to iSOFT, Mr. Feeley was the Global Services Group Vice President for Government, Health Care and Education at Oracle and PeopleSoft. While at PeopleSoft, he continually improved performance and customer satisfaction after forming the Education and Government Services organization in 2000. Before PeopleSoft, Mr. Feeley spent 15 years at Electronic Data Systems in a variety of technical and account leadership roles in manufacturing, government and financial services.Mr. Feeley holds Bachelors of Science degrees from the State University of New York and the University of Connecticut.

Shawn Flinn is currently the Director, Human Capital Policy and
Programs, for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In this
capacity, he serves as the Department's principal advisor on human
capital policy overseeing the development and implementation of
corporate policy and programs focusing on workforce planning,
employee selection, compensation, benefits and merit systems
accountability. Mr. Flinn has implemented new approaches to ensure
that DHS has the right people in the right jobs at the right time. His
leadership is helping DHS to achieve hiring targets, integrate workforce
planning in human capital operations, develop career paths and retain
DHS employees. Mr. Flinn previously served as Manager of Workforce Analysis and Selection for DHS, where he oversaw the workforce planning, recruitment and staffing policy function within the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer. Mr. Flinn has been with DHS since its inception in March, 2003, and was part of the original design team for the new DHS Personnel System. He previously served as the Sr. HR Advisor to the Under Secretary, Border and Transportation Security, where he advised the Under Secretary on human capital issues for approximately 110,000 employees within DHS.
Mr. Flinn began his Federal career at the International Broadcasting Bureau (Voice of America)
and he also served at the U.S. Department of Justice. He has over 20 years of human resources
management experience in the military, private sector and the federal civil service, and has
served on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps. He has a Masters of Public Administration from
George Mason University, and a Bachelors of Science in Public Administration from George
Mason University. His professional affiliations include the International Personnel Management
Association and the Human Resources Planning Society.

Lieutenant General Benjamin C. Freakley assumed command of U.S. Army Accessions Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia, on 18 May 2007, consisting of
U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, KY; U.S. Army Cadet Command,
Fort Monroe, VA; and U.S. Army Accessions Support Brigade, Fort Knox, KY.  Additionally, General Freakley exercises Department of the Army directed executive agent authority over the United States Military Entrance Processing Command, North Chicago, IL, and executive oversight of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Human Capital Enterprise Board.  He is responsible for meeting Accessions goals for officer and enlisted personnel, managing and conducting Recruiting operations, developing Accessions policy, developing direct commission and appointment policy, and overseeing Accessions programs.General Freakley is from Woodstock, Virginia.  He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1975 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, Infantry, Regular Army.  He has a Masters of Military Art and Science Degree in Operations.  His military schooling includes the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, British Long Armor/Infantry Course, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, School of Advanced Military Studies, and the Army War College.General Freakley served as a Rifle Platoon Leader, Scout Platoon Leader, and Rifle Company Commander in the 506th Parachute infantry Regiment (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell from 1976-1979.  After the Advanced Course, he served as Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, Military District of Washington.  In Germany, he served as a Fielding Officer for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and as Headquarters and Headquarters Company Commander, and Battalion S3 in the 2d Battalion, 30th Infantry (Mechanized).From 1988-1992, General Freakley served in the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) as the G3 War Plans Officer and during Operation DESERT SHIELD as the Battalion Executive Officer of the 3d Battalion, 7th Infantry. In Operation DESERT STORM, he was the S3 for the 1st Brigade, 24th ID (M). After redeployment to Fort Stewart, he became the Brigade Executive Officer.From 1992 to 1994, he commanded 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood Texas. General Freakley served as the G3, 24th ID from 1995-1996.  He then served as the Deputy Chief of Staff, III Corps at Fort Hood.  He commanded the 3d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division from February 1997 to December 1998.He served from January 1999 to June 2000 as Commander, Operations Group, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA.  He followed as the Deputy Director for Operations, National Military Command Center, J3, The Joint Staff, from July 2000 until May 2001.  He became Deputy Director for Joint Warfighting Capabilities Assessment, J8, on The Joint Staff.  In 2002, he joined the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, KY, as the Assistant Division Commander (Support).  He later served as Assistant Division Commander (Operations) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.  From July 2003 to August 2005 he served as Commanding General, U.S. Army Infantry Center/Commandant, U.S. Army Infantry School and Chief of Infantry.  From August 2005 to April 2007 he served as Commanding General, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) at Fort Drum, NY and Commanding General, Combined/Joint Task Force-76, Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan from February 2006 to February 2007.General Freakley's military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (with OLC), Defense Superior Service Medal (with OLC), Legion of Merit (with two OLCs), Bronze Star (with "V" device), Bronze Star (with OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (with nine OLCs), Army Commendation Medal (with "V" device), Army Achievement Medal, State Department Meritorious Honor Award, NATO Meritorious Service Medal, Expert Infantryman's Badge, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Combat Action Badge, Ranger Tab, Parachutist Badge, and Air Assault Badge.General Freakley is married to the former Susan French of Woodstock, Virginia.  They have five sons, three daughters-in-law and three grandsons--Benjamin, Melissa, Ben III and Connor; Stuart, Katie and Daniel; William and Caitlin; Sam; and Andrew. 

Jonathan Gleason serves as the Data Management Team lead for the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) experiment. CERES uses multiple in-orbit instruments on multiple platforms to study the role of clouds and the Earth's energy cycle in global climate change. CERES data products include measurements of both solar-reflected and Earth-emitted radiation and estimates of long and short wave radiation from the top of the Earth's atmosphere to the surface. In this capacity, Mr. Gleason is responsible for the implementation of science algorithms and maintenance of the related CERES calibration, validation, and production software. As a member of the CERES Science Team, Mr. Gleason interacts with CERES working group leads and the Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center to produce, archive, and publically distribute all CERES data products.
Mr. Gleason joined NASA in 2005 through NASA's Cooperative Education program and served as the Lead for Technology and Information Systems and subsequently the Assistant Program Manager for the DEVELOP National Program from 2005 to 2009. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Christopher Newport University and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Old Dominion University.

Michael Hager, Consultant, Enterprise Resource Performance, Inc; Senior Fellow, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security at George Mason UniversityPrior to his position as consultant at Enterprise Resource Performance, Inc, and Senior Fellow Mr. Hager was appointed by President Bush Acting Director for the Office of Personnel Management and prior to that position was Senate confirmed as Assistant Secretary for Human Resources at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Before joining VA, Hager was Associate Administrator in the Office of Capital Access for the Small Business Administration (SBA). He was responsible for the management and oversight of SBA's principal lending, international trade, surety bond, and venture capital programs. Hager managed SBA's $80 billion loan and investment portfolio which guarantees millions of dollars in small business loans each year. In 2006, he received the Small Business Champion Award from the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders.Prior to joining the SBA, Hager served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for one of the 25 largest corporations in the world, the Federal Home Loan and Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). Freddie Mac plays a fundamental role in the American housing finance system linking domestic and global capital markets.Hager is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in corporate America where he worked for a number of complex and large organizations. He served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Russell Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia, and for 15 years as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Bank One Corporation in Columbus, Ohio. During his tenure, Bank One grew from 7,000 to more than 50,000 employees to become a top financial services institution.A native of Princeton, West Virginia, Hager holds a degree in Business Administration from Bluefield State College.Mr. Hager is married to the former Donna Farley and has two sons, Mitch and Dr. Christopher Hager.

Garth Henning is a NASA engineer and policy analyst who works at NASA Headquarters on the Space Shuttle team, within the Space Operations Mission Directorate. As an engineer, he has worked on ground software for various earth and space science spacecraft. As a policy analyst, he has worked on various strategic planning and space architecture studies in support of Agency-level decisions. In particular, Garth has provided a bridge between the technical planning community and the human capital community to help develop long-term strategies to ensure NASA has the future talent it needs to conduct the missions asked of it.

Kimberly serves as the Assistant Commissioner for Management with overall responsibility and oversight of all management areas for FDA to include, Human Capital and Management Programs, Shared Services, Business Process Improvement, Ethics, FOIA, Dockets Management, and the White Oak Consolidation.Kimberly is a graduate of the University of the District of Columbia with a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration. She has served as a Human Resource professional for most of her career in a variety of positions. Kimberly began her federal career in 1984 with the Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). In 1995 she transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where she served in a variety of positions to include HR Specialist in the Office of Human Resources and Management Services (OHRMS) servicing the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH); Staffing Policy Specialist in the Division of Recruitment and Staffing, OHRMS; Deputy Director of Recruitment and Staffing overseeing the Delegated Examining Unit, OHRMS; and Human Resource Officer for the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) and the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR). In September 2003, Kimberly was named Interim Director for the FDA Office of Human Resources. In this capacity, she was instrumental in coordinating the DHHS HR Consolidation. In 2004, Kimberly served as the Director, Office of Management Programs where she provided leadership and direction for several Agency-wide programs that include Competitive Sourcing, Ethics and Standards of Conduct, Dockets, Freedom of Information, Commissioned Corps Liaison, Peer Review, and Workforce Programs. In 2005, Kimberly was detailed to serve as the Deputy to the Associate Commissioner for Management and CFO as the Acting Assistant Commissioner for Management.

Jody Hudson currently serves as the Chief Learning Officer for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) where he has held that position since May, 2009. Mr. Hudson is the responsible executive for the full breadth of organizational and workforce learning and development programs at NRC. Prior to that, he served for four years as the Chief Learning Officer at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). At DOE he had executive responsibility for organizational learning and development, recruiting and internships, and human capital business automation programs. Prior to joining DOE, Mr. Hudson worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) where he led a variety of regional program management, regulatory, scientific, and administrative programs, including three years executing the responsibilities of Regional Chief Information Officer. While at EPA he earned a an agency Gold Medal Award for his work in training and intern program management. He also earned EPA's most prestigious scientific award, the Scientific and Technology Achievement Award.
Throughout his 29 year federal career, he has led a number of organizational change, organizational development, and workforce training programs. He graduated from Missouri State University with a degree in Chemistry. Mr. Hudson has also worked in the private sector.

Ms. Kichak is the Associate Director for Employee Services and the Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) at the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. She assumed that position in January 2010, after serving for more than 4 years as Associate Director for Strategic Human Resources Policy. She is responsible for the design, development, and implementation of innovative, flexible, and merit-based human resources policies for the Federal workforce, including recruitment and hiring, pay, leave, training, work life, and labor relations. She also oversees the procedures for the selection and development of the Government's Senior Executive Service. Her responsibilities include the new Veteran's Outreach initiative and assisting Federal agencies in implementing OPM's policies. As OPM's CHCO, she provides oversight to OPM's own human resources office.Mrs. Kichak has also served as the Deputy Associate Director for Workforce Planning and Policy Analysis. Under her leadership, the Center for Workforce Planning and Policy Analysis conducted statistical analysis and analytical workforce/human resources studies and provided actuarial support for all OPM offices and other central management agencies. The Center initiated the Federal Human Capital Survey, which has provided valuable information to shape the management of the Federal workforce.Previously, starting in November 1987, Mrs. Kichak was the Director of OPM's Office of Actuaries. In that position she was responsible for the planning, direction, and execution of actuarial analyses required for the administration of Federal employee benefits programs, with a primary emphasis on health, life, and long-term care insurance programs. Under her direction, premiums were negotiated with plans that participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, valuations of the Civil Service Retirement System were conducted, premiums for Federal Employees Group Life Insurance were set, and actuarial liabilities were determined and incorporated into the agency's financial statements.In 2008, the American Academy of Actuaries honored Mrs. Kichak with the 2008 Robert J. Myers Award for Public Service for her distinguished contributions as an actuary in public service.In 2003, Mrs. Kichak was awarded the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive for sustained extraordinary accomplishment in the management of Government programs. Mrs. Kichak had previously received the Director's Award for Meritorious Service for her role in the development of a long-term care proposal to protect Federal employees from the financial devastation caused by chronic long-term illness. She served as a member of the White House Task Force on Health Care Reform.Mrs. Kichak graduated summa cum laude from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics. She studied actuarial science at Georgia State University and Loyola College and is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries (A.S.A.) and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (M.A.A.A.).

Susan M. LaChance was named Vice President, Employee Development and Diversity in May 2005. Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President, she has responsibility for the corporate learning strategy, all employee and leadership development, succession planning, equal employment opportunity and diversity initiatives for the United States Postal Service.
Under LaChance's leadership, Employee Development and Diversity's, ED&D, focus is to develop and implement comprehensive plans that align the organization's inclusiveness, learning and development strategies with our corporate vision of growing our business and sustaining a strong and viable Postal Service into the future. ED&D's new learning strategy uses technology and employs a blended approach to deliver targeted and relevant training to improve job skills, support employee development and drive performance. She oversees the Learning Management System (LMS), one of the largest job-training systems in the country. She is responsible for establishing policies and practices that demonstrate the value the Postal Service places on diversity and inclusion in the workplace and the marketplace where our employees and customers feel valued and respected. She ensures that we have developmental programs designed to build a talent pipeline ready to assume leadership roles key to our future success.
LaChance received the Postal Service's prestigious Postmaster General Award in 2004, as well as Vice President Awards in 2001, 2002, and 2004. She earned an undergraduate degree from Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts and a Masters of Arts in organizational management at George Washington University.
LaChance holds the professional certification of Senior Professional in Human Resources and is a member of the Human Resource Planning Society and the American Society of Training and Development.

Denna Lambert has been employed with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center since June 2004 after graduating from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville with a bachelor's degree in business administration. Denna is currently serving as an equal opportunity specialist with program management duties in areas of affirmative employment, retention of individuals with disabilities, and encourages collaborative relationships with center mission directorates. As a recent graduate from George Washington University's Masters in Public Administration program, she hopes to continue developing innovative partnerships with the human capital and technical communities within NASA. Denna has been participating in NASA FIRST which is an agency-level professional development program for GS-11 and GS-12 employees across NASA. She is an active rower with the Capital Adaptive Rowing Program and has started exploring Dragon Boat racing. Denna users a number of assistive technology devices provided by the Computer Electronics Accommodation Program (CAP) and NASA to effectively interact with colleagues and management in a progressive federal environment.

Jen Mason serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Ms. Mason's current responsibilities include overseeing the Government-wide Veterans Employment Initiative. This initiative underscores to federal agencies the importance of recruiting and training veterans, aims to increase the employment of veterans within the Executive Branch, and helps recently hired veterans adjust to service in a civilian capacity. In addition, she is responsible for managing the efforts the administration's Hiring Reform Initiative which is aimed towards improving the timeliness and effectiveness of the federal hiring process. The hiring reform efforts focus on designing and implementing an overall hiring reform plan that produces an understandable and easy-to-use hiring process, ensures the right people are placed in the right jobs and helps agencies accomplish their mission while respecting the merit system principles and veterans preference.Ms. Mason is the OPM representative on the White House Council on Women and Girls whose mission is to provide a coordinated federal response to the challenges confronted by women and girls. Additionally, she works closely with the White House Office to prevent Violence Against Women. Prior to joining the OPM team Ms. Mason served as part of the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee as the Illinois Liaison. She previously served as the Acting State Director and the Director of Constituent Services for President Barack Obama when he was a United States Senator for the State of Illinois from 2005-2008. During her time in the U.S. Senate Ms. Mason's portfolio included Veterans Services and Benefits, Housing and Social Security issues. Ms. Mason first began working for President Obama as his District Director when he first began his political career as Illinois State Senator of the 13th Legislative District on the South Side of Chicago back in 1998. Ms. Mason was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and attended Northern Illinois University where she studied Education and History. She currently resides in the District of Columbia.

William (Billy) P. Milton, Jr., serves as the Deputy Director, Office of Human Resources Management, Departmental Management, U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this position, Billy provides vision and leadership to USDA-wide programs in employee and labor relations, recruitment, diversity, work/life, human resources policy, workforce and succession planning, human resources accountability, human resources enterprise systems, and EEO accountability. In addition, under Billy's leadership, a new enterprise-wide USDA Virtual University has been established.

Prior to serving his current position, Billy served as Assistant Administrator for USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in the Office of Catfish Inspection Programs (OCIP) and, prior to that, as the Assistant Administrator the Office of Management.

As Assistant Administrator for OCIP, he provided executive leadership in establishing, implementing, and overseeing a nationwide program of regulatory oversight and conduct of inspection activities and enforcement of catfish inspection. As Assistant Administrator for FSIS' Office of Management (OM), he was responsible for developing, directing, and coordinating administrative management activities for the Agency regarding human resources management; strategic planning; mediation and work/life services; labor-management relations; litigation; safety and health, equal employment opportunity; civil rights; human capital planning; procurement; budget formulation, presentation, and execution; and financial management.

Billy has also worked with national labor organizations representing Federal sector employees. During the fifteen years in labor organizations, he served as a National Representative, Deputy Director of Membership and Organization, and Director, for Representation and Education. Prior to his work with labor, Billy worked for the U.S. Customs Service.

Janet Murphy is the Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). In her current capacity, Janet oversees merit and DEU staffing, classification, position management, awards program, performance management, personnel security, employee development, compensation, comparability, employee relations, federal and non-federal benefits, payroll and processing. Janet started her career at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Human Resources, as an Employee Relations Specialist. In this position she handled all aspects of employee discipline, arbitrations and agreements, death in service, retirements, workers' compensation cases and other benefit issues as one of two Benefits Specialists serving approximately 3,500 employees. Janet also served as an Administrative Officer for the Assistant Secretary for Finance and Administration, where she handled all personnel matters and the budget for the Office and subordinate offices of Finance, IT, and Budget. Janet moved into the budget arena and became a Budget Director within the VA's Office of Budget. In this position she oversaw a $200 million budget with twelve accounts. Janet also worked as an Administrative Officer for the Department of Agriculture, at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy, where she managed the day-to-day coordination of international meetings, travel, budget, and agency personnel throughout the world. Janet holds a BS in Management, from the University of Maryland.

Jeffrey Neal was appointed in June 2009 by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano as the Department's Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO). Mr. Neal is responsible for the department's recruiting, diversity, learning and development, policies, programs and technology to ensure the Department has the right people in the right jobs at the right time; that the DHS workforce represents the nation we serve; that employees are developed and rewarded; and human capital policies, processes and technology support the Department's ability to fulfill the mission.Mr. Neal has extensive Federal human resources and information technology experience, having served as a career civil servant for 31 years; including 11 years as a career member of the Senior Executive Service. He served as the Chief Human Capital Officer for the 23,000-employee Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) since 2000. At DLA, the U.S. Department of Defense's largest logistics combat support agency, Mr. Neal identified more than $50 million in administrative and operational savings-a transformation that was cited by the Partnership for Public Service as a model for other federal agencies. He created the Enterprise Leader Development Program to address the critical leadership skills required in today's workplace and developed a highly successful agency-wide survey to meet current challenges.Mr. Neal was Deputy Director of Human Resources at the U.S. Department of Commerce from 1998 to 2000, where he replaced multiple staffing systems with a single online system-resulting in improved position fill time, accuracy and accountability. Prior to working at the Department of Commerce, he served as Director of Headquarters Complex Operations from 1997-1998 at DLA and worked as a personnel officer at DLA and the U.S. General Services Administration from 1993 to 1997.He began his career in 1978 with the Department of the Navy as a participant in the Navy's human resources intern program. During his tenure with the Navy, he developed numerous innovative approaches to human resources challenges, including the Navy's first automated reduction in force system and an automated merit staffing system that was selected for Navywide implementation.

Ms. Dolly Oberoi is the founding CEO of C² Technologies, Inc, established in 1989, with 300 employees in 26 locations in the United States. She has been instrumental in C² Technologies rapid growth and in positioning it as the fastest-growing company in the Washington, DC, area, as well as in establishing what many industry analysts recognize as the leading provider of enterprise-wide strategic solutions for federal, defense and corporate clients. She is responsible for the company's overall business strategy, and spends her time in business development, client relations, strategic partnerships, and spearheading funding initiatives.

Ms. Oberoi serves on several academic and corporate boards. She serves as a trustee on George Mason University's board. Ms. Oberoi is frequently quoted in newspapers and magazines, and is also featured on major television networks. She is the recipient of several international awards including the "Women Who Mean Business," and "Pride of India" awards. Under Ms. Oberoi's leadership, the company won Govcon's prestigious "Contractor of the Year" award.

Ms. Oberoi holds a Master's degree from Harvard University, Cambridge, and a Master's degree from the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, Delhi, India.

As an Aerospace Engineer working as a structural analyst at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Norman has contributed to a myriad of projects covering a broad spectrum of the Agency's Strategic Vision and goals. As a structural analyst it is his job to provide timely advice to the mechanical designers of any mission, ensuring that load requirements are met and that upon launch each mission operates in an optimum fashion. Through his analysis work at GSFC, Norman has helped influence the design of many science missions, missions which seek not only to expand humanity's knowledge of the universe, but also the scientific capability of the nation.With both undergraduate and graduate level degrees in Aerospace Engineering, Norman counts working for NASA as both the fulfillment of a dream and a distinct honor and privilege. He has worked on a host of missions at NASA, including the James Webb Space Telescope, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), the Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer Mission (GEMS), and is currently working on the upcoming Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission (MMS) at Goddard.As someone who seeks a challenge and always strives to push the boundaries of what they know and what they can learn, working at GSFC has been a tremendous technical and professional experience for Norman. Not many people can say that they work with some of the brightest people on the planet and that they help design, analyze, manufacture and test hardware that eventually launches into space. He is afforded this opportunity every day, and for that he is infinitely grateful.

Edward (Ed) Powell is Vice President of Strategy for Monster Government Solutions (MGS). As such, he is responsible for technical project/program management of current initiatives within Monster Government Solutions. This includes responsibility for interpreting and translating federal requirements for Monster's product management and development staff and advising on product and solution strategy.He joined MGS in April 2004, coming from PeopleSoft where he worked for three years in human capital management product strategy, federal industry consulting and PeopleSoft application sales.

Ed is retired from the federal government and spent most of his long career managing HR, payroll and reporting systems for the Department of the Treasury. In addition to being accountable for paying Treasury's 160,000 employees every two weeks, he represented Treasury on many government-wide boards, committees and bodies, including OPM's Personnel Automation Council (PAC) and its successor, the Human Resources Automation Council (HRAC).His accomplishments included Executive Sponsorship of the "Digital OER Project" which because OPM's HRDN and, later, eHRI. Also, with USDA's CFO, he promoted a government-wide Payroll Task Force that was originally intended to yield a standard "federal payroll policy structure" in government but evolved into eGov's "ePayroll" effort. Other accomplishments include co-authoring OPM's Humans Resources Management Systems Requirements Study, OPM's Payroll/Personnel Cross-Servicing Guide, and managing two Treasury efforts to settle bureau differences and decide upon enterprise-wide systems for the Department.Ed is a graduate of the University of Maryland where he awarded a B.S. in Business Administration and an M.B.A.

Lindsay Rogers serves as the Assistant Program Manager for the DEVELOP National Program, a NASA Science Mission Directorate, Applied Sciences training and development program.In this capacity, Ms. Rogers is responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, and budgeting for DEVELOP activity at nine national locations. Her responsibilities include oversight of DEVELOP activities that involve over 20 mentors and scientists, who oversee approximately 250 students annually conducting global applied science research projects. Ms. Rogers works with the scientific and state and local government communities to ensure that research projects respond to community requirements. She ensures that applied science research results are targeted to serve as decision support tools for state and local governments, with outcomes demonstrated at major national and international community and scientific forums.Ms. Rogers joined NASA in 2006 through NASA's Cooperative Education program, and served in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer at NASA's Langley Research Center from 2008 to 2010. Ms. Rogers received a bachelor's and master's degrees in Business Administration from Campbell University in North Carolina.

Mrs. Seckinger serves at the Workforce and Career Development Officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Human Capital Management Office. She provides leadership, guidance, consultation and technical assistance on Strategic Human Capital Management through planning, policy and program development. She collaborates closely with senior management teams to achieve agency goals and objectives and serves on the Excellence and Learning Council to liaison with other centers/offices on cross-agency workforce and career development activities.
Mrs. Seckinger has 25 years of Federal experience concentrated in human resources and career development. Ms. Seckinger served as the CDC Organizational Improvement Lead for the Office of the Chief Operating Officer. In this capacity, she worked closely with all of the business offices to help transition more than 3,200 employees and associated budget and resources into the new organizational structure. While in human resources, she worked as the Principal Advisor to the Director. In this role, she provided advisory services on human resource solutions to organizational business needs and strategic human capital planning. She also served as a Senior Human Resources Specialist developing performance metric tracking systems; workforce and buyout plans; internal operating procedures and policies; and training courses. Prior to this position, she had oversight responsibility for an office responsible for processing personnel actions; retirement and benefits; personnel security; and payroll activities.
Since Ms. Seckinger came to CDC in 1997, she has had the opportunity to serve as a key advisor and/or project lead on numerous enterprise-wide system implementations such as Capital HR (PeopleSoft), HHS Careers (QuickHire), and UFMS (Oracle). Her experience includes designing systems based on business requirements and identifying and addressing the "people and organizational" implications associated with the implementation of major technology, process and organizational transformation. Her most recent endeavor involved leading a team to design, develop and implement an Online Recruitment Guide tool for managers.
Mrs. Seckinger has worked for several other Federal agencies during her career including the Department of Army, Fort Benning, GA; US Army Missile Command, Huntsville, AL; and the Veterans Administration, Atlanta, GA in various positions.
Dawn earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management and an Associate Degree in Business Administration from Troy State University.

As a trend consultant and presenter for the Intelligence Group (IG), a division of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Wilson makes sense of the marketing implications of the trends and social movements affecting youth culture. IG's clients include many of the world's premier consumer brands, including Visa, GAP, Nordstrom, Adidas and Microsoft, to name a few.Wilson Standish has worked in social media marketing for the last six years, including work for corporations, academic organizations and artists as well as for e-commerce sites, online magazines and blogs. He has consulted on site usability, rebranded websites and journals, new technology trends and has conducted web trend analyses. He graduated from the University of Denver's communication department, where he held a chair on the Student Media Board.

Saundra Stisher joined the TSA HRAccess Program at inception bringing with her over 20 years of executive level management experience leading complex organizations and programs. Throughout her career, Saundra has performed in senior level strategic roles supporting business operations and technology with oversight for large multi-million dollar organizations and programs. She previously served as Deputy Program Manager on TSA's HR contract for Recruiting and Hiring, Director of Professional Services for Monster Government Solutions, and is currently the Director of Recruiting and Hiring Services on the HRAccess program. In this role, her responsibility includes oversight for the recruiting and hiring of all positions within TSA.

Dr. George L. Tanner is a member of the career Senior Executive Service and currently serves as
the Chief Learning Officer for the Department of Homeland Security. In this role, he is
responsible for providing high quality training, education and professional development programs
under the banner of the DHS Homeland Security University System to the DHS workforce. Since
joining the Department in 2004, he has served in several positions of increasing responsibility
including Chief Learning Officer for the Directorate for Preparedness, Director for Training and
Education of the Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, and Director
for Training, Education and Recruitment Programs in the Office of Information Analysis.
Dr. Tanner is a retired active-duty Army officer. He spent the majority of his last decade of
military service at the National Defense Intelligence College serving in a variety of positions,
including Professor of Strategic Intelligence, Associate Dean for College Programs, Senior Army
Advisor, and Academic Department Chairman. He also served as an adjunct professor on the
faculty of American Military University (AMU) from 2000 to 2005.
Dr. Tanner holds Masters and Doctoral level degrees in Political Science. He also graduated with
"Highest Distinction" and received the Directors Award for Academic Excellence from the Naval
War College, from which he also holds a Masters Degree in National Security Studies. Notably,
Dr. Tanner's dissertation entitled The Problem of World Order When the World is Your Village
Versus Your Globe is listed by Proquest, the worlds largest dissertation service and online data
provider, as being on their best seller list five times since 1997--three as the #1 best selling
dissertation in North America--an unprecedented accomplishment according to Proquest.
Dr. Tanner has received numerous awards for exceptional performance during his civilian and
military careers including the Department of Homeland Security 2007 "Secretary's Team Award"
for his leadership in establishing the DHS Homeland Security University system, the U.S. Army's
Legion of Merit and several Defense Meritorious Service and Army Meritorious Service medals.
He is also the recipient of the Robert D. Beland Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching
recognizing him as the National Defense Intelligence College's Outstanding Faculty Member for
1996-97. He is married to Tanya M. (Wenzel) Tanner, who serves at the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA). George and Tanya reside in Alexandria, Virginia and have two children-Richard and Andrew.

Anne Weisberg is a Director in the Deloitte US firms' Talent organization and a specialist in the field of gender and generational diversity, inclusion and work/life integration. Most recently, Anne co-authored the best-selling book, Mass Career Customization: Aligning the Workplace with Today's Nontraditional Workforce (HBS Press, 2007), and helped lead the internal implementation of MCC, a signature initiative of Deloitte's Talent agenda. She served on the National Advisory Commission to Workplace Flexibility 2010, a national campaign to promote flexibility as the new normal of the 21st century workplace. She is also a co-author of Paths to Power: Advancing Women in Government, and serves on the Board of the Forte Foundation, a consortium of companies and top business schools whose mission it is to inspire women to careers in business.Prior to joining Deloitte, Ms. Weisberg was a Senior Director in the Advisory Services practice at Catalyst, where she advised clients on gender diversity strategies. Ms. Weisberg directed a large-scale study of women in the legal profession, Women in Law: Making the Case (Catalyst 2001). She is also co-author of Everything a Working Mother Needs to Know (Doubleday 1994). Before writing the book, Ms. Weisberg practiced law in New York and clerked for a federal judge in Chicago.Ms. Weisberg received her Bachelor of Science Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley and her Juris Doctor cum laude from Harvard Law School. She and her husband live in Manhattan and have five children between them.