WECon 2023 Keynote Speakers
Lynne Roberts
From Sallahs to Short Rounds: Building a "Sweet" Team
Lynne Roberts is the head coach of the University of Utah women’s basketball program. She has been coach...
Katey Connell
The Adventure That Is or Isn't DEI
Katey is a thought leader behind recruiting and hiring top talent at her day job, and has chosen to go against...
Conlon Bonner
The Adventure That Is or Isn't DEI
Conlon Bonner, CEO of CULTIVATE | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, is a renowned DEI consultant. He advises e...
Randall K. Edwards
Raiders of the HR Ark: Escaping the 10 Fatal Mistakes Employers Make with their Employees
Randall K. Edwards is a trial attorney, licensed in Utah, Nevada, California and Arizona, in which states he h...
Erin Stafford
Escape the Trap: Break Free from Burnout and Transform Your Life
Erin Stafford is a marketing guru, burnout survivor, hyper-growth business leader and social psychologist. Fro...
Breakout Speakers
Culture & Recruiting
Jared Rockwood
I Hate Big Snakes and I Cannot Lie: Deception Detection Tips and Tricks
Prior to entering the field of polygraph Jared Rockwood, LCSW spent the majority of his adult life dedicated t...
Matt R. Vance
The Hiring Quest in the Age of Showcased Company Culture
Matt R. Vance is a social innovator. He is the Co-Founder & CEO of Mobrium, the employer reputation compan...
Tegan Nardone
Your Talent Acquisition Strategy Belongs in a Museum
A revolutionary thinker, Tegan maintains a relentless stance that there is always a new way to approach the ch...
Katie Christensen
Roll for Initiative: Leveling Up to Lead Remote Work Heroes
Katie Christensen is a Program Coordinator for the Remote Online Initiative Program. Katie has a Bachelor of F...
Steven J. Smith, SHRM-CP, PHR
Uncovering the Relic of Talent: Expedition into the Artifacts of Applicant Allure
Steve will be the first to tell you that recruiting is marketing. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance...
Jared Olsen
Adventure Awaits: Coach Like Indy — Unearth RESPECT Styles for Transformation!
Jared Olsen is a father, husband, entrepreneur, workplace culture enthusiast, millennial, and Nacho Libre love...
Matt Brown
Adventure Awaits: Coach Like Indy — Unearth RESPECT Styles for Transformation!
Matt Brown focuses on earning and development, training, project management, recruiting, teaching conflict res...
Rob Shallenberger
The Quest for What Matters Most: Unearth Your Time Mastery
Rob is one of the world’s leading authorities on leadership and execution. He’s trained and coached hundre...
Brenda Anderson
The Next Crusade: Talent Strategies to Survive and Thrive with Gen Z
Brenda Anderson has been a business professional for more than 20 years as a brand developer and creative mark...
Leah Lobato
Utilizing Utah Inclusive Workplace Disability: What HR and Supervisors Need to Know
Leah Lobato is the Director of the Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and Busine...
Craig Lloyd
Navigating the Employee Lifecycle with Job Fit as your Guide
With true passion and engaging confidence, Craig helps companies create authentic programs that foster strong ...
Lisa Duckworth, MSML, SPHR
“Let’s Get Dangerous!” 15 Things Military Veterans Want You to Know
Lisa D. Duckworth, MSML, SPHR, Army veteran, HR Leader, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEI&am...
Comp & Benefits
Beca Mark
"I'm Making This Up as I Go”: Taking the Guesswork out of Pay Transparency and Equity
Beca Mark is the CEO and Founder of Megastar HR, an HR consulting and outsourcing firm located in Sandy, UT, a...
Taya Wallace
"I'm Making This Up as I Go”: Taking the Guesswork out of Pay Transparency and Equity
Taya Wallace is Director of Compensation for Megastar HR, where she partners with company executives and HR/pe...
Paul Coles
Navigating the Seas of Social Security
Paul A. Coles is the founder and CEO of Alliance Wealth Advisors, a leading financial advisory firm specializi...
Noella Sudbury
Unearthing New Beginnings: Criminal Record Expungement and Workforce Development
Noella is the CEO and founder of Rasa, a mission-driven legal tech startup on a mission to make the process of...
Chad Horne, CPWA
Indiana Jones and the Quest for Wealth: Unraveling the Basics of Investing
Chad switched career paths after hiring a financial planner and learning the benefits of long-term planning. I...
Chauna King
Indiana Jones and the Quest for Wealth: Unraveling the Basics of Investing
Chauna started her journey in the financial industry at a young age as a teller at the local bank. She fell in...
Chad Carlson
The Journey of Medical Underwriting on Your Benefits
Chad has been with Gallagher since 2013 and is involved in strategic consulting and analysis for large clients...
Albert Foster
Paper, I Hate Paper (Performance Evaluations)
CEO Albert Foster (MHR, SPHR) is an HR professional and the Founder and CEO of Express Evaluations. His passio...
Sterling Oaks
Quest for Elite Expedition of Benefits: Unveiling Best-In-Class Insights to Empower Your Company
Sterling currently serves as the Area Senior Vice President in Salt Lake City, Utah office for Gallagher. He b...
Marcie McRoberts
Get Your Employees Enrolled & Engaged: Mastering Electronic Open Enrollment Education
Marcie brings nearly 30 years of insurance industry expertise and experience. She joined the GBS Benefits team...
Riley Nelson
Get Your Employees Enrolled & Engaged: Mastering Electronic Open Enrollment Education
Riley Nelson is an Employee Benefits Consultant based in Salt Lake City. As a consultant at GBS, Riley has exp...
Employment Law
Kimball Parker
State Employment Laws and the Regulations of Doom: Unearthing the Secrets of Hiring Employees in New States
With remote work, employees are all over the nation. Without a clear, up-to-date map of employment law, you ca...
Paul Smith
Onboarding Unscathed: Navigating Hazards While Interviewing, Hiring, and Welcoming Employees
Planning how to manage a company’s workforce and IP can take many forms. From a workforce standpoint, Paul w...
Elena Vetter
Onboarding Unscathed: Navigating Hazards While Interviewing, Hiring, and Welcoming Employees
Elena defends employers in cases involving discrimination, harassment, civil rights, wage and overtime pay, an...
Mark Tolman
Indiana Jones and the Statute of Protection: Unveiling the New Workplace Violence Protective Order Law
Mark is co-chairperson of the Employment and Labor practice team at Parsons Behle & Latimer. Mark helps hi...
Sean A. Monson
Indiana Jones and the Statute of Protection: Unveiling the New Workplace Violence Protective Order Law
Sean Monson is the chairperson of the firm’s Employment, Labor & Immigration Law practice teams. He defe...
Christina Jepson
Indiana Jones and the DEI Crusade
For the past 27 years, Christina has partnered with large and small companies to solve their labor and employm...
Mike O’Brien
Indiana Jones and the DEI Crusade
A seasoned attorney with nearly four decades of experience, Michael partners with employers in many industries...
Jonathan Driggs
Hacking Through the Ever-Expanding Employment Law Jungle: The PWFA and Beyond!
Jonathan K. Driggs, Attorney at Law, has nearly 30 years of experience focused exclusively on the practice of ...
George McEwan
The Ark of AI and How to Not Melt Your Face
George McEwan is a multi-disciplined engineer and inventor credited with several US patents. As a husband, fat...
David C. Castleberry
How to Navigate a Path through the Jungles of the ADA
David C. Castleberry represents and counsels clients in a broad range of issues arising out of labor and emplo...
Mitch Longson
The Severance Agreement Snake Pit: Best Practices and Avoiding Danger in a Rapidly Changing Legal Environment
Mitch Longson is a Salt Lake City-based employment lawyer and commercial litigator. Mitch conducts independent...
HR Essentials
Clay Johnson, CCP, SHRM-SCP
The Changing Compensation Landscape: Traversing a New Terrain
Clay Johnson leads the Total Rewards & Compensation Consulting practice at GBS. Prior to GBS, he built and...
Heather Anderson
Crystal Skulls Aren’t Crystal Balls: A Beginner’s Guide to HR
Heather is an experienced HR and Employee Relations professional with a strong background in compliance. Heath...
Monserrat Wahl
Indiana H.R. Jones and the Small Employer Expedition
Monserrat Wahl is a Lead Client Manager with nearly 5 years of dedicated experience in the field. Fluent in bo...
Shannon Taylor
It’s Not a Secret Society — It’s SHRM!
Doug Castillo has devoted over a decade researching the human operating system; why people do (or don’t ...
Sharad Jones, PhD
Dr. Jones Presents: IA vs AI: Intelligence Augmentation as a Framework for Leveraging AI in HR
Dr. Sharad Jones draws on his industry and academic background as a Professional Practice Assistant Professor ...
Sherie Dearth
Indiana H.R. Jones and the Small Employer Expedition
Sherie Dearth is a seasoned professional with nearly four decades of service in the ever-evolving realm of hea...
Stacee Pedersen
Career Raiders: Forge Your Path — Indiana Jones Style
Stacee is an experienced professional with over 20 years of experience leading organizations through growth, h...
Public Sector
Mikel Birch
HR Jones and the Alternative Futurist: Liberating Public Sector HR from Bureaucratic Antiquities
Mikel Birch has dedicated her career to public service. She currently serves as the Director of Human Resource...
Jill Tew
HR Jones and the Alternative Futurist: Liberating Public Sector HR from Bureaucratic Antiquities
Jill Tew is an HR Generalist and EEO Investigator for Davis County in Farmington, Utah. With over 20 years of ...
ShayAnn Baker
"X Never, Ever Marks the Spot": Making Innovative Solutions Stick
ShayAnn Baker is the proud overseer of Return Utah, the first public career reentry program in the country. Sh...
Douglas Castillo
Navigating Trust & Psychological Safety: The Archaeology of Effective Supervision
Doug Castillo has devoted over a decade researching the human operating system; why people do (or don’t ...
Mary Van Buren
Navigating Trust & Psychological Safety: The Archaeology of Effective Supervision
Mary Van Buren has a passion for helping people learn about themselves and how that translates into their perf...
Nancy Arenas
HR Explorers: Decoding the Lost Arc of a Thriving Career
Nancy Arenas is an Area Vice President within Gallagher’s Human Resources and Compensation Consulting practi...
Rick Murdock
Employee Engagement: Dialing in Destiny
Rick Murdock is a leadership specialist in the Leadership and Organizational Development group at the State of...
Weslie Porter, MPA
Expedition EDIA: Operationalize EDIA for the Public Sector
Weslie M. Porter was born in San Diego, California, and raised in Vernal, Utah. Currently a Major in the Uta...
Tara Connolly
Trust in the Public Sector and the Quest for Psychological Safety
Tara started her undergraduate work at Southern Utah University, completing her Bachelors in Business Manageme...
Speak at WECon 2024
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If you’re interested in speaking at the Work Elevated Conference in 2024, get in touch using the form below. If a good fit, we will keep your contact information on hand and invite you to complete a Speaker Application in early 2024.
