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• Kristin Austin

  at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  Topic:
  Higher education, diversity, equity, and inclusion

  Objectives:
  additional topics: higher education, college student affairs, college access and success, parental involvement in higher education, equity and inclusion

  Benefit to audience:
  high energy, very engaging speaker! Leaves audiences wowed and challenged!

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• Michael Avila

  at Fisher Phillips

  Topic:
  Legal implications of hiring and managing globally, including contracts and tax.

  Objectives:
  Mike is a global employment and trade secrets attorney. He advises clients on virtually all aspects of global workforce management. These issues range from basic employment contract drafting, to complex, multi-jurisdictional secondment arrangements, M&A due diligence, and trade secrets protections. He also regularly assists clients embroiled in related cross-border litigation.

  Benefit to audience:
  In today's globally interconnected world, cross-border employment issues play an increasingly prominent role. Mike has a deep understanding of the different cultural and legal approaches to global employment issues in a wide variety of areas, including restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, employee investigations and cross-border litigation. He also has experience in a range of global jurisdictions, from major markets to emerging economies.

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• Art Bacci

  at WSFS Bank

  Topic:
  Wealth management, financial planning

  Objectives:
  Networking, WSFS brand awareness, client referrals

  Benefit to audience:
  Art leads wealth management for the largest locally managed bank in Pennsylvania.

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• Cassandra Bailey

  at Slice Communications

  Topic:
  Integrating Public Relations and Social Media

  Objectives:
  Be able to understand public relations and social media as separate entities as well as how to understand using them together to create a successful business model and campaign.

  Benefit to audience:
  A deeper understanding of each field and how they work together. The benefit will be to implement this business model into companies and businesses to see if integration is correct and helpful for various companies. Another benefit is the deeper understanding of how each is used, as specifically broken down by Slice's business model in the Philadelphia market.

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• Barry Barlow

  at The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBC

  Topic:
  Digital & Print Advertising, Recruitment Advertising

  Objectives:
  Educate businesses of all sizes about digital SEO. SEM, Reputation Management, Social Media, Geo-Fencing, Digital Targeting, Event Sponsorship, and other forms of advertising.

  Benefit to audience:
  Business Owners, Marketing Executives, Human Resources Professionals

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• Steve Barracato

  at Wells Fargo

  Topic:
  Banking, Lending, Treasury Management

  Objectives:
  Assist commercial businesses with their banking needs including loans, cash management, investments, foreign exchange and other financial solutions.

  Benefit to audience:
  Experienced and high-energy banker looking to help.

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• Alex Basilevsky

  at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

  Topic:
  Managing Environmental Risk in Real Estate Transactions And Development

  Objectives:
  Understand the environmental laws applicable to real estate acquisition and development, the common environmental risks developers encounter - particularly in urban environments like Philadelphia, and how to manage and mitigate those risks.

  Benefit to audience:
  Participants will understand the potential environmental challenges associated with commercial real estate development and, most importantly, learn strategies for proactively investigating and addressing those challenges.

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• Whitney Behm

  at Comcast Corporation

  Topic:
  Recruiting, Developing, Hiring, Selecting Talent

  Objectives:
  How to Recruit, Develop, Hire, and Select Talent (specifically in the Technology space)

  Benefit to audience:
  How to Recruit, Develop, Hire, and Select Talent (specifically in the Technology space)

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• Kimberly Blessing

  at Think Company

  Topic:
  "Intrapreneurship" for company leaders; change management; tech related

  Objectives:
  Experience in software development, software architecture, & technology leadership at AOL, PayPal, and Comcast. Strong focus on collaboration, shared knowledge, and building processes and teams which challenge the industry status quo. A leader in both the web standards and technology management arenas, she has contributed to a number of books and spoken at major industry conferences around the world. Kimberly oversees info tech operations.

  Benefit to audience:
  organizations large and small understand how technology and the web can help them best connect with their key audiences

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• Tracy Brown

  at Leadership Solutions, Inc.

  Topic:
  Leadership Development and the Importance of Emotional Intelligence

  Objectives:
  Have a better understanding of EQ versus IQ, and the role emotional intelligence plays in a leader's personal and professional development and overall individual and organizational success.

  Benefit to audience:
  To learn more about one's own tendencies and preferences. To identify strategies for enhancing their EQ as well as members of their team. To engage in discussion with other participants to learn about other preferences and the importance of perspective.

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• Candice Caruso

  at WSFS Bank

  Topic:
  SBA loans, franchise financing, startup and small business funding

  Objectives:
  Networking, WSFS brand awareness, client referrals

  Benefit to audience:
  Over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and 12 years as an innovative business funding expert. She has also been featured on Bloomberg Radio, CNBC’s Closing Bell, The Wall Street Journal and Franchising World, among other media outlets. She is also a Small Business Administration expert for SBA Week.

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• Philip Charron

  at Think Company

  Topic:
  Design Thinking, User Experience, Design Research

  Objectives:
  Think Company is a growing team of business-oriented designers and technologist. Phil is open to speaking on many topics that have come out of our creative economy including: -Implementing and supporting design thinking in your organization -Leading creative teams -Creating business systems for your employees and customers -Effective methods of conducting user experinece -Sustaining a collaborative environment for designers and developers

  Benefit to audience:
  Phil has led teams of designers and technologists since 1995. His talks are engaging, informative, and focused on real-world scenarios. In today's environment, design and technology continue to emerge as the driving force for innovation in organizations large and small. Phil often shares his knowledge and experience from building and supporting teams in large and small organizations.

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• Aimee Cicero

  at Accenture, LLP

  Topic:
  Managing Your Online Reputation

  Objectives:
  “Reputation” has been a buzzword in the industry for several years, but how many companies are actually managing their reputation and managing it well? This panel will look at online reputation and how it can both positively and negatively effect your business and how to leverage your reputation in today’s ever-changing digital landscape.

  Benefit to audience:
  How to approach both a negative and positive review; How to use dissatisfied customers to improve your product or services; Making sure that your customer service team acts as an ally for the customer, not an opponent;

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• John Clatworthy

  at WSFS Bank

  Topic:
  retail cash logistics, employee theft, cash connect

  Objectives:
  Networking, WSFS brand awareness, client referrals

  Benefit to audience:
  John runs the Cash Connect division at WSFS, a service that provides those safes you often see under the counter at convenience stores and most retail stores.

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• Janelle Coluccio

  at Lincoln Financial Group

  Topic:
  digital transformation, financial services marketing, finance industry, D&I

  Objectives:
  campus to career, young professional success, overcoming obstacles in a professional setting, innovation in financial marketing

  Benefit to audience:
  Learn from my experiences in the workforce, through marketing, digital transformation, and D&I

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• Jay Devine

  at Devine + Partners

  Topic:
  Crisis Communications, Marketing Your Business, Corporate Social Responsibility

  Objectives:
  Gain a better understanding of the role of social media, media relations and marketing for their business/organization

  Benefit to audience:
  Hands-on, actionable steps to grow their business or reach organization goals

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• Omar Dudyk

  at PNC

  Topic:
  Community Development Banking, Opportunity Zones, Impact Investing

  Objectives:
  Economic empowerment, CRA, and development

  Benefit to audience:
  Education

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• Jimmy Duran

  at Meridian Bank

  Topic:
  Business loans - Small Business Administration Loan Guaranty Program.

  Objectives:
  Deploy more capital to businesses in the region as well as facilitate commercial real estate financing.

  Benefit to audience:
  Accessible financing to business owners and entrepreneurs to start, sustain and scale their enterprise. The program also makes the purchase of commercial real estate -owner occupied more accessible and feasible.

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• Curtis Edmonds

  at Kensington Community Corporation For Individual

  Topic:
  Disability, Americans with Disabilities Act, assistive technology, legal issues

  Objectives:
  I can provide tailored presentations on disability, discrimination, and assistive technology.

  Benefit to audience:
  Heightened awareness of disability issues

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• Mary FitzGerald

  at Eluna

  Topic:
  NonProfit Managerment, Women Business Leadership, Careers in Sports/NonProfits

  Objectives:
  Depending on the session, have a better understanding of nonprofit challenges, effective management and growth strategies, how builf effective corporate partnerships, understand challenges facing women leaders, receive advice on breaking into the sports industry and difference for profit & nonprofit, educate people about the dangers of addiction and the need for support for addiction and grief for children teens in Philadelphia.

  Benefit to audience:
  Learning about valuable skills in the marketplace such as marketing, sales and management; learning about careers in nonprofit and sports, understanding how effect social change, learning more about community programs and needs in the mental and physical health/human services sector, gaining leadership skills.