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The NKY Chamber and St. Elizabeth Healthcare are partnering for Investing in Equity: Building an Inclusive Business Community, the second annual DEI summit, powered by Fifth Third Bank.

This event attracts more than 300 people for discussions around diversity, equity, inclusion and advancement in the Northern Kentucky Metro business community.

Lillian Dukes, Senior Vice President of Technical Operations for Atlas Air, will serve as this year’s keynote speaker. Dukes has more than 30 years of global experience delivering strategic organizational improvements in start-up, turnaround and mature manufacturing environments. She has driven development and change initiatives from concept through realized growth and profitability in companies such as Spirit AeroSystems, Beechcraft Corporation, American Airlines, American Eagle Airlines and GE. Dukes is an advisory board member for AWESOME, an organization that focuses on advancing women leaders in supply chain leadership, and she received the Legendary Leadership Award in 2021. In 2022, she was honored as one of Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America.

Following the keynote presentation, a panel discussion and breakout sessions will tackle topics such as recruiting and retaining top talent, supplier diversity, hiring persons with disabilities and hiring and supporting veterans.

Panel Discussion: Building an Inclusive Work Culture

Moderated by Dr. Darryl Alan Peal, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion officer at NKU.

Panelists Include:

Jessica Wimsatt, Attorney at Littler Mendelson PC

Marla Harrington, HR Manager at USI, LLC

Melissa McDonald, Director of Global Education at World Affairs Council of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky

Breakout Sessions:

Culture Matters: Why What Got us "Here", won't take us "There"

Chris Johnson, Chief Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Belonging Officer at Frost Brown Todd

The Employer Toolkit: Addressing Attraction, Retention, and Engagement Through Equitable Solutions

Travis Speice, Applied Research Director, The Women's Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Establishing Associate Resource Groups to Support Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Your Organization! Moderated by Tracy Stokes,

Sr. Consultant, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at St. Elizabeth Healthcare.

Break out speakers include:

Ariel Murphy - Patient Experience Consultant, St. Elizabeth Physicians

Anne Hummeldorf - Senior ERP PeopleSoft Systems Analyst, St. Elizabeth Healthcare

Davis Robinson, PhD. - Director, Leadership Academy

Julie McGregor - Senior Vice President CHRO- Human Resources, St. Elizabeth Healthcare

Danae Brown - Manager Rehabilitation Services, St. Elizabeth Healthcare

Erin Bush - Engagement & Culture Consultant, St. Elizabeth Physicians

Ricardo Horn - Manager Post-Acute Community Relationships, St. Elizabeth Healthcare

Tentative Event Schedule:

7:30am - 8am: Registration/Breakfast/Networking

8am – 8:40am: Welcome and Keynote Speaker Lillian Dukes, Senior Vice President of Technical Operations for Atlas Air

8:40am – 9:25pm: Panel Discussion - Building an Inclusive Work Culture. Moderated by Dr. Darryl Alan Peal Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion officer at NKU.

Panel: Jessica Wimsatt, Attorney at Littler Mendelson PC, Marla Harrington, HR Manager at USI, LLC, Melissa McDonald, Director of Global Education at World Affairs Council of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky

9:40am-10:40am- Breakout session 1

10:40am-10:50am- Break

10:50am-11:50am- Breakout Session 2

11:50am Thank You

12:00pm – Program Ends

This Program is Approved for SHRM Continuing Education Credits.

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