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2023 Strategic ERG Leadership Summit
September 27 at 7:30 am - September 28 at 5:00 pm CDT
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The 2023 Strategic ERG Leadership Summit
The Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) at the USC Marshall School of Business and Presenting Sponsor, Ecolab Inc., are proud to present the 2023 Strategic Employee Resource Group (ERG) Leadership Summit. Now in its 11th year, this data-driven learning event brings together ERG leaders, diversity, equity and inclusion executives, and executive sponsors for collaborative learning, innovation, and networking. This event has both an in person and virtual component, providing organizations with the opportunity to share the learning across all ERG leaders and other stakeholders.
The virtual 2023 Strategic ERG Leadership will be held September 27-28, 2023, and attendees of this event are eligible to receive 15 PDCs (Professional Development Credits).
Click here to view the exciting virtual agenda.
Summit Workshop Feature: “Building a Mindset of Discovery: Innovating in the New Workplace” with John Sweeney and Margi Simmons of Brave New Outpost
This interactive workshop will focus on the mindset of discovery, and how you can transform your mindset to become more innovative and empathetic to better serve the people that you lead. Watch this video to learn more about the presentation, and how the mindset “be of service” can benefit you.
Innovation & Success Sharing Competition
This year, we have extended the Innovation Challenge to include an opportunity to also share your success stories from 2022. Companies or individuals wanting to be part of the Innovation and Success Sharing Competition start doing so by attending pre-event workshops, that are included in the summit, helping them put together their success or innovation stories.
Who Attends?
The Strategic ERG Leadership Summit includes leaders from organizations who have established Employee Resource Group (ERGs) or are just getting their programs started. Attendees include:
- ERG Leaders & Executive Sponsors
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Leaders
- HR executives or other leaders who run ERG programs or are considering adding ERGs
Benefits of the Strategic ERG Leadership Summit
Data-driven learning offered by top business school and research center
Collaboration across organizations to advance the impact of ERGs
Networking across industries and organizations
Resources to help ERG leaders drive innovation and growth
Career development and recognition
“The ERG Leadership Summit Sponsorship enabled us to be able to bring the learning to multiple members of our ERGs through the in-person and virtual events. Multiplied the learning as all of our ERG members could work together on the competition and work with other organizations to learn from them too. A priority annual event for our team offered from USC Marshall Center for Effective Organizations.”
2022 ERG Summit Attendee
Become an ERG Leadership Summit Sponsor
When you sponsor the Strategic ERG Leadership Summit, you are able to bring new learnings to your organization and teams, all with the partnership and support of a major university, the University of Southern California, and organization that’s been on the forefront of ERG research since 2009, the Center for Effective Organizations.
Participating also can improve your organization’s image, prestige and credibility in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion space. Sponsoring the Summit establishes your role as a key leader in your industry and signals your support for DE&I in the marketplace.
Supporting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts in the broader community can also help you recruit and retain desirable talent – the best people want to work for the best people. And it also helps show your DE&I commitment to staff members at all levels of your organization.
Speakers
Heather Ainsworth
CEO and Founder
Workable Concept
Christophe Beck
CEO
Ecolab
Teron Buford
Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging, Racial and Health Equity
BlueCross BlueShield Minnesota
Carlos Butler-Vale
Vice President - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Constellation Brands
David Casey
Chief Inclusion and Social Impact Officer
Tapestry
Kathryn Coleman
Senior Vice President, Chief Talent and Diversity Officer
3M
Jessica Darke
Global Pride ERG Co-Chair and Senior Product Manager
Intuit
Dexter Davis
Vice President, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Ecolab
Sonny Dua
Senior Change Leader
Amtrak Corporation
Anna Ettin
Senior Employee Resource and Inclusion Leader
Amazon
John Guttery
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Initiatives
Ecolab
Shaun Harper
Founder and Executive Director
Marshall School of Business and in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California & USC Race and Equity Center
Calandra Jarrell
Senior Vice President, Global Diversity & Inclusion Executive
Bank of America
Ivan H Lee
Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Elastic
Beibei Li,
Manager, Strategic Assessment
Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) Energy
Dr. Sharoni Little
Affiliated Research Scientist, Center for Effective Organizations & Chief Executive Officer
The Strategist Company, LLC
Jamie Lorio
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility Advisor
Department of Defense
Tariq Malik
2nd VP, Chief Diversity Officer, Human Resources
Securian Financial
Dr. Carliss Miller
Senior Manager of DEI, Talent and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The Toro Company
Jim Morris
CEO
Morris Consulting
Michael Nobleza
Equity & Belonging Strategist
#BringItAll
Miguel Rocha
Manager, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Human Resources, Mortenson
Mortenson
Joseph Santana
Chairman of The CDO PowerCircle
The CDO PowerCircle
Courtney Schroeder
Head of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
General Mills
Margi Simmons
Director of Applied Improvisation
Brave New Outpost
Shannon Snowden
Global Head of Employee Resource Groups and Wellbeing
Experian
Jennifer Soderholm
Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer, President
Children’s Minnesota Foundation
Jennifer Sparks
Director of Corporate Relations & Executive Education
Center for Effective Organizations
Dr. Angela Spranger
Senior Diversity Officer; Founding Director of The Center for Inclusive Excellence,
University of Minnesota
John Sweeney
Speaker, Author & Founder
Brave New Outpost
Nichole Thompson
Senior Vice President, Global EN Strategy Execution Employee Network Leadership Team, Global Diversity & Inclusion Organization (GDIO), Global Human Resources (GHR)
Bank of America
Melissa Walker
Program Leader, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Ecolab
McKenzie Watts
Diversity and Inclusion Manager
Dallas Mavericks
Dr. Theresa Welbourne
Affiliated Senior Research Scientist
Center for Effective Organizations
Edward Yen
Assistant Executive Officer
Los Angeles County Executive Office of the Board of Supervisors
Dr. Mary Zellmer-Bruhn
Associate Dean of MBA and MS Programs; Professor, Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
Event Info
Event Dates
In-Person (Registration Closed): August 3-4, 2023
Virtual: September 27-28, 2023
Individual Pricing
In Person plus Virtual: $1,195
Virtual Only: $695
15% Discount for teams of 5 or more. Contact us for discount. Registration ends July 24, 2023.
Location
Omni Viking Lakes Resort
St. Paul – Minneapolis
2611 Nordic Way, Eagan, MN 55121
Attire: Business Casual
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Hosting Sponsors
The Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) is world-renowned for its breakthrough research and insights on organizational performance, effectiveness, and talent management. CEO has been at the forefront of research on ERGs, since 2009, including the business impact they have on complex and newer or smaller organizations.
A trusted partner for millions of customers, Ecolab is a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and the resources vital to life.