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Connect. Grow. Learn.

The Chief Learning Officer Breakfast Club series has a 16-year history of connecting leaders over breakfast to strengthen the link between learning and development and business strategy. An intimate in-person event, local learning executives and practitioners typically gather in various cities across the country to discuss issues driving enterprise education, share best practices and analyze the strategic alignment of business goals and workforce education. Today, however, things are a little different: The 2021 CLO Breakfast Club series has temporarily moved to a virtual platform – and, in response to today’s rapid seas of change, has shifted its focus from regional topics to specific, timely themes.

Chief Learning Officer will host three half-day Breakfast Clubs in the Spring of 2021. The series will feature CLOs and learning leaders from the banking and finance, health care, energy, technology, retail and hospitality industries.

April 14, 2021

Accelerating at the Speed of Light: Tech Trends and Challenges in 2021

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May 12, 2021

Learning & Development: On the Front Lines

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June 9, 2021

Resilience Through Crisis and Recovery

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Event Highlights

Interactive Discussion Format

The agenda will include CLO spotlights, two panel discussions and various short presentations.

Industry Experts

Experts discuss what lies ahead in trending technologies of 2021, frontline L&D and crisis recovery.

Peer Networking

Build and strengthen your relationships within the learning community by connecting in our virtual breakout rooms.

Custom Research Report

Each event is accompanied by a topic-focused custom report from our highly respected research group. All attendees will receive a copy per event.

2021 Breakfast Club Speakers

Ashley St. John
Chief Content Officer, Editor in Chief
BetterWork Media Group

Diane August
Chief Learning Architect
Nationwide Insurance

Stacey Boyle, Ph.D.
VP Solution Consulting
EdCast

Tamar Elkeles
Chief Human Resources Officer
XCOM

Stephanie Flory
Director of Learning and Career Enablement
ManTech International

Daniel Gandarilla
SVP & Chief Talent Officer
Atrium Health (NC, SC, GA)

Kimo Kippen
Founder
Aloha Learning Advisors

Justin Lombardo
Chief Human Resources and Staff Development Officer
The Archdiocese of Chicago

Erin Mara
Vice President of Talent Management
BJ’s Wholesale Club

Jacquelyn Mountford
Senior Director of Learning and Development
KPMG

Christyl Lucille Murray
Vice President of Firmwide Talent Development
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Todd Tauber
VP of Product Marketing
Degreed

Beckie Vaughn
Senior Director of Executive Talent
Intel

Dr. Karen Wolf
Chief Learning Officer
ManTech International

Program Format

9:30 – 9:45 am: Welcome/Networking

9:45 – 10:00 am: Interview/Talk with a CLO

10:00 – 10:05 am: Coffee Break

10:05 – 11:00am: Panel 1

11:00 -11:05 am: Coffee Break

11:05 – 11:25 am: Presentations 1& 2

11:25 – 11:55 am: Networking

11:55 – 12:00 pm: Coffee Break

12:00 – 12:15 pm: Interview/Talk with a CLO

12:15 – 1:15 pm: Panel 2

1:15 – 1:20 pm: Coffee Break

1:20 – 1:40 pm: Presentations 3 & 4

1:40 – 2:10 pm: Networking

2:10 – 2:25 pm: Wrap Up

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

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*Please note that there are two ticket types for Breakfast Club this year. Entry for one person or entry for two people at the price of one, bring a colleague or a friend from the industry at no cost. Select a ticket type above before checking out.

Registration for Chief Learning Officer events is restricted to internal learning & development practitioners and a limited number of sponsors with clearly defined roles. This policy is in place to assure that every live CLO event offers a respectful, relaxed environment where active professionals can network, learn from one another and have frank discussions about what is happening in their industry, organizations and careers. All registrations are subject to review. If it is determined that the registrant does not qualify, the registration will be cancelled and a refund issued to the card supplied.

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All vendors, consultants and suppliers interested in participating should visit our sponsorship page to request more information.

April 14, 2021

Accelerating at the Speed of Light: Tech Trends and Challenges in 2021

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May 12, 2021

Learning & Development: On the Front Lines

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June 9, 2021

Resilience Through Crisis and Recovery

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BetterWork Media Group is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.

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Kaplan

Kaplan, Inc. provides individuals, educational institutions, and businesses a broad array of educational services, including higher and professional education, test preparation, language training, corporate and leadership training, and student recruitment, online enablement, and other university support services. Across its 80-plus year history, Kaplan has been recognized for expanding educational access and using technology and learning science innovations to continually improve outcomes for its students and partners. Kaplan is a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC) and its largest division. For more information, please visit www.kaplan.com.

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Platinum

Skillsoft delivers online learning, training, and talent solutions to help organizations unleash their edge. Leveraging immersive, engaging content, Skillsoft enables organizations to unlock the potential in their best assets – their people – and build teams with the skills they need for success. Empowering 36 million learners and counting, Skillsoft democratizes learning through an intelligent learning experience and a customized, learner-centric approach to skills development with resources for Leadership Development, Business Skills, Technology & Development, Digital Transformation, and Compliance.

Platinum

HCM - NovoEd's updated description: NovoEd's collaborative learning platform empowers organizations to design and deliver experiential learning that accelerates business performance on a global scale.

Since the company’s founding at Stanford's social algorithm laboratory in 2012, global corporations, executive education providers, and training firms have relied on NovoEd to develop high-value capabilities through purposeful practice and application, coaching and mentorship, and group collaboration. NovoEd's proven approach to learning connects diverse groups of learners, mentors, and leaders in a high-impact online environment, unlocking your organization’s collective knowledge and driving measurable outcomes.

Learn more at www.novoed.com.

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Executive

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) builds unique solutions that connect content and rights in contextually relevant ways through software and professional services. CCC helps people navigate vast amounts of data to discover actionable insights, enabling them to innovate and make informed decisions. CCC, with its subsidiary RightsDirect, collaborates with customers to advance how data and information is integrated, accessed, and shared while setting the standard for effective copyright solutions that accelerate knowledge and power innovation. CCC is headquartered in Danvers, Mass. with offices across North America, Europe and Asia.

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Gold

Degreed is the workforce upskilling platform for one in three Fortune 50 companies. We integrate and curate all the resources people use to learn — including learning management systems and millions of courses, videos, articles, books, and podcasts. Then we use behavioral and data science to analyze everyone's skills, and to automatically personalize career development based on their jobs, strengths, and goals. Founded in 2012, Degreed is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, with additional offices in Salt Lake City, New York, London, Amsterdam, and Brisbane.

Learn more about Degreed: Website | YouTube | LinkedIn | Twitter

 

Platinum

Cornerstone is a global people development company. We believe people can achieve anything when they have the right development and growth opportunities. We offer organizations the technology, content, expertise and specialized focus to help them realize their people potential. Featuring comprehensive recruiting, personalized learning, modern content delivered in the flow of work, development-driven performance management and holistic workforce data management and insights, Cornerstone’s people development solutions are used by more than 3,600 global clients of all sizes, spanning more than 40 million users across 180+ countries and 40+ languages.

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Executive

Pearson Accelerated Pathways

Pearson Accelerated Pathways helps companies strategically align their educational assistance spending to the talent objectives of the organization. We leverage an agnostic, consultative approach to solving educational attainment challenges and increasing economic mobility for working adults. Our prescriptive, curated mix of education resources, technology, content, coaches and partnerships work in tandem to overcome the most complex educational disparity, from your frontline to your executive employee, creating a win-win model for employers and educational providers alike. Learn how we improve business performance by building a workforce that’s more skilled, competitive, engaged, and prepared for the future of work.

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Executive

OpenSesame helps develop the world’s most productive and admired workforces. With the most comprehensive catalog of elearning courses from the world’s top publishers, we are here to help you every step of the way, from finding courses, mapping them to your core competencies, syncing them with your LMS to increasing utilization and improving your L&D programs. Not only will you have the flexibility of multiple purchasing options from OpenSesame, you’ll find it simple to use and administer your elearning courses.

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Platinum

Strategic Education Inc., strives be at the cutting edge of work and education - supporting a modern workforce and creating economic mobility for all. With two universities – comprised of dozens of degree programs – and a suite of innovative learning programs and services, we can give your employees what they need most: options. Whatever their learning styles, whatever their career paths, whatever your budget—we offer learning solutions that are flexible, innovative, game-changing and affordable. It’s a way to boost the strengths of your talent pool and to lay the groundwork for new levels of success.

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Executive

Drexel LeBow Corporate and Executive Education partners with organizations to advance the business and leadership skills of your talent pool. New insights flourish from programs infused with the latest research and business strategy, industry insights, technical applications and delivery from our world-renowned faculty. In collaboration with the Drexel Solutions Institute, we build new custom, or enhance existing, development programs to address your organization’s unique challenges and goals. Our consultative learning team immerses itself in your business issues, developing and building a program from the ground up, using our resources, to create a stronger foundation, new architecture or a new direction that propels initiatives forward.

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Dr. Karen Wolf

Chief Learning Officer, ManTech International

Dr. Karen Wolf serves as Chief Learning Officer of ManTech International, responsible for overseeing the planning, staffing, and budgets for the company’s training and talent management. An accomplished professional in developing e-Learning solutions in higher education, government and corporate educational settings, she also manages all ManTech’s education and training process and procurement, protocols, schedules, and learning methods. In addition, she has over 20 years of experience managing workforce training programs with the FBI. Consistently recognized by her peers for efficiency and innovation in L&D, Dr. Wolf is a seven-time winner of the Chief Learning Officer LearningElite Award.

Sessions by Dr. Karen Wolf


Accelerating at the Speed of Light: Tech Trends and Challenges in 2021

April 14 2021

TBA

Panel 1

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Stephanie Flory

Director of Learning and Career Enablement, ManTech International

Stephanie Flory is ManTech’s Director of Learning and Career Enablement, where she leads the company’s efforts to instill and cultivate a culture of continuous professional development. She has worked for ManTech for almost 8 years in several people-centric roles such as Recruiting Operations Supervisor and Mobility Program Manager. Prior to ManTech, she spent two and a half years as Regional Training Coordinator for USAID in Bangkok, Thailand. She holds a current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and will complete an MBA with Purdue University Global in May of this year.

All Sessions by Stephanie Flory


Accelerating at the Speed of Light:
Tech Trends and Challenges in 2021

April 14

10:05-11:00 am CT

Panel 1

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Tamar Elkeles, Ph.D.

Chief Human Resources Officer, XCOM

Tamar Elkeles, Ph.D. is an experienced Chief Learning Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer and thought leader in the Talent, Learning, Organization Development and Human Capital field. She is a seasoned wireless technology executive with extensive experience in the high tech industry. Tamar has had unique experiences with entrepreneurs and high tech executives in both start-ups and large enterprises. She has expertise managing global growth and leading international teams, as well as an extensive background implementing best in class practices in technology companies. Tamar is currently Chief Human Resources Officer at XCOM, a wireless technology company propelling the next mobile revolution.

Sessions by Tamar Elkeles


Accelerating at the Speed of Light: Tech Trends and Challenges in 2021

April 14

10:05 – 11:00am

Panel 1 Moderator

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Ashley St. John

Chief Content Officer, Editor in Chief, BetterWork Media Group

Ashley St. John is the chief content officer and editor-in-chief for BetterWork Media Group. She oversees the online content production of Chief Learning Officer and Talent Management. 

St. John has almost 15 years of experience developing, writing and editing print and digital magazine content. Before joining BMG, she held various editorial roles with several Chicago-based associations. Most recently, she served as content and publications manager for Association Forum, Chicago’s “association for associations,” where she managed all print and digital communications and the production of FORUM magazine. Before that, she was marketing and communications manager for the American Association of Law Libraries and associate editor and communications manager for the National Roofing Contractors Association. 

St. John graduated from the University of Iowa in 2005 with a bachelor of fine arts in journalism and mass communications.

All Sessions by Ashley St. John


Panel 1: Keeping Learning Alive Amid Extreme Hardship

June 9

10:05-11:00am CT

Moderator

Panel 2: Trials, Tribulations and Transformation in the Energy Sector

June 9

12:15-1:15pm CT

Moderator

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Justin Lombardo, Moderator

Chief Human Resources and Staff Development Officer, The Archdiocese of Chicago

Justin Lombardo, the Archdiocese of Chicago’s chief human resources and staff development officer. Lombardo has held numerous roles in learning and development at the C-suite or executive level at Motorola University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and Baptist Health. Lombardo is an experienced Chief Learning Officer and Global Enterprise Learning Executive skilled in the creation of “benchmark” training and development for organizations within the industrial and healthcare sectors. He has proven ability to create, consolidate and optimize structures and organizations that effectively and efficiently solve human performance problems and leverage employee development opportunities to improve business outcome..

All Sessions by Justin Lombardo


Panel 1: Learning Heroes: Supporting Health Care Workers During COVID-19

May 12

10:05-11:00am CT

Panel 2: Essential Learning for the Essential Workforce

May 12

12:15-1:15pm CT

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Kimo Kippen, Moderator

Founder, Aloha Learning Advisors

Kimo Kippen, founder of Aloha Learning Advisors, is a thought leader, speaker and advocate for lifelong learning and talent development. A native of Hawai’i, former chief learning officer at Hilton, recognized by CLO Magazine as CLO of the Year in 2015 and former vice president of learning at Marriott International, Kimo has been creating learning solutions for thousands of people worldwide. Kippen serves on several boards, where he has positively impacted organizations’ abilities to drive progressive change, most recently supporting the success of Hilton’s “Travel with Purpose” initiative that educates and trains company team members on how to help stop human trafficking.

All Sessions by Kimo Kippen


Panel 1: Keeping Learning Alive Amid Extreme Hardship

June 9

10:05-11:00am CT

Panel 2: Trials, Tribulations and Transformation in the Energy Sector

June 9

12:15-1:15pm CT

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Daniel Gandarilla

SVP & Chief Talent Officer , Atrium Health (NC, SC, GA)

Daniel Gandarilla serves as the senior vice president and chief talent officer for Atrium Health. In this capacity, he is responsible for the strategic oversight of core talent process including leader development, performance, succession, career mobility, and employee experience for the enterprise. In prior experience, Daniel served as the vice president and chief learning officer (CLO) for Texas Health. 

Daniel balances his passion for learning and driving transformational change with the most important activities in life; volunteering; quality time with his wife and two daughters; long walks listening to NPR podcasts; finding quality coffee; and completing his taxes.

All Sessions by Daniel Gandarilla


Panel 1: Learning Heroes: Supporting Health Care Workers During COVID-19

May 12

10:05-11:00am CT

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Erin Mara

Vice President of Talent Management, BJ’s Wholesale Club

Erin Mara is the Vice President of Talent Management at BJ’s Wholesale Club, where she leads learning, talent, and organizational development. Before joining BJ’s Wholesale Club, Erin spent 19 years at Staples focused on operations and process improvement initiatives that led to higher customer satisfaction across the company. That experience led her to become the head of learning and development, where she leveraged her customer-facing knowledge to embed a culture of learning into the business. Erin is a recognized innovator and thought leader known for her ability to build strong relationships with teams to help them succeed.

All Sessions by Erin Mara


Panel 2: Essential Learning for the Essential Workforce

May 12

12:15 – 1:15 pm CT

Speaker

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Beckie Vaughn

Senior Director of Executive Talent, Intel

Beckie Vaughn is the Senior Director of Executive Talent at Intel, where she leads the company’s effort to build the leadership capabilities needed to drive the company’s business and culture transformation. She has spent over 20 years at Intel, focused in learning, talent and organizational development. Her experiences vary from leading large, global transformation initiatives to driving learning programs to upskill specific audiences to meet the ever-changing needs of the business and workforce. Finding the sweet spot where what is good for the business is also what’s good for the workforce is Beckie’s career passion.

All Sessions by Beckie Vaughn


Panel 1: Pivoting Amid Pandemic: Learning & Development in the Tech Sector

April 14

10:05 – 11:00 pm CT

Speaker

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Todd Tauber

VP Product Marketing, Degreed

Todd Tauber is the VP of Product Marketing at Degreed. His thought leadership on corporate learning and development (L&D) has been featured by Chief Learning Officer magazine, SHRM and the Association for Talent Development (ATD) as well as in The Atlantic, Quartz, and The Wall Street Journal. Prior to joining Degreed, Todd led the enterprise learning practice at Bersin by Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting’s human capital research business. He also led business development at Nomadic Learning, a start-up creating social/mobile tools for leadership development and launched a new corporate learning business at The Economist, the global news publisher, where he also led strategy, M&A, and product development.

All Sessions by Todd Tauber


Panel 2: Reimagining L&D in Banking and Financial Services

April 14

12:15 – 1:15 pm CT

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Diane August

Chief Learning Architect, Nationwide Insurance

Diane August serves as Senior Consultant-Learning Excellence (Chief Learning Architect) at Nationwide Insurance, Enterprise Talent Development team. Her role is to provide thought leadership on learning strategy, best practices and standards, and learner experience excellence. She works across a wide range of enterprise learning projects with a current focus on Future of Work Center initiatives including Upskilling, Reskilling and Experiential Learning.  

August also collaborates with the Innovation Capability Development team and business unit learning teams.

August created Nationwide’s initial learning architecture including design principles, solution types and learning levels, evolving it to the current architecture used for the Future Capability/Skills Development initiative. She previously served at Nationwide as the Director of IT Learning and Development and also owned her own instructional design consulting firm for 15 years prior to joining Nationwide. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Education from The Ohio State University.

All Sessions by Diane August


Panel 2: Reimagining L&D in Banking and Financial Services

April 14

12:15 – 1:15 pm CT

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Christyl Lucille Murray

Vice President of Firmwide Talent Development JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Christyl Lucille Murray is vice president of firmwide talent development with JPMorgan Chase & Co. Murray led the firmwide roll out of the VP Academy — a leadership development program for high performers which delivers a management and professional development skills curriculum. The VP Academy workflow is directly aligned with JPMorgan Chase & Co’s human capital objectives of talent development, diversity and inclusion.

Murray is also an adjunct professor in leadership and human capital management at NYU. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley, and a combined master’s in international studies from the Lauder Institute and an MBA from Wharton Business School, both at the University of Pennsylvania.

All Sessions by Christyl L. Murray


Panel 2: Reimagining L&D in Banking and Financial Services

April 14

12:15 – 1:15 pm CT

Moderator

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Stacey Boyle, Ph.D.

VP, Solution Consulting, EdCast

Stacey Boyle, Ph.D., is the VP of Solution Consulting at EdCast. Stacey has over 25 years in the L&D field as a strategic consultant. Her professional journey includes a decade of working as a learning strategist for clients of the top three eLearning vendors. Dr. Boyle has designed and delivered measurable change initiatives with Fortune 500 companies (e.g., McDonald’s, Verizon, BMW, Allergan pharmaceuticals), federal agencies (e.g., Defense Acquisition University, NASA), non-profits (e.g., Greater Twin Cities United Way and CareerEdge), and school districts. Stacey shares some of her best practices in her book “Be More Strategic in Business: How to Win through Stronger Leadership and Smarter Decisions,” co-authored with Diana Thomas, former McDonald’s CLO.

All Sessions by Stacey Boyle, Ph.D.


Panel 1: Pivoting Amid Pandemic: Learning & Development in the Tech Sector

April 14

10:05 – 11:00 am

Speaker

Gold

EdCast offers a unified talent experience platform designed to enable end-to-end employee journeys spanning learning, skilling and career mobility. Its award-winning platform is used internationally by organisations ranging from large Global 2000 companies to small businesses and governments. With EdCast’s platforms, businesses are able to attract, develop and retain a high-performance and future-ready workforce. EdCast's offerings include its Talent Experience Platform, Spark for SMBs, EdCast Marketplace and MyGuide Digital Adoption Platform. EdCast is recognised as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.

Learn more about EdCast: Website

 

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Jacquelyn Mountford

Senior Director of Learning & Development, KPMG

Jackie Mountford has been leading, designing, and delivering high quality learning experiences for 19 years. She currently serves as the Senior Director in KPMG Learning & Development and has been with the firm for over 4 years. Prior to KPMG, Mountford spent most of her career leading learning and organizational development initiatives in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. She has also provided instructional design expertise to several Fortune 500 companies as an L&D consultant. At KPMG, Mountford is responsible for Business Process Group (BPG) learning strategy focused on BPG professional development as well as firmwide and required learning that spans across the firm for Advisory, Tax and Audit client facing professionals. 

Mountford holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from College of the Holy Cross and a master’s degree in Organizational Psychology from Teacher’s College, Columbia University. Her professional experience and background in organizational psychology has sharpened her ability to develop future ready talent, build stakeholder relationships, and enable a culture focused on continuous learning.

All Sessions by Jacquelyn Mountford


Panel 2: Reimagining L&D in Banking and Financial Services

April 14

12:20 – 1:20 pm

Speaker