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CLO Symposium 2022

CLO Symposium 2022

Chief Learning Officer's 2021 Fall Symposium

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Meenalochani
(Meena) Kumar's Sessions

  • Workshop: Cognition and Metacognition for Leaders in a Post-COVID World
    Day 3: 11:10 am - 12:10 pm CT.

Meenalochani
(Meena) Kumar

Meenalochani
(Meena) Kumar serves as SVP, Talent and Organization Effectiveness (APAC) for Northern Trust Corporation.
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(Meena)'s profile on LinkedIn.

Meena Kumar is an HR practitioner with a conscious purpose to add value to every organization by understanding the context she is working in and contributing to business outcomes. Her expertise is in the areas of executive leadership development, L&D, talent and organizational effectiveness, career architecture and culture. She has extensively used neuroscience, systems thinking and transactional analysis to connect the dots while driving change, adoption and shifting mindsets needed for organizational transformation. Working with industry thought leaders during her professional career has shaped and redefined Meena’s thinking prowess and curiosity for deep understanding. 

Meena has been part of and provided thought leadership to Northern Trust Corporation (a Fortune 500 organization), Sutherland, Mahindras, Cummins and Mindtree in various internal consulting capacities. Her nuances of understanding people, processes, structure and organizational dynamics has helped her lead with a balance of intellect and self-awareness. Defining and deploying leadership strategy is her forte. Meena believes in continuous, interdisciplinary learning to build expertise. She likes to bring a positive frame of mind to the workplace. She has faith in the goodness of humankind and continuously champions trust to build lasting human relationships in this digital, virtual world.

Meena is a pioneer in the corporate mentoring space in India and was a board member  of the International Mentoring Association. She was a speaker at the CEB-Gartner Centre for Leadership’s 25th annual Leadership Summit in June 2019. She has been a panelist and speaker at forums such as NHRD, ISTD, eWIT and IMA ans was on the selection panel in the Grace Hopper Mentoring Circles committee (2019). Meena was recognized by Femina, Collabera, ISTD, World HRD, International Women Leadership Federation and eWIT for her leadership. She has a master’s in science and is an alumnus of XLRI.


Other Speakers

Ashley St. John (She/Her)
Chief Content Officer, Editor in Chief
BetterWork Media Group
Lou S. Tedrick 
Vice President, Global Learning & Development
Verizon
Liz Loutfi 
Managing Editor
BetterWork Media Group
Brandon Carson 
Vice President, Learning and Leadership
Walmart
Mary Schlegel (She/Her)
Learning & Development Lead
MentorStrat
Chris Smart 
Chief Learning Officer & HR Portfolio Management Lead
MetLife
Dr. Milana L. Hogan 
Chief Talent Officer
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
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Speak For Us! 
Christine Buscarino 
Chief Operations Officer & Chief Marketing Officer
Dale Carnegie

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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.

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Eliott Masie

CEO, the MASIE Center

Elliott Masie is a provocative, engaging, and entertaining researcher, educator, analyst, and speaker - focused on the changing world of the workplace, learning, and technology. Elliott is acknowledged as the first analyst to use the term eLearning and has advocated for a sane deployment of learning and collaboration technology as a means of supporting the effectiveness and profitability of enterprises. 

He heads The MASIE Center in Saratoga Springs, NY focused on how organizations can support learning and knowledge within the workforce. He leads the Learning COLLABORATIVE, a coalition of 75 global organizations cooperating on the evolution of learning strategies. Members include Amazon, Zoom, Bank of America, Subway, The Hartford, and others.

He is the editor of e-NOTES & Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie (Internet newsletters read by business executives worldwide), and a regular columnist in professional publications, including CLO Magazine. He is the author of 12 books, including the ASTD/MASIE Center’s Big Learning Data and recent eBooks on “Learning Pivots” and “Empathy”.

Elliott's professional focus has been in the fields of corporate learning, organizational performance, and emerging technology. He has developed models for accelerating the spread of knowledge, learning, and collaboration throughout organizations.

Elliott has served as an advisor to a wide range of government, education, and non-profit groups. He has served on the Board of Trustees of Skidmore College, as a member of FIRST Robotics Board of Directors. He has also served as a pro-bono advisor to the Department of Defense and on the White House Advisory Council on Expanding Learning Opportunities, and as a member of the CIA University Board of Visitors.

Elliott is known as a highly approachable speaker and trainer, blending humor, applicable stories of best practice, and high levels of audience involvement. Over the past thirty-five years, he has presented programs, courses, and speeches to over 4,000,000 professionals around the world. He lives in Saratoga Springs, owns thoroughbred horses, and is a Tony Nominated Broadway Producer of shows, which include: Kinky Boots, An American in Paris, The Prom, The Anastasia, The Play that Goes Wrong, SpongeBob, Mrs. Doubtfire and Allegiance.

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Eliott Masie

CEO, the MASIE Center

Elliott Masie is a provocative, engaging, and entertaining researcher, educator, analyst, and speaker - focused on the changing world of the workplace, learning, and technology. Elliott is acknowledged as the first analyst to use the term eLearning and has advocated for a sane deployment of learning and collaboration technology as a means of supporting the effectiveness and profitability of enterprises. 

He heads The MASIE Center in Saratoga Springs, NY focused on how organizations can support learning and knowledge within the workforce. He leads the Learning COLLABORATIVE, a coalition of 75 global organizations cooperating on the evolution of learning strategies. Members include Amazon, Zoom, Bank of America, Subway, The Hartford, and others.

He is the editor of e-NOTES & Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie (Internet newsletters read by business executives worldwide), and a regular columnist in professional publications, including CLO Magazine. He is the author of 12 books, including the ASTD/MASIE Center’s Big Learning Data and recent eBooks on “Learning Pivots” and “Empathy”.

Elliott's professional focus has been in the fields of corporate learning, organizational performance, and emerging technology. He has developed models for accelerating the spread of knowledge, learning, and collaboration throughout organizations.

Elliott has served as an advisor to a wide range of government, education, and non-profit groups. He has served on the Board of Trustees of Skidmore College, as a member of FIRST Robotics Board of Directors. He has also served as a pro-bono advisor to the Department of Defense and on the White House Advisory Council on Expanding Learning Opportunities, and as a member of the CIA University Board of Visitors.

Elliott is known as a highly approachable speaker and trainer, blending humor, applicable stories of best practice, and high levels of audience involvement. Over the past thirty-five years, he has presented programs, courses, and speeches to over 4,000,000 professionals around the world. He lives in Saratoga Springs, owns thoroughbred horses, and is a Tony Nominated Broadway Producer of shows, which include: Kinky Boots, An American in Paris, The Prom, The Anastasia, The Play that Goes Wrong, SpongeBob, Mrs. Doubtfire and Allegiance.

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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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