Agenda

2022 Conference Agenda

Monday, November 7

2:00-8:30 p.m. | Registration
2:15-2:45 p.m. | New Members/First-Time Attendees Orientation
3:00-3:30 p.m. | Welcome and Opening of the Conference
Facilitator: Felicia Washington, ARU-HRI Board Chair and Senior Vice President for Human Resources, University of Southern California
3:30-5:00 p.m. | Session 1: The Power of Leading Differently
Facilitator: Amanda Bailey, ARU-HRI Board Member and Vice President for Human Resources, Boston University
Speakers: Sean Garrick, Vice Chancellor for DEI, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Marquis Miller, Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Obama Foundation
5:00-5:30 p.m. | Opening Reception (sponsored by Segal)
5:30-6:30 p.m. | Introduction of Members, Sponsors and Participants
6:30-7:30 p.m. | Dinner
7:30 p.m. | Session 2: Keynote
Keynote Speaker: Farnam Jahanian, President, Carnegie Mellon University

Tuesday, November 8

7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Registration
7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m. | Breakfast (Leadership Partners to Meet)
Facilitators: Amanda Bailey, ARU-HRI Board Member and Vice President for Human Resources, Boston University; Cheryl Reardon, ARU-HRI Board Member and Chief HR Officer and Associate Vice President, University of Iowa
Description: An interactive session that will recap the themes of the keynote address and identify actionable ideas/initiatives that align with your institutional and HR priorities.
8:15-10:00 a.m. | Session 3 (Founder’s Session Honoring Founder Ken Hutchinson): Looking Ahead to Plan for Today: Emerging Trends in Higher Education and Beyond
Facilitator: Roxanne Murray, Vice President of Administration, Association of American Universities
Speaker: Allison Vaillancourt, Vice President and Senior Consultant, Segal
Panel: Felicia Washington, ARU-HRI Board Chair and Senior Vice President for Human Resources, University of Southern California; Cheryl Reardon, ARU-HRI Board Member and Chief HR Officer and Associate Vice President, University of Iowa; Theresa Milazzo, Vice President for Human Resources, Emory University; Jonathan Small, Associate Vice President of Human Resources and Institutional Equity, Tulane University
Description: This session will address emerging higher education trends as well as broader social, economic and technology issues that will influence the future of work: neurodiversity as a competitive advantage; caregiver robots and meditation apps joining health insurance as prized employee benefits; a more robust sharing economy making full-time work optional. These are among the possibilities that HR leaders should consider as they plan for the future of their organizations. A panel of CHROs will participate in a robust member discussion about how to both anticipate and plan for a future that grows ever more interesting and complex.
10:00-10:30 a.m. | Break
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Session 4: The ABCs of Mental Health Support: The Why, the When and the How
Speaker: Dr. Anand Kumar, Department Head of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago
Description: In this interactive session, Dr. Kumar will discuss the rationale for mental health support intervention in the workplace, including when to provide support and under what circumstances. The session will also provide information on different forms of support with an emphasis on culture change and creating a work environment that is receptive to the emotional needs of employees.
12:00 p.m. | Lunch
12:30-1:15 p.m. | Business Meeting (Members Only)
1:30-3:00 p.m. | Session 5: Lightning Sessions
(a) Leading With Positivity (While Exhausted)
Facilitator: Christina Brogdon, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Michigan State University
(b) Managing Up and Differently in the New Workplace
Facilitator: Helena Rodrigues, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, University of Arizona
(c) Promoting the Well-Being of HR Teams
Facilitator: Elizabeth Zacharias, Vice President for Human Resources, Stanford University
(d) “We Can’t Pay What Google Is Paying!” Meeting the Pay Demands of Today’s Employees
Facilitator: James Gallagher, Vice Chancellor for Human Resources, University of Pittsburgh
(e) The Angry Roundtable: Addressing Growing Disengagement and Frustration in the Workplace
Facilitator: Ramona Agrela, Chief Human Resources Officer and Vice Chancellor, University of California, Irvine
(f) Competing Successfully for Talent in a Tight Labor Market
Facilitator: Mark Coldren, ARU-HRI Board Vice Chair and Associate Vice President for Human Resources, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
3:00-3:15 p.m. | Break
3:15-4:45 p.m. | Session 6: Expectations of CHROs
Facilitator: John Whelan, ARU-HRI Board Member and Vice President for Human Resources, Yale University
Panelists: Our panel will consist of an AAU provost and an AAU chief financial officer
Description: Part 1: Building upon the ARU-HRI’s 2020 survey “Becoming a World-Class CHRO in Higher Education,” participants will learn about updated perspectives on the CHRO role from presidents, provosts and chief business officers at AAU universities. We will compare these responses to their input from two years earlier. This session will be interactive as we discuss the new data and identify ways we as CHROs can incorporate it into our work.
Part 2: Building on the results of the 2022 survey “Becoming a World-Class CHRO in Higher Education,” this panel discussion will provide unique insights into the important relationships between CHROs and the provosts and CFOs at higher education institutions. The panelists will comment on the survey results, share their own perspectives and respond to questions.
4:45 p.m. | Session 7: Welcome and Remarks
Speaker: Christina Cutlip, Senior Managing Director and Head of Strategic Client Engagement, TIAA
Description: Greetings
6:00 p.m. | Conference Dinner (offsite)

Wednesday, November 9

7:00-10:00 a.m. | Registration
7:30-8:15 a.m. | Breakfast
8:15-9:30 a.m. | Session 8: Using Technology to Drive Business Process Redesign and Change Management
Facilitator: Michelle Piekutowski, ARU-HRI Board Member and Associate Vice President, Carnegie Mellon University
Panelists: Michael Carr, HR Consultant and Black Belt, and Edwine Michel, Process Consultant and Master Black Belt, both of Providge; Matthew Keating, Assistant Vice President for HR Technology, Carnegie Mellon University
Description: The landscape has changed. Technology and process improvement are no longer competitive advantages. Continuous improvement MUST be part of the institution’s strategic vision, or it will cease to exist. Organizations, including long established universities, can no longer rely on heritage and reputation to attract and retain employees. The opinions of today’s employees are much more fluid and are driven as much by disgruntled keyboard warriors as their own personal experience. Technology has permanently transformed the marketplace for talent, and employees have higher expectations of their employers than ever before. This panel will discuss process improvement, why the voice of customers is so important, and how to leverage technology to improve the work experience and ultimately the personal lives of your employees.
9:30-11:00 a.m. | Session 9: Recalibrating Recognition in Large Research Universities
Facilitator: Laurita Thomas, President, ARU-HR Institute
Speaker: Sharri Margraves, Executive Director, Organization and Professional Development, Michigan State University
Panel: Manuel Cuevas-Trisán, Vice President of Human Resources, Harvard University; Skye Duckett, Vice President and CHRO, Georgia Institute of Technology; Eugene Whitlock, Assistant Vice Chancellor and CHRO, University of California-Berkeley
Description: This session will inform CHROs on how our contemporaries are approaching institutional recognition programs and what changes may be on the horizon.
11:00 a.m. | Close of the Conference
Felicia Washington, ARU-HRI Board Chair and Senior Vice President for Human Resources, University of Southern California; Mark Coldren, ARU-HRI Board Vice Chair and Associate Vice President for Human Resources, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Post-Conference Opportunity: For Current Workday Customers Only
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Post-Conference Meeting: Special Session for Workday Interest Group and Workday Representative
Facilitator: John Kosky, Vice President and CHRO, University of Virginia