The Higher Ed HR Playbook Conference Agenda

We are honored to announce our keynote speaker is Stanford Women’s Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer, who in January won her 1,203rd game in her coaching career (and counting) - the most wins by any coach in men’s or women’s college basketball history. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from her in person in how she continues to build momentum and a talent pipeline within her teams!

Sponsored by: Virtual Care Group

Take a short break and visit the Expo to meet the conference sponsors and more. But don't take take too long, breakout sessions begin at 11:00 a.m.!

Location: Main Room

Join us for a panel highlighting the challenges, opportunities and the future of talent acquisition from the perspective of our colleagues at community colleges, small private and large public institutions.

Panelists:

• Lyndon Huling, UC Davis
• Sheila Javier, Santa Clara University
• Vy Le, Ohlone College
• Mellonie Richardson, California State University, Sacramento

Sponsored by: JobElephant

Location: Room C524 (The Quad, 5th Floor of Cardinal Hall)

Learn how the College of San Mateo and Stanford University partnered to create a staff internship program that provides opportunities for interns to gain administrative skills and establishes a ready pipeline of talent to fill critical roles quickly. Presenters will also discuss how this partnership creates opportunities for diverse talent and for talent development.

Speakers:

• Andrea Vizenor (Executive Director, College of San Mateo)
• Priscilla Fiden (Associate Vice Provost, Stanford University)
• Ibuki Hlaing (Program Services Coordinator, CSM)
• Jacquelyn Wang (Administrative Operations Manager, Stanford University)
• Antoinette Aragon (Research Coordinator, Stanford University)
• Ginny Smith, (Sr. Faculty Assistant and Process Improvement Specialist, Stanford University)

Sponsored by: California Casualty

Location: Room C145

How can we help staff see opportunities for advancement and demonstrate that our institutions are investing in them? Learn how UC Berkeley is building a coaching culture that supports recruitment, development, retention and internal mobility, and how you can advocate for this on your campus.

Learning outcomes

• Examine research and data to make the case for coaching at your institution
• Explore how one institution has fostered coaching and career development for staff, including policies that support these initiatives
• Discover best practices and adapt them to your own institutional context to implement effective coaching and career development programs
• Learn about opportunities for continued conversation, collaboration and benchmarking on this topic across our institutions of higher education

Speaker Information:

• Lisa Rykert UC Berkeley - Career & Professional Development Lead, People & Organization Development, Berkeley People & Culture
  • Lisa Rykert (she/her) serves as the Career & Professional Development Lead on the People & Organization Development team within UC Berkeley People & Culture. Lisa’s focus on campus is to support staff career growth and mobility with the goal of helping people to love the work they do and do the work they love within a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. Lisa is also a board-certified coach (BCC).

Sponsored by: CredibleMind

Join us for lunch, and connect with your higher ed HR colleagues from around the region. Finished eating? Take some time to visit the Expo!

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging: Why it Matters with Teddi Martinez, Senior Facilitator at FranklinCovey

Have you heard that teams with inclusive leaders are 20% more likely to make high-quality decisions? Or how about teams with inclusive leaders are 29% more likely to report behaving collaboratively? Hiring diverse talent isn't enough anymore. It's the workplace experience that shapes whether people remain and thrive in their jobs. In this keynote, you'll find out:

• Why it's not just diversity that's important, but also inclusion and belonging.
• How inclusion and belonging are key to employee engagement.
• Skills to becoming a more inclusive leader.

Sponsored by: FranklinCovey

Stick around after the keynote to see if you're a winner! There will be time for a short break after the drawing.

Campus Culture and Conflict: HR's Role in Creating an Inclusive Campus Community

This is a safe space for you to share your current challenges and concerns and for us to collectively share what we are doing to create and sustain an inclusive, welcoming community for our employees and students.

During this interactive session, we will discuss

1. current and emerging campus culture and climate challenges;
2. actions campus leaders have taken or plan to take to address campus challenges or conflict; and
3. what HR’s role is or can be to help all members of the community feel welcome and safe.

Led by Vivian Lee, Associate Director of Human Resources at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. She is a member of the Graduate School of Business DEI Council.

Vivian has served on the Northern and Central CA Chapter board for the past six years which includes being last year’s Chapter President. Vivian is a current CUPA-HR Emerging Leader and is a member of CUPA-HR’s Creating Inclusive Communities steering committee. 

Sponsored by: Segal