Highlights of 37th KYSHRM Annual Conference in Louisville

from October 21 Issue of HR Professionals Magazine

by Cynthia Thompson

WT SHRM Human Resources

August 31 – September 2, 2021

Galt House Hotel | Louisville, Ky.

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Keynote: Inclusion and Diversity 4 1:30 PM | August 31, 2021 5 6

1 Patrick Smith, SHRM-CP, PHR, KYSHRM Chair addresses HR professionals in attendance for the opening day keynote 2 KYSHRM JOHNNY C. TAYLOR, JR., SHRM-SCP State Council members with keynote speaker Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., President and CEO, Society for Human SHRM-SCP, President and Chief Executive Officer, Society for Human Resource Management 3 Day one keynote speaker Johnny C. Taylor, Resource Management (SHRM) Jr., SHRM-SCP, President and Chief Executive Officer of SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management 4 Day two keynote speaker Krissi Barr, CEO, Barr Corporate Success 5 Day three luncheon keynote speaker Donna Hartley, Harley International 6 Brad Federman, CEO of PerformancePoint, spoke on “Team Foundakyshrmconference.com tions: The Keys to Creating Agile Collaboration” 7 (L-R):Shelly Trent, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, HR & Training Manager, KYSHRM and Katie Raney, 7 newly-hired KYSHRM Director

37thKYSHRM-2021-HRProMag-Ad-fullpage-WithBleed-4_Layout 1 6/10/2021 10:10 AM Page 1 August 31 – September 2, 2021 8 register now Galt House Hotel | Louisville, Ky. 8 (L_R) Lyle Hanna, President & CEO, Hanna Resource Group; Tiffany Cardwell, HR Advisory Principal, MCM HR Solutions Group; 2021 Lyle Hanna Spirit award recipient, Patricia Williams, CSP, SHRM-CP, MSM, President & CEO, Wesley House Community Services, Inc.; and Amanda Huddleston, SHRM-CP, KYSHRM Chair-Elect 9 (L-R)Patrick Smith, SHRM-CP, PHR, KYSHRM Chair; conference $2,500 grand prize winner Austyn Miller, HR Generalist, S&S Tire; and Jon Hall, HR Consultant, Human Resources Consulting