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Atlanta CHRO Executive Summit

June 3, 2025 | Westin Atlanta Perimeter North

June 3, 2025
Westin Atlanta Perimeter North

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Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Atlanta's top CHROs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CHROs today:

Focus on enhancing leadership and managerial skills to drive success and foster a culture of growth.

Develop a cohesive, inclusive culture aligned with company values to boost engagement.

Align talent strategies with future workforce needs and organizational goals.

Atlanta CHRO Governing Body


The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CHROs, For CHROs®.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Jeri Hawthorne

Aflac
SVP, CHRO

Terri Lewis

One Call
Chief People Officer

Jed Milstein

Asbury Automotive Group
CHRO

Meg Newman

BrandSafway
EVP & Chief People Officer

Elizabeth Spence

Graphic Packaging
EVP, CHRO

Jill Wilson

Carter's
Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Talent Development

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CHRO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Atlanta CHRO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda


June 3, 2025

8:00am - 8:30am  Registration & Breakfast

9:15am - 9:40am  Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am  Breakout Session

Unlock Industry Insights -- Tailored Strategy Discussions

In this interactive session, CHROs will engage in focused discussions within industry-specific small groups to identify and address top priorities. This collaborative setting fosters the exchange of insights and strategies tailored to unique industry challenges, enabling leaders to drive organizational success.

Participants will benefit from:

  • Peer experiences for innovative solutions
  • Industry-tailored, actionable takeaways
  • Cross-industry sharing of tested tactics


9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Delivering Workforce AI to Connect People With Work

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Andrea Derler

Principal, Research & Value

Visier

All CHROs must now consider AI as they grow the enterprise, but how is AI transforming HR? The challenge is combining data-driven insights with action-oriented solutions to connect people and work. CHROs can implement AI to optimize workforce decisions to drive business performance and decision making.

Join this boardroom to explore:

  • Leading and transforming HR using the power of generative AI
  • Empowering front line leaders with data to streamline workflows
  • Discovering practical strategies to adopt AI for progress

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Agile Leadership — Future-Ready Through Skills-Based Planning

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Quentin Misenheimer

Chief People Officer

Garlock Flexibles

Skills-based succession planning equips organizations for future challenges by enhancing agility, fostering continuous learning, and building a diverse leadership pipeline. By aligning with strategic goals and relying on data-driven decisions, CHROs can ensure this critical bears fruit.

Join your peers to discuss:

  • Ensuring readiness for leadership transitions
  • Identifying key competencies for future leadership
  • Boosting employee retention and driving long-term success

10:25am - 11:10am  Networking Break

10:35am - 11:00am  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

11:10am - 11:55am  Breakout Session

Breakout Session Presented by AlignOrg Solutions

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Ken Thompson

CEO & Principal

AlignOrg Solutions

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Jeff Steggert

Director, Organization Design

Chick-fil-A

 Additional details coming soon.

11:10am - 11:55am  Executive Boardroom

Creating Transformative Job Transitions that Maximize Success for New Leaders

Job transitions are career-defining moments that can accelerate — or limit — success. In fact, ADP reports that 29% of recently promoted leaders leave within a month of taking on their new roles if they haven’t received essential support. Yet research also shows that when organizations take an insightful and deliberate approach to these transitions, it fuels extraordinary levels of employee satisfaction, loyalty, and fulfillment.  Hear the findings from the 2025 Global Culture Report and participate in a discussion about how transformative job transitions help employees thrive, stay, and do their best work.

Join this session to learn:

  • Why organizations should approach new leader job transitions with the same care and attention given to new hires
  • What key factors are part of a transformative job transition experience
  • How integrated recognition leads to greater empowerment and retention for newly promoted leaders

11:10am - 11:55am  Executive Boardroom

Winning With Wellbeing — Igniting Buy-in From Burnout

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Karen Frost

SVP, Corporate Strategy - Health

Alight

No longer satisfied with transactional perks, today’s employees increasingly expect employers to support their total wellbeing that integrates physical health, mental health and financial security. Employers who adapt to these shifting needs enhance retention, productivity and optimize value for benefits investment.

Join this boardroom session to:

  • Boost engagement with personalized, easy-to-navigate benefits
  • Integrate high tech with the human touch to manage complexity
  • Drive retention, productivity, and success with total wellbeing

11:55am - 12:30pm  Lunch Service

1:05pm - 1:30pm  Break

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Breakout Session

Strategic Succession – Crafting a Culture of Continuous Development

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Janet Wong

CHRO

Fox Factory

Strategic succession planning is vital for organizational resilience, yet many CHROs don’t feel their organization is ready. Join this chat among peers who are at different levels of succession planning maturity for key insights into the process of identifying future leaders, aligning talent with business goals, and fostering a culture of continuous development.

Join this session to learn more about:

  • Succession planning roadmap essentials
  • Leadership alignment with strategy
  • Nurturing internal talent pipelines


1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Paper Toss Challenge – Anonymous Sharing and Peer-Sourced Solutions

Engagement and connection, fostering a supportive community, and peer support are more important than ever. Attendees will anonymously share their concerns on enterprise, career, or personal issues and benefit from peer-offered solutions. Peers are encouraged to continue conversations and build lasting relationships beyond the session.

Join this dynamic, interactive activity for:

  • Crowd-sourced solutions and personal insights
  • Connection for ongoing support and insights
  • Community collaboration and engagement


1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

M&A Ps&Qs – Managing Mergers

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Monica Anderton

CHRO

DS Smith

Whether being acquired or acquiring, blending workforces is never simple. Through the candid sharing of insights, strategies and questions, CHRO peers will help each other navigate the complexities of mergers, ensuring a smooth transition that maximizes value and minimizes disruption for both employees and the organization.

Peers will discuss:

  • Aligning organizational cultures, expectations, and norms
  • Streamlining, standardizing and optimizing communication
  • Identifying and retaining key talent


2:15pm - 3:00pm  Networking Break

2:25pm - 2:50pm  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

3:00pm - 3:45pm  Breakout Session

The Digitally Savvy CHRO – Elevate Your Digital Potential

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Stephanie Clement

Senior Director Analyst

Gartner

Enhance your digital savviness to achieve key business outcomes for HR and the enterprise with Gartner’s Digitally Savvy CHRO framework. A Gartner Analyst will present the framework and share practical small, low effort and high impact steps you can take, helping attendees to explore development strategies and providing insights for strategic improvement.

Join this workshop to explore:

  • The six mindsets that characterize a Digitally Savvy CHRO
  • Why CHRO leadership in digital initiatives is crucial
  • Actionable steps to boost your digital savviness

3:00pm - 3:45pm  Executive Boardroom

“How CHROs Can Select the ‘Right’ Data to Influence Board Decisions”

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Michelle Hairston

Executive Partner and Advisor, Global Chief Human Resources Officer Practice

Gartner

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Virginia Means

Chief People Officer

United Distributors

Data is arguably the most powerful tool CHROs have to increase influence and credibility with their boards. However, few board members rate their CHROs’ data communication highly. Rather than too little data, many CHROs are presenting too much without the right data-derived insights.

Join this peer roundtable for:

  • Enhancing data communication at the Board level
  • Understanding what data Boards want to hear about
  • Elevating the CHRO’s strategic influence through data-leveraging


3:00pm - 3:45pm  Executive Boardroom

Community-Driven Talent – Building a Workforce That Works

 Led by a peer with a proven successful model, the discussion addresses the challenges of aligning educational initiatives with industry needs to cultivate a robust talent pipeline, highlighting its importance in fostering community engagement and enhancing workforce readiness.

Join this peer discussion for:

  • Innovative, proven strategies for sourcing talent
  • Approaches for collaboration with local schools and training programs
  • Securing the right talent for decreased attrition


3:45pm - 4:00pm  Networking Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm  Keynote

Law & Order — Cross Examining AI's Legal Boundaries

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Eran Kahana

AI, Cybersecurity, and Intellectual Property Attorney

Guest Speaker

As AI technologies rapidly evolve, the laws and ethical standards designed to govern them lag behind, creating a mismatch in the pace of innovation and regulation. This misalignment often leads to inadequate alignment with core principles such as trustworthiness, safety, and ethics. For leaders, mastering governance strategies that drive alignment with these core principles is key to ensuring the organization’s risk profile is effectively managed.

Join AI, cybersecurity, and IP law expert Eran Kahana as he offers actionable insights on:

  • Navigating the ethics of cutting-edge AI
  • Deciphering global AI legislation dynamics
  • Mastering AI governance for risk mitigation


4:35pm - 4:45pm  Closing Comments and Prize Drawing

4:50pm - 5:30pm  Private Reception

Books and Bridges – Empowering Women & Allies Networking Session

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DeRetta Rhodes

EVP/Chief Culture Officer

Atlanta Braves

Join DeRetta Rhodes, Chief People Capital Officer of the Atlanta Braves, for a dynamic women and allies networking session and Book swap. Discover empowerment through her book, "Courage of Voice," with 10 gifted copies. Engage with peers by exchanging impactful books, fostering connections, and opening professional doors. Don't miss this opportunity to inspire and be inspired.

June 3, 2025

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Westin Atlanta Perimeter North
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A block of rooms has been reserved at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 888-627-8407. Please mention Gartner Atlanta Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $199 USD (plus tax) is May 12, 2025.

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For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Marissa Bernal

Community Program Manager

432-349-4073

marissa.bernal@gartner.com