Transform & Engage: Building a Resilient Workforce for the Long-Term

As a strategic business partner, Julie’s approach relies on her experience as a big picture thinker and team player. A long-term vision combined with a focus on building a strong foundation has helped her serve clients in various industries, including diversified financial services, non-profit, manufacturing, healthcare, hospitality, technology, utilities and construction. Julie is a champion for change demonstrated by working hands-on to positively influence the work environment with a keen interest on the impact on people. Julie’s career began in Toronto, Canada as a Recruiter specializing in technology. After moving to Charlotte, NC, she worked in progressively more responsible HR positions in banking. She also served as the first Director of Research for the internal retained executive search group with First Union. She continued to work extensively with financial institutions as the industry shifted and moved through many mergers over the next seven years. Presented with an opportunity to work in non-profit, she built the HR function for a newly integrated system of museums and added a children’s museum. Julie was able to elevate the HR platform and focus on organizational development conducting 360-degree evaluations of senior management and implementing detailed succession planning and knowledge transfer programs. HR consulting ultimately allows her to bring together her diverse experience and help clients creatively find solutions for their HR needs. Education and Certifications • Society for Human Resource Management, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Senior Certified Professional • International Public Management Association for Human Resources, IPMA-HR Senior Certified Professional • BA in Psychology from Winthrop University, SC; Graduate coursework in Organizational Development.

Micco Gallman has been with OneDigital for two years. He started out as our Corporate Talent Management Business Partner supporting Corporate, Retirement & Wealth Corporate, and Enterprise regions before being promoted to Regional Director of Talent Management earlier this year. Micco has been in the world of Human Resources for over two decades and has recently obtained his certification as a Senior Talent Management Practitioner, is a Certified DEI&B Specialist, a Certified Life Coach, and currently working towards his Doctoral Degree in Public Health.

Mary Lynn is a highly respected speaker, prolific writer, facilitator, advisor and an accepted authority on organizational issues including workplace culture, employment trends, people management and leadership. Countless organizations and their teams have benefited from her expertise during her three decades at the Association. Mary Lynn is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Iowa with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Industrial Relations/Human Resources. She holds an MBA with Honors from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. In addition to serving HR Source’s 1200 member organizations, she volunteers on several business association and charitable boards and advisory councils. Although the line between Mary Lynn’s personal and professional life is almost non-existent, she manages to find time to be a mother, a sister, a friend, a mentor, a Hawkeye, a yogi, a world traveler, a researcher and a pop-culture fan.

Kelly provides counseling and representation to employers before the IDHR, the Illinois Human Rights Commission, the EEOC, the IDOL, the USDOL and other state and federal agencies. She also assists employers with employee handbooks, employment law compliance training, employment agreements and all areas of employment law including discrimination, leave administration, wage/hour, layoffs and terminations. You will often find Kelly presenting on employment topics as a keynote presenter and for small groups/workshops locally and throughout the U.S.