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Tonie Rose Guevarra is a PR Outreach and Writer at VEED. She loves to write content about travel, lifestyle, business, digital marketing, and SEO.

Tiffany Dovey Fishman is a manager with Deloitte Research, Deloitte Services LP, where she is responsible for public sector research and thought leadership for Deloitte’s public sector industry practice. Her research focuses on how emerging issues in technology, business, and society will impact public sector organizations. To learn more about how leaders can enable the mission of government through their people, see Deloitte University Press’ Government’s Talent Factor collection.

Michelle Agner blogs at Careertopia where she helps her fellow careerists find, excel in, and enjoy careers they actually like. You can check out their FREE ecourse “How to Find the Perfect Career Fit For Your Personality”.

Mike Bruni possesses over 17 years of experience in Human Resources, Recruiting & Staffing. Mike is heavily experienced within the Defense and Intelligence Communities. Mike joined SAIC (Now Leidos) in January of 2005 after spending 7 years in the staffing industry. Since joining SAIC/Leidos he has taken on many roles leading many initiatives to include Talent Acquisition Management, Sourcing, Capture Staffing, Direct Recruiting, and Veteran Outreach. As a Sourcing Manager, designed and built talent pipelines supporting programs throughout the IC. Provides staffing strategies in support of new business pursuits and proposals. Leads a candidate outreach effort to provide organizational and personal branding for Leidos. In December of 2009, Mike was instrumental in standing up a centralized SAIC/Leidos Military Recruiting Program, Operation MVP. This program was designed to be an SAIC/Leidos central point to recruit top talent from all Branches of the Military. He continues to lead this program presently. Mike has been quoted in HR Magazine, The Military Times, and USAToday. He’s been a guest on Federal News Radio’s “FedAccess” Show. Mike has also been a guest on the radio program “The Workforce Show”. He’s been featured on the Pentagon Channel’s “Hiring America” television show. Mike sits on the AFCEA EPIC Committee as well as the INSA ICC Committee. Both committees are industry professional associations. Mike is also the facilitator and leader for Project S.A.V.E. (Staffing Alliance of Virginia Employers) which is a networking organization for HR and recruiting professionals. Mike is currently working as a Talent Acquisition Manager with the National Security Sector of Leidos. He is based out of Reston, VA and supports programs and operations worldwide.

Mike Kennerknecht, MPA, is Economic Development Coordinator and Assistant Director of State Relations for the University of Rochester. Mike has more than a decade of experience in government and public affairs, including serving as chief of staff to New York State Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo. He also has significant private sector experience, working with a wide range of businesses​, nonprofit​ organizations​ and government clients as public relations supervisor at Tipping Point Communications.

Nate Regier is the CEO and founding owner of Next Element Consulting, the leader in helping companies build their cultures of COMPASSIONATE ACCOUNTABILITY. Learn more at next-element.com.

Kasia started her career in recruitment in 2012 as a sourcing specialist and quickly discovered this is where her true passion is - sourcing allows her to combine her interest in social media with lots of people contact and allows her to develop her language skills on a daily basis. As an internal Sourcing Specialist at Alexander Mann Solutions, Kasia was able to develop an in-depth understanding of the recruitment industry and has now joined the outsourcing part of the business to gain a better insight into the financial industry. Through work, Kasia has also developed an interest in blogging and has set up the first Relocation Guide to Krakow.

Noah St. John is the best-selling author of The Book of Afformations: Discovering The Missing Piece to Abundant Health, Wealth, Love, and Happiness (Hay House). Noah is famous for inventing Afformations® and creating customized strategies for fast-growing companies and leading organizations around the world. His sought-after advice is known as the “secret sauce” for creating breakthrough performance. Noah’s books have been translated into ten languages and he appears frequently in the news worldwide, including CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, National Public Radio, PARADE, Woman’s Day, Forbes.com, Los Angeles Business Journal, Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Post, Bottom Line/Personal, Selling Power and The Huffington Post. Get up to $500 worth of breakthrough performance training FREE when you order The Book of Afformations at AfformationsBook.com/more

Rick Metrick, a graduate of Appalachian Bible College, Liberty University and Emmanuel Baptist University is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), NCC board-certified, a resiliency coach and minister. He has been in private practice for thirty years, for the past twenty years, he has served as founder and director of Total Life Counseling, Inc. in Beckley, West Virginia. He has authored four books and is the pastor of a local church in his community. He and his wife Karen are the proud parents of five children and eleven grandchildren. You can visit his website at www.TLCWV.com.

Timothy Evans is currently in county management as a Local Government Management Fellow within the Greater Minneapolis region of Minnesota, and is a member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA). Through his efforts in Minnesota and previously with the National League Cities in Washington DC, he continues to work on a variety of social, economic, and systemic issues that impact local governments across the nation. Further, Timothy’s experiences motivate him to help local governments navigate the challenging political and economic realities of today. Coupled with his local government experiences, passion, and education through Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College, Timothy brings a comprehensive understanding of the challenges that face our education system. Supporting his comprehensive understanding of education are his years of experience in the DC public schools, through Teach For America, his educationally focus work in the non-profit sector (nationally/internationally), and his graduate teaching degree from American University. He utilizes his diverse range of experiences to help local governments gain a holistic view of a policy’s impact on the respective community. Timothy seeks to exercise his knowledge to help communities nationally understand the various connections and impacts of policies and environmental changes. Through his passion and experiences, he is working to provide actionable steps for local governments to build thriving communities.

Richard Bistrong spent much of his career as an international sales executive and currently blogs and speaks on foreign bribery and compliance issues from that front-line perspective. Richard was the Vice President of International Sales for a large, publicly traded manufacturer of police and military equipment, which included residing and working in the UK. In 2007, as part of a cooperation agreement with the United States Department of Justice and subsequent Immunity from Prosecution in the UK, Richard assisted the United States, UK, and other governments in their understanding of how FCPA, bribery and other export violations occurred and operated in international sales. In 2012, Richard was sentenced as part of his own Plea Agreement, and served fourteen-and-a-half months at a Federal Prison Camp. Richard now blogs at www.richardbistrong.com about current front-line anti- bribery and compliance issues. Richard can be reached via his blog and he frequently tweets on #FCPA & #compliance @richardbistrong. Richard is available to speak about his experience and current compliance challenges on the front lines of international business to corporations, industry groups and academia. Speaking abstracts can be viewed at www.richardbistrong.com.

Bob Lavigna, author of Engaging Government Employees (American Management Association) is Director of the Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement, a division of CPS HR Services, an independent government agency. The Institute is dedicated to helping public sector and nonprofit organizations measure and improve employee engagement Before joining the Institute, Bob was Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director of HR for the University of Wisconsin. His previous positions also include Vice President- Research for the Partnership for Public Service and Director of the Wisconsin civil service system. Bob began his career with the U.S. Government Accountability Office. He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and was selected as a “Public Official of the Year” by Governing magazine. Bob has a B.A. in public affairs from George Washington University and an M.S. in HR from Cornell University.