Speakers
John H. Douglas

Avant Resources Speaker John H. DouglasJohn H. Douglas is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment, Appellate, Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution and

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Dr. S. David Bernstein

Dr. Avant Resources Speakers - S. David BernsteinS. David Bernstein is an expert in Threat Assessment and Corporate Risk Management. 

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Dr. Joni E. Johnston

Avant Resources Speaker Dr. Joni JohnstonDr. Joni E. Johnston is the founder and CEO of WorkRelationships, a corporate training and consulting company specializing in workplace

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Patricia Gordon

Avant Resources Speaker Patricia Gordon

Patricia is the executive director of KAS Training & Development, a law technology training firm in New York.

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Brian Faughnan

Avant Resources Speaker Brian Faughnan

Brian is a partner in the Memphis office of Adams and Reese LLP, which has thirteen offices located across six states and Washington, D.C.

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Joe Shelton

Avant Resources Speaker Joe SheltonJoe Shelton is a partner in the Atlanta office of Fisher and Phillips. His practice focuses on the defense of employment discrimination claims in trial and appellate

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Erika Lamont
Avant Resources Speaker Erika LamontErika is co-owner of Connect the Dots Consulting, which specializes in developing and implementing a variety of business solutions,
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Jennifer McClure
Avant Resources Speaker Jennifer McClureJennifer McClure is President of Unbridled Talent, LLC a Cincinnati based consulting firm providing services to clients in the areas
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Carol Harnett
Avant Resources Speaker Carol HarnettCarol Harnett is a private-label consultant as well as a speaker, writer and trendspotter in the fields of health and productivity management,
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Daniel J. McCoy
Avant Resources Speaker Daniel J. McCoyMr. McCoy, a partner in Fenwick & West LLP, emphasizes employment litigation and counseling for employers throughout California.
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Richard R. Meneghello
Avant Resources Speaker Richard R. MeneghelloRichard R. Meneghello is a partner in the Portland office of Fisher & Phillips LLP
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Robin Bond
Avant Resources Speaker Robin BondAttorney Robin Bond is managing partner and founder of Transition Strategies, LLC, an employment law firm.
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Greg Maciolek

Avant Resources Speaker Greg MaciolekGreg Maciolek is president and owner of Integrated Management Resources Inc., a Knoxville, TN based consulting company.

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Suzanne Rhulen Loughlin

Avant Resources Speaker Suzanne Rhulen LoughlinSuzanne Rhulen Loughlin, Esq.
Chief Administrative Officer
Co-Founder—Firestorm Solutions, LLC.
Rock Hill, New York. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Phillip B. Wilson

Avant Resources Speaker Phillip B. WilsonPhillip B. Wilson, president and general counsel of Labor Relations Institute, is a nationally recognized expert on labor relations and the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Kim Vance

Avant Resources Speaker Kim VanceKim Vance is a shareholder in the Labor & Employment Department at Baker Donelson's Nashville office. She has more than 20 years of experience representing management in

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Alexander J. Passantino

Alexander J. Passantino

Mr. Alexander J. Passantino is Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Seyfarth Shaw. He previously served as the Deputy and Acting Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor,

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Edward Grandi

Avant Resources Speaker Edward GrandiEdward Grandi is the executive director of the non-profit American Sleep Apnea Association, located in Washington, D.C. The association is dedicated to reducing injury, disability and death

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Lynne Waymon

Avant Resources Speaker Lynne WaymonLynne Waymon is CEO of Contacts Count, the nationwide training and consulting firm that specializes in professional and business networking.

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Asia Rols

Avant Resources Speaker Asia RolsAsia Rols is a neuroscience researcher at Stanford University. Her current field of research is memory consolidation processes. She has been a key contributor in the development

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John Jay Matchulat

Avant Resources Speaker John Jay MatchulatJohn Jay Matchulat has devoted his career to the practice of labor law. Prior to entering private practice 18 years ago, he worked with the National

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Kevin Herring

Avant Resources Speaker Kevin HerringKevin Herring is President of Ascent Management Consulting and co-author of Practical Guide for Internal Consultants, a groundbreaking set of tools

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Stephen Fairley

Stephen Fairley is a nationally recognized law firm marketing expert and has helped more than 7,000 attorneys from hundreds of law firms across the country to discover the secrets of generating more referrals and filling their practice.

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Michelle Dunn

An internationally-known expert on the topic of credit and collections Michelle Dunn is a leading authority on starting a collection agency, she is a columnist and the author of an award winning book on the topic as well as 12 other books on credit and debt collection.

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Howard Mavity

Howard A. Mavity is a partner with Fisher & Phillips LLP and as Co-Chairman of the Firm’s Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group oversees attorneys in 22 offices. Howard is a graduate of both the undergraduate and law schools of Vanderbilt University.

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Ron Brand

Ron Brand is a partner in the Irvine office and a member of Fisher and Phillip's Employee Defection and Trade Secrets Practice Group. His practice is focused on defending employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. Ron also has substantial experience in unfair competition and trade secrets litigation.

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Ronald Adler

Ronald Adler, M.B.A., is President and CEO of Laurdan Associates, Inc., a veteran-owned HR management consulting firm specializing in HR auditing consulting services and products, HR metrics and benchmarking, employee surveys, and strategic HR. Mr. Adler has more than 38 years of HR consulting experience working with U.S. and international firms, small businesses and non-profits, insurance companies and brokers, and employer organizations.

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David M. Kozak

David M. Kozak is a Shareholder in Buchalter Nemer's Corporate Practice Group in Scottsdale, Arizona. His practice includes tax (federal, state and local), real estate, trusts and estates,business law, commercial transactions, business formations and organization, corporate and partnership law, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, ESOPs,estate planning, probate (including guardianships and conservatorships), elder law and matrimonial property law. He has also advised the drafters of federal tax legislation, beginning with the 1976 Tax Reform Act.

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David S. Sanders

Avant Resources Speaker - David S. SandersDavid S. Sanders is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Foley & Lardner LLP. He is vice chair of the firm’s Transactional & Securities Practice, and a member of

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Terrie Wheeler

Avant Resource Speaker Terrie WheelerTerrie S. Wheeler, MBC, is Founder of www.MarketYourLawPractice.com and Professional Services Marketing, Inc.

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Ashley Gillihan

Avant Resources Speaker Ashley GillihanAshley Gillihan is counsel in the Atlanta office of Alston and Bird and a member of the firm's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

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Kimberly Medlock

Avant Resources Speaker Kimberly Medlock

Kimberly Medlock, speaker, trainer, coach and author of “What NOT To Do At the Office” is known as the productivity expert. She is the CPO of Productive Matters.

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Bob Chaput

Avant Resources Speaker Bob ChaputBob is president of Data Mountain LLC, a data security, online data backup and recovery, disaster recovery and data protection services firm.

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Wade Herring
Avant Resources Speaker Wade Herring Wade Herring is a partner in Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, P.C., a full-service law firm with offices in Savannah and Brunswick, Georgia.
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Brenda Hampel
Avant Resources Speaker Brenda HampelBrenda is co-owner of Connect the Dots Consulting, which specializes in developing and implementing a variety of business solutions,
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Melissa Fleischer
Avant Resources Speaker Melissa FleischerMelissa Fleischer is an employment law attorney with many years experience. She is President and Founder of HR Learning Center LLC.
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Jennifer Sandberg
Avant Resources Speaker Jennifer SandbergJennifer Sandberg is a partner in the Atlanta office of Fisher & Phillips LLP. She represents management in all areas of labor and employment 
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Doug Taylor
Avant Resources Speaker Doug TaylorCreating, Updating and Enforcing your Acceptable Use Policy in a Social Networking World
Doug Taylor, Director of Event Marketing
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James Houran
Avant Resources Speaker James Houran

James Houran holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and is President of 20|20 Assessment™ – a service of HVS that specializes in talent management

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Mari Frank

Avant Resources Speaker Mari FrankMari Frank,Esq. attorney, mediator and Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), is the creator of The Identity Theft Survival Kit, the audio

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James W. Satterfield

Avant Resources Speaker James W. SatterfieldJames W. Satterfield, President/Chief Operating Officer, Co-Founder of Firestorm Solutions, LLC, Atlanta, GA This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Elizabeth Topp

Avant Resources Speaker Elizabeth Topp Elizabeth Topp is the owner of 21C Presence™ a company supporting entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs specializing in Executive and Organizational

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Tom Olivo

Avant Resources Speaker Tom OlivoTom Olivo is the President of Success Profiles, Inc. (SPI), and the Founding Partner of Healthcare Performance Solutions (HPS). Success Profiles specializes in organizational performance

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R. Brent Ballow

Avant Resources Speaker R. Brent BallowR. Brent Ballow has over 20 years of legal experience in the area of labor and employee relations matters. He has successfully negotiated numerous collective bargaining agreements,

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Dr. Steven Lockley

Avant Resources Speaker Dr. Steven LockleyDr. Steven Lockley is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard University. He is also a Harvard Medical School Associate Neuroscientist, Division of Sleep Medicine Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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Mark Floyd

Avant Resources Speaker Mark FloydMark Floyd has more 23 years of experience in labor and employment matters. He has acted as a private practitioner and in-house counsel representing a wide variety of industries.

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Rajiv S. Khanna

Avant Resources Speaker Rajiv S. KhannaRajiv is a member of the Virginia and DC Bars and the principle of the Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, PC. Since 1993, he and his firm have focused their practice on employment and business-based

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Marta Daglow

Avant Resources Speaker Marta DaglowMarta Daglow is the founder of Daglow Consulting Group, an HR services consulting firm that for the last 16 years has provided independent guidance to companies

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Chris Orestis

Avant Resources Speaker Chris OrestisChris Orestis, president of Life Care Funding Group, is a 15 year veteran of both the insurance and long term care industries, previously serving in senior positions

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Darin Zenov

Darin Zenov is a partner with Foley & Lardner, LLP in Miami, FL. Mr. Zenov is a member of the Tax & Individual Planning, Tax & Employee Benefits and Estates & Trusts Practices.

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Jennifer Seda

Jennifer Seda is an attorney with Jackson Lewis LLP. She is a member of the firm’s Affirmative Action Practice Group in the firm’s Denver office.

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Ellen Freeman

Ellen Freeman is Of Counsel at K&L Gates in Pittsburg, PA. She has practiced in the area of immigration law for 11 years. Ms. Freeman focuses her practice on biotech, pharma and academia.

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Edwin G. Foulke, Jr

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr is a partner with Fisher & Phillips LLP, a leading national labor and employment law firm. Mr. Foulke is co-chair of the firm’s Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group in its Atlanta, Georgia office. Prior to joining Fisher & Phillips, Mr. Foulke was the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. Named by President George W. Bush to head OSHA, he served from April 2006 to November 2008.

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Larry Perry, CPA

With 40 years' experience as a CPA, Larry is a nationally-known author of accounting and auditing manuals, a professional continuing education instructor and author, and a consultant to CPA firms.  Larry practices in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has served primarily small businesses, small nonprofit organizations, churches, other nonprofit organizations and individuals.

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Wally Hauck

Wally Hauck is a source for employee engagement and performance solutions. Wally helps leaders create an environment that facilitates this through employee engagement. Wally is a Certified Speaking Professional or CSP.

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