About
Cultivate Employee Empowerment Summit is a live digital event bringing thought leadership, inspiration, and valuable insights from business leaders in the HR and People Analytics community. Join us to learn how you can lead the conversation within your organization and move your business forward.

Presenters will focus on key success drivers in the digital work experience, the latest in people analytics, data privacy, and how to enable employees to be more effective, engaged and balanced. Conversations, Q&As, online networking and a little fun and entertainment will provide new insights into team effectiveness in the digital age.

Each session will be 20 minutes followed by a 10 minute break.
When
Thursday, October 22, 2020 · 7:45 a.m. Pacific Time (US & Canada) (GMT -7:00)
Agenda
  • 8:45AM PT - DJ Kara
  • 9:00AM PT - Welcome - Joe Freed, CEO and co-founder, Cultivate
  • 9:10AM PT - Employee Voice and Why it Matters - Ethan Burris, Professor Of Management, University of Texas at Austin
  • 9:40AM PT - Data Privacy and AI in the Workplace - Ali Shah, Head of Technology Policy, UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
  • 10:10AM PT - How To Embrace Remote Teams - Barbie Brewer, Chief People Officer, LoveToKnow Media
  • 10:40AM PT - Resilient (and Remote) Leadership | Panel Discussion: Cathy Benko, Former Vice Chairman & Managing Principal, Deloitte and Dr. Brian Glaser, Director, The Google School for Leaders & Talent Management
  • 11:10AM PT - Being Empowered and Supported to Thrive Remotely - May O'Neal, Chief People Officer, Varo Money Inc.
  • 11:40AM PT - Wellbeing Lessons Learned from Organizations in 2020 - Nancy Vitale, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Partners for Wellbeing
  • 12:10PM PT - People Sustainability and Inclusion Through Empowerment - Judith Williams, Head of People Sustainability and SVP, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, SAP SE
  • 12:40PM PT - The Future of People Analytics for the Employee | Panel Discussion: RJ Milnor, Head of People Analytics, Uber and Prasad Setty, Vice President, People Operations, ABC - Google
  • 1:10PM PT - End of Event
  • DJ Kara will spin tunes during the 10 minute breaks throughout the event!
Presenters
1603377632-b6b96fd0c4ae2c25
Cathy Benko
Former Vice Chairman & Managing Principal/Deloitte
NIKE, Inc. Board Member and former Deloitte Vice Chairman, Cathy is known as a strategist, innovative thinker and market cultivator holding positions as diverse as global e-Business leader, technology sector leader and chief talent officer (CHRO equivalent) for the largest professional services organization.
1603377641-36143a482bb4e77a
Barbie Brewer
Chief People Officer, LoveToKnow Media
Barbie Brewer has been leading HR for remote companies since 2017. Prior to this, she was VP of HR for Netflix. She has learned that the world of HR is varied and complex and deserves the best talent and tools.
1603377690-9a08f5b4c3fe26ae
Ethan Burris
Professor Of Management at University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Ethan Burris is a Professor of Management and the Chevron Centennial Fellow at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the Director of the Center of Leadership Excellence for the McCombs School. He earned his PhD in Management from Cornell University, and has served as a Visiting Scholar at Google and Microsoft. He teaches and consults on topics relating to leadership, managing power and politics, leading groups and teams, and negotiations.
1603377663-25b032f23cfe06a7
Joe Freed
Co-Founder, Cultivate
As Co-founder and CEO of Cultivate, Joe is focused on building leadership development and future-of-work technology for the digital workforce. In addition to leading Cultivate, Joe enjoys writing about workplace trends, teaching about startups and product management at UC Berkeley Extension, and occasionally running a marathon.
1603377634-85e2ad05a7b3a929
Dr. Brian J. Glaser
Director, The Google School for Leaders & Head of Talent
Brian oversees The Google School for Leaders, a modern-day center of excellence that builds capabilities and mindsets for over twenty-thousand Google leaders in sixty countries. Brian and his team conduct cutting-edge research and create first of their kind leadership and team development experiences to help executives tackle complex business and leadership challenges. Brian also oversees Talent Management including leader on-boarding, talent reviews, and succession planning for the company.
1603377682-b62b9d1c186b2ab1
Rachel Habbert, PhD
Senior People Scientist
Rachel is the Senior People Scientist at Cultivate. As a psychologist, she's always been interested in people: how we think, grow, evolve, and interact. She is excited to help Cultivate users interpret their behaviors through a scientific, research-based lens.
1603377667-c9b0c4f436132ec3
Andy Horng
Co-Founder, Cultivate
As co-founder and Head of AI, Andy is building products to facilitate healthy, frictionless workplace relationships. He is inspired by the ideals of intelligent infrastructure: machine learning woven into our lives to help us synthesize information and overcome cognitive biases.
1603377649-602ca41285988cfa
RJ Milnor
Head of People Analytics, Uber
RJ is the Global Head of People Analytics at Uber. His responsibilities include people analytics, products and research for Uber’s global businesses and People functions, people data infrastructure, and people data privacy & security policies.
1603377651-ff32365ebc0f15ab
May O'Neal
Chief People Officer, Varo Money Inc.
May O’Neal is the Chief People Officer of Varo Bank N.A. and is responsible for executing Varo’s strategic growth plan. Our employees are the heart of our company, and she is dedicated to creating a people-first culture at Varo.
1603377665-7ea824ce24dee530
Joshua Pittel
Director of Global Privacy & Legal, Cultivate
1603377671-b1e7bad09f3a1369
Prasad Setty
Vice President, People Operations, ABC - Google
Prasad's team helps Googlers be happy and healthy, enables people decisions to be data-driven, and tailors rewards and recognition to attract and retain the best talent.
1603377687-65bbefdcf1bde4b0
Ali Shah
Head of Technology Policy, UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
1603377659-93da76aac710b2a7
Nancy Vitale
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Partners for Wellbeing
Nancy Vitale is a senior executive with 25+ years of experience leading HR for industry leaders, including Genentech/Roche, Procter & Gamble, CIGNA, and Deloitte Consulting. She is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Partners for Wellbeing, a boutique consulting firm that integrates total wellbeing into thriving cultures enabling people to be at their best.
1603377653-0d9836de7f7863a6
Judith Michelle Williams
Head of People Sustainability and SVP, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, SAP SE
Judith has been at the forefront of the culture change movement in technology and entertainment – with a deep focus on analytics and strategies to identify and disrupt bias in social systems and corporate culture.
She joined SAP in September 2018 as Head of People Sustainability and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer leading both diversity and inclusion and business health programs at SAP.

1603377661-472571faff9af4f3
DJ Kara
Guest DJ
Kara is an LA based DJ DJing monthly at various bars and lounges around LA. Kara has an eclectic taste when it comes to the music she plays. She enjoys spinning genres such as Deep house, Funk, Disco, Rnb, Top 40, and loves to throw it back to the late 90s/00s during her sets.