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Agenda Nov 2011 Final
1. AGENDA
9 – 10 November 2011
Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner
Vienna, VA
2. Day 1 ~Wednesday, 9 November 2011
7:00 a.m. Registration (Coffee, refreshments available for purchase. Exhibit area open.)
Wounded Warrior Success Stories on DVD showing
7:25 a.m. Participants assemble in Grand Ballroom
7:30 a.m. Presentation of Colors & National Anthem
Arrival of Official Party
United States Navy Color Guard
Invocation by Chaplain Jonathan Craig, Naval Support Activity, Washington
7:45 a.m. Call to Order and Welcome Remarks by Hon. Juan Garcia, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Recognition of distinguished guests
8:10 a.m. VADM Kevin McCoy, USN, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command
8:30 a.m. General James F. Amos, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps
9:00 a.m. Mrs. Holly Petraeus, Assistant Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of
Servicemember Affairs
9:30 a.m. Hon. Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy
10:00 a.m. CAPT Brad Cooper, USN, Executive Director, Joining Forces, The White House, Office of
the First Lady
10:20 a.m. Break (Exhibit area is open. Networking)
Wounded Warrior Success Stories on DVD showing
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
3. 10:30 a.m. BREAKOUT SESSION: FINDING AND SUCCESSFULLY RECRUITING
WOUNDED WARRIORS
Pavilion 23 Breakout Session 1: Panel on Military Wounded Warrior Programs
This breakout session will inform and educate attendees on military Wounded Warrior
Programs and the various transition, training, and employment efforts they have that
support Wounded Warriors and their families. Each Service will provide a program
overview, explain how their program connects to Wounded Warriors and their career goals,
and showcase Services' best practices.
Facilitator: Dr. Susan Kelly, Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
Panelists:
COL Greg Gadson, USA, Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2)
Col John Mayer, USMC, U.S. Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment
CAPT Valerie Zimmerman, USN, Navy Safe Harbor
LtCol Susan Black, USAF, Air Force Wounded Warrior Program (AFW2)
Mezzanine 1 Breakout Session 2: Bringing Warriors Back to Work – Hiring Heroes Career Fairs
Bring our Wounded Warriors back to work! Come learn about Department of Defense's
Hiring Heroes Career Fairs. These events connect DoD, other Federal agencies and private
sector employers with highly talented individuals and assist our Wounded Warriors and their
families in their job search.
Speaker: Karen Hannah, Hiring Heroes Program Manager, Department of Defense, Civilian
Personnel Policy, Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service
Pavilion 21 Breakout Session 3: National Labor Exchange
The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) in partnership with
DirectEmployers Association (DE) has created the National Labor Exchange (NLX). The
NLX allows NASWA and its state and business partners to have a direct involvement in
making job connections for our nation’s veterans. Learn about NLX and how you, as an
employer, can successfully recruit Veterans.
Speakers:
Chad Sowash, Vice President of Business Development, DirectEmployers Association,
Inc.
Pam Gerassimides, Assistant Executive Director and National Labor Exchange Director,
National Association of State Workforce Agencies
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
4. Pavilion 22 Breakout Session 4: Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment, VETSUCCESS
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
(VR&E) VetSuccess program (also known as Voc-Rehab or Chapter 31) offers disabled vets
counseling, training, education and other services needed to prepare for, find, and keep
suitable jobs. Learn about this program and how you can use it to connect to disabled
Veterans and Wounded Warriors.
Speaker: Ruth Fanning, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment, U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Mezzanine 2 Breakout Session 5: VA for VETS
Come join us and hear about the VA for VETS Program. The speakers will explain how an
employer can leverage VA for VETS to successfully find and recruit Wounded Warriors.
They will share some of their success stories, best practices and lessons learned.
Speakers:
Mary M. Santiago, Director, Veteran Employment Services Office, Office of Human
Resources and Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Dennis O. May, Colonel, USAF (Retired) Chief, Veterans Recruitment, Veteran
Employment Services Office, Office of Human Resources and Administration, U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Mezzanine 3 Breakout Session 6: Employer Partnership of the Armed Forces
The goal of this breakout is to educate attendees about the Employer Partnership of the
Armed Forces and how they can assist in the employment goals of Wounded Warriors.
Speaker: LTC Robert D. Reed, Deputy Director, Employer Partnership Office, Office of the
Chief, Army Reserve
11:30 a.m. Lunch (Exhibitor area open. Networking)
Wounded Warrior Success Stories on DVD showing
12:30 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION: FINDING AND SUCCESSFULLY RECRUITING
WOUNDED WARRIORS
Pavilion 23 Breakout Session 1: Panel on Military Wounded Warrior Programs
This breakout session will inform and educate attendees on military Wounded Warrior
Programs and the various transition, training, and employment efforts they have that
support Wounded Warriors and their families. Each Service will provide a program
overview, explain how their program connects to Wounded Warriors and their career goals,
and showcase Services' best practices.
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
5. Facilitator: Dr. Susan Kelly, Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
Panelists:
COL Greg Gadson, USA, Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2)
Col John Mayer, USMC, U.S. Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment
CAPT Valerie Zimmerman, USN, Navy Safe Harbor
LtCol Susan Black, USAF, Air Force Wounded Warrior Program (AFW2)
Mezzanine 1 Breakout Session 2: Bringing Warriors Back to Work – Hiring Heroes Career Fairs
Bring our Wounded Warriors back to work! Come learn about Department of Defense's
Hiring Heroes Career Fairs. These events connect DoD, other Federal agencies and private
sector employers with highly talented individuals and assist our Wounded Warriors and their
families in their job search.
Speaker: Karen Hannah, Hiring Heroes Program Manager, Department of Defense, Civilian
Personnel Policy, Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service
Pavilion 21 Breakout Session 3: National Labor Exchange
The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) in partnership with
DirectEmployers Association (DE) has created the National Labor Exchange (NLX). The
NLX allows NASWA and its state and business partners to have a direct involvement in
making job connections for our nation’s veterans. Learn about NLX and how you, as an
employer, can successfully recruit Veterans.
Speakers:
Chad Sowash, Vice President of Business Development, DirectEmployers Association,
Inc.
Pam Gerassimides, Assistant Executive Director and National Labor Exchange Director,
National Association of State Workforce Agencies
Pavilion 22 Breakout Session 4: Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment, VETSUCCESS
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
(VR&E) VetSuccess program (also known as Voc-Rehab or Chapter 31) offers disabled vets
counseling, training, education and other services needed to prepare for, find, and keep
suitable jobs. Learn about this program and how you can use it to connect to disabled
Veterans and Wounded Warriors.
Speaker: Ruth Fanning, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment, U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Mezzanine 2 Breakout Session 5: VA for VETS
Come join us and hear about the VA for VETS Program. The speakers will explain how an
employer can leverage VA for VETS to successfully find and recruit Wounded Warriors.
They will share some of their success stories, best practices and lessons learned.
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
6. Speakers:
Mary M. Santiago, Director, Veteran Employment Services Office, Office of Human
Resources and Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Dennis O. May, Colonel, USAF (Retired) Chief, Veterans Recruitment, Veteran
Employment Services Office, Office of Human Resources and Administration, U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Mezzanine 3 Breakout Session 6: Employer Partnership of the Armed Forces
The goal of this breakout is to educate attendees about the Employer Partnership of the
Armed Forces and how they can assist in the employment goals of Wounded Warriors.
Speaker: LTC Robert D. Reed, Deputy Director, Employer Partnership Office, Office of the
Chief, Army Reserve
1:30 p.m. Break (Exhibit area is open. Networking)
Wounded Warrior Success Stories on DVD showing
1:45 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION: SUCCESSFULLY HIRING WOUNDED WARRIORS
Pavilion 22 Breakout Session 1: Panel on Federal Civilian Human Resources
This session will impart details of methods, best practices, lessons learned, and the way
ahead for implementing successful Wounded Warrior hiring programs within federal
agencies. Panel members represent innovative organizations from the Navy, Marine Corps
and Department of Homeland Security, who will give overviews of their programs and
discuss how to utilize existing resources to implement new hiring initiatives within any
federal agency.
Facilitator: Laura Stanek, Wounded Warrior Program Manager, National Naval Medical
Center
Panelists:
Pat D’Amico, Office of Civilian Human Resources, Department of the Navy
Brandon Wyatt, Dept Homeland Security Policy and Program Operations, U.S. Customs
and Border Protection
LaToya Bedgood, Recruitment Program Manager, U.S. Marine Corps
Pavilion 23 Breakout Session 2: Panel on Wounded Warrior Hiring Programs
The goal of this breakout session is to introduce attendees to established Wounded Warrior
Hiring Programs. The panel will explain how a federal government organization or a private
company can set up a Wounded Warrior Program and walk them through the first steps they
need to take. In addition, the panel will advise how attendees can connect to Wounded
Warriors. Panelists will share some of their success stories, best practices and lessons
learned.
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
7. Facilitator: CDR Stephen Tomlin, Wounded Warrior Program, Naval Sea Systems
Command
Panelists:
Debra Coleman, Always A Soldier, Army Materiel Command
Hettie Holmes-Carter, Human Resources Corporate Recruitment and Operation
Warfighter, Defense Logistics Agency
Brett Nila, Manager of Community OneSource, Easter Seals Inc.
Daniel Nega, Director, Aviation Readiness & Resource Analysis, Naval Air Systems
Command
Mezzanine 1 Breakout Session 3: Effective Practices for Linking HR with Military, Society for Human
Resource Management and Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve
In this session, you will hear about initiatives the Society for Human Resource Management
(SHRM) has created to involve its 255,000 members in efforts to recruit, hire, retain and
support Guard, Reservists and Veterans in the workplace. This session will feature effective
practices of SHRM’s collaboration with the Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve
(ESGR) and lessons learned for engaging employers.
Speakers:
Nancy Hammer, Senior Government Affairs Policy Counsel, Society for Human
Resource Mgmt (SHRM)
Tom Bullock, Chief, Employer Outreach, Employer Support for the Guard and
Reserves (ESGR)
Pavilion 21 Breakout Session 4: Executive Order 13518 Veterans Employment Initiative
This session will be an in-depth discussion on Executive Order 13518 Veterans
Employment Initiative and how it affects Veteran hiring.
Speakers:
Dr. Scott Wilander, Veterans Employment Program Manager, Department of Defense,
Civilian Personnel Policy, Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service
Ernie Beltz Jr., Veterans Employment Program Office, Treasury Department
Mezzanine 2 Breakout Session 5: Network of Champions
The goal of this breakout is to educate attendees on Northrop Grumman’s Operation
IMPACT Network of Champions (NOC) initiative, which brings together employers
committed to placing wounded warriors, especially those who are classified as severely
injured. Representatives from the NOC partner companies will share their success stories,
best practices, lessons learned, and the importance of collaborating with other companies.
Facilitator: Karen Stang, Northrop Grumman, Operation IMPACT
Panelists:
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
8. David A. Smith, Vice President - Military Veterans Recruiting Program Lead, Bank of
America
Mike Bruni, Capture Staffing/Principal Recruiter, SAIC
Odell McLeod, Wounded Warrior Program Manager, SRA International
Gabe Castleberry, Program Manager, Potomac Workforce Education Recruitment
(PoWER) Center
Michael Sullivan, Northrop Grumman, Operation IMPACT
Mezzanine 3 Breakout Session 6: Panel on Private Sector Initiatives
This panel will educate attendees on the various private sector initiatives focused on hiring
Wounded Warriors and Veterans and provide best practices on how to successfully hire
Wounded Warriors and Veterans.
Facilitator: David James, Vice President of Human Resources, Humana
Panelists:
Rene Lerer, M.D. Chairman & CEO of Magellan Health Services and
Chairman/Founder of Hero Health Hire
Bob Chamberlin, President and CEO, NISH
Mark Whalls, Vice President, Recruiting, Military & Veterans Affairs, JP Morgan Chase
& Co.
Christopher Wilkins, Chief Operating Officer, Loyola Recovery Foundation
Donald Waymire Jr., Senior Associate, Booze Allen Hamilton
2:45 p.m. Break (Exhibit area is open. Networking)
Wounded Warrior Success Stories on DVD showing
3:00 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION: SUCCESSFULLY HIRING WOUNDED WARRIORS
Pavilion 22 Breakout Session 1: Panel on Federal Civilian Human Resources
This session will impart details of methods, best practices, lessons learned, and the way
ahead for implementing successful Wounded Warrior hiring programs within federal
agencies. Panel members represent innovative organizations from the Navy, Marine Corps
and Department of Homeland Security, who will give overviews of their programs
and discuss how to utilize existing resources to implement new hiring initiatives within any
federal agency.
Facilitator: Laura Stanek, Wounded Warrior Program Manager, National Naval Medical
Center
Panelists:
Pat D’Amico, Office of Civilian Human Resources, Department of the Navy
Brandon Wyatt, Dept Homeland Security Policy and Program Operations, U.S. Customs
and Border Protection
LaToya Bedgood, Recruitment Program Manager, U.S. Marine Corps
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
9. Pavilion 23 Breakout Session 2: Panel on Wounded Warrior Hiring Programs
The goal of this breakout session is to introduce attendees to established Wounded Warrior
Hiring Programs. The panel will explain how a federal government organization or a private
company can set up a Wounded Warrior Program and walk them through the first steps they
need to take. In addition, the panel will advise how attendees can connect to Wounded
Warriors. Panelists will share some of their success stories, best practices and lessons
learned.
Facilitator: CDR Stephen Tomlin, Wounded Warrior Program, Naval Sea Systems
Command
Panelists:
Debra Coleman, Always A Soldier, Army Materiel Command
Hettie Holmes-Carter, Human Resources Corporate Recruitment and Operation
Warfighter, Defense Logistics Agency
Brett Nila, Manager of Community OneSource, Easter Seals Inc.
Daniel Nega, Director, Aviation Readiness & Resource Analysis, Naval Air Systems
Command
Mezzanine 1 Breakout Session 3: Effective Practices for Linking HR with Military, Society for Human
Resource Management and Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve
In this session, you will hear about initiatives the Society for Human Resource Management
(SHRM) has created to involve its 255,000 members in efforts to recruit, hire, retain and
support Guard, Reservists and Veterans in the workplace. This session will feature effective
practices of SHRM’s collaboration with the Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve
(ESGR) and lessons learned for engaging employers.
Speakers:
Nancy Hammer, Senior Government Affairs Policy Counsel, Society for Human
Resource Mgmt (SHRM)
Tom Bullock, Chief, Employer Outreach, Employer Support for the Guard and
Reserves (ESGR)
Pavilion 21 Breakout Session 4: Executive Order 13518 Veterans Employment Initiative
This session will be an in-depth discussion on Executive Order 13518 Veterans
Employment Initiative and how it affects Veteran hiring.
Speakers:
Dr. Scott Wilander, Veterans Employment Program Manager, Department of Defense,
Civilian Personnel Policy, Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service
Ernie Beltz Jr., Veterans Employment Program Office, Treasury Department
Mezzanine 2 Breakout Session 5: Network of Champions
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
10. The goal of this breakout is to educate attendees on Northrop Grumman’s Operation
IMPACT Network of Champions (NOC) initiative, which brings together employers
committed to placing wounded warriors, especially those who are classified as severely
injured. Representatives from the NOC partner companies will share their success stories,
best practices, lessons learned, and the importance of collaborating with other companies.
Facilitator: Karen Stang, Northrop Grumman, Operation IMPACT
Panelists:
David A. Smith, Vice President - Military Veterans Recruiting Program Lead, Bank of
America
Mike Bruni, Capture Staffing/Principal Recruiter, SAIC
Odell McLeod, Wounded Warrior Program Manager, SRA International
Gabe Castleberry, Program Manager, Potomac Workforce Education Recruitment
(PoWER) Center
Michael Sullivan, Northrop Grumman, Operation IMPACT
Mezzanine 3 Breakout Session 6: Panel on Private Sector Initiatives
This panel will educate attendees on the various private sector initiatives focused on hiring
Wounded Warriors and Veterans and provide best practices on how to successfully hire
Wounded Warriors and Veterans.
Facilitator: David James, Vice President of Human Resources, Humana
Panelists:
Rene Lerer, M.D. Chairman & CEO of Magellan Health Services and
Chairman/Founder of Hero Health Hire
Bob Chamberlin, President and CEO, NISH
Mark Whalls, Vice President, Recruiting, Military & Veterans Affairs, JP Morgan Chase
& Co.
Christopher Wilkins, Chief Operating Officer, Loyola Recovery Foundation
Donald Waymire Jr., Senior Associate, Booze Allen Hamilton
4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks by Leadership in the Grand Ballroom
Conference Day 1 Adjourns
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
11. Day 2 ~Thursday, 10 November 2011
7:00 a.m. Registration (Coffee, refreshments available for purchase. Exhibit area open.)
Wounded Warrior Success Stories on DVD showing
7:30 a.m. Participants assemble in Grand Ballroom
7:45 a.m. Call to Order and Welcome by VADM Kevin McCoy, Commander, Naval Sea Systems
Command
Recognition of distinguished guests
8:00 a.m. Major General Elder Granger, M.D. U.S. Army (retired), Founder and President, The 5Ps,
Honorary Chairman for Hero Health Hire
8:15 a.m. John Campbell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Wounded Warrior Care and
Transition Policy
8:30 a.m. Brigadier General Darryl A. Williams, Assistant Surgeon General of Warrior Care and
Transition and Commander of the Warrior Transition Command, U.S. Army
8:50 a.m. Awards Ceremony presented by:
Hon. Juan Garcia, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
VADM Kevin McCoy, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command
VADM David Architzel, Commander, Naval Air Systems Command
9:15 a.m. Major Justin Constantine, USMC, Department of Justice
9:30 a.m. Hon. John U. Sepúlveda, Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs
9:50 a.m. Michele Jones, Special Assistant and Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense
(Personnel and Readiness) and the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel
and Readiness)
10:20 a.m. Break (Exhibit area is open. Networking)
Wounded Warrior Success Stories on DVD showing
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
12. 10:30 a.m. BREAKOUT SESSION: TRAINING, INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS
Pavilion 22 Breakout Session 1: Department of Defense Education and Employment Initiative
The goal of this breakout session is to educate attendees on the Department of Defense
Education and Employment Initiative Pilot Program and the Operation Warfighter
Program.
Speakers:
Robert Carrington, Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
Patrick Brick, Operation Warfighter Program, Wounded Warrior Care and Transition
Policy Office of the Secretary of Defense
Mezzanine 1 Breakout Session 2: Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Services, U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs
Learn more about the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation
and Employment (VR&E) Non-Paid Work Experience (NPWE) and On the Job Training
(OJT) programs that provides eligible Veterans and Servicemembers the opportunity to
obtain training and practical job experience concurrently. Find out how you can use these
programs now.
Speaker: Ruth Fanning, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment, U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Mezzanine 2 Breakout Session 3: Panel on Wounded Warrior Training and Development Programs
The goal of this breakout is to educate attendees on successful Wounded Warrior Training
and Development Programs. The panel members will elaborate on how their organizations
outreach and recruit Wounded Warriors into training and development programs. Members
will explain the best way organizations can leverage these programs to recruit and hire
military talent and how they could setup a similar training program by leveraging best
practices.
Facilitator: Tania Dawson, Recruiting and Retention Program Manager, Naval Air Systems
Command (NAVAIR)
Panelists:
James McCullough Jr., Wounded Warrior Coordinator, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Apprenticeships
William Goodwin, Apprentice Program Administrator, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Apprenticeships
Hugh Smith, Director of Naval Acquisition Career Center
Stephen Peyton, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED)
Becky Wright-Brizee, NISH
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
13. Pavilion 23 Breakout Session 4: Panel on Veterans Training Programs
Hear from successful Veterans employment programs that provide training opportunities in
critical career fields. Panelists will give an overview of their programs and explain the best
way organizations can leverage these programs to recruit and hire military talent or establish
their own training pipelines.
Facilitator: Michele Jones, Office of Personnel Management
Panelists:
Lorena Rivera, Vets 2 Feds Career Development Program, Office of Personnel
Management
Stanley Seidel, Department of Labor Mil2Fed Program, Department of Labor
Robert Schwartz, Helmets to Hardhats
William Offutt, Military to Medicine
William McAleer, Troops to Teachers
Mezzanine 3 Breakout Session 5: Transition Training Academy & Warriors to Work, Wounded Warrior
Project
This session will explore the programs initiated by Wounded Warrior Project to empower
today’s generation of wounded warrior to become the most successful, well adjusted
generation of wounded warriors in our nation’s history. Wounded Warrior Project has
engaged with warriors still on active duty by exposing them to IT training. Other initiatives
involve warriors who are no longer on active duty. Whether on the college campus, seeking
employment, or working to rebuild their lives, Wounded Warrior Project is working with
and for wounded warriors, spouses, and caregivers. Learn more about these creative and
often unique programs.
Speaker: John Molino, Executive Vice President, Economic Empowerment, Wounded
Warrior Project
Pavilion 21 Breakout Session 6: Supporting the Disability Community in the Workforce, Corporate
Recruiting & Talent Development Issues & Best Practices
Sourcing and retaining people with disabilities is challenging for many in corporate America,
but only because they don't know how. Understanding the best practices and collaborative
implementation strategies of today's businesses who employ this large, loyal segment of the
population is the key. It's also about understanding the need for organizational readiness and
its components so that a company's efforts to recruit and retain people with disabilities are
successful and sustainable.
This session will address the following and more to highlight the best practices of some of
today's leading companies: understanding the compliance requirements of outreach and
accessibility, delivering appropriate and value-added training, encouraging disability resource
groups, reasonable accommodation committees, celebratory events, emergency preparedness
and more. Supporting this segment appropriately and effectively is what will determine
overall success.
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
14. Speaker: Nadine Vogel, President, Springboard Consulting, LLC
11:30 a.m. Lunch (Exhibitor area open. Networking)
Wounded Warrior Success Stories on DVD showing
12:30 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION: TRAINING, INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS
Pavilion 22 Breakout Session 1: Department of Defense Education and Employment Initiative
The goal of this breakout session is to educate attendees on the Department of Defense
Education and Employment Initiative Pilot Program and the Operation Warfighter
Program.
Speakers:
Robert Carrington, Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
Patrick Brick, Operation Warfighter Program, Wounded Warrior Care and Transition
Policy Office of the Secretary of Defense
Mezzanine 1 Breakout Session 2: Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Services, U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs
Learn more about the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation
and Employment (VR&E) Non-Paid Work Experience (NPWE) and On the Job Training
(OJT) programs that provides eligible Veterans and Servicemembers the opportunity to
obtain training and practical job experience concurrently. Find out how you can use these
programs now.
Speaker: Ruth Fanning, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment, U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Mezzanine 2 Breakout Session 3: Panel on Wounded Warrior Training and Development Programs
The goal of this breakout is to educate attendees on successful Wounded Warrior Training
and Development Programs. The panel members will elaborate on how their organizations
outreach and recruit Wounded Warriors into training and development programs. Members
will explain the best way organizations can leverage these programs to recruit and hire
military talent and how they could setup a similar training program by leveraging best
practices.
Facilitator: Tania Dawson, Recruiting and Retention Program Manager, Naval Air Systems
Command (NAVAIR)
Panelists:
James McCullough Jr., Wounded Warrior Coordinator, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Apprenticeships
William Goodwin, Apprentice Program Administrator, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Apprenticeships
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
15. Hugh Smith, Director of Naval Acquisition Career Center
Stephen Peyton, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED)
Becky Wright-Brizee, NISH
Pavilion 23 Breakout Session 4: Panel on Veterans Training Programs
Hear from successful Veterans employment programs that provide training opportunities in
critical career fields. Panelists will give an overview of their programs and explain the best
way organizations can leverage these programs to recruit and hire military talent or establish
their own training pipelines.
Facilitator: Michele Jones, Office of Personnel Management
Panelists:
Lorena Rivera, Vets 2 Feds Career Development Program, Office of Personnel
Management
Stanley Seidel, Department of Labor Mil2Fed Program, Department of Labor
Robert Schwartz, Helmets to Hardhats
William Offutt, Military to Medicine
William McAleer, Troops to Teachers
Mezzanine 3 Breakout Session 5: Transition Training Academy & Warriors to Work, Wounded Warrior
Project
This session will explore the programs initiated by Wounded Warrior Project to empower
today’s generation of wounded warrior to become the most successful, well adjusted
generation of wounded warriors in our nation’s history. Wounded Warrior Project has
engaged with warriors still on active duty by exposing them to IT training. Other initiatives
involve warriors who are no longer on active duty. Whether on the college campus, seeking
employment, or working to rebuild their lives, Wounded Warrior Project is working with
and for wounded warriors, spouses, and caregivers. Learn more about these creative and
often unique programs.
Speaker: John Molino, Executive Vice President, Economic Empowerment, Wounded
Warrior Project
Pavilion 21 Breakout Session 6: Supporting the Disability Community in the Workforce, Corporate
Recruiting & Talent Development Issues & Best Practices
Sourcing and retaining people with disabilities is challenging for many in corporate America,
but only because they don't know how. Understanding the best practices and collaborative
implementation strategies of today's businesses who employ this large, loyal segment of the
population is the key. It's also about understanding the need for organizational readiness and
its components so that a company's efforts to recruit and retain people with disabilities are
successful and sustainable.
This session will address the following and more to highlight the best practices of some of
today's leading companies: understanding the compliance requirements of outreach and
accessibility, delivering appropriate and value-added training, encouraging disability resource
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
16. groups, reasonable accommodation committees, celebratory events, emergency preparedness
and more. Supporting this segment appropriately and effectively is what will determine
overall success.
Speaker: Nadine Vogel, President, Consulting Springboard
1:30 p.m. Break (Exhibitor area open. Networking)
Wounded Warrior Success Stories on DVD showing
1:45 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION: SUCCESSFULLY RETAINING WOUNDED WARRIORS
Pavilion 22 Breakout Session 1: Support in the Federal Workplace
There are a variety of traditional and non-traditional resources available to support federal
employees - in some cases, whether they have a disability or not. The presenters will provide
information on the policies, programs and hiring authorities to support Wounded Warriors
as they return to federal employment. Ms. Cohen's discussion will include the
accommodation services provided by the Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program
(CAP) that starts at the military treatment facility and follows our warriors throughout the
employment life cycle. Mr. King will discuss with participants several effective tools that can
play a vital role in the success of wounded warriors in the federal workplace from Employee
Assistance Programs (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERG), and the Job
Accommodation Network (JAN), to mentoring, career development, and employee
recreation and wellness associations. Each can play a vital role in the success of wounded
warriors in the federal workplace.
Speakers:
Dinah F.B. Cohen, Director Department of Defense Computer/Electronics
Accommodations Program (CAP)
Stephen M. King, Director of Disability Programs, Office of Diversity Management and
Equal Employment Opportunity, Department of Defense
Mezzanine 1 Breakout Session 2: Support in the Private Sector Workplace
The goal of this session is to inform attendees on efforts to support and retain Wounded
Warriors in the workplace. Speakers will provide resources that employers can use to
incorporate support and retention strategies in the workplace.
Speakers:
Lisa Stern, National Resource Directory, Department of Labor
Mary Lackides, Lead Nurse, Northrop Grumman, Operation IMPACT
Pavilion 23 Breakout Session 3: Panel on Mentor Programs
The goal of this breakout session is to educate attendees about mentorship style programs to
support and retain wounded warriors in the workplace. This session is appropriate for both
government and private sector employers who wish to learn more about incorporating
successful support programs into their workplaces. The panelists will share their reasons for
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
17. implementing these types of programs, discuss challenges, and share success stories, lessons
learned, and best practices.
Facilitator: Jason Araujo, Navy Volunteer Mentoring Program
Panelists:
Larry Clifton, Senior VP, Recruiting and Workforce Planning, CACI
James Rodriguez, BAE Systems
Scott Landry, Coordinator, Wounded Warrior Mentor Program
Ed Crenshaw, President and CEO, DESTIN Enterprises, LLC
Pavilion 21 Breakout Session 4: Support for our Guard and Reserve
The goal of this breakout session is to educate attendees on the Employer Support of the
Guard and Reserve, Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program and Employment Initiative
Program.
Speaker: Kevin Little, Employment Initiative Program
Office of the Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs (Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program)
Mezzanine 3 Breakout Session 5: Sea of Goodwill and Community Support
The goal of this breakout session is to educate attendees on the importance of community
support and the sea of goodwill.
Speaker: Colonel David Sutherland, Special Assistant, Warrior and Family Support,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Mezzanine 2 Breakout Session 6: Community Support
To provide conference attendees an understanding of the USO's near term Wounded
Warrior strategy to facilitate more meaningful and productive partnerships.
Speaker: John I. Pray, Jr. Executive Vice President, Chief of Staff & Wounded Warrior
Programs, USO
Grand Breakout Session 7: Panel of Veteran Service Organizations
Ballroom
Join us and learn from Veteran Service Organizations about their Wounded Warrior efforts
and how they assist Wounded Warriors successfully reintegrate into civilian life.
Facilitator: Susan Myers, Naval Sea Systems Command
Panelists:
Bill Nelson, Executive Director, USA Cares
Joe Sharpe, Director for National Economic Commission , American Legion
Lisa Killeen, Case Manager, Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
18. RADM Christopher Cole, USN (Ret), Vice President at The Louis Berger Group , Board
Member at Navy Safe Harbor Foundation
2:45 p.m. Break (Exhibit area is open. Networking)
Wounded Warrior Success Stories on DVD showing
3:00 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION: SUCCESSFULLY RETAINING WOUNDED WARRIORS
Pavilion 22 Breakout Session 1: Support in the Federal Workplace
There are a variety of traditional and non-traditional resources available to support federal
employees - in some cases, whether they have a disability or not. The presenters will provide
information on the policies, programs and hiring authorities to support Wounded Warriors
as they return to federal employment. Ms. Cohen's discussion will include the
accommodation services provided by the Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program
(CAP) that starts at the military treatment facility and follows our warriors throughout the
employment life cycle. Mr. King will discuss with participants several effective tools that can
play a vital role in the success of wounded warriors in the federal workplace from Employee
Assistance Programs (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERG), and the Job
Accommodation Network (JAN), to mentoring, career development, and employee
recreation and wellness associations. Each can play a vital role in the success of wounded
warriors in the federal workplace.
Speakers:
Dinah F.B. Cohen, Director Department of Defense Computer/Electronics
Accommodations Program (CAP)
Stephen M. King, Director of Disability Programs, Office of Diversity Management and
Equal Employment Opportunity, Department of Defense
Mezzanine 1 Breakout Session 2: Support in the Private Sector Workplace
The goal of this session is to inform attendees on efforts to support and retain Wounded
Warriors in the workplace. Speakers will provide resources that employers can use to
incorporate support and retention strategies in the workplace.
Speakers:
Lisa Stern, National Resource Directory, U.S. Department of Labor
Mary Lackides, Lead Nurse, Northrop Grumman, Operation IMPACT
Pavilion 23 Breakout Session 3: Panel on Mentor Programs
The goal of this breakout session is to educate attendees about mentorship style programs to
support and retain wounded warriors in the workplace. This session is appropriate for both
government and private sector employers who wish to learn more about incorporating
successful support programs into their workplaces. The panelists will share their reasons for
implementing these types of programs, discuss challenges, and share success stories, lessons
learned, and best practices.
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
19. Facilitator: Jason Araujo, Navy Volunteer Mentoring Program
Speakers:
Larry Clifton, Senior VP, Recruiting and Workforce Planning, CACI
James Rodriguez, BAE Systems
Scott Landry, Coordinator, Wounded Warrior Mentor Program
Ed Crenshaw, President and CEO, DESTIN Enterprises, LLC
Pavilion 21 Breakout Session 4: Support for our Guard and Reserve
The goal of this breakout session is to educate attendees on the Employer Support of the
Guard and Reserve, Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program and Employment Initiative
Program.
Speaker: Kevin Little, Employment Initiative Program
Office of the Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs (Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program)
Mezzanine 3 Breakout Session 5: Sea of Goodwill and Community Support
The goal of this breakout session is to educate attendees on the importance of community
support and the sea of goodwill.
Speaker: Colonel David Sutherland, Special Assistant, Warrior and Family Support,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Mezzanine 2 Breakout Session 6: Community Support
To provide conference attendees an understanding of the USO's near term Wounded
Warrior strategy to facilitate more meaningful and productive partnerships.
Speaker: John I. Pray, Jr. Executive Vice President, Chief of Staff & Wounded Warrior
Programs, USO
Grand Breakout Session 7: Panel of Veteran Service Organizations
Ballroom
Join us and learn from Veteran Service Organizations about their Wounded Warrior efforts
and how they assist Wounded Warriors successfully reintegrate into civilian life.
Facilitator: Susan Myers, Naval Sea Systems Command
Panelists:
Bill Nelson, Executive Director, USA Cares
Joe Sharpe, Director for National Economic Commission , American Legion
Lisa Killeen, Case Manager, Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund
RADM Christopher Cole, USN (Ret), Vice President at The Louis Berger Group , Board
Member at Navy Safe Harbor Foundation
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.
20. 4:00 p.m. Wrap Up Forum in Grand Ballroom and Closing Remarks by Leadership
Musical entertainment provided by the United States Navy Band
Conference Day 2 Adjourns
2nd Annual Wounded Warrior Hiring and Support Conference—9-10 November 2011—Vienna, Va.