DARYA ALLEN-ATTAR PRESENTS

Find out from leading women in Human Resources how to get--and keep--the best talent by understanding and maximizing the unique characteristics of each generation in the workforce.

Panelists:

Eileen M.Terry
SVP and Chief People Officer
Panda Restaurant Group

 Patricia Hamrick
Global Vice President of Human Resources
Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS)

Kathy Mandato
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
NBC Universal

Karren Fink
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Edmunds.com Inc.

Kimberly Congdon
Managing Director, Chief Human Resources Officer
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

Moderator:
Lisa Kaye
Business & Human Resources Consulting
Former SVP of HR for E! Networks

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Featured Speakers:
 

Eileen M. Terry
SVP and Chief People Officer
Panda Restaurant Group, Los Angeles

Eileen Terry is the Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer of Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. (PRG), the leading and fastest growing chain of Asian dining experiences in the world that includes Panda Inn, Panda Express and Hibachi-San. Eileen leads the Human Resources, Restaurant Operations Learning and Compensation and Benefits Departments and is responsible for the growth and development of 20,000 associates.

Eileen is committed to fulfilling PRG’s Mission, which is to “Deliver exceptional Asian dining experiences by building an organization where people are inspired to better their lives.” To realize this Mission, Panda’s 2020 Vision was established with the charge to “Be recognized as the World Leader in People Development to become loved by our Guests.” This Vision has elevated the commitment by every Panda associate to take personal responsibility to shape Panda’s culture by creating a safe and empowering conversational environment for Team Panda to listen, appreciate and challenge each other in bringing the 2020 Vision alive and in action.

Eileen graduated with degrees in Philosophy and Sociology from College of St. Catherine. After not finding a real market for a “Philosopher-in-Residence,” she started her business climb with Procter & Gamble. She moved on to Pillsbury Corporation, Southland Corporation and then Chevron, taking positions from multi-unit oversight to marketing, merchandising, and operations management.
Eileen’s next stop was Blockbuster, Inc., where she successfully progressed upward through several positions before becoming the only female to reach the top ranking of Executive Vice President inside Blockbuster.

She has served as the Global Diversity Officer driving forward Blockbuster’s global diversity efforts, and she successfully developed a world-class diversity council and program that resulted in several national awards by key ethnic/diversity groups.

After a hiatus from the corporate world to pursue her passion for coaching, Eileen is now applying her love for people to those she serves at PRG, which has 1,500 restaurants in 42 States and Mexico City, and will exceed $1.6 billion in revenue in 2012.

Eileen enjoys golf, football, singing, and spending time with her dogs and family. One thing that makes Eileen who she is would be her joy and passion for life, which is apparent in her trademark laugh.

Patricia Hamrick
Global Vice President of Human Resources
Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS)

Patricia Hamrick is currently Global Vice President of Human Resources for Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS), part of the Alcoa group of companies.  She is responsibility for leading the human resources function for an organization that employees over 6,000 globally with more than 33 sites in over 10 countries including Germany, France, United Kingdom, Hungary, Morocco, Australia, China, India, Mexico and US.  She is a member of the AFS leadership team, responsible for developing strategies and driving key initiatives.  At the Alcoa group level, she is also a member of the HR Leadership team for Engineered Product Solutions. 

AFS is responsible for supplying 99% of all airplane manufacturers with specialized, patented technology that can be found all over an airplane: from nose to tail and wing to wing.  AFS is viewed as a key partner in the aerospace field.  In fact, AFS partnered with Boeing to produce one of the first composite structured airplanes, the Boeing 787, which had its first commercial maiden flight a few months ago, from Tokyo to Hong Kong under All Nippon Airlines.

Before joining Alcoa, Patricia was Sr. Director, Human Resources for the North America Supply Chain organization of Johnson & Johnson Group of Consumer Companies.  In this role, Patricia had responsibility for Latin America/North America within the Supply Chain organization.

During her career, Patricia has experience in all facets of human resources including in recruitment, compensation, HR systems, benefits, wage and salary administration, legal compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, management training, talent development and succession planning.   She is skilled in design and implementation of complex integration projects, acquisition due diligence, and has reorganized and downsized without negative legal repercussions to the organization.
 
Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Patricia served as Director of Human Resources for Raytheon Vision Systems, where she was responsible for a workforce of 1,000 employees and had dual responsibility as Director of Human Resources and member of the Network Centric Systems Human Resources Leadership team.  She also served as a member of the Executive Leadership Team at Raytheon Vision Systems.  At Raytheon, she achieved Six Sigma certification and successfully led her team through the development and implementation of processes to gain efficiencies and limit variability. 

Patricia served as Vice President of Human Resources at Pacer International, a $2 billion company with 1700 employees in 29 states and Mexico, with responsibility for corporate human resources.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA and is certified as a DDI Facilitator.  At one time, she also obtained her CCP.  She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management.

Kathy Mandato
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
NBC Universal
 
Kathy Mandato was appointed Senior Vice President, Human Resources, for NBC Entertainment in February, 2011, upon the completion of the transaction between Comcast and GE.  In her role, Kathy is responsible for servicing all aspects of primetime, late night, and alternative programming, business affairs, research, marketing, public relations and scheduling, legal and finance for NBC and Universal Media Studios.

Prior to NBC, Kathy served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources, for the Comcast Entertainment Group (CEG), a programming division of Comcast Corporation comprised of E! Entertainment Television, Style, G4, Comcast International Media Group, E! Online, and MyStyle.com.  

She began her career in advertising in account management and business development with agencies including BBDO Worldwide where she served as Vice President, New Business Development and Communications, for its Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Atlanta offices.

After 10 years in advertising, Kathy changed careers and entered the human resources field at Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta, managing recruitment, training and development, and diversity for Turner Entertainment Networks. She later returned to Los Angeles, where she served as Director, Executive Recruitment and Human Resources, at E! Entertainment Television and later, Vice President, Human Resources for the Southwest Region of marchFIRST, an international systems integrator and internet consulting company.

In 2001, Kathy became the Head of Human Resources for DreamWorks SKG and was part of the team that took the animation division public in 2004.  She then served as head of human resources for DreamWorks Animation for three years before joining Comcast. 

Kathy serves on the board of Hollywood Arts, an arts academy for at-risk and homeless youth ages 13-25 that utilizes arts-based curriculum to teach transferrable skills.  She is also active with several other LA-based organizations who serve disadvantaged youth.

She received her B.S. degree in Journalism and Mass Communications with a minor in Public Relations from Kansas State University.

Karren Fink
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Edmunds.com Inc.

Karren Fink is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Edmunds.com Inc., the premier resource for automotive information. She is responsible for overseeing the team of professionals who manage Edmunds’ Human Resources processes including employee development, staffing, and benefits for the company’s 485 employees Edmunds.com is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA and it has a satellite office in Detroit, MI.

Ms. Fink joined the company in December 2007. Previously, she was Vice President of Human Resources at Westfield, LLC. where she helped staff and support the company’s 650 employees responsible for development and leasing activities at over 60 shopping center properties. Earlier in her career, she served in a range of increasingly responsible human resources roles for organizations such as Citigroup and General Mills.

Ms. Fink received an MBA degree with a major in Human Resource Management from The Ohio State University College of Business, and earned a bachelor’s degree with a major in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.

Kimberly Congdon
Managing Director, Chief Human Resources Officer
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

Kim has extensive experience leading the Human Resources function including: organizational development and learning, employee and labor relations, compensation and benefits, talent acquisition and talent management as well as safety, security, facilities, employee communications and government relations. Her experience spans a variety of industries including technology, media and entertainment and financial services. After having spent the last 8 years heading the HR function for Time Warner Cable’s West Region with a workforce of over 9.000 and a customer base in excess of 3 million, Kim set her sights on new challenges and joined the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

Kim’s career to date is characterized by leading change and growing businesses. She is known for her leadership during sweeping organizational changes including, IPOs, global reorganization, cultural integration of multiple entities, mergers and acquisitions and the spin-off of Time Warner Cable from Time Warner Inc. Kim’s high energy, optimistic approach has served her well in the development and oversight of HR infrastructure for small to Fortune 50 companies by generating trust easily through authenticity and demonstrated results.

She has a BS in Psychology and Communications from Emerson College in Boston and is a graduate of the Advanced Human Resources Management Program at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. In addition to being a part of several industry associations, Kim is a member of Broads Circle, HARRT at UCLA and the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Moderator:

Lisa Kaye
Business & Human Resources Consulting

Lisa Kaye has worked as a senior human resource leader for top companies in the digital media,
e-commerce, broadcast and cable television, animation, retail and the live entertainment space for over 20 years. Having successfully launched a niche media and entertainment industry job board and career site at http://www.greenlightjobs.com in 2001, the site boasts over 18,000 job postings and over 80,000 unique monthly visitors. In addition, her company provides talent management, research, sourcing and executive search services to top tier clients in the media, entertainment, retail and technology industries.

As an entrepreneur and a business professional, Kaye consults with leading media companies from start-up or as they undergo reorganizations and management restructuring. Some of her HR consulting clients include The Oprah Winfrey Network, Guitar Center, SBE Entertainment, Ticketmaster, Live Nation, House of Blues, G4 Media, Teletech, Pure Management Group, Disney/ABC and Pixar. Kaye has acted as interim Chief HR Advisor both for both public and private companies, helping business leaders with issues around corporate restructuring, realignment, staffing with an emphasis on start-up ventures as well as streamlining organizational efficiencies to reduce costs for established companies.

Kaye gained her reputation as a seasoned business executive specializing in strategic human resources best practices primarily within media & entertainment. Prior to launching greenlightjobs, Kaye held the post of Senior Vice President, Human Resources for E! Networks, now part of Comcast Entertainment Group, a $1 billion media holding, and served as part of the Operating Committee managing the company during a two-year management restructure.

As an HR consultant, Kaye most recently worked with the OWN-Oprah Winfrey Network on the pre-launch start up of handling the business human resources operations. Prior to her work at OWN, Kaye worked on the post-merger acquisition of Ticketmaster & Live Nation (LYV) realizing nearly $60 million in cost reductions including merging two organizations with a combined total asset of over $4 billion and a total global employee population of over 10,000 full-time and nearly 15,000 seasonal employees. As Chief HR Advisor for Live Nation, Kaye helped with the postmerger consolidation and integration of House of Blues, a publicly traded company.

Kaye currently serves on the Board of Directors of “CTHRA” The Cable and Telecommunication Human Resources Association, which advises the cable television and telecommunications industry in the area of Human Resources best practices and serves as Co-Chair of the Compensation and Benefits Committees - the leading resource for HR professionals on trends and data in compensation and benefits plan. Kaye is a published writer and is working on her first non-fiction novel on the subject of managing your career in the entertainment industry. Kaye blogs regularly on the subject under, “The Career Rebel” moniker on her website at http://www.lisakaye.com.

Kaye makes her home in Los Angeles, CA and in New York. She attended St. John’s University and is a graduate of Fordham University, NY with degrees in Media Communications and Journalism.

Host:

Darya Allen-Attar
Founder, Broads Circle
Financial Advisor

Darya founded Broads Circle in 2008 with the goal of creating an exclusive network of businesswomen and the professionals who work with them. The networking meetings began as invitation-only bimonthly breakfasts featuring guest speakers such as C-level women executives who shared their insights and lessons from the field. Since then, our membership and event attendance continues to grow and Broads Circle has added evening cocktail events featuring nationally recognized speakers.

With 22 years of experience in financial services, Darya's forte is strategic wealth management for families and foundations. She is a CPA and Personal Financial Specialist (PFS), and obtained her MBA from Fordham University. Darya has taught as an adjunct professor of Finance at New York University and has authored many financial planning articles.

Darya is married with three children, lives in Pacific Palisades, CA, and currently serves on the Boards of the Westside YMCA and Mann Healthcare Partners, in addition to her position as Broads Circle Founder and Chairwoman.  She is also the 2012 president of the Los Angeles Philanthropic Advisors Network (LA PAN).

AGENDA

     Event Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

     Event Location: Olympic Collection, Los Angeles, CA (see map at right)

     Event Fee: Registration fee includes lunch and panel discussion

There will be no at-the-door ticket sales - you must register above by purchasing a ticket in advance. Please print out your confirmation of registration and bring it with you to the event. Questions or problems with registration?  Contact kim@broadscircle.com for assistance.

There will be no refunds issued for this event.

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Broads Circle Advisory Board:

DARYA ALLEN-ATTAR, Financial Advisor, Founder and Chairman

CHERYL A. CALHOUN
Director, CBIZ Accounting, Tax & Advisory Services, LLC

JOY CHUDACOFF, Founder, Smart Women Smart Solutions
Coaching and Consulting Services for Women

FAY FEENEY, CSP, ARM
CEO, Risk for Good

CAROL GEFFNER, PhD
CEO, ArpegioHealth, LLC

DANA HOLLINGER, J.D.
The Dana Hollinger Group

JOCELYN TETEL
Vice President Advancement, Skirball Cultural Center

LINDA WHALEN
Associate Director, External Communications & Marketing, Ernst & Young LLP

TRACY WILLIAMS, President & CEO
Olmstead Williams Communications, Inc.

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