HR Center Members

James R. (Jim) Acton, Jr., is the Director of Human Resources for Florida Atlantic University (FAU). As the Director of Human Resources for FAU, Mr. Acton is responsible for managing the human resource functions of Employee/Labor Relations, Classification & Compensation, Employee Benefits, Staffing and Training and Development. Mr. Acton began his Human Resources career with Broward County as a Labor Relations Analyst and progressed through increasingly responsible positions including Labor Relations Manager, Assistant Director of Human Resources and Director of Human Resources.

Mr. Acton is certified as an HR Professional (IPMA-CP) by the International Public Management Association for HR and as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the Society of Human Resource Management. Mr. Acton is a member of the International Personnel Management Association (IPMA) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and has served as President, Vice President, Secretary and Executive Board Member of the Florida Public Employer Labor Relations Association (FPELRA).

Mr. Acton holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Wake Forest University and a Master's Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Appalachian State University.

Stanley Bloom began his HR career with Texas Instruments working in recruiting, compensation, and benefits manager, and then as Director of HR in El Salvador. He then joined the Gillette Company as HR manager for Latin America, next was an assignment in Germany as head of international HR for Braun AG. He then returned to the US as HR manager for Asia Pacific, and international consultant for Oral B and Jafra cosmetics.

As SVP for Chubb Latin America, he is responsible for the strategic directions of all aspects of HR; He has lead a campaign for high performance where management development has become an integral part of the regions DNA.

Stan is also an instructor for World at Work, and has facilitated international HR courses in Hong Kong, Singapore, Finland, Switzerland and South Africa. He is also a guest lecturer at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale where he is also on the board of the Hudson Institute (executive education). Stan is currently the president of LAPA, Latin America Personnel Association, an HR networking group that focuses on issues in Latin America. His philanthropic work includes board work for International Children’s heart fund that has provided cardio thoracic training to over 20 emerging countries.

He holds a BS in international business from Boston University and an MBA from Suffolk University.

Ms. Bond received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee-Martin and a Juris Doctor degree from Florida State University College of Law. During law school, Ms. Bond was a member of the Moot Court team and served in various capacities with Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.

Prior to attending law school, Ms. Bond was employed in several human resources management positions with GTE Corporation, including Director of Employee Relations, Manager of Compensation and Benefits Worldwide, and Plant Human Resources Manager. Her last position was Director of Human Resources Development, which included the development and delivery of professional development programs for GTE's 1,500 human resources professionals.

Ms. Bond is an attorney with the labor and employment law firm of Allen, Norton, and Blue. She is a member of the Florida Bar and is admitted to practice in the Northern, Middle and Southern United States District Courts in Florida and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. She is also a member of the Labor and Employment and Equal Opportunities sections of the Florida Bar.

Ms. Bond is a certified mediator and a frequent speaker and trainer on employment law matters for in-house and public seminars. She has been a guest lecturer at Florida State University College of Business and the School of Business and Industry at Florida A & M University. Ms. Bond is a member of the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), The Florida Association of Police Attorneys, the Big Bend Society of Human Resources, the Tallahassee Area Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors and past president of Tallahassee Habitat for Humanity. She also serves in several church leadership positions.

As Vice President of Human Resources, George Boué is responsible for developing and managing the programs that optimize the company's most important assets, its people. He partners with the division presidents to recruit, retain and motivate the talent needed to maintain Stiles reputation as a quality company and an employer of choice.

An experienced executive, George was previously vice president of human resources for MasTec, Inc. in Miami, one of North America's largest telecommunications and utilities infrastructure development companies. Previously, he worked as a human resources business partner with Nortel Networks in wide-ranging roles that included directing human resources management from Nortel's Caribbean and Latin America headquarters in Sunrise, FL. He also directed the HR department for a Silicon Valley acquisition of Nortel's, Shasta IP Services.

George graduated with an MBA from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, and received a Master of Science degree in Occupational Health and Safety from Hunter College School of Medicine in New York. He is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources by the national Society for Human Resources Management, and is fluent in Spanish.

He is active in children’s charities including Kids in Distress and Big Brothers, Big Sisters.

Ms. Broadhurst is Sr. Director, Benefits and Human Resource Systems for General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), located in St. Petersburg Florida with sales of approximately $1.5 billion. GD-OTS’ core businesses are defense and defense related products with facilities in the U.S. and Canada.

Ms. Broadhurst has over 30 years of experience in Benefits and Human Resources. She began her career in the Corporate Headquarters of Olin Corporation, Stamford, CT. and progressed through the leadership roles in Benefits, Human Resources and Finance. She relocated to Florida in 1996 when Olin “spun off” its defense business and formed Primex Technologies, a publicly traded company, which was later purchased by General Dynamics (GD).

During her tenure with Olin, Primex, and now GD, Lynn has continued her leadership role with increased responsibility on a corporate level including managing Corporate Payroll, Pension & 40lk, Health and Welfare Plans, Human Resources Information Systems, Compensation and Employee Relations.

Lynn holds a B.S. degree in Finance and A.S. degree in Accounting from Sacred Heart University in CT. She is also active in the community through various organizations and functions.

Suzanne Calfee is the Senior Vice President for Human Resources for the Kaplan University Group (KUG). She is responsible for developing and leading HR strategies designed to achieve organizational effectiveness. She serves as a key advisor to senior executives, leads succession planning and talent development efforts, and oversees employee engagement initiatives.

Calfee joined Kaplan in 2005 as the Vice President of Human Resource Operations, where she designed and built the operations department to ensure compliance and efficiency within the organization and launched Kaplan University’s first employee engagement survey. In 2009, she assumed the role of Vice President of Human Resources for Kaplan University Group, and was promoted into her current role in 2011.

Prior to Kaplan, Calfee served in a variety of HR leadership roles for several large corporations. Most recently, she was the vice president of HR for Vitamin Shoppe Industries, where she led the company’s first strategic planning process, reengineered various functions to generate cost savings and build efficiencies, and launched an integrated, blended learning leadership development program. She also held executive positions at Office Depot, Inc., First Data Corporation and Montgomery Wards.

Calfee earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Labor Studies and Industrial Relations from Pennsylvania State University. She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR®) and is a member of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA), the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) and WorldAtWork. Calfee serves on the Board of Directors for The Florida State University’s Center for Human Resource Management.

In her leisure time, Calfee works with several pet rescue agencies and volunteers with Habitat for Humanity.  She is also an avid Penn State football fan.  Follow Suzanne on Twitter at PSU_Zanne.

Pat Chaffin is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana having an undergraduate degree from LSU and a Masters from the University of Oklahoma. His professional experiences include nine years on active duty as an army officer, an assistant professorship at Tulane University in New Orleans and progressive Human Resources roles in the private sector. These include positions managing human resources, organizational development, staffing, employee relations, compensation, and training functions.

Pat's current role leads the Human Resources support for the $28 billion SunTrust Bank Florida franchise. His responsibilities include talent planning, organizational development and line of business partnership support for approximately 10,000 employees. In addition to his other duties, he successfully served as the Human Resources team lead for the purchase of the Huntington Florida business unit consisting of over 50 branch-banking units and over 1,100 employees. Pat previously served as the Corporate Director of Human Resources for the South Financial Group, a regional multi-bank holding company and other experiences include 13 years with Barnett Banks Inc. serving as Human Resource Director for Barnett Operations Company, the South Banking Region, and Barnett Technologies and Telebanking.

Pat is a member of "O-Force Orlando," a joint business government venture to improve job skill development, Junior Achievement and is active in community and charitable events. He lives in Orlando with his wife, Debby, and they have two adult children.

Marietta Cozzi is vice president, Staffing. In this role, Cozzi is responsible for the development and execution of strategies to recruit diverse, high quality candidates for Prudential Financial.

Prior to joining Prudential in 2005, Cozzi served as vice president of Human Resources at the American Express Company for 18 years, where she led the company’s global assessment, selection and recruitment functions. She previously held positions including vice president, Employee Relations and Human Resource Generalist.

Cozzi currently serves on the board of the Center for Human Resource Management in the College of Business at Florida State University. She was also past vice president of the Broward County Urban League from 1990 to 1992.

Cozzi earned a B.S. degree in Business from Florida State University, and an M.S. degree in Management from St. Thomas University.

Dan DiDomenico was named vice president of human resources for the Latin America and Canada region of First Data International in 2002. In this role, DiDomenico oversees all employee relations, compensation and benefits, recruiting and retention activities for First Data card issuing and merchant services segments serving Latin America and Canada.

Prior to taking on this responsibility, he was vice president of human resources for PaySys International, a card issuing and management services provider which was acquired by First Data in April of 2001. In this role, he managed and directed human resource functions for 400+ employees in two domestic locations and five international locations. DiDomenico began his career over 25 years ago holding positions of increasing responsibility with Display Data Corporation, Travelers\ EBS, Inc. and Electronic Data Systems, Inc.

DiDomenico earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting at St John Fisher College in Rochester, New York and a Master of Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

David Faulkenberry serves as Deputy Secretary of workforce programs for the Department of Management Services. With more than a decade of finance and project management experience, his skill set enables him to successfully manage the state's personal system, state group insurance plan and the Florida Retirement System. Combined these division have a $108 million operating budget representing more than 900,000 members.

Before becoming the Deputy Secretary in July 2007, he led the Division of Human Resource Management where he was responsible for establishing all goals, objectives, and priorities for the human resource policy unit and People First team (the largest state government HR outsourcing initiative). He also owned his own consulting firm and was the Chief Financial Officer for the Florida Lottery where he served as a key advisor to the Secretary on all policy matters relating to administration, financial operation, budget, and procurement of goods and services for the Florida Lottery (an entity with annual revenues of $2.7 billion, profits of approximately $1 billion, and a budget of $145 million).

Deputy Secretary Faulkenberry received his bachelor of arts in finance from the University of West Florida. He lives in Tallahassee with his wife and daughter and is an avid golfer.

Kathryn Fisk currently serves as the Regional Director of Human Resources at Tenet Healthcare for the Florida Region.

Prior to joining Tenet in 2009, Ms. Fisk served in several senior-level HR positions, including Corporate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Baptist Health South Florida, Vice President of Human Resources at Brockton Hospital in Massachusetts, and Associate Vice Chancellor at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and Medical School. Before entering the human resources profession, Ms. Fisk, with undergraduate and graduate degrees in biology, worked in clinical and research laboratories.  In addition to her biology degrees, Ms. Fisk holds her MBA from Anna Maria College and has lifetime SPHR certification from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Ms. Fisk is Past President of the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA).  Before that, she served two terms as the ASHHRA Regional Director for New England. Ms. Fisk has served on various committees and has received many awards throughout her career – the most recent being the national Paul Guy Mentorship Award in recognition of her outstanding leadership and mentorship to others in the field of health care human resources she also has received the Distinguished Service Award which recognized her for her lifetime of leadership and service in the health care human resources field. She also served for many years on the board and as an officer of the Central Massachusetts Chapter of SHRM. In addition, Ms. Fisk has served on a variety of community, regional and national boards.  She is currently serving on the Florida State University Center for Human Resource Management board, the University of Miami Human Resources Advisory Committee, the Keiser University Advisory Board and the Florida International University Master of Science Human Resource Management Advisory Board.

Ms. Fisk is an avid sports enthusiast and has coached her three son’s baseball and soccer teams. She also loves ballet, the theater, and is a collector of antiques. 

Highly regarded for his unique blend of human resources and labor management expertise Steve Fuller joined The GEO Group Inc. in July 2006 as their Vice President of Human Resources. In this role, he oversees all HR activities for this 13,000+ employee international company with revenues exceeding $1 billion. The GEO Group, Inc. is a world leader in the delivery of correctional, detention and residential treatment services to federal, state and local government agencies around the globe.

Mr. Fuller's most recent position was Senior Vice President of Human Resources for AmeriPath, Inc., the leading anatomic pathology company in the US. As one of the founding executive officers, Fuller contributed to this fast-growth company from start-up to annual revenue of $1 billion, with 3,500 employees, physicians and scientists. The company is located in 23 states, including 40 laboratories and 200 hospitals. In this position Fuller demonstrated an ability to translate strategic vision into human performance, earning respect as a collaborative business partner who championed change during the company's meteoric growth, including 50+ mergers and acquisitions.

At AmeriPath, Fuller was responsible for all HR functions, provided consultation on critical organizational issues, managed company communications, and led the sales and marketing departments as the interim Director. Fuller was valued for his ability to drive results among multi-site workforces, and was honored as the recipient of the "Chairman's Award for Most Valuable Contributor." Fuller was noted for his skill to maintain flat expenses over multiple years, despite double digit growth in healthcare costs. Further, he was recognized for significantly improving the company's ability to attract, retain and motivate talent, recruiting hundreds of physicians, negotiating thousands of contracts, implementing HR information systems, designing leadership development programs, and establishing the AmeriPath Corporate University and its many learning opportunities. Fuller has a Masters in Business Administration (Dean's List) from Nova Southeastern University Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from Auburn University. He has held numerous leadership positions with national associations, and has earned SPHR and CCP certifications.

Joyce A. Ingram:

As Assistant Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Florida State University, Joyce Ingram provides leadership for all human resources functions including classification, compensation, benefits, labor and employee relations, compliance and diversity, training and organizational development, employment and recruitment, supplier diversity, HRIS, HR IT, HR satellites, and the HR Joint Venture with the Office of the Dean of the Faculties; providing support to students, faculty, and staff.

Prior to coming to FSU, Ingram served as the Director of Diversity and Community Relations for Quaker Foods and Beverages (QFB), a business unit of PepsiCo Beverages and Foods, North America. There, Ingram led diversity and inclusion leadership initiatives, compliance and community relations activities covering 7,000 employees, ensuring alignment with QFB and PepsiCo's business strategies and objectives. Previously, Ingram served as the director of Human Resources for all five QFB business units' marketing teams, and had corporate-wide responsibility for Diversity. In addition, Ingram previously served as the director of Labor Relations and New Work Systems and held numerous HR positions both in corporate and plant environments.

Ingram began her career in human resources at the University of Illinois where she served in a variety of roles including personnel officer, chief labor negotiator and chief hearing officer for grievances. Her core competencies include Human Resources Management, Labor and Employee Relations, Diversity/Inclusion Leadership and Compliance, and Strategic Planning.

Ingram received her B.A. in History from Livingstone College, in Salisbury N.C., an M.A. in Labor and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois, and a J.D. from the University of Illinois. She is also a member of the Illinois Bar Association.

Charles Johnson is the vice president/relationship leader for Human Resources at the American Express Service Center - Fort Lauderdale. Charles assumed this position on July 7, 2008.

In this role, Charles provides end-to-end HR and employee strategies to American Express Service Center-Fort Lauderdale and Billing & Payment Services. He is also tasked with providing strategic leadership/advice/support to the AESC-F Executive Team and Service Delivery Network-wide HR initiatives.

Charles started his human resources career at Cellular One supporting a call center in a human resources business partner capacity. He moved to AT&T Wireless where he progressed from Director, Human Resources, Southeast Region to Vice President, Human Resources, Eastern Area to Vice President, Employee and Labor Relations. In these roles, Charles successfully led a team of professionals in support of the Regional Distribution Channels, Call Center Operations, and Administration groups. Charles was recruited to Office Depot in 2001 where he was the Executive Human Resources Business Partner, reporting to the President of the Business Solutions Division. In this capacity, he led all human resources activity for a $4.6 billion business with 1,800 Sales Representatives in 60 North America locations and over 3,400 associates in Call Center Operations located in Florida, Georgia, India, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

Charles earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources Management from Florida State University and an MPA (Master of Public Administration) from Florida International University with concentration in Human Resources Management. He is PHR certified and has participated in Executive HR programs at Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania.

Carmen S. Johnson is vice president of Human Resources (HR) and Total Rewards for JM Family Enterprises, Inc. (JM Family), a diversified automotive company headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Fla. In this position, she leads an HR team of four vice presidents, nine directors and their staffs, for over 4,700 associates. Johnson's responsibilities include strategically aligning Human Resources with each of the company's business units in order to maximize the benefit to associates company wide.

Before joining JM Family in September 2007, Johnson was a labor and employment lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in labor-related law and employment compliance. She was with Muller Mintz for 17 years, which merged with the highly respected law firm of Akerman Senterfitt. She also functioned as JM Family's outside employment counsel for more than 10 years.

Johnson has served her community in professional and charitable organizations as a former member of the Board of Directors for Family Counseling Services of Greater Miami and has been active in Lawyer's for Children of America. She also supports the United Way of Broward County and the Youth Automotive Training Center.

Johnson earned both her law and business administration degrees cum laude from the University of Miami. She is a member of the Florida Bar and is admitted to practice in multiple courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. She is also board certified in labor and employment law. Johnson resides in Miami, Fla. with her husband, Mark, and their three children.

JM Family Enterprises, Inc. (JM Family) (www.jmfamily.com) is a $12.2 billion diversified automotive company ranked by Forbes as the 22nd-largest privately held company in the U.S. It is currently ranked No. 23 by FORTUNE® as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, its 10th consecutive year on the list. The company is also ranked No. 7 on Computerworld's list of "100 Best Places to Work in IT." The company's primary subsidiaries and divisions include: Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC, the world's largest independent distributor of Toyota and Scion vehicles; World Omni Financial Corp., a diversified financial services company; JM&A Group, one of the largest independent insurance and extended warranty groups of companies in the U.S.; JM Service Center LLC, the company's internal shared services center; JM Lexus, the largest volume Lexus dealership in the world; and JMsolutions, a dealer-focused technology products and services company. Headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Fla., JM Family has major operations in Jacksonville and Margate, Fla.; Commerce and Alpharetta, Ga.; Mobile, Ala.; and St. Louis, Mo.

Mark N. Krauss is Vice President of Human Resources for Southern Wine & Spirits of America Inc., the country's largest wholesale distributor of wine, liquor, beer, and non-alcoholic products. The company employs more than 11,000 employees and operates through 20 distribution centers in 29 states. Krauss is responsible for overseeing all human resources aspects of the business including: the retirement plans, all health and welfare benefit plans, workers compensation, safety programs, education and training, employment policies and procedures, litigation, EEOC matters, and union negotiations.

Mr. Krauss joined Southern in 1991 as a human resource professional and was quickly appointed National Director. In order to establish a working relationship with Southern's various divisions and gain the trust of those management professionals in the field, Krauss spends a good deal of his time traveling to the company's various distribution centers dealing with management and employees on a one-on-one basis.

A graduate of the University of Miami, Mark earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, majoring in accounting, in 1979. He went on to a very successful career as a tax accountant prior to joining Southern.

Maggie is Vice President of Human Resources at Embraer Aircraft Holding, Inc. in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She is responsible for the strategic HR direction of their North American operation and sits on the Executive Management Board of the company.

Maggie's HR experience spans over 25 years. She began her career in New York City in 1982 after graduating from Fordham University with a degree in Psychology. She spent eight years at First Nationwide Bank as a Generalist, and three years at Citicorp's corporate office in New York as an HR Business Partner. In 1993 Maggie joined First Fidelity Bancorporation which was subsequently acquired by First Union National Bank. In 1995, Maggie transferred to Miami, Florida with First Union. During her six year tenure with them she held positions as OD Consultant, HR Business Partner, Southeast Regional Recruiting Manager and Director of HR for their Specialty Banking Division in the Southeast. In 2001, Maggie joined Union Planters Bank in Miami as Regional HR Director supporting their operations in FL, LA and TX. Union Planters was acquired by Regions Bank in 2004 and Maggie relocated to their corporate headquarters in Birmingham, AL to create and run a centralized recruiting practice. In 2006, Regions merged with AmSouth Bank and Maggie returned to south Florida, joining DHL as Director of Human Resources for their corporate office in Plantation. She joined Embraer in 2008.

Maggie has been active in the community for many years. She was on the Board of The March of Dimes in Miami; co-chaired an HR Committee for the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce; member and instructor with "If I Had a Hammer" in Birmingham, AL; member of SHRM and the local Broward county chapter.

Maggie is the proud mother of two girls, Krysten and Lauren.

Since 2000 Craig Nichols has been the Vice President, Human Resources & Chief Compliance Officer for Republic Services Inc., the nationwide leader in waste management and environmental services. With 2008 revenue over $3 billion, Republic has over 13,000 employees in more than 300 operating locations, serving 1,200 municipalities and 5.5 million residential and commercial customers. Republic has been named one of "America's Best Managed Companies" by Forbes Magazine and "Most Shareholder Friendly" by Institutional Investor Magazine.

Nichols' responsibilities include all aspects of Human Resources along with oversight of Republic's Compliance activities. Nichols joined Republic Services in 2000 when the fledgling company was a new IPO and, at that time essentially a collection of smaller stand alone companies brought together by acquisitions. Nichols' initial mission at Republic Services was to create the first Human Resources function for the new company. Thereafter, strategic focus shifted to form all functions of the company around standard systems and business processes to support the ensuing years of high growth.

Nichols has previously held management positions in Frito-Lay, Inc., Whirlpool Corporation, Lexis-Nexis, and Shell Oil. He has extensive experience in international HR, talent management, organization change, compensation/ benefits, and supporting various types of industries from information technology, to consumer products, manufacturing, distribution, sales, and marketing, and business-to-business services.

Nichols is a former Chairperson for the Center for Human Resources Management. He is also a member of the Human Resources Strategic Planning Society (HRPS); the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM); and serves as a Board Member on the Executive Education Advisory Board of the Hudson Institute of Entrepreneurship and Executive Education at Nova Southeastern University.

Nichols holds an MBA from The University of Iowa and a BA from The University of Northern Iowa.

Steve Preston is Vice President of Human Resources for General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products (GDATP), a General Dynamics Company.  GDATPs core business is defense with sales of approximately $1.5B.

Mr. Preston has over 30 years experience in the Human Resources field.  He began his career with Olin Corporation in East Alton, IL.  After spending his first 5 years in Engineering and Manufacturing, he moved into Human Resources where he held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility at several Olin Plant locations.

Mr. Preston spent 11 years with the Medium Caliber Strategic Business unit in Illinois as Director of Human Resources and Administration.  In this position he was responsible for Human Resources, Safety, Environmental, Security, and Medical and Community Affairs for a 500 employee unionized operation.

In 1996, Olin “spun-off” its defense business and formed Primex Technologies, a publicly traded company, which was later purchased by General Dynamics in 2001.

Steve was appointed Director of Human Resources and Ethics for General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems in June of 2006, located at the division headquarters in St. Petersburg, FL.  In December of 2008, he was appointed Vice President of Human Resources for the GDATP division located in Charlotte, NC.

Mr. Preston has a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Technology from Kansas State University and a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) Certification from the Society of Human Resources Management.

Anactive member of the communities in which he has lived, Mr. Preston served on the Marion Hospital Board for 10 years in southern Illinois.  In St. Petersburg he served on the Board of Directors for the Pinellas County Urban League. Currently, Mr. Preston serves on the Board of Citizen Schools of North Carolina.

Kathleen Slattery is director of human resources of FPL Group, Inc. (NYSE: FPL), headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida. With annual revenues of more than $15 billion, over 15,000 employees, and a presence in 27 states, FPL Group is one of the nation's largest providers of electricity-related services and is nationally known as a high-quality, efficient and customer-driven organization. FPL Group's two principal subsidiaries are Florida Power & Light Company and NextEra Energy Resources. Florida Power & Light is the largest investor-owned electric utility in Florida, serving approximately 4.5 million customer accounts, and is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States.

Ms. Slattery is responsible for employee compensation and benefits, executive compensation and benefits, payroll, employee services, HR business planning, and HR governance and compliance.

A South Florida native, Ms. Slattery holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University.

Michael P. Spellman is a shareholder of Sniffen & Spellman, P.A., which is located in Tallahassee, Florida but maintains a practice statewide. Mr. Spellman focuses on civil litigation with a concentration on representing private and public employers in all areas of labor and employment law, including labor negotiations, grievances and arbitrations, and litigation involving employment discrimination and retaliation, harassment and whistleblower actions. Mr. Spellman’s practice also includes representing state and local governmental entities in civil rights lawsuits, including cases which allege constitutional violations and cases which allege misconduct on the part of law enforcement, including false arrest, improper search and seizure and wrongful death actions.

Mr. Spellman has focused his practice in the labor and employment law area for the majority of his career. For ten years, he served on the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Florida Bar, and has served as the Chair of the Employment Law Committee for the Florida Defense Lawyer’s Association for several years. Mr. Spellman has participated in other Florida Bar-related and outside interests, including serving as Vice-Chair of the Florida Bar’s Federal Court Practice Committee, Chairman of the Second Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Association of Self Insureds, a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Florida Alumni Association and former President of the William H. Stafford American Inn of Court.

Mr. Spellman has maintained an “AV” rating from Martindale Hubbell for over ten years, and has been named to Florida Trend magazine’s “Legal Elite” in the area of labor and employment law (top 2% of lawyers practicing in Florida) for the past several years. He has also been selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Best Lawyers in America as one of the top attorneys in labor and employment law. Mr. Spellman received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Florida and his Juris Doctorate with honors from Florida State University College of Law. Mr. Spellman is a member of the University of Florida Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Order of Barristers.

Mr. Spellman is active with the St. John’s Episcopal Church, the Tallahassee Senior Center Foundation and the Leon County Humane Society.

Rueben Stokes is group director of Diversity & Inclusion for Ryder System, Inc., a FORTUNE 500® transportation and supply chain solutions company.  Mr. Stokes is responsible for all aspects of diversity and inclusion at Ryder, which is a $5.1 billion business with more than 26,000 employees.  He defines his mission as “leveraging diversity and inclusion to drive transformative performance and increase shareholder value.”

Throughout his career, Mr. Stokes has held diversity and inclusion leadership roles at Terex Corporation, ADT Security Services, and Tyco International.  A global subject matter expert, he has written and spoken about increasing non-majority representation in leadership, multiple generations in the workplace, supplier diversity, and the effect of the global marketplace on diversity and inclusion.

Mr. Stokes works directly with Ryder’s Chairman and CEO Greg Swienton, the company’s Leadership Team, and its 12-member, cross-functional Diversity & Inclusion Council to set the strategic direction of the D&I program.

A native of Pasadena, California, he is a graduate of Dartmouth College.  Mr. Stokes is also a member of the 100 Black Men of America, a graduate of Leadership Miami, and author of the book, Super Selling Secrets for the Real World.  He and his wife have two children and live in Weston, Florida.

August Toscano oversees all Human Resource activities for Regions Financial Corporation in Florida, including human resources administration, staffing, retention, training, employee relations, as well as leadership and organizational development.

Toscano's career spans across a variety of industries. He worked in the early part of his career in the energy/oil/gas industry where he worked in all aspects of HR, specifically compensation, benefits, training, and staffing. He was then recruited to work in the consumer product/retail industry where he broadened his experience in strategic human resources management through the creation and application of strategic human capital management systems required to support the needs of a fast-growing business. He now works in the financial services industry and is responsible for all facets of human resources management in a fast-paced sales environment.

Toscano graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in international relations and a master's degree in business administration (MBA) with emphasis in marketing and human resources.

Janet Wincko is the Managing Director of Human Resources at City Furniture, South FL’s #1 Furniture Retailer.   Janet joined City Furniture in 1989 and was promoted to her current role in 2011.

Janet is certified as a Professional in Human Resource (PHR) by the Society for Human Resource Management.   She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).    She is also actively involved on the Career Advisory Council for the Career Development Center at Florida Atlantic University, as serves on the boards for Broward County Workforce Development and Florida State University Center for Human Resource Management.

Janet earned a Masters Business Administration (MBA) degree and a Bachelors of Business Administration Degree (BBA) with a concentration in Human Resource Management from Florida Atlantic University.

John R. Wolf, SPHR, is the Vice President of Human Resources for Jupiter Medical Center, in Jupiter, Florida. He has been at Jupiter Medical Center since January, 2007. Mr. Wolf has over 25 years of healthcare human resource experience in employment, compensation, benefits, employee relations and management development. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Human Resources with Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to that he served as head of Human Resources for Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio and for Saint Marys Hospital, in Rochester, Minnesota.

Mr.Wolf received his Masters in Applied Behavioral Science from Wright State University, in Dayton, Ohio, and his Bachelor's in Psychology from the University of Minnesota.

A not-for-profit 276-bed community medical center consisting of 163 private acute care hospital beds and 120 long-term care beds, JMC provides a broad range of services, with specialty concentrations in orthopaedics, minimally invasive vascular procedures, cancer care, long-term care and advanced diagnostics. Jupiter Medical Center is currently in the midst of a major, multi-year growth plan which includes an emergency room expansion, a 6,640-square-foot second floor addition to be used for the future expansion inpatient beds and a 2-story education center. The Medical Center has 1,500 employees, 460 physicians and more than 700 volunteers.

Mr. Wolf is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the Society of Human Resource Management. Mr. Wolf is a member of the American Society of Healthcare Human Resources Administration, the Society for Human Resource Management, and the North Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce.