WorldatWork Total Rewards Conference 2025 | WorldatWork | 19 May 2025 | TBA, Orlando

It’s a fully immersive experience designed to make a difference: in your career, your organization, and ultimately people’s lives. With fresh formats and curated networking focused on meaningful connection, it’s a powerful, personalized journey that will provide the right solutions, right now—all in a fun, festival-like atmosphere you won’t find anywhere else.

As Total Rewards revolutionizes the workplace as the key retention driver, the pressure is on rewards professionals like you to deliver actionable, measurable solutions with real impact on your business. More than ever, the future of work is in your hands.

Why Attend:

This has always been the premier event for ambitious and curious rewards professionals—but Total Rewards 25 will be our most immersive and customized learning experience yet. Experience what it means to achieve real impact.

• Real Solutions
Sharpen your skills and find sophisticated solutions to your unique challenges by designing an experience tailored to your goals.

• Real Connections
Experience exciting, spontaneous conversations alongside expert-facilitated discussions that dive deep into important trends. You’ll connect with professionals across a range of industries who all share a commitment to helping one another succeed.

• Real Insights
In seven inventive session formats, you’ll experience an abundance of a-ha moments designed to transform how talent is rewarded in organizations, starting with your own.

• Real Inspiration
Experience true luminaries in the Total Rewards space who will spur you to think differently and energize you to take action to lift up your company and your career.

2024 Past speakers

Maria Amato
Global Leader, Employee Experience and EVP Solutions, Korn Ferry

Melissa Anderson
Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion, WorldPay

Debra Andrianopoulos
Principal, Northeast Engagement Local Practice Leader, Buck

German Arciniegas
Global People Operations Senior Manager, EBANX

James Atkinson
Vice President, Data Products

Chad Atwell, CCP, GRP
Director of Growth, RedCAT Systems

Jason Averbook
Senior Partner and Global Leader of HR Transformation, Mercer

Andrea Ayala
People Operations, Instacart

Jim Bagley
Manager, Deloitte

Supriya Bahri, CCP, CBP
VP of Total Rewards, Roblox Corporation

Angela Bailey, CCP
Senior Compensation Consultant, Salary.com

John Baldino
President, Humareso

Zach Basich
Director, Compensation, Alvarez and Marsal

Wilma Beaty
Former Chief Legal and HR Officer, BioTouch

Christine Belknap
VP of Talent, Tractor Supply Company

Don Berman
Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist, JDXpert

Grant Berthold
Senior Manager, Workiva

Laurie Bienstock
Managing Director and Global Solution Line Leader, Work & Rewards, WTW

Margret Bjarnadottir
Associate Professor of Management Science and Statistics, University of Maryland

Robert Blohm
Senior Partner, OpenSymmetry

Lindsey Bly
Sr Director of Product Marketing, CaptivateIQ

Kian Boloori, CCP, GRP, CSCP
Senior Manager, Global Compensation, Edwards Lifesciences

Laura Boroch
Sr Director, Total Rewards, Patagonia

Sheri Boyle
VP - Senior Compensation Manager, Fifth Third Bank

Lisa Braithwaite
Speaker, Coach, Author, The Lisa B Company

Guy Brenner
Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP

Steve Brink, CCP
President, uFlexReward

Bryan Briscoe
SVP Compensation, Marriott International, Inc.

Shaun Brodsky
Head of Total Rewards and People Analytics, Audible

Leah Brown, CCP
VP Total Rewards, Phillips Edison

Chris Brown
Partner and Chief Operations Officer, North America Talent Solutions, Aon

Steve Browne
Chief People Officer, LaRosa's, Inc.

Magdalena Bugallo
Director Total Rewards Experience, VCA Animal Hospitals

Katie Burke
Chief People Officer, Hubspot

Rick Butler
Vice President, Global Sales Compensation, ServiceNow

Emanuele Campione
Market Leader and Senior Principal, Total Rewards and Talent Management, Normandin Beaudry

Angelica Cardona Lamartino
Senior Global Benefits Manager, Peloton

Thomas Carnahan
Manager of Compensation Services, Berkshire Associates Inc.

Michelle Carpenter
Partner, Latham

Rob Casburn
VP of Executive Compensation, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Scott Cawood, CCP, GRP, CSCP, CBP
CEO, WorldatWork

Tanya Chan
Director, Compensation, Samsung Semiconductor US

Erik Charles
Executive Director, SalesGlobe

Karen Cho
Chief Human Resources Officer, Designer Brands

Jennica Christiansen
Head of People Operations, CHG Healthcare

Donna Chrobot-Mason
Associate Professor, Leadership Institute Director, University of Cincinnati

David Cichelli, CSCP
Revenue Growth Advisor, The Alexander Group, Inc.

Lexi Clarke
Chief People Officer, Payscale, Inc.

Maria Colacurcio
CEO, Syndio Solutions

Martha Cook
Global & EMEIA Total Reward Leader, Ernst & Young

Luke Corby, CCP
Director, Professional Services, Salary.com

Alise Cortez
Chief Ignition Officer, Gusto, Now!

Melissa Cotterill
Executive Vice President, Westcomm

Chris Crawford, CCP, CECP
CEO, Zayla

Andrew Cripe
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright

Elizabeth Crofoot
Senior Economist and Principal Researcher, Lightcast

Demetris "D" Crum
Vice President, Total Rewards, AbbVie Inc.

Kevin Dalton, CCP
Sr. Director of HR, Procter and Gamble

Dominique Dawes
Three-time Olympian, Olympic Gold Medalist, Healthy Lifestyle Advocate, and Gymnastics Academy Owner

Pete Debellis
Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting LLC

James Deets
Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal

Beth De Lima
HR / Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant and Expert Witness, Leave Management Solutions and HRM Consulting

Don Delves
Managing Director, Executive Compensation Practice Leader, WTW

Aymen Dewji
CEO, ShiftRight Consulting

James Diaz
Manager, Variable Compensation and Data Strategy, American Airlines

Fermin Diez
Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore

Scott Dinwiddie
Director, Client Success, Learn to Live

Chris Dohrmann
Executive Director, Business Development, J.P. Morgan

Jessica Ebenstein
Vice President of Total Rewards & HR Technology, J. Crew

Kelley Elliott
Vice President, Total Rewards, Delta Air Lines

Ben Eubanks
Chief Research Officer, Lighthouse Research

Kim Evans
Vice President of Partnership Development, bswift

Ryan Farber
Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal

Paulo Fava
Senior Compensation Manager, ITX

Mary Lynn Fayoumi
President, HR Source

Jeremy Feinstein
Managing Director, Empsight International, LLC

Brooke Fernandez
VP & General Manager, MainData Group

John Ford
Chief Revenue Officer, Trusaic

Charlie Franklin
Co-founder and CEO, Compa

Doug Friske, CECP
Managing Director, Executive Compensation, WTW

Lisa Funiciello
VP Human Resources, Anika Therapeutics, Inc.

Stefan Gaertner
Partner, People Analytics Leader, Aon

Wade Galde, CCP, GRP
Director, Global Total Rewards, The Knot Worldwide

Asha George
CEO and Co-Founder, SmartLight Analytics

Zach Georgeson
Managing Director, WTW

Aria Glasgow, CCP
Head of Rewards Advisory, Aon

Joan Gliboff
Compensation Partner, Global Compensation Programs, Bristol Meyers Squibb NJ

Lacinda Glover
Senior Principal, Career Office Practice Leader, Mercer

Christopher Goff, CSCP, CCP, GRP, CCP-C
Senior Director, Sales Compensation, Labcorp

Rebecca Gorman
Senior Compensation Consultant, Salary.com

Sean Grady
Director of Global Benefits, Peloton

Marybeth Gray
Senior Vice President, Health & Welfare Benefits Consulting, Trion, a Marsh McLennan Agency

Gail Greenfield
Executive Vice President of Pay Equity and Total Rewards Strategy and Solutions, Trusaic

Andrew Guigno
Survey Operations Manager, Pearl Meyer

Donald Hairston
Executive Director, UBS Workplace Wealth Solutions

Justin Hampton, CCP
Founder, CompTool

Ariel Hardin
Well-being Partner, FIS

Theresa Harkins-Schulz
Senior Vice President of Customer Experience and Products, Inspirus

Kathleen Harris
Head of People, Level

Susanne Harris
SVP, Total Rewards, Lending Club

Mykkah Herner, CCP
Senior Talent Intelligence Principal, McKinstry

David Herrera
Associate Client Partner, Korn Ferry

Louisa Heywood
Associate, Compensation Advisory Partners LLC

Nanci Hibschman
Managing Principal, C3 Nonprofit Consulting Group, a division of SullivanCotter

Martin Hoffman
Principal, Gallagher

Lauren Hoggatt
Senior Consultant and Unit Manager, Lockton Companies

Jeremy Hollander
CEO, Milio

Fredrick Holt
Partner, Resolution Economics, LLC

Teresa Hoover
Senior Vice President of Total Rewards, Sony Pictures

Michael Horne
Head of Global Rewards, Dow Chemical

Donald Hubbartt
Head of Sales Incentive Center, Siemens Industry, Inc.

Tyler Huddleston
Total Rewards Solutions Leader, Morningstar

Becky Huddleston
Managing Director, Executive Compensation and Board Advisory, WTW

J.D. Ivy
Managing Director, Alvarez

Sam Jactel
Founder/CEO, Ayble Health

Katie Jenkins
Skills-Edge Product Director, Mercer

Eun-Mee Jeong
VP, Slate

Greg Johnson, CCP, GRP
Managing Director, Head of Total Rewards and Data Analytics, Perella Weinberg Partners

Hywel Jones
Vice President, Global Total Rewards, TD SYNNEX Corporation

Tiffany Jones, CCP
Global Head of Rewards, Recognition, and Performance, Accenture LLP

Blair Jones, CECP, CCP, CBP, GRP
Managing Director, Semler Brossy

Steve Kapper
Associate Client Partner, Korn Ferry

Jack Kelly
CEO, Optimum Comp Advantage, Master of Science in Executive Leadership

Heather Kennedy
Leadership Coach, Sparq Coaching

Jessica Klein
Senior Vice President, Total Rewards, Humana Inc.

Donald Knight
Chief People Officer, Greenhouse

Lizzy Kolar
CEO, Scope Zero

Jannice Koors
Senior Managing Director, Pearl Meyer

Jeff Kreisler
Head of Behavioral Science, JP Morgan; Best-Selling Author; Former Stand-up Comedian

Joe Krsul, CCP
Partner - Sales Force Effectiveness Practice Leader, Aon

Sheila Krueger
Manager, People Operations Reporting, Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

Ken Kunkleman
Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry

Lindsey Lanzisero
VP, Total Rewards, Copeland

Marisol Larez
Chief Administrative Officer, State of Colorado

Joe Leary
VP Sales, SecureSheet Technologies, LLC

Beth Leff
Compensation COE Consultant, Dow

Robert Lemke, CCP
Director, Human Capital Services, Grant Thornton

Eric Lesser
Specialist Leader, Deloitte Consulting LLC

Elizabeth Loftus
Section Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Sean Luitjens
General Manager of Total Rewards, Visier

Danielle Luz, GRP, CCCP
Global Reward Professional, Forhma Consultoria em Gestão de Pessoas Ltda.

Kevin Macduff
Product Management Director, Visier Solutions Inc.

Muir Macpherson
Partner, Aon

Mariann Madden
Senior Director, Work & Rewards, WTW

John Mains, CCP
Compensation Consultant, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Takis Makridis
CEO, Equity Methods

Aman Malhotra
Director, Executive Compensation and Board Advisory, WTW

Sonya Mansur
Director, Total Rewards, ZS Associates

Rachel Martin
Classification and Compensation Bureau Director, State of Wisconsin

Tammy Martin
Director, Total Rewards, HRIS, Payroll & People Analytics, The Gorilla Glue Company

Lauren Mason
Partner, Mercer

Rebecca McConnell
Director of Compensation, Konica Minolta Business Solutions

William McDowell
Global Head of Rewards Systems, Accenture LLP

Cory McGonigle Rose
SVP People Operations, The Aspen Group

Jolene McKee
Compensation Consultant, Optimum Comp Advantage, Inc.

Courtney McMillian, CCP, CBP, GRP, SHRM-SCP
Founder, Vanguard HR Strategy Group

Tom McMullen, SCP
Korn Ferry, Chicago

Patrick McNiel
Principal Consultant, Affirmity

Shane Meredith, CECP
Vice President, Total Rewards, CDW

Ellen Meza
People Operations Advisor, Ellen Meza Consulting

Gregory Milano
Founder, Fortuna Advisors LLC

Kate Milne
Healthy Aging Specialist, Cardea Health Consulting

Lynn Moffett, CCP, CBP, GRP
Vice President of Human Resources, BMC Software Inc.

Gillian Moldowan
Partner, Shearman

Anuj Mongia
EVP of Products and Revenue, Trusaic

Theresa Monti
CHRO, The Kroger Company

Andrew Morales
Sr. Director, GTM Strategy and Operations, CaptivateIQ

Holly Moyer, CCP
Assistant Human Resources Director, City of Fort Worth

Warren Mueller, CCP, CBP, GRP, CSCP
Senior Director of Global Compensation, FTI Consulting

Tanya Mulqueen
Senior Director, Communication Agency, bswift

Sara Murdock
Advisory Board, Sara Murdock

Megan Nail, CCP
Vice President, Total Rewards Practice, NFP

James Nestor
Principal, Chief Human Resources Officer, KSM

Peter Newhouse
CEO, uFlexReward

Jamie Newton
Managing Director, Total Rewards Search

Chris Nordman
Senior Vice President, Commercial Team, Cylinder

Shari Nornes
Principal Consultant, Morgan HR Consulting

Nate O'Connor
Managing Director, Equity Methods

Priya Padmanabhan
Director of Compensation, Roblox Corporation

Jessica Page
Senior Director, M&A and Executive Compensation, Zebra Technologies

Jennifer Paisley
Vice President, Total Rewards and HR Operations, Valmont Industries

Marc Pararillo
Partner & Solutions Architect, Aon

Hem Patel
VP Total Rewards, Moderna, Inc.

Aaron Pedowitz
Senior Principal, Mercer

Phillip Pennel
Principal, Semler Brossy

Stacey Petrey, CCP
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Tami Phillips
Director, Relationship Manager, UBS Workplace Wealth Solutions

Vicky Phrydas
Director, Equity Plan Corporate Trainer, UBS Workplace Wealth Solutions

Elli Pippin
Compensation Analyst, Tailored Brands

John Radford
Business Advisor, Self-Employed

Megan Rapinoe
Two-time World Cup Champion, Chief Equity Officer, Trusaic

Reid Rasmussen
Co-founder, Freshbenies

Navneet Rattan
COO and Partner, Compport

Kara Reester
Vice President, Customer Success, SecureSheet Technologies

Paul Reiman
Managing Partner, Novo Insights LLC

Josh Reinhard
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, PTO Exchange

Scott Reithel
Director, People Analytics, Aon

Alena Reva
Senior Director of People Operations and Total Rewards, Foghorn Therapeutics

Theresita Richard
Chief People Officer, Patagonia

Christy Ritter
Director, Compensation, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Davida Rivens
Managing Director of Growth and Development, E4E Relief

Belinda Roberts
Partner, Mercer

Brad Robinson
Director, Compensation, MasTec Power Delivery

Greg Roche
VP, Compensation, UnitedHealth Group

Nancy Romanyshyn, CCP
Senior Director, Total Rewards Strategy and Solutions, Syndio

Renee Rudolph, CECP
Sr. Director, Executive and Broad-Based Compensation, General Mills

Charlie Saffro
CEO, CS Recruiting

Diane Samuels
Vice President and Chief People Officer, Ford Foundation

Lia Santos
Partner, Mercer US Inc.

Carl Saunders
SVP, Global Total Rewards, The Coca-Cola Company

Aaron Schlipman
Senior Compensation Consultant, Lockton Companies

Michael Schmit
Director, Alvarez

Susan Schroeder, CECP, MBA
Partner, Compensation Advisory Partners LLC

Billy Schultz
Global VP, Total Rewards, Mars, Inc.

Rebecca Scully
VP of Product, Syndio

Lulu Seikaly
Sr. Corporate Attorney, Payscale

William Self
Partner & Global Leader, Workforce Strategy & Analytics, Mercer

Sheila Sever, CCP
Senior Manager, Compensation, Deloitte

Erin Sheehan
Director, Rewards, Argenx US Inc.

Dinesh Sheth
Founder and CEO, Green Circle Life

Athar Siddiqee, CCP, GRP
Vice President of Total Rewards, Micron Technology Inc.

Paul Smithivas
Managing Director and Solution Advisor, WTW

Kerrian Soong
Head of Total Rewards & Talent Analytics, Bridgewater Associates

Cary Sparrow
Founder & CEO, Wagescape

Chip Stalter
Director of Compensation, White Castle System Inc.

Devann Steele
AVP, Compensation, Humana Inc.

Amy Stern
Managing Director of Research and Strategy, BI WORLDWIDE

Brian Sullivan
Director, Talent & Performance Management, Delta Air Lines

John Sumser
VP of Marketing, Salary.com

Justin Sun
Senior Compensation Manager, Expedia Group

Maureen Sutton
Principal, Korn Ferry

Jeff Swerdlow
Managing Director, Alvarez

Lynn Tan
Marketing, Demand Generation, Forma

Ruth Thomas
Chief Product Evangelist, Payscale, Inc.

Sharell Thomas
Total Rewards Director, YMCA/Early Childhood Development Co. LLC

Rebecca Toman, CCP, CBP, GRP
Vice President, Survey Business Unit, Pearl Meyer

Jack Towarnicky
Of Counsel, American Retirement Association

Gleb Tsipursky, PhD
CEO, Disaster Avoidance Experts

Jeff Tulloch
Managing Principal, Financial Wellness Consulting

Marta Turba, CCP, CBP, CSCP
VP of Total Rewards Content Strategy, WorldatWork

Sonia Uddin
Compensation Analyst Sr, Western Digital Corporation

Andy Valenzuela
SVP, Global Total Rewards, Salesforce

Larry Vales
Director of Talent, The James Irvine Foundation

Rachel Vanek, CCCP
Manager, People Rewards and Wellness, British Columbia Lottery Corp

Marina Vassilev, CCP, CBP, CECP
VP, Rewards & Performance, Schneider Electric

Lipika Verma
VP-Rewards, Schneider Electric

Guillermo Villa
Senior Vice President, Total Rewards & Human Capital Operations, TelevisaUnivision, Inc.

Zack Vinton
VP, Global Compensation, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Anthony Vodola
Lead People Analytics Experimental Research Analyst, Audible

Nick Vollrath, CCP, GRP, CECP, CSCP
Head of Executive Compensation, Merck

Josee Wagena
Senior Director, Total Rewards, ThermoFisher

Michael Wagner
Assistant Professor, Management, University of Cincinnati

Elizabeth Walgram, CCP, CBP, GRP, CCCP
Senior Director, Sales Compensation, Siemens

Jason Walker
Co-founder, Thrive HR Consulting

Rebecca Warnken
Senior Vice President, Health Solutions, Aon

Lisa Webb
Director, Compensation, Humana Inc.

Eric Weinberg, CCP, GRP
VP, Compensation, Prudential Financial Inc.

Guy Westermeyer
President, Westcomm

Brent Westra
Director, Mayo Clinic

Amanda Wethington
Principal, SCH Services, Inc.

Mia White
Sr Compensation Program Manager, Instacart

Kathy White
Director of Human Resources, Habitat for Humanity, Philadelphia

Kim Wicker
Managing Director of Executive Rewards and Mobility, American Airlines

Sam Wilke
Director, Aon

Marjorie Williamson, CCP, GRP, CCCP
SVP, Global Total Rewards, RTI International

Lori Wisper
Managing Director, WTW

Chris Woolery
Compensation Manager, Burns and McDonnell

Jocelyne Wright-McLemore
Sr. Director of Total Rewards, Zapier, Inc.

Xiaoyu Zhang
Director of Global Compensation, DraftKings, Inc.

Gwynne Zodrow
Technical Director, Management Systems International (MSI)