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Best Companies Mastermind Seminar
Sept. 5, 2024
For HR and leadership who want to understand more about what makes a Best Company to Work for in Maryland, join us for the Best Companies Mastermind Seminar.
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Keynote Speaker: Maximizing Employee Potential – Strategies for Inclusion in Exceptional Workplaces.
Jaime Raul Zepeda, Executive Vice President at Best Companies Group, will delve into the latest research by Best Companies Group on inclusion and belonging. Data driven trends will be shared to help organizations enhance their employees’ connections to their work and workplace.
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Panel Discussion: Best Companies to Work for Strategies for Sustaining Long-term Success
A panel discussion featuring HR and business leaders discussing their strategies for maintaining a thriving workforce and organization. The discussion will include insights from some of the state’s most innovative business minds. Followed by a Q&A.
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Since 2004, Best Companies Group has specialized in identifying and recognizing great employers to work for. We are an independent research firm that ranks companies based on our established research methodology. Our surveys provide actionable, hard-to-obtain data that companies use to improve employee recruitment and retention.
For any questions, contact the Program Business Partner, Karen Trigg, at (717) 980-3983 or at KTrigg@bestcompaniesgroup.co
PANEL MODERATOR
Jaime Raul Zepeda
Executive Vice President
Best Companies Group
Jaime serves as EVP of Best Companies Group and Color Magazine. Prior to BridgeTower, he served as Senior Vice President of Customer & People Success at HIVE Diversity, a virtual recruiting platform that connects companies with employees of diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Before that, he was a Regional Leader of LinkedIn’s customer success team, helping to manage the company’s relationships with large global enterprises. He began his career in HR Tech at Great Place to Work, and served in several leadership roles, including Vice President of Partnership Programs.
Jaime earned his Bachelor’s of Arts degree from St. Mary’s College of California, and his MBA from The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He lives with his wife and son in the Bay Area.
PANELIST:
Melissa Walker
CFO & Vice President
KCW Engineering Technologies, Inc.
Melissa has 25+ years’ experience at KCW Engineering Technologies, Inc., and serves as an owner, EVP, and CFO. Melissa received her Bachelor’s in Accounting from the University of Oklahoma. In addition to overseeing financial strategy, Melissa leads the HR Department, ensuring that KCW’s core company culture values are reflected in the TEAMKCW experience.
As a leader, Melissa prioritizes staying on the forefront of what it means to be an “employee centered” company. Post-pandemic, Melissa led and sustained a 51% growth in staff during the largest shift in work culture history. In response to this shift Melissa rolled out a robust employee wellness program; providing paid counseling for mental health and money management and launched The KCW Wellness Room – a place for privacy, meditation, massages, and physical fitness. To preserve teamwork in the new hybrid workplace she spearheaded Virtual KCW Townhall meetings and The Weekly KCW Wire publication that included videos from herself and the CEO. Melissa and her team carried these new efforts out while continuing core company favorites; employee appreciation day, Chili-Contest, House of Ruth Maryland Cookout fundraisers, and the KCW Girls STEM Program.
Melissa serves on the board at House of Ruth Maryland (HRM) and is an advocate for women and children affected by Domestic violence, using this platform to provide ways for the team to be advocates and serve the community together.
Panels spoken on include NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) and the Enterprising Women of The Year Panel. Awards include: NAWBOS Top 10 List for “Women Business Owner of The Year”, Enterprising Women Magazine’s “Enterprising Women of the Year, The Center Clubs “Trailblazer in Financial Services” award, The Daily Records Maryland’s Top 100 Women in 2019, 2021 and Circle of Excellence in 2023.
PANELIST:
Darla J. McClure
Principal
Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC
A deep-seated desire to help people is the cornerstone of Darla McClure’s business and employment law practice. When clients hire Darla, they work with a lawyer who understands their needs, approaches matters from their vantage point and designs practical legal solutions to meet their individualized business objectives. Darla’s focus on serving her clients’ best interests is underscored by her commitment to providing responsive answers, keeping clients informed and delivering the highest levels of service efficiently and effectively.
Business clients need a trusted advisor who remains constant in an often tumultuous and fast changing legal climate. Darla provides that steady hand. She wants her clients to understand the potential risks they face, be informed of potential solutions to their problems and be able to reduce their level of stress knowing that she is in their corner working to protect them. Darla’s clients see her as part of their team and routinely call on her for advice and counsel, whether it is for straightforward everyday tasks such as reviewing a vendor agreement or something more complex such as setting up a subsidiary or developing a shareholder or operating agreement.
In addition to her business and transactional practice, which includes mergers and acquisitions, a large part of Darla’s practice includes counseling business clients on employment matters and resolution of employment disputes. Working closely with management, she helps ensure compliance with state and local laws, assists in drafting employment policies, handling employee complaints and preparing contracts, such as restrictive covenant agreements, confidentiality agreements and executive employment agreements.
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