Company Info for lafayette.edu | Icebreaker

Company Info for lafayette.edu | Icebreaker

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Comedian / Project Tech Admin : Captain of Enchanting Opportunities at Dose Mush Co - PhD Candidate in Ethnobiotechnology at University of Sedona ( Initiate of Divine Mysteries )

Adelaine S, MPS

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As an HR professional with experience in both corporate and high-growth environments, I specialize in talent management, organizational strategy, and employee engagement. Currently serving as an HR Associate on the HRBP Team at the NFL, I support key initiatives such as performance assessments, succession planning, and DEI programming across all 32 clubs. I also lead workforce communications, oversee HR data analysis, and ensure seamless policy implementation for over 1,500 employees. As Director of People Operations at Sweet, I played a critical role in scaling the organization, filling 100% of critical hiring needs, driving HR policy execution, and implementing programs that increased employee retention by 90%. My experience spans talent acquisition, employee relations, workforce analytics, and compliance—always with a data-driven and people-first approach. With a Master’s in HR Management (Employment Law focus) from Georgetown and a certification in AI Applications in People Management, I bring a forward-thinking perspective to HR, integrating technology and strategy to enhance the employee experience. Passionate about fostering inclusive workplaces, I’m always looking to connect with like-minded professionals to drive meaningful impact in the HR space.

Kelly O'Donnell

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Theatre Director, Educator, and Producer with years of experience directing new plays, classics, devised work, and musicals. Co-Founder of Flux Theatre Ensemble.

Conner Drigotas

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Husband, father, and mission-focused leader working to empower every individual to realize their version of happiness. Peace and consent advocate. Optimist and solutions-oriented teammate. The guy you want in your corner because I'm there by choice with a smile. Excited about moral philosophy, capitalism, the Principle of Human Respect, ikigai, advancing moral practices in business, creating shared value, and the power of individuals and businesses to build a better world. We got this. Email: drigotas@duck.com connerdrigotas.com @cddrigotas most places

Reed Shapiro, MBA

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I have helped companies and organizations measure, manage, and communicate the efforts they make to reduce their climate impacts for 10 years. Through the sale of carbon and energy attribute certificates, and through the delivery and implementation of corporate emissions reduction strategies I have helped affect the reduction, removal, or avoidance of over 1 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent. In 2014, I developed one of the first commercial voluntary carbon neutral products and service programs in the world. To-date, it has brought over 100,000 individual products, services, companies, or components thereof to market across more than 15 industries. The Carbon Neutral Checkout model has been emulated by companies around the world, with dozens of firms today offering some differentiated form of the framework. I work most often with executive decision makers to build lasting value by reducing their negative impacts. I lead situationally and have a successful record of creating buy-in on 'hard sells' from even the most unlikely of sources. I have experience contributing to and leading both sales and consulting teams. At CCC I brought business models and specific products from concept, to market, to stand-alone businesses, with revenue growth exceeding 100%, for 4 years, with >25% average quarter over quarter growth over 6 years. At South Pole, I helped to drive similar growth in revenues, helping SP USA achieve over 4x in sales growth over 3 years, all with household name brands and financial institutions. I spoke at COP 25 about my research on voluntary markets in the US, and how the VCM will react to Article 6 in the Paris Climate Agreement. I am versed in corresponding adjustments, and have contributed to working groups focused on regenerative agriculture, strategic development in the energy sector, and a platform to track corporate climate disclosure and net zero progress. I always do my best to take stress, pressure, and adversity all on in-stride, and work to make the best of every situation in work and life. I bring a high energy, and deep care/pride for the quality of my results. I hang my hat on my ability to meet and exceed expectations, and provide real value to the people I work with. If the objective I have aligns with my own values and personal expectations, there's not much anyone is going to do to stop me from turning that objective into reality.

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Clifton Strengths: Communication - Empathy - Woo - Individualization - Strategic I have been a passionate advocate, leader and change-agent in the higher education arena for the past 25+ years. I am able to view current trends and issues in higher education with a critical eye and through numerous lenses. This is underpinned by an understanding of how to not only better serve students, but also to maximize opportunities and outcomes with limited resources. While serving in an administrative capacity, I have worked to revamp programs and processes to effect greater efficiency, create a better student experience in order to enhance retention, and promote the highest levels of academic integrity. A strong leader who is not afraid to take risks, I bring colleagues to the table and engages in authentic dialogue to accomplish shared goals. An adept communicator, I have not only taught Public Speaking to undergraduate students for more than 25 years, I have also used those skills to develop and present various workshops on student retention, diversity issues, and communication skills for higher education professionals. I continue to be a passionate educator whose commitment is unwavering to equalizing the playing field for all students, regardless of educational or economic background. My work in support of Diversity, Equity Inclusion, and Access has been a hallmark of my career, and I continue to drive the conversations and actions needed to make education accessible and relevant to a new generation of college students.

Katie Elander McNally

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Hi, I’m Katie (she/her)! I’m a Senior Product Designer with 8+ years of experience designing delightful, user-centered solutions to tough problems in the B2B space. I'm passionate about finding out the "why" of a problem, always designing solutions based on thorough user research. I work in an extremely collaborative, cross-functional manner, building relationships with both clients and my team to ensure success. As a Senior Product Designer at Curalate/Bazaarvoice, I’ve helped create, manage, and maintain our design system based off the Atomic Design Methodology. Ensuring that teams I work with have a set of reusable, consistent design guidelines and components is crucial to the success of the product and engineering, as a cross-functional, shared language is key. I'm currently based in Denver, CO working remotely for TaxBit. When I'm not designing, you can find me scouring the depths of Spotify for the newest musical find, skiing and hiking the mountains of Colorado, and hanging out with my chocolate lab Dennis. My portfolio can be found at: http://www.kaitlin-elander.com

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Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and Scaled Agile Product Manager (APM), leading, enabling, and motivating cross functional teams through the product life cycle with a strong technical and engineering background. Excellent communicator, relying on a balanced approach of technical background and user empathy. Able to facilitate communications with highly skilled technical teams, key business stakeholders, end users, and support teams. Proven history of managing complex multi-million dollar programs to transform business capabilities through both evolutionary and revolutionary technology solutions.

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Specialties: scalable distributed systems, cloud computing, data mining, machine learning.