Navigating Performance Reviews as a New Manager

Mary has more than 20 years of Human Resource experience in a variety of organizations: Retail, Services, Consulting, and Medical Device Manufacturing. Whether leading the human resource function, serving as an HR Business partner, or in leading in Talent Acquisition, Mary’s strengths lie in her ability to learn businesses, build relationships, improve processes and drive HR strategies that enable business outcomes and build cultures. Mary recently moved into a role leading a Talent Acquisition team of 8 with responsibility for Global Operations, Supply Chain, Quality and Process Development. Prior to that she was the Director, HRBP for Minnetonka Operations and Quality and worked on two acquisitions. In her earlier days with her current organization she had HR leadership responsibility for an office in San Jose, CA and Athone, Ireland site. Prior to Boston Scientific (purchased AMS), Mary was with Best Buy Co, Inc. in a variety of HR Business Partner roles supporting Finance, Home Theatre, Portable Electronics, Redline Entertainment, and New Business Development. Mary’s previous experiences include being the Director of Human Resources with CliftonLarson-Allen, where she led the Human Resource function for a 1200 employee, national CPA firm. Her first HR role was with Andcor Companies, where she partnered with executives and boards to do executive recruiting and HR consulting. She graduated from the College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University with a BA in Liberal Studies and from the University of St. Thomas with a Masters in Human Resource Development. Mary resides in Eden Prairie, MN with her husband and sons boys and spends her precious free time watching her sons play sports, golfing, or enjoying time at their lake place up north.

Meet Jackie, a professional optimist, #1 best Selling Author of the book Get Happy and Create a Kick Butt Life! Motivational Speaker and Leadership expert who is known for her no nonsense, science based strategies that create life-changing impact for executives, business leaders, womenpreneurs ,Professional Associations and individuals around the world. Jackie is a trained Psychotherapist who has been quoted in, Yahoo Finance, Wall Street Journal, Daily Worth, WE Women's magazine and SHRM for her knowledge with helping clients overcome limiting beliefs, business obstacles, and success habits that work! In addition, Jackie's 20+ years as an award -winning marketing executive has changed brands from $1m to $2.3B for organizations such as Pfizer, Glaxo Smith-Kline, and Sanofi. Jackie is a certified Leadership coach (affiliated with Harvard University and Medical School) a Masters from Hahnemann University Medical School and BS Roger Williams University. She paints her life canvas at the beach in South Carolina. And her mission is to inspire action!

Alison Vorsatz is the Senior Enterprise Director at Fairygodboss. She empowers companies to promote their commitment to gender diversity, to transform their culture, to attract top female talent, and to move the dial in their diversity initiatives. Before Fairygodboss, Alison spent the majority of her career between the San Francisco Bay Area and Manhattan in the Fortune 15 tech world. In 2016 Alison left her career as a Managing Partner at Verizon Communications to develop and lead a female empowerment program across East and Southern Africa. While in Africa, Alison became a catalyst for breaking down barriers set by society, and discovered that empowering women to have the equality, success, independence, and fulfillment they deserved was her purpose. In addition to her dynamic professional life, Alison is an athlete who has represented the USA, a world traveler to over 75 countries, and an avid philanthropist. Alison holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.