ADVISORY BOARD
Members: JARED BERNSTEIN | RUTH BRAMSON | DAVID CREELMAN | FRED K. FOULKES | STEVE HUNT | MEL KLEIMAN | RUSSELL M. KLOSK | TIM LETT | JOYCE O’DONNELL MARONEY | DEBBIE MCGRATH
JARED BERNSTEIN
Director of the Living Standards Program, Economic Policy Institute
Jared Bernstein joined the Economic Policy Institute in 1992. He is the author of “All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy”. His areas of research include income inequality and mobility, trends in employment and earnings, low-wage labor markets and poverty, international comparisons, and the analysis of federal and state economic policies.
Between 1995 and 1996, he held the post of deputy chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. He is the co-author of eight editions of the book, “The State of Working America” and has published extensively in popular and academic venues, including The New York Times, Washington Post, American Prospect, and Research in Economics and Statistics.
Jared has a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from Columbia University.
RUTH BRAMSON
CEO, Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts
As CEO of the newly created Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, Ruth Bramson is building an organization that will create the leaders of tomorrow. Ruth is well known for her work as Executive Vice President of Human Resources for National Grid US, the second largest utilities in the US and a subsidiary of National Grid UK. Prior to joining National Grid, Ruth served as Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief Diversity Officer, and Undersecretary of Administration and Finance for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the Romney administration.
In a career spanning 25 years, Ruth has held executive positions with several major corporations including Shaw’s Supermarkets/Star Markets where she served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Diversity Officer, Reebok International, and Charles River Laboratories, a division of Bausch & Lomb. She also spent several years consulting to major New England companies on talent management, culture and change, mergers and acquisitions strategy, and communications.
Ruth holds a Master’s degree from Boston University and an undergraduate degree from Barnard College, Columbia University. She also completed Harvard University’s Executive leadership program for women. Ruth is an international lecturer and published author on many management issues, including strategic change, workplace violence and sexual harassment prevention, and organizational development.
Ruth founded and, for 6 years, chaired Suited for Success, a non-profit organization, which supports women as they transition from welfare to work. Ruth also serves as a commissioner of the Massachusetts Commission of the Status of Women, on the Board of Employers against Domestic Violence, and the Board of Governors of the Tufts-New England Medical Center. She is also a Commissioner of the Massachusetts Service Alliance, which oversees all State funding of volunteer organizations. She is an Advisory Board member of Junior Achievement and a Trustee of Middlesex Community College. Ruth is also a longtime member of the Boston Club.
DAVID CREELMAN
CEO, Creelman Research
David Creelman is CEO of Creelman Research. His main interest is in helping HR leaders and CFOs better measure and report on human capital to the CEO, Board and financial markets.
David also does writing, research and speaking on the most critical issues in human capital management. His clients include think tanks, consultants, academics and organizations in Japan, the US, Canada and the EU. He publishes regularly in the US, Japan, Peru, Turkey, Brazil, South Africa, Holland, Romania and Singapore.
He has sat on many thought leader panels with the Human Capital Institute including Global Talent Management, Learning Strategies, and the ROI of Talent Management. He is collaborating with Dr. Dave Ulrich, on the topic of human capital intangibles. (see www.rbl.net “What the Fortune 100 Tells Wall Street”). He is collaborating with Laurie Bassi on improved measurement methods.
Prior to founding his own company David was brought in as Chief of Content and Research for HR.com. As the first employee of HR.com David played an integral role in growing a successful dot com; one that continues to thrive. For many years David was a management consultant in Canada and Malaysia, most notably with the Hay Group. He also taught Rewards and Performance Measures at the University of Malaya executive MBA program. Before venturing into human resources consulting, David worked in finance for Gulf Canada in Toronto and IT for Wood Gundy in London.
He has an MBA from the University of Western Ontario and a Combined Honours B.Sc. in Chemistry and Biochemistry from McMaster.
PROFESSOR FRED K. FOULKES
Director, Human Resources Policy Institute
Professor of Organizational Behavior
Boston University School of Management
Professor Foulkes received the A.B. degree from Princeton University, and the M.B.A. and D.B.A. degrees from Harvard Business School. He was a member of the Harvard Business School faculty before joining the faculty of Boston University. He teaches courses in human resources management and organization behavior. Prior to entering teaching, he was employed by Chrysler Corporation, the New York Telephone Company and Chemical Bank.
His principal publications include: Creating More Meaningful Work (The American Management Association); Casebook on Church and Society (with Keith Bridston, Ann D. Meyers and Louis Weeks, Abington Press); Personnel Policies in Large Nonunion Companies (Prentice-Hall); Human Resources Management: Cases and Text (with E.R. Livernash, Prentice-Hall); Employee Benefits Handbook (editor and contributing author Warren, Gorham & Lamont); Strategic Human Resources Management: A Guide for Effective Practice (Prentice-Hall), Human Resources Management: Readings (Prentice-Hall) and Executive Compensation: A Strategic Guide for the 1990s (Harvard Business School Press). Professor Foulkes has also written numerous articles, including five published in the Harvard Business Review, and has developed over 160 case studies.
Professor Foulkes is the founder and director of the Human Resources Policy Institute. The Institute is a 25 year-old partnership between Boston University’s School of Management faculty and senior human resources executives. Its members include the heads of human resources for over 50 large, global companies.
Recipient of the Employment Management Association Award (1978) and the Five Star Achievement Award from the Northeast Human Resources Association (1992), Professor Foulkes was named in 1992 a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources, the human resources profession’s highest honor for outstanding achievement.
Professor Foulkes is a member of the boards of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Panera Bread, and the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation. From 1998 to October 2007, he was a director of Deploy Solutions. He is a senior advisor to the Northeast Human Resources Association (NEHRA), an SHRM chapter, leader of its Senior HR Forum, and chair of the Boston Personnel Dinner Group. He is also a Research Fellow of the Employee Benefit Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
Married and the father of two sons, Professor Foulkes and his family live in Belmont, Massachusetts.
STEVEN T. HUNT
SPHR, Ph.D.
Steven Hunt has over 15 years of experience designing technology enabled talent management solutions supporting staffing and workforce management. He has held research and consulting positions in a variety of companies including Kronos Talent Management Division (formerly Unicru Inc.), Starbucks Coffee Corporation, SHL Inc., and Personnel Decisions, Inc.
His experience spans a variety of industries including retail, healthcare, dining, manufacturing, information technology, and transportation. An active author and speaker, Dr. Hunt regularly presents at industry and academic conferences and has written articles in trade and academic journals ranging from Personnel Psychology to the Wall Street Journal. He is also author of Hiring Success a book published by the Society of Human Resource Management focused on the applied use of staffing assessment tools.
He holds a Ph.D. in industrial-organizational psychology from The Ohio State University and a B.A. in applied mathematics and psychology from the University of California, San Diego.
MEL KLEIMAN
Certified Speaking Professional Mel Kleiman is North America’s leading authority on how best to recruit, select, and retain top-quality employees.
A renowned consultant, speaker, author, and trainer for over 25 years, Mel is also the founder and president of Humetrics, a leading developer of systems, training processes, and tools for recruiting, selecting, and retaining an exceptional workforce.
A demonstrated leader in HR thought, Mel has authored numerous research studies and white papers. His articles have appeared in dozens of trade and professional journals and he is a regular contributor to Restaurant Hospitality, Area Developers and Convenience Store Decisions.
Mel earned the prestigious National Speakers Association Certified Speaking Professional designation in 1996 and is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management.
Mel’s books include the bestselling Hire Tough, Manage Easy; as well as 267 Hire Tough Interview Questions, 180 Ways to Build a Magnetic Culture; Recruit Smarter, Not Harder and “So, You Got the Job…..Now What?
RUSSELL M. KLOSK
Management Consultant, IBM
Russell Klosk is a Management Consultant focused in the Human Capital Arena with IBM Global Business Services Human Capital Management Consulting practice and the Global Practitioner Leader for their HR Strategy & Workforce Transformation Community. He is a globally recognized subject matter expert in Strategic Human Capital Management and Process.
For the past 3 years Russell has participated in the Society of Human Resources Management’s HR Measurement & Metrics special expertise panel helping guide their efforts to identify and publish information about trends impacting on the profession. His work in the area of Metrics & Analytics has been recognized by SHRM and the Human Resources Planning Society as among the top leaders in his field.
Prior to joining IBM, Russell served in numerous management positions where he has directed staff in both policy and operations, and led project teams to develop new programs and services. He is a past Director of Human Resources for both Gannett and Microsoft and has global experience in both the public and private sector working with Global 500 companies as well as Federal Sector clients. He possesses exposure and experience with labor relations, and is an expert in impacts affecting global workforces.
He is a graduate of the University of Southern California with an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He is an international lecturer and published author on many human capital issues, including workforce optimization, dispute resolution, labor scheduling, human capital metrics, and recruiting.
TIM LETT
Founder and Managing Partner of Axsium Group
Tim Lett founded Axsium Group in 2004 with the vision of creating a consultancy to help companies unlock the ROI potential from investments in enterprise workforce management. Tim has helped dozens of Fortune 1000 companies gain competitive advantage through the transformation of their workforce management infrastructure.
Prior to founding Axsium, Tim was Vice-President, Professional Services at Workbrain, a provider of enterprise workforce management software solutions, where he was responsible for the sale and delivery of software implementation consulting services. Before joining Workbrain, Tim was a senior consulting manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Toronto.
Tim holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto.
JOYCE O’DONNELL MARONEY
Senior Director, Solutions Marketing
Joyce O’Donnell Maroney is the Senior Director of Solutions Marketing at Kronos, a leading provider of software and services for workforce management. She is responsible for marketing strategy and programs for Kronos services, customer programs and mid-market offerings. She also serves as Managing Director of the Kronos Workforce Institute.
Prior to joining Kronos in 2006, Joyce served as a Vice President at BrassRing LLC for over 6 years. She was responsible for creating and leading a number of functional organizations including Account Management, Product Management, Product Support, Technical Services, Client Education, Consulting and Recruitment Outsourcing. Before joining BrassRing, she spent 7 years at Lotus Development Corporation/IBM in various sales and marketing management positions. Joyce has also held positions at Wang Laboratories, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Software AG, Control Data Corporation, W.R. Grace & Co., Town of Rockport, and Arthur D. Little, Inc.
Joyce serves on the Board of Directors of Girls Inc. of Lynn and is a former Board member of the Children’s Trust Fund and the Association of Employment Professionals. She is a member of the Advisory and Finance Committee for the Town of Nahant.
Joyce holds an MBA in Finance from Boston University Graduate School of Management in Boston, MA and a BA in Biology from Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT.
DEBBIE MCGRATH
Founder and Chief Instigator, HR.com
Debbie McGrath founded HR.com in August, 1999. HR.com delivers human resources best practices to help organizations build great companies through community, collaboration, research, shared best practices, events and measurements. Debbie has an extensive background in HR, publishing and the Internet. Previous to starting HR.com she owned The CEO Group, a Canadian and European entity that created job board software, talent management software, HTC Career Magazines and High Tech Career Fairs.
In August of 1998, The CEO Group was sold to Kaplan (now BrassRing.com), a fully owned subsidiary of the Washington Post Company. During her tenure she served as President of the Canadian and European operations, as well as Vice President of Worldwide Sales.
Debbie has a degree in computer science and business administration, which she earned at the University of Guelph.
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