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Lunch Keynote – Thursday
Three Key HR Trends
Thursday - Lunch served from 12 noon to 12:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker - 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
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Debra Cohen, Ph.D., SPHR, is the Chief Knowledge Officer for the Society for Human Resource Management, will offer her insights into current trends in human resources management. We're sure she will bring a wonderfully "seasoned" taste to the conference!
About Debra Cohen
Debra Cohen, Ph.D., SPHR, is the Chief Knowledge Officer for the Society for Human Resource Management and is responsible for the Society’s Knowledge Center (including the Information Center and Society Library) and Research Department. She has oversight responsibility for the HR Certification Institute (HRCI) and the SHRM Foundation. Dr. Cohen joined the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in May of 2000 as the Director of Research where she oversaw SHRM's Survey Program, Workplace Trends and Forecasting Program and other content development initiatives.
Prior to joining SHRM, Dr. Cohen spent 15 years as an academician teaching HRM at George Washington University (10 years) and George Mason University (5 years). Dr. Cohen has published over 30 articles and book chapters and has been published in such journals as Personnel Psychology, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Journal of Management, Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Small Business Strategy, Journal of Business and Psychology, Training and Development Journal, Journal of Management Education and the Journal of Business Ethics.
Dr. Cohen remains professionally active having served on the Executive Board of the HRM Division of the Academy of Management, and on the Board of the Academic Partnership Network of the American Compensation Association (now WorldatWork). She is currently an Advisory Editor for Human Resource Management journal, serves on the editorial review boards of Human Resource Management Review, The Journal of Management, and the Academy of Management Learning and Education journal and does ad hoc reviewing for Human Resource Development Quarterly. Dr. Cohen is also on the Board of the SHRM Foundation and oversees the Michael R. Losey HR Research Award – an award for $50,000 given out annually to a premier researcher in the field of HR.
Dr. Cohen received her Ph.D. in Management and Human Resources in 1987 and her Master’s Degree in Labor and Human Resources (MLHR) in 1982, both from The Ohio State University. She received her Bachelor of Science (in Communications) from Ohio University. She is a frequent presenter at both national and regional conferences and has spoken to a wide variety of audiences. Prior to her academic career, she was a practicing Human Resources Manager (in Training and Development).
