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LEAP HR: Higher Education is the definitive event to redesign HR impact across universities in the US. This is an intimate forum spanning 3 days, for senior HR leaders to re-examine the role of HR in higher education and discuss how to deliver measurable new efficiencies, prepare their institutions for change, and strengthen trust amidst rising financial pressures.

This event is designed for senior HR leaders working at universities across the US. We're aiming to unite Chief Human Resources Officers, VPs of Human Resources, and Directors of People & Culture, to name a few examples. We already have attendees signed up from Ivy League, Private, Public, and Community Colleges.

This unique, senior‑level forum offers an opportunity to explore how leading colleges and universities are redesigning HR delivery, leadership development, and workforce strategy in response to external pressures. Through peer‑led case studies, you’ll see how institutions are moving beyond transactional models to unlock capacity, strengthen trust, and build people strategies fit for the future.

We believe the traditional conference format is not fit-for-purpose, so we’ve ripped it up and started from scratch with the “Discover, Develop, Action” format. In each session on the agenda, you will first hear 20-minute case-studies from your peers on their most impactful HR strategies. You’ll then have the opportunity to question those speakers, before spending dedicated time at your tables building an action plan of what you’re going to now change in your own HR strategy.

• Sean Moeller, Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Cornell University
• Warren Petty, Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Howard University
• Donna Bonaparte, Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Babson College
• Sheraine Gilliam, Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Brian Dickens, Chief Human Resources Officer, University of Tennessee System
• Ramona Agrela, Senior Vice President & Vice Chancellor, Human Resources, University of California Irvine
• Lynne Adams, Associate Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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