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Jan 08 - 09 2020
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January 2020 Fellows Meeting

January 2020 Fellows Meeting – Emerging Issues in Ethics & Compliance

The Fellows thought leadership forum is a space where senior practitioners consider what is happening at the edge of our field. Our Fellows meeting in January broadly focuses on Emerging Topics in Ethics and Compliance. Sessions will include the role of E&C in the changing world of business, capabilities building for E&C teams and practitioners, data privacy, digital transformation, and measuring program effectiveness. Register today for what promises to be a bold but practical consideration of some of the most important challenges that face our organizations.

Fellows meeting is an exclusive meeting for ECI Fellows.  

To find out if your company has an ECI Fellow membership or you are not sure who in your company is the representative Fellow, please contact membership@ethics.org.

The full agenda is available as a downloadable and printable PDF here.

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Hourly Schedule

Day 1 - January 8, 2020

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome
Speakers:
Earnie Broughton, Patricia J. Harned Ph.D.
9:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Trends in Enforcement and Internal Investigations
The regulatory environment is ever-changing. This interactive session will consider current enforcement trends and best practices in internal investigations in the context of case studies and consider their implications for E&C programs and organizations.
10:10 AM - 10:55 AM
ECI Spotlight
Speakers:
David Childers
10:55 AM - 11:25 AM
Networking Break
11:25 AM - 12:35 PM
Essential Skills & Qualities of The Ethics & Compliance Professional: Today And In The Future - Capabilities Building Working Group
Speakers:
Christopher Michaelson, K. Matthew Gilley, Steve Guymon
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch
1:35 PM - 2:45 PM
Generation Z in The Workforce
Demographics continue to rapidly shift in the workplace. Today Generation Z is beginnning to move into the space occupied by Millenials. What are Gen Z characterisitics and how might ethics and compliance best engage them on values and standards?
Speakers:
Alyson Van Hooser
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Networking Break
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Resilience in Body, Mind and the Workplace
Resilience is a multifaceted concept and one that has attracted considerable scientific attention in recent years. This session will summarize current research on neurobiological and psychological aspects of resilience and explore how it may apply to job satisfaction, performance and ethical and compliance-related conduct.
4:45 PM - 6:45 PM
Networking Reception
7:45 AM - 8:15 AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast

Day 2 - January 9, 2020

7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Getting Started
Speakers:
Earnie Broughton
8:45 AM - 9:55 AM
Being a Digital Leader in Ethics & Compliance
Digital transformation occurs when organizations put technology at the heart of business and organizational change. What happens when digital transformation arrives in E&C? This session will focus on how Dell Technologies, the largest shipper of PC monitors in the world, has injected digital technology into its E&C operations. In forging new ground, we'll learn about the successes and challenges they have had along the way and how they have deployed existing technology is ways that deliver unique strategic value.
Speakers:
Kristi Kevern
9:55 AM - 11:05 AM
Data Privacy
Tectonic changes are afoot not just in Silicon Valley, but across all industries and around the world. What are these changes and how will they affect E&C operations?
Speakers:
Karen Moore
11:05 AM - 11:30 AM
Networking Break
11:30 AM - 12:40 PM
Measuring and Influencing a Culture of Integrity
Speakers:
Blair Marks, Eric Feldman, Tom Topolski
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM
Wrap-up, Conclusions, Adjourn
Speakers:
Earnie Broughton, Patricia J. Harned Ph.D.
Earnie Broughton
Earnie Broughton
Senior Advisor, Ethics & Compliance Initiative
Earnie Broughton is Senior Advisor to the Ethics & Compliance Initiative. He previously served as Director of the M.B.A. and Executive Education programs in the Greehey School of Business at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio from 2011 to 2016. Prior to joining St. Mary’s, Earnie served as Executive Director, Ethics Program Coordinator, for United Services Automobile Association (USAA) from 2000 to 2011. He has an additional 20 years’ experience in Human Resources and Consumer Lending executive management in the financial services sector. Earnie has served in a variety of leadership roles in the Ethics and Compliance Association and the ECI Fellows Program over the past 20 years and is Co-founder and Chairman of the Greater San Antonio Ethics and Compliance Roundtable. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Texas State University, a Master’s degree in Industrial & Organizational Psychology from St. Mary’s University and certification as a Leadership Professional in Ethics and Compliance through the ECI.
Patricia J. Harned Ph.D.
Patricia J. Harned Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer | Ethics & Compliance Initiative
Patricia Harned is chief executive officer of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI). Established in 1922, ECI is a nonprofit with a mission to empower organizations to operate with integrity. For nearly two decades as CEO, Dr. Harned has overseen all of ECI’s strategy and operations. In that time ECI has become the leading provider of independent research about workplace integrity, the drivers of organizational culture, and effective compliance programs. Dr. Harned is a recognized expert on culture change, ethical leadership, and workplace reporting/retaliation. She leads ECI’s advisory service practice. Clients have included 200+ prominent organizations, often working to regain stakeholder trust following significant matters of misconduct. Dr. Harned has participated as a member of several independent monitoring teams, imposed by federal enforcement agencies as a part of corporate settlement agreements. Dr. Harned also directs outreach efforts to policymakers and federal enforcement agencies in Washington, DC. She has provided ethics & compliance briefings to officials in the US Department of Justice, testified before Congress and the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and she has personally briefed U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee, and the Federal Bar Council on strategies to increase effective reporting of suspected misconduct. Dr. Harned also regularly provides training to corporate boards of directors on topics related to governance, and she is chairing a Blue-Ribbon Commission to define effective corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs. Dr. Harned is a multi-year honoree as one of Ethisphere Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics. She is also a multi-year honoree as a Top Thought Leader in Trust; a recognition offered by Trust Across America. She was a member of the PCAOB Standing Advisory Group, and she currently serves on the board of the U.S. Center for SafeSport as well as the International Association of Independent Corporate Monitors (IAICM). Dr. Harned holds a bachelor of science degree from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, a masters of education degree from Indiana University, and a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.
David Childers
David Childers
Senior Vice President, Innovation and Planning, Ethics & Compliance Initiative
David brings to ECI a long history of service and dedication in the ethics & compliance space. With more than 25 years of leadership experience, David is responsible for ECI’s strategy and innovation, and oversees the business direction of ECI. David is considered one of the pioneers in the field of Governance, Risk and Compliance. He was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in Finance” by Treasury & Risk Magazine and is a charter member of the Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG), where he was designated an OCEG Fellow in 2010. David is certified as a Leadership Professional in Ethics and Compliance (LPEC) also is certified as an Information Privacy Professional (CIPP). Formerly, David has spearheaded and driven the direction for some of the industry’s leading organizations. He was the founder and CEO of EthicsPoint (now NavexGlobal) and was later CEO of Compli, now a KPA company.
Christopher Michaelson
Christopher Michaelson
Professor & Ethics Advisor, University of St. Thomas
Christopher Michaelson is the Opus Distinguished Professor of Principled Leadership and the Academic Director of the Melrose and The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership at the University of St. Thomas, Opus College of Business. As a scholar and business advisor, he explores how meaning and purpose in life and at work can improve our own and others' lives. Throughout his career, Christopher has built bridges between scholarship and practice. After earning his Ph.D. in philosophical ethics and aesthetics from the University of Minnesota in 1997, he helped launch a business ethics advisory practice, which became part of a global risk consulting network, in the New York office of a Big Four firm. He served on the editorial boards of ten CEO surveys and as the firm's Strategy Officer to the World Economic Forum on projects examining the role of business in society. A few years into his consulting career, Christopher took a full-time lectureship at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania while keeping a foot in practice. In 2005, he joined the Business and Society faculty of the New York University Stern School of Business, on which he has remained since moving home to Minneapolis in 2006. He came to St. Thomas in 2008 and is also an affiliate faculty member of the University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethics. He is the Humanities and Business Ethics Section Editor of the Journal of Business Ethics, on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Learning & Education, and on the Executive Committee of the International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics.
K. Matthew Gilley
K. Matthew Gilley
Professor and Bill Greehey Endowed Chair, Greehey School of Business, St. Mary's University
Dr. Gilley holds the Bill Greehey Chair in Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Greehey School of Business at St. Mary's University. He earned a Ph.D. in corporate strategy from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1997. Prior to joining the Greehey School, Gilley served on the faculty of the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University and on the business faculty at James Madison University. Professor Gilley's research and teaching center on ethics, corporate social responsibility, and business strategy. His work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Business Studies, and numerous other outlets. He has been a Fellow of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative since 2008.
Steve Guymon
Steve Guymon
Senior Advisor, Global Ethics and Compliance Capabilities, Eli Lilly and Company
Steve Guymon is the Senior Advisor of Ethics and Compliance Strategy and Capabilities for Eli Lilly and Company. He has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Utah, is a certified Black Belt in Lean and Six Sigma and has LPEC certification. He has over 30 years experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry and has worked in roles in ethics and compliance, Six Sigma, training, sales leadership, marketing and clinical research. He joined Eli Lilly and Company in 1996. Prior to Lilly, he worked for Upjohn Pharmaceuticals. He is a regular speaker and facilitator at compliance and training conferences.
Alyson Van Hooser
Alyson Van Hooser
Keynote Speaker on Leading a Multi-generation Workforce
Alyson Van Hooser is a leadership keynote speaker and trainer at Van Hooser Associates, a leadership development company developing highly effective leaders at all levels in the 21st Century workplace. Alyson is a trusted resource for companies and associations in the food service and financial industries, as well as, government, emerging leader, and women in business events. She delivers presentations and training that equip and inspire teams and individuals to harness the power of effective leadership to drive performance and profits. Because she was dealt a tough hand in life, Alyson developed a deep understanding and an unmatched passion for teaching others to own the responsibility to control their success. Alyson is committed to teaching others the foundation, methods, and steps to positively transform their life and their business. On her own since she was a child, Alyson hasn’t let that stop her. She is a former city councilwoman, banker, insurance advisor, manager, wife and mother of three — all before the age of 28. These life experiences have ignited a passion for understanding leadership, generational differences, communication, and personal development success. Alyson’s message on personal and professional leadership has application for many industries. Her clients include international, national, regional, state and local companies and organizations. Her much anticipated book will be released by Sound Wisdom in 2020. Regardless the industry, Alyson is a favorite of her clients. Her unique Millennial perspective and energy unveiled in her presentations create an experience where audience members emerge inspired and practically equipped to take their performance to the next level. Alyson lives in Kentucky with her husband, daughter, and two sons. When she is not traveling for speaking and training, you can catch Alyson in the garage gym with her husband or creating mediocre dance videos.
Kristi Kevern
Senior Managing Director - Ethics & Compliance, Dell Technologies
Karen Moore
Karen Moore
Chief Compliance Officer and Privacy Counsel, Unisys
Karen Moore is the Chief Compliance Officer and Privacy Counsel for Unisys Corporation, a multinational information technology and services company. She has held similar positions at Inchcape Shipping Services, Nasdaq, and Philip Morris International. Currently working in Reston, VA, Karen has also lived and worked in Moscow, Russia and Lausanne, Switzerland. Karen is a member of the NY Bar and holds a BA from Middlebury College and a JD from Emory University.
Blair Marks
Blair Marks
Vice President, Ethics and Business Conduct, Lockheed Martin Corporation
As Vice President, Ethics and Business Conduct, Blair Marks is responsible for ensuring the application of Lockheed Martin’s values in all aspects of operations. She leads a team of ethics professionals providing education and guidance; promoting open communication; assisting in the prevention, identification and resolution of issues; and investigating allegations of misconduct. Marks represents the company on the Defense Industry Initiative’s Working Group and the Steering Committee of the International Forum on Business Ethical Conduct. Marks has held several key management roles including Plant Manager of the company’s Composites and Adhesive Bonding Plant in Charleston, S.C., and Site Director of Engineering for the Marietta facility. She served as Deputy Director of F-22 Engineering and immediately before joining the Ethics team, she led the Avionics Modernization and Reliability Enhancement/Re-engining programs for the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of C-5 Galaxy airlifters. Marks graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor of engineering in ceramic engineering. She earned her master of science in materials engineering from the University of Michigan and completed an MBA from Georgia State University. Marks has served on Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering and Women in Engineering advisory boards and is a graduate of Leadership Cobb. She is the immediate past president of Women of Reform Judaism, and she serves on the boards of the Union for Reform Judaism and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She previously served on the board of the Georgia Youth Science and Technology Centers. She has received the Women in Aerospace Outstanding Leadership Award and holds both the CCEP and LPEC certifications.
Eric Feldman
Eric Feldman
Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs, Affiliated Monitors, Inc.
Tom Topolski
Tom Topolski
Executive Vice President, Infrastructure Business Development, Parsons Corporation

Speakers

  • Alyson Van Hooser
    Alyson Van Hooser
    Keynote Speaker on Leading a Multi-generation Workforce

    Alyson Van Hooser is a leadership keynote speaker and trainer at Van Hooser
    Associates, a leadership development company developing highly effective leaders at all levels in the 21st Century workplace. Alyson is a trusted resource for companies and associations in the food service and financial industries, as well as, government, emerging leader, and women in business events. She delivers presentations and training that equip and inspire teams and individuals to harness the power of effective leadership to drive performance and profits. Because she was dealt a tough hand in life, Alyson developed a deep understanding and an unmatched passion for teaching others to own the responsibility to control their
    success. Alyson is committed to teaching others the foundation, methods, and steps to positively transform their life and their business. On her own since she was a child, Alyson hasn’t let that stop her. She is a former city councilwoman, banker, insurance advisor, manager, wife and mother of three — all before the age of 28. These life experiences have ignited a passion for understanding leadership, generational differences, communication, and personal development success.
    Alyson’s message on personal and professional leadership has application for many industries. Her clients include international, national, regional, state and local
    companies and organizations. Her much anticipated book will be released by Sound Wisdom in 2020. Regardless the industry, Alyson is a favorite of her clients. Her unique Millennial perspective and energy unveiled in her presentations create an experience where audience members emerge inspired and practically equipped to take their performance to the next level. Alyson lives in Kentucky with her husband, daughter, and two sons. When she is not traveling for speaking and training, you can catch Alyson in the garage gym with her husband or creating mediocre dance videos.

  • Blair Marks
    Blair Marks
    Vice President, Ethics and Business Conduct, Lockheed Martin Corporation

    As Vice President, Ethics and Business Conduct, Blair Marks is responsible for ensuring the application of Lockheed Martin’s values in all aspects of operations. She leads a team of ethics professionals providing education and guidance; promoting open communication; assisting in the prevention, identification and resolution of issues; and investigating allegations of misconduct. Marks represents the company on the Defense Industry Initiative’s Working Group and the Steering Committee of the International Forum on Business Ethical Conduct.

    Marks has held several key management roles including Plant Manager of the company’s Composites and Adhesive Bonding Plant in Charleston, S.C., and Site Director of Engineering for the Marietta facility. She served as Deputy Director of F-22 Engineering and immediately before joining the Ethics team, she led the Avionics Modernization and Reliability Enhancement/Re-engining programs for the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of C-5 Galaxy airlifters.

    Marks graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor of engineering in ceramic engineering. She earned her master of science in materials engineering from the University of Michigan and completed an MBA from Georgia State University.

    Marks has served on Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering and Women in Engineering advisory boards and is a graduate of Leadership Cobb. She is the immediate past president of Women of Reform Judaism, and she serves on the boards of the Union for Reform Judaism and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She previously served on the board of the Georgia Youth Science and Technology Centers. She has received the Women in Aerospace Outstanding Leadership Award and holds both the CCEP and LPEC certifications.

  • Christopher Michaelson
    Christopher Michaelson
    Professor & Ethics Advisor, University of St. Thomas

    Christopher Michaelson is the Opus Distinguished Professor of Principled Leadership and the Academic Director of the Melrose and The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership at the University of St. Thomas, Opus College of Business. As a scholar and business advisor, he explores how meaning and purpose in life and at work can improve our own and others’ lives. Throughout his career, Christopher has built bridges between scholarship and practice. After earning his Ph.D. in philosophical ethics and aesthetics from the University of Minnesota in 1997, he helped launch a business ethics advisory practice, which became part of a global risk consulting network, in the New York office of a Big Four firm. He served on the editorial boards of ten CEO surveys and as the firm’s Strategy Officer to the World Economic Forum on projects examining the role of business in society. A few years into his consulting career, Christopher took a full-time lectureship at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania while keeping a foot in practice. In 2005, he joined the Business and Society faculty of the New York University Stern School of Business, on which he has remained since moving home to Minneapolis in 2006. He came to St. Thomas in 2008 and is also an affiliate faculty member of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Bioethics. He is the Humanities and Business Ethics Section Editor of the Journal of Business Ethics, on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Learning & Education, and on the Executive Committee of the International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics.

  • David Childers
    David Childers
    Senior Vice President, Innovation and Planning, Ethics & Compliance Initiative

    David brings to ECI a long history of service and dedication in the ethics & compliance space. With more than 25 years of leadership experience, David is responsible for ECI’s strategy and innovation, and oversees the business direction of ECI.

    David is considered one of the pioneers in the field of Governance, Risk and Compliance. He was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in Finance” by Treasury & Risk Magazine and is a charter member of the Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG), where he was designated an OCEG Fellow in 2010. David is certified as a Leadership Professional in Ethics and Compliance (LPEC) also is certified as an Information Privacy Professional (CIPP).

    Formerly, David has spearheaded and driven the direction for some of the industry’s leading organizations. He was the founder and CEO of EthicsPoint (now NavexGlobal) and was later CEO of Compli, now a KPA company.

  • Earnie Broughton
    Earnie Broughton
    Senior Advisor, Ethics & Compliance Initiative

    Earnie Broughton is Senior Advisor to the Ethics & Compliance Initiative. He previously served as Director of the M.B.A. and Executive Education programs in the Greehey School of Business at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio from 2011 to 2016. Prior to joining St. Mary’s, Earnie served as Executive Director, Ethics Program Coordinator, for United Services Automobile Association (USAA) from 2000 to 2011. He has an additional 20 years’ experience in Human Resources and Consumer Lending executive management in the financial services sector.

    Earnie has served in a variety of leadership roles in the Ethics and Compliance Association and the ECI Fellows Program over the past 20 years and is Co-founder and Chairman of the Greater San Antonio Ethics and Compliance Roundtable. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Texas State University, a Master’s degree in Industrial & Organizational Psychology from St. Mary’s University and certification as a Leadership Professional in Ethics and Compliance through the ECI.

  • Eric Feldman
    Eric Feldman
    Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs, Affiliated Monitors, Inc.
  • K. Matthew Gilley
    K. Matthew Gilley
    Professor and Bill Greehey Endowed Chair, Greehey School of Business, St. Mary's University

    Dr. Gilley holds the Bill Greehey Chair in Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Greehey School of Business at St. Mary’s University. He earned a Ph.D. in corporate strategy from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1997. Prior to joining the Greehey School, Gilley served on the faculty of the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University and on the business faculty at James Madison University.

    Professor Gilley’s research and teaching center on ethics, corporate social responsibility, and business strategy. His work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Business Studies, and numerous other outlets.

    He has been a Fellow of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative since 2008.

  • Karen Moore
    Karen Moore
    Chief Compliance Officer and Privacy Counsel, Unisys

    Karen Moore is the Chief Compliance Officer and Privacy Counsel for Unisys Corporation, a multinational information technology and services company. She has held similar positions at Inchcape Shipping Services, Nasdaq, and Philip Morris International. Currently working in Reston, VA, Karen has also lived and worked in Moscow, Russia and Lausanne, Switzerland. Karen is a member of the NY Bar and holds a BA from Middlebury College and a JD from Emory University.

  • Kristi Kevern
    Senior Managing Director - Ethics & Compliance, Dell Technologies
  • Patricia J. Harned Ph.D.
    Patricia J. Harned Ph.D.
    Chief Executive Officer | Ethics & Compliance Initiative

    Patricia Harned is chief executive officer of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI). Established in 1922, ECI is a nonprofit with a mission to empower organizations to operate with integrity.

    For nearly two decades as CEO, Dr. Harned has overseen all of ECI’s strategy and operations. In that time ECI has become the leading provider of independent research about workplace integrity, the drivers of organizational culture, and effective compliance programs. Dr. Harned is a recognized expert on culture change, ethical leadership, and workplace reporting/retaliation. She leads ECI’s advisory service practice. Clients have included 200+ prominent organizations, often working to regain stakeholder trust following significant matters of misconduct. Dr. Harned has participated as a member of several independent monitoring teams, imposed by federal enforcement agencies as a part of corporate settlement agreements.

    Dr. Harned also directs outreach efforts to policymakers and federal enforcement agencies in Washington, DC. She has provided ethics & compliance briefings to officials in the US Department of Justice, testified before Congress and the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and she has personally briefed U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee, and the Federal Bar Council on strategies to increase effective reporting of suspected misconduct. Dr. Harned also regularly provides training to corporate boards of directors on topics related to governance, and she is chairing a Blue-Ribbon Commission to define effective corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs.

    Dr. Harned is a multi-year honoree as one of Ethisphere Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics. She is also a multi-year honoree as a Top Thought Leader in Trust; a recognition offered by Trust Across America. She was a member of the PCAOB Standing Advisory Group, and she currently serves on the board of the U.S. Center for SafeSport as well as the International Association of Independent Corporate Monitors (IAICM).

    Dr. Harned holds a bachelor of science degree from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, a masters of education degree from Indiana University, and a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.

  • Steve Guymon
    Steve Guymon
    Senior Advisor, Global Ethics and Compliance Capabilities, Eli Lilly and Company

    Steve Guymon is the Senior Advisor of Ethics and Compliance Strategy and Capabilities for Eli Lilly and Company. He has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Utah, is a certified Black Belt in Lean and Six Sigma and has LPEC certification. He has over 30 years experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry and has worked in roles in ethics and compliance, Six Sigma, training, sales leadership, marketing and clinical research. He joined Eli Lilly and Company in 1996. Prior to Lilly, he worked for Upjohn Pharmaceuticals. He is a regular speaker and facilitator at compliance and training conferences.

  • Tom Topolski
    Tom Topolski
    Executive Vice President, Infrastructure Business Development, Parsons Corporation