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When: Thursday & Friday, September 29th & 30th
Where: The Boise Centre, 850 W Front Street, Boise, ID
Hotel block: The Hampton Inn - 495 South Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID 83702 - 208-331-1900. Ask for Idaho State
Council Society for HR Management to get a discounted rate. Click Here for Reservation Link.
Thursday, September 29th – at Moffatt Thomas 2nd floor conference room (US Bank building)
12:00pm-2:00pm
SHRM Volunteer Leader Summit (Free Event!!!)
*Board members for all Idaho SHRM chapters and State Council are encouraged to attend
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Pre-Learning Event by Andy Fujimoto (HRCI & SHRM credits will be offered)
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Networking Reception (appetizers & cash bar)
Friday, September 30th – at The Boise Centre
7:30am
Registration & breakfast
4:30pm
Conference wrap up
Featuring keynote speakers:
Opening Keynote – Cynthia Cooper, WorldCom Whistleblower & Ethics Consultant
Morning Keynote – Kathleen Coulombe, Sr. Advisor, Government Relations, National SHRM
SHRM Lunch Panel Discussion – John Stanley, EEOC; Linda Goodman, IHRC; John Ashby, Hawley Troxell;
Erika Birch, Strindberg & Scholnick
Afternoon Keynote – Don Everett, CEO, Workforce Interactive, who will present:
LIVE! From SHRM Idaho – It’s the HR Analytics Show!
Breakout Sessions – Several, great sessions to choose from, presented by Moffatt Thomas attorneys
To Infinity and Beyond
Buzz Lightyear of Toy Story was a driving force for good. Businesses need more Buzz
Lightyears in the human capital world who can see “to infinity and beyond.” Where there is no
vision failure is imminent. Andy Fujimoto brings a rare and valuable combination as a CEO with
a human resource background. His organization has experienced amazing growth from 15 to
approximately 700 employees during his time there. Andy will share insights through his
business environment scan on how talent acquisition, talent management, total rewards, and
leadership/organizational development are the lead indicators to positively impact sales, brand,
operations, financial performance, risk, and customer and public relations. Participants will:
 Identify the main business environment scan dimensions to track
 Receive tools to enhance an organization’s human capital strategy
 Receive a futuristic perspective on trends from thought leaders on such topics as a
shrinking workforce, recruiting and retention of not only star performers; but rising stars;
engagement; generational changes; an UBER society; sustainability; not wellness, but
wholeness; escalating healthcare costs; mobility; technology; etc. and other people issues.
Biography
T. Andrew Fujimoto
CEO and Chair of the Board
Andy has been instrumental in forging AmeriBen/IEC Group into one of
the most widely respected group insurance third party administrators and
human resource consulting firms in the nation. As the majority shareholder
of AmeriBen/IEC Group, Andy has approximately 35 years of experience
as a business executive and consultant. His organization has experienced
15% to 20% compounded annual growth for over 35 years of which he has
been there for 30. He possesses a clear understanding of the implications of
human capital and its impact on an organization’s bottom line.
Andy received his Bachelor’s degree, Magna Cum Laude, in Business
Administration from Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. He currently serves on the board
of directors for Mutual of Enumclaw, Grant 4-D Farms, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest
Idaho, the Ore-Ida Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and the Society of Professional
Benefit Administrators in Washington D.C. Within these boards, he chairs a board,
compensation committee, and governance committee. He has also served on the Nationwide
Leadership Council for Big Brothers Big Sisters based in Tampa.
CYNTHIA COOPER
EXTRAORDINARY
CIRCUMSTANCES
Cynthia Cooper is a best-selling author, consultant and internationally recognized
speaker on ethical leadership. She was named one of Time Magazine’s Persons of the
Year for her role in uncovering the fraud at WorldCom, one of the largest corporate
frauds in history. In addition, Cynthia was featured as one of twenty-five most influential
working mothers in Working Mother magazine.
Cynthia is a recipient, along with Senator Sarbanes and Representative Oxley, of the
Maria & Sidney E. Rolfe Award for her contributions to educating the public about
economics, business and finance. She is the first woman to be inducted into the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants Business Hall of Fame. In addition, Cynthia is
an inaugural inductee of the Institute of Internal Auditors American Hall of
Distinguished Audit Practitioners, and she is the first woman to receive the American
Accounting Association’s Accounting Exemplar Award.
Cynthia has been featured in national periodicals such as The Wall Street Journal, USA
Today, CFO Magazine and Business Week. She has served on panels with notables such
as Anderson Cooper, Donna Brazile, and Grover Norquist and has appeared on programs
including Fox Business’ America’s Nightly Scoreboard, PBS’s Tavis Smiley, NBC’s The
Today Show, ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, CSPAN’s BookTV,
Cynthia’s book, Extraordinary
Circumstances, resonates with readers
across the globe and describes her
personal experiences as a corporate
executive. Cynthia donates profits from her
book to further ethics education for high
school and university students.
CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donnie Deutsch, and CNBC’s Squawk Box.
Cynthia is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors. She serves on
the Board of Directors for the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy
Center for the Public Trust. Cynthia previously served as a member of the Standing
Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and was
“Outstanding! This page-turning
account of the WorldCom fiasco
reads like a suspense novel. I was
on the edge of my seat to the last
page… This book should be required
reading for leaders everywhere.”
- Ken Blanchard co-author of The One
Minute Manager
Chairman of the Board of Regents for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Cynthia speaks for and consults with organizations around the world. She served as Vice
“One of the Ten Best of the Best
Business Books of 2008”
- The Globe and Mail
President for MCI where she and her team helped the company move forward and
successfully emerge from bankruptcy. Cynthia began her career in public accounting and
previously worked in Atlanta, Georgia for Deloitte and Touche and Pricewaterhouse.
“A powerful tale…”
- USA Today
“…gripping reading”
- Business Week
“…a must read for anyone who
wants to understand the dynamics of
an accounting fraud.”
- Bloomberg.com
Kathleen Ann Coulombe
Senior Associate, Government Relations
Society for Human Resource Management
Kathleen Coulombe serves as the Senior Associate, Government Relations for the Society
for Human Resource Management (SHRM). In this capacity, she is actively involved in
tax and benefit public policy issues on Capitol Hill that impact the Human Resource
profession. Prior to working in this capacity, Kathleen served as the State Affairs
Specialist where she managed public policy issues on the state level for SHRM.
After completing her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas, Kathleen accepted a position in the Las Vegas Office of Nevada
Governor Kenny C. Guinn. As Deputy Director of Constituent Services and the Las
Vegas Assistant to the Governor, Kathleen worked with law makers and other
stakeholders on a wide variety of state issues. In 2004, Kathleen moved to Washington,
DC when she accepted a position with the Department of Defense’s Directorate of
Defense Systems. Realizing her love and interest in public policy issues, Kathleen
joined SHRM in May of 2005.
Kathleen received her Master of Public Policy from the George Washington University
where she was a Scottish Rite Fellow.
John F. Stanley
Supervisory Trial Attorney
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Seattle Field Office
909 1st Avenue, Suite 400
Seattle, Washington 98104-1061
206/220-6896
[email protected]
John Stanley supervises the EEOC Seattle Field Office’s legal unit and
works closely to coordinate efforts with the management team of the
greater San Francisco District Office. He has litigated a range of
employment cases involving all statutes the EEOC enforces. He has
also served as an Administrative Judge for the Commission. He is past
Chief Author of the Employment Law section of the Washington Lawyer
Practice Manual. He speaks frequently to employer representatives
and employee advocates and has been a regular presenter at EEOC
Technical Assistance Programs in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon.
John is a graduate of the University of Washington and Willamette
University College of Law.
LINDA L. GOODMAN
Administrator
Idaho Human Rights Commission
Linda L. Goodman, a certified professional mediator since 1996,
is currently the Administrator for the Idaho Human Rights
Commission, where she directs through a staff of investigators,
mediators, support personnel, and in coordination with the
Office of the Attorney General, the administrative processing of
complaints of discrimination filed with the Commission.
Ms. Goodman has been employed with the Idaho Human Rights Commission since August
1988. Prior to her appointment as Administrator, she was a Senior Civil Rights
Investigator with the Commission. During her tenure, she handled over 6,000 cases of
discrimination serving as mediator and investigator. She helped the parties find resolution
in more than 90% of the cases in which the parties elected to participate in the
Commission’s voluntary mediation program. Ms. Goodman was trained as a mediator at
the Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University. In addition, she has
participated in more than 120 hours of advanced mediation training at Pepperdine, and
over 340 hours of advanced mediation training through the international organization of
the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR).
She is a member of the Idaho Mediation Association and the Association for Conflict
Resolution (ACR). She is also a member of ACR’s Workplace and Spirituality Sections.
Ms. Goodman was a founding board member of the Idaho Task Force on the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA), and has served on the Mayor’s and Governor’s Committees on
the Americans with Disabilities Act. She currently represents Idaho on the Northwest
ADA Advisory Committee, which oversees the Northwest ADA Center, a four-state
regional organization providing information and guidance on the Americans with
Disabilities Act to businesses, state and local governments, people with disabilities,
architects and contractors.
Ms. Goodman regularly provides technical assistance and training to businesses and
groups on sexual harassment in the workplace, and a variety of discrimination issues based
on sex, race, religion, age and national origin. She also provides technical assistance and
training on the ADA in employment, housing and public accommodations.
John Ashby
PARTNER
PHONE
FAX
EMAIL
208.388.4844
208.954.5200
[email protected]
John Ashby is a partner in the firm’s employment and litigation groups. John
represents employers in administrative proceedings and litigation involving claims of
wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, and fair labor standard practices.
He also advises employers on compliance with federal and state employment laws
and conducts management training in a variety of employment-related topics. He
has represented clients in a broad range of litigation in state and federal courts
throughout Idaho and before the Idaho Supreme Court and the United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
ARTICLES & PRESENTATIONS
Ada County Employer Association, Disabilities in the Workplace, January 2016
National Business Institute, Human Resources Law from Start to Finish,
November 2015
Snake River SHRM Chapter, Dealing with the Problem Employee, October 2015
Snake River SHRM Chapter, Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations,
June 2015
Idaho Business Review, “Is Using Social Media in a Hiring Decision Worth the Risk?”,
January 2015.
The Advocate, EEOC Enforcement Guidance Expands Protections Against Pregnancy
Discrimination, January 2015
Women’s Business Center of Idaho, Employment Law for Business Owners,
June 2014
PRACTICE AREAS
• Employment & Labor
• Civil & Commercial Litigation
EDUCATION
LAW SCHOOL
University of Arizona College of Law,
J.D., summa cum laude, 2004
Order of the Coif
Articles Editor, Arizona Law Review
UNDERGRADUATE
Boise State University, B.A., magna cum
laude, 2000
CLERKSHIP
Idaho Society of Association Executives, Legal Implications of Social Media in the
Workplace, April 2014
Honorable Stephen S. Trott, United
States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,
Boise, Idaho
The Advocate, Employers Should Assess the Legal Risks Before Hiring a Competitor’s
Employees, February 2014
MEMBERSHIPS
Association of Corporate Counsel, Hiring a Competitor’s Employees, November 2013
Southern Idaho Compensation and Benefits Association, Social Media in the
Workplace, September 2013
Idaho Bar Association, Labor and
Employment Section (Chairperson,
2012-2013)
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Human Resources Association of
Treasure Valley
Treasure Valley YMCA, Board member, Human Resources Committee member
Arizona Bar Association
Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Boise, 2013-2015
BOISE / COEUR D’ALENE / IDAHO FALLS / POCATELLO / RENO /
Call 208.344.6000 or visit HawleyTroxell.com
Erika Birch, Esq.
Erika is the Idaho managing partner of Strindberg
& Scholnick, LLC, a small regional firm focusing
on employment and labor law. Since graduating
from University of Colorado School of Law in
2000, her primary focus has been litigating
employment and civil rights claims. Erika moved
to Boise in the fall of 2007 so she could open up
the firm’s Boise office. She is the past Chair of
the Idaho State Bar labor and employment law
section, on the Board of the Idaho Trial Lawyers
Association, a member of the National
Employment Lawyer’s Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the
Idaho’s Women’s Lawyers. Erika recently received awards from the Idaho
Bar for her pro bono work (2013), Outstanding Service (2014), and the
Diversity Section’s Justice For All award (2015). She serves on various
non-profit boards and law related committees, and volunteers her time for
pro bono clients at ITLA’s free Street Law Clinic. Erika is licensed in state
and federal courts in Idaho, Utah and Colorado.
www.idahojobjustice.com
Don Everett is the founder and
CEO of Workforce Interactive.
After a 20+ year career in the
technology sector with
organizations like Oracle, and
subsidiaries of Dun & Bradstreet
and SAP, he formed his own
company and began providing HR
Analytics services in 2006.
Don is a certified specialist in
Values Science - the social
science advanced by Nobel Prizenominated Dr. Robert Hartman.
Using one of the most state-oftheart instruments in the realm of
behavioral sciences, his firm has
compiled emotional intelligence
data and thinking style
orientations from approximately 300,000 examinees spanning
companies of all sizes across many industries.
Don is uniquely qualified in the field of correlative analytics involving
thinking values and workforce operational data. He has performed
over seventy occupational studies in which organizational performance
metrics were reconciled with corresponding employee EQs and
thinking value composites. His experience in HR Analytics has led to
the design of patent-pending software that factors thinking value
patterns. He has likely performed more analyses correlating human
values to workplace performance metrics than anyone in his discipline.
Don is routinely requested as a featured speaker, especially in the
Human Resource community, and his entertaining presentations
engage thousands of attendees annually.
Going Green
Marijuana in the Workplace
BENJAMIN C. RITCHIE
Ben Ritchie is a partner with the Idaho law firm,
Moffatt Thomas, working from the firm’s office in
Idaho Falls. He practices in the areas of personal
injury defense, workers compensation, employment
law, and transportation law.
Ben serves on the Board of Directors for Habitat for
Humanity Idaho Falls. Ben serves as pro bono counsel
for Court Appointed Special Advocates in child
protection proceedings. He also serves as pro bono
legal counsel to the Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline.
Workplace Wellness Programs
Healthy for Idaho Employers?
PATRICIA M. OLSSON
Ms. Olsson’s practice emphasizes employment,
health care law, and medical malpractice
defense. Since 1983, she has tried numerous
cases before state and federal trial courts and
has conducted an active appellate practice in
the federal and state courts of appeals.
Ms. Olsson was inducted into the American
College of Trial Lawyers in October 2003, and
served as Idaho State Chair for three years.
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The New Workforce
Fitting new workplace realities under the existing legal umbrella
C. CLAYTON GILL
Clay Gill is a member of the Board of Directors of the Idaho
law firm, Moffatt Thomas. Clay takes on each of his clients’
issues as if they were his own. His passion and creativity
distinguish him from most lawyers. On the litigation front
he excels at trial strategy. His business and financial
background makes him a strong candidate for all
commercial litigation matters. On the transactional front,
his experience in corporate formation, corporate
governance, commercial contracts, employment law, and
insurance makes him an ideal candidate for small or
medium sized companies looking for an outside general
counsel.
The New Workforce
Fitting new workplace realities under the existing legal umbrella
SARAH A. McCORMACK
Sarah McCormack is a Moffatt Thomas attorney in
the firm’s Boise office, with a focus on water law,
agricultural law and environmental issues.
Sarah graduated with a Bachelor of Science in
Environmental Studies, with a minor in
Anthropology, from Wheaton College in Wheaton,
IL. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University
of Oregon School of Law in Eugene, Oregon.
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The New Workforce
Fitting new workplace realities under the existing legal umbrella
JAMIE K. MOON
Jamie K. Moon is an associate attorney in the Boise office of the Idaho law firm,
Moffatt Thomas. Ms. Moon focuses her practice in the area of Workers
Compensation for employers, commercial litigation, and employment law.
Ms. Moon earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis and Clark College, and her
Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the Willamette University College of Law in
Salem, Oregon. While attending law school, Ms. Moon was Editor-in-Chief of
Willamette Law Online, as well as the Source and Cite Editor of the Environmental
Law Journal.
Ms. Moon served as a law clerk for the Marion County District Attorney, as well as
at the Oregon Law Office of Coughlin, Leuenberger, Moon, and Rohner.
Idaho Updates
Trade Secrets, Non-Compete Agreements, and more!
ANDREA J. ROSHOLT
Andrea Rosholt is an Idaho native whose multi-faceted
practice focuses on both litigation and business law
matters. In addition to experience in both the public and
private sectors, Ms. Rosholt holds a Master’s degree in
Taxation from the University of Washington. Ms. Rosholt
draws on her experience, including undergraduate
background focused on industrial-organizational
psychology and communication, with the goal of
understanding business efficiencies.
When she is not litigating commercial matters,
Ms. Rosholt’s practice focuses on state and local as well as
federal tax and ERISA issues facing companies and their
executives.
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Idaho Updates
Trade Secrets, Non-Compete Agreements, and more!
CYNTHIA A. MELILLO
Cynthia A. Melillo has over 15 years of experience
providing legal assistance to real estate developers, small
businesses, and telecommunications providers.
Cynthia specializes in real estate development matters, and
she is also skilled in the development of fractional
ownership programs and condominiums.
Cynthia also serves as primary outside counsel for many
businesses, both small and large. She is experienced in
assisting in the purchase and sale of businesses including
complex asset and stock transactions.
Workers Compensation – What Employers Should Know…
A view from both your attorney and claims representative
on defending claims and minimizing risk
MARK C. PETERSON
Mark Peterson defends numerous employers and sureties at all stages of workers’
compensation matters including at hearings and mediations before the Idaho
Industrial Commission and in appellate matters before the Supreme Court of
Idaho. Mr. Peterson workers compensation experience spans from small
companies to some of the largest employers and insurance companies in the
world. His experience also includes representing employers and sureties in
compliance matters before the Idaho Industrial Commission.
Mr. Peterson represents multiple medical providers in various transactional and
litigated matters. His health law practice includes the representation of hospitals
in medical indigency, collections, medical liens, federal regulatory compliance,
involuntary Mental Health Commitments, claims against estates, and judicial
confirmation of contractual relationships with governmental entities. His health
law experience also includes representing hospitals in licensing issues and
successfully preventing the improper disclosure of mental health records by the
Idaho State Department of Health & Welfare.
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Workers Compensation – What Employers Should Know…
A view from both your attorney and claims representative
on defending claims and minimizing risk
HOLLY ALDERMAN
Holly Alderman is the Claims Assistant Manager in the Meridian, Idaho
office of Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. Holly has also
worked in the capacity of a ClaimsTeam Lead and Claims Examiner.
Holly has successfully completed the Sedgwick LEAD Program. She
has Independent Adjuster Licenses for Idaho and Utah.
Her career in claims started at Sedgwick in 1995. Prior to returning to
Sedgwick in 2007, she worked as an Occupational Rehabilitation
Coordinator at St. Luke’s-Idaho Elks Rehabilitation Services for six
years. There she had fiscal, administrative and operational
responsibility of coordinating occupational rehabilitation services,
which included a multi-disciplinary chronic pain program, work
hardening program, functional capacity assessments, outpatient
occupational rehabilitation services, and ergonomics.
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