Training magazine Names 2011 Top Young Trainers

Minneapolis (March 16, 2011)–Trainingmagazine named the winners of its 2011 Top Young Trainer awards, recognizing the top 40 training professionals age 40 and under. These executives will be profiled in the May/June 2011 issue of Trainingmagazine and online at www.trainingmag.com, and they will be honored at an awards ceremony in February 2012 at the Training 2012 Conference & Expo in Atlanta, GA. Now in its fourth year, the Top Young Trainerawards program highlights emerging young leaders in the training industry and gives them the well-deserved opportunity to be recognized. All Top Young Trainer candidates had to be nominated by co-workers or industry peers. All nominators had to submit a nomination form and a resume for their candidate. TrainingEditorial Advisory Board members and the editor-in-chief judged the 125 nominations and chose the Top 40 Young Trainers based on:

• demonstrated leadership skills
• technical competence
• career progression in an accelerated time frame
• the solution to a learning and development challenge and the business results it achieved
• the development of an innovative training solution/program
• ability to consistently produce training results
• demonstrated ability to design training programs that are strategically aligned with the business

The judges included: Brent Bloom, Senior Director, Global Talent & Development, KLA-Tencor Corporation; Cyndi Bruce, Executive Director, Center for Learning and Development, KPMG LLP; Daniel J. Goepp, Managing Director, Learning & Development, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP; Vicente Gonzalez, Learning and Development, Booz Allen Hamilton; Michael S. Hamilton, Chief Learning & Development Officer, Ernst & Young; Bruce I. Jones, Programming Director, Disney Institute; Nancy J. Lewis, former CLO and VP, ITT and former VP, Learning, IBM; Diana Oreck, VP, Global Learning & Leadership Center, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company; Rebecca L. Ray, Managing Director, Human Capital, The Conference Board; Nick Schacht, President and CEO, Learning Tree International; and Lorri Freifeld, editor-in-chief, Trainingmagazine. “Each year, we receive a greater number of top-notch Top Young Trainer nominations, and it becomes harder to narrow down the selection,” says Lorri Freifeld, editor-in-chief, Trainingmagazine. “This year’s field was very competitive, with impressive credentials and accomplishments. The 2011 winners boast blended skill sets and strong leadership abilities that achieved concrete results. Congratulations to the 2011 Top Young Trainers, and thanks to all the nominators who took the time to highlight the best and brightest young training professionals at their companies.” About Trainingmagazine Trainingis a 42-year-old professional development magazine written for training, human resources and business management professionals in all industries that advocate training and workforce development as a business tool. Trainingalso produces world-class conferences, expositions, and digital products that focus on job-related, employer-sponsored training and education in the working world. Trainingis published by Lakewood Media Group Trainingmagazine 2011 Top Young Trainers Amy Stewart Anneé Senior Director, World-Wide Sales Learning            ADP   Robert Archambeault Director, Strategic Operations Center for Leadership Studies   Mark Boccia Senior Director, Global Operations Deployment Training Marriott International   Carol Noe Cheney Director, Simulation & Innovation, Banner Simulation Medical Banner Health   Daniel S. Cooper CEO ej4, LLC   Kelli Dedlow Director, Training & Communications First National Bank of Omaha   Sue DeLazaro Director of Programs TalentSmart, Inc.   Julie Demo Training and Development Specialist ESL Federal Credit Union   Sue Donnelly Learning & Development Consultant PathFinder Solutions   Peter Glowacki            Midwest Director, Training and Development Sidley Austin LLP   Lisa Green Training Manager Paychex, Inc.   Bjorn Gustafsson Leader, BTS Brussels NV BTS   Tina K. Hall Vice President, Organizational Development Verity Credit Union   Elissa Hoehn Executive Professional Development Trainer Merck   Michael Hughes Training Specialist InterContinental Hotels Group (Charleston)   Margie Johnson Former Technology Integration Coordinator Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (now Instructional Technology Program Specialistwith Edvantia, Inc.)   Scott Kaplan Director, Staffing and Training SuperMedia LLC   Nate Kelly Learning and Education Manager—Tiger Institute for Health Innovation Cerner Corporation   Pavan Kumar Tallapragada Head – Learning and Development Infotech Enterprises Limited   Jennifer Lolli Enterprise Training and Development Manager Sierra Nevada Corporation   Rebecca Maddox Training Specialist            University Health System   Steve Marcero Projects Director (Mortgage Banker Training) Quicken Loans   Shawn Martinez Group Manager, Global Learning and Development Avanade   TSgt Joseph McQueen Air Force Reserve Command, 477th Fighter Group, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska 477th Fighter Group Assistant Chief of Education & Training   Kimberly Moore Senior Vice President BB&T   Amy Murphy Director, Corporate & Community Services Joliet Junior College   James P. Orlando Director, Medical Education Development Lehigh Valley Health Network   Cevin L. R. Owens Director, Learning Solutions Expertus, Inc.   Jessica Parisi            Local Partner, Senior Vice President BTS USA   Ann Flanagan Peters Corporate Learning Coordinator Perkins+Will   Sarah Reed Learning & Development Specialist Sacramento Municipal Utility District   John Robertson Director, Training SENetwork of Youth and Family Services   Katie Schelp Manager, U.S. Training Learning & Development McDonald’s USA   Scott Schmoldt Manager, Training UMR (a United Healthcare company)   Jenny Schroer Instructional Designer Western & Southern Life   Renee Stevens Vice President, Global Talent Development InterContinental Hotels Group (Atlanta)   Kathryn M. Tague Assistant Vice President, Sales Training + Development MetLife   Debra Tees Director Learning and Capability Development Lockheed Martin Corporation   Brian Washburn Training Director National CASA Association   Gary Whitney Vice President, Global Hotel Learning InterContinental Hotels Group (Atlanta)