Training magazine named the winners of its 2012 Top Young Trainer awards, recognizing the top 40 training professionals age 40 and under. These executives will be profiled in the May/June 2012 issue of Trainingmagazine and online at www.trainingmag.com, and they will be honored at an awards ceremony in February 2013 at the Training 2013 Conference & Expo, World Disney World Resort, FL.
Now in its fifth 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 resumé 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; Jim Federico, Sr. Director in SMSG Readiness, Microsoft Corporation; Daniel J. Goepp, Managing Director, Learning & Development, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP; Vicente Gonzalez, Learning and Development, Booz Allen Hamilton; Raymond D. Green, CEO, Paradigm Learning, Inc.; Michael S. Hamilton, Chief Learning & Development Officer, Ernst & Young; Bruce I. Jones, Programming Director, Disney Institute; Donald Keller, Chief Learning Officer and Vice President, Global Education & Development, SCC Soft Computer; 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; Bill Pelster, National Director, Talent Development, Deloitte Services LP; Kevin Wilde, VP, Organization Effectiveness and Chief Learning Officer, General Mills, Inc.; and Lorri Freifeld, Editor-in-Chief, Trainingmagazine.
“The Top Young Trainer nominations we received this year were impressive,” says Lorri Freifeld, editor-in-chief, Trainingmagazine. “The 2012 winners are strong, results-oriented performers who have excellent teambuilding and change management skills and the ability to inspire those around them. Congratulations to the 2012 Top Young Trainers, and thanks to all the nominators for their time and effort in recognizing emerging leaders in the training industry.”
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Trainingmagazine 2012 Top Young Trainers
Meredith Armstrong
Director, Sales & Marketing Training
Marriott International
Holly Battelle
Brand Advocate, Senior Manager, Global Brand Management
Marriott International
Bruce Baumgarten
Learning and Development Executive
AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah (NCNU) Insurance Exchange
Josh Bodiford
Manager, Catalyst Learning Development
Cerner Corporation
Kami Bond
Director, Leadership Development
GE Healthcare
Denise Broderick
Assistant VP, Education and Training
Hy-Vee, Inc.
Andi Campbell
Assistant VP, Learning and Development
LPL Financial
Minette Chan
Training and Partner Enablement Manager
eMeter Corporation
Lauro Cruz
Superintendent
Pacific Air Forces Transportation Training Center, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan
Jon Dimalanta
Director of Administration, Human Resources, Training, and Organizational Development
U.S. Security Associates, Inc.
Christopher Draven
Senior Training and Instructional Design
Optum
Kate Eames
Corporate Director, Training
The Kessler Collection
Lora Edwards
Lead Associate
Booz Allen Hamilton
Stephen D. Evans
Training Manager
URS Federal Services, EG&G Defense Materials, Inc.
D’Anna Flowers
IT Training Manager
Accretive Health, Inc.
Jason Forrest
Chief Sales Officer
J Forrest Group
Jake Gold
Director of Education
Community Associations Institute
Kristen Grenzebach
Ethics & Compliance Manager
WellPoint, Inc.
Patricia Harrold
Courseware Development Manager
Crew Training International
Katherine Harrop
SVP, Global Training Officer
Citi, Global Transaction Services
Deidra Jones
Training Coordinator
Department of Financial Services, Division of Risk Management
Jill Little Bear
HR Development Specialist III
Sprint
Darren Louie
Senior Program Manager
SAP
Erin Lyle
Director, Store Training
Toys “R” Us, Inc.
Katie Mulka
Director, Training
Quicken Loans
Jill Palazzo
Executive Professional Development Trainer
Merck
Tanya Pang
Manager, Instructional Design
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Rebecca Pluth
VP, Training and Development
The Bob Pike Group
Karen Price
Director, Management Development
Nuance Communications
Anil Santhapuri
Assistant Manager, Human Resources
CGI Information Systems and Management Consultant Private Limited
James Sokolowski
Director, Global Learning and Leadership Development
Savvis, a Century Link Company
Kathryn Tague
Assistant VP
MetLife
Julyn Terry
Manager, Corporate Training & Development
CHG Healthcare Services
Danielle Tomlinson
Senior Director, Red Hat Training
Red Hat
Jodie Udell
Director, Training & Development
Globe Education Network
Shane Verheyen
AAA University Administration & Technology Manager
AAA NCNU Insurance Exchange
Shaun Walsh
Senior Manager, Sales Training
Dex One Corporation
Calvin Whiteagle
Director, Training and Development
Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells
Amber Wood
Senior Learning Consultant
Cash America International
Crystal Zunker
Organization Development Manager
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
