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Lorri Freifeld
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Minneapolis (May 10, 2016) –Training magazine named the winners of its 2016 Emerging Training Leaders awards, recognizing 25 training professionals who inspired and engaged their organizations with stellar leadership skills, business acumen, and innovation. The winners have been in the industry for two to 10 years and have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills, business savvy, and training instincts. These professionals are profiled in the May/June 2016 issue of Training magazine and online at https://trainingmag.com/emerging-training-leaders/rising-stars, and they will be honored at an awards ceremony in January 2017 at the San Diego Convention Center during the Training 2017 Conference & Expo.
All Emerging Training Leader candidates had to be nominated by co-workers or industry peers. Training Editorial Advisory Board members and the editor-in-chief judged the nearly 70 nominations and chose the 25 winners based on the following factors:
- Has been in the training industry for a minimum of two years but no more than 10 years
- Took on at least one new responsibility in the last year
- Successfully led a large-scale training/learning and development initiative within the last year that required management/leadership of a group of people and resulted in the achievement of a corporate strategic goal (with results provided for Kirkpatrick Levels 1-4)
- Demonstrates specific leadership qualities
- Has the potential to lead the Training or Learning & Development function at an organization in the next one to 10 years
The judges included:
- Brent Bloom, VP, Learning & Development and Organizational Effectiveness, Applied Materials
- Cyndi Bruce, Executive Director, KPMG Business School – U.S.
- Art Dobrucki, Director, Performance & Logistics, University of Farmers, Farmers Insurance
- Daniel J. Goepp, Managing Director, Learning & Development, PwC
- Vicente Gonzalez, Senior Director, Global Training, MAXIMUS
- Raymond D. Green, CEO, Paradigm Learning, Inc.
- Michael S. Hamilton, former Chief Learning & Development Officer, Ernst & Young LLP
- Tal Goldhamer, Chief Learning Officer, Americas, EY
- Jeff Hargett, Senior Corporate Director, Culture Transformation, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company
- Glenn Hughes, Senior Director, Learning & Development, KLA-Tencor
- Graham Johnston, Talent Development – Best Practices & Innovation, Deloitte Services LP
- Bruce I. Jones, Senior Programming Director, Disney Institute
- Mary Kay LaBrie, Senior Trainer/Course Developer/OD Specialist, SCC Soft Computer
- Nancy J. Lewis, former CLO and VP, ITT Corporation, and former VP, Learning, IBM
- Ann Schulte, Director/Global Practice Leader, Procter & Gamble
- Ross Tartell, Ph.D., former Manager, Learning & Development – North America, GE Capital Real Estate
- Lou Tedrick, Staff VP, Workforce Development, Verizon
- Matthew Valencius, Manager, Instructional Design & Development, IBM Center for Advanced Learning
- Lorri Freifeld, Editor-in-Chief, Training magazine
“The 2016 Emerging Training Leaders are leading lights at their organizations, shining examples of how strategic-minded, results-focused, and people-oriented Learning and Development professionals can inspire, innovate, and excel,” says Lorri Freifeld, editor-in-chief of Training magazine. “These winners lead by example and inspire those around them to innovate and succeed. The future is bright for these rising stars.”
Training magazine 2016 Emerging Training Leaders
2016 TOP 5 WINNERS (in alphabetical order)
Bryon Ellington
Chief Learning Officer
Keller Williams Realty, Inc.
Maria R. Gomez
Manager, Leadership & Professional Development
Novo Nordisk, Inc.
Bobby Moreira
eLearning Training and Development Lead
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA)
Sushant Patnaik
Former Manager, Training, Tech Mahindra Ltd.
Currently Senior Manager, Human Resources, Aeris Communications
Ingrid Urman
Head, TenarisUniversity Learning Methodologies and Regional Network
Tenaris
2016 20 WINNERS (in alphabetical order)
Amy Acherman
Director, Research and Development
CPI
Sivaraj Ambat
Training Manager
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
Yolanda Beckers
Instructional Designer and Developer
Medica
Rebecca Bettencourt
Operations Training
E. & J. Gallo Winery
Kellie Black
Manager, Elevate Talent Management System
ArcBest Corporation
Amy Bollinger
Director, Training and Development
AtWork Group
Keith Brewer
Project Management Principal
FedEx Services
Mellonie Celestine
Manager, Instructional Design & Regional Training
Smart & Final Stores, LLC
Steve Edinborough
Training Lead, Telecentre & HR Systems
CAA Manitoba
Vanessa Elder
Talent Development Manager
Rush Enterprises, Inc.
Yolanda Ellis
Senior Learning and Development Specialist
Fiserv
Candy Ferdin
Assistant Vice President
SWBC
Crystal L. Fernandes-Harris
Learning & Development Specialist
Day Pitney LLP
Rance Greene
Performance Consultant
Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC)
Melissa King
Learning & Development Manager
DPR Construction
Christine Purchell
Senior Learning Consultant
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Casey Rasata
Senior Manager, Corporate Learning & Development
Eaton Corporation, Plc
Rebecca Svec
Director, Learning and Development
Veris Group LLC
Heather Swensgard
Corporate Trainer
Western & Southern Financial Group
Jenna J. Waisanen
Lead Training & Development Specialist
Travis Credit Union
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