2024 Community of Human and Organizational Learning 30th Annual Conference: Directory

IMPACT! Fostering Community. Elevating Learning. Embracing Purpose.
The Community of Human and Organizational Learning’s 30th Annual Learning Conference!

From June 10th to 14th, our gathering at the stunning Hilton Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, NV, promises three immersive days packed with insights, innovation, and collaboration. Dive into an array of complimentary workshops on Monday, kickstarting an enriching week, and explore paid workshops on Friday for a deeper dive into specialized topics.

Join us in this milestone – 30 years – as we delve into the realms of human and organizational learning, fostering connections and paving the way for transformative ideas.

This year, our conference theme is IMPACT! Fostering Community. Elevating Learning. Embracing Purpose. But, what exactly does this mean?
Community: Forge connections that transcend the conference, building a network of support and inspiration that lasts a lifetime. This is a safe space where you can openly discuss successes and failures, surrounded by a community of educated and engaged individuals.
Learning: Prepare to expand your horizons and revolutionize your approach to learning. We’ll explore cutting-edge organizational, resilience, and safety models. Discover different ways organizations are harnessing learning to drive meaningful change and gain insights that will revolutionize your approach to knowledge transfer.
Purpose: Our purpose is clear: facilitating opportunities for people to take their organizational and personal impact to new heights.

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Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, Charles Barkley has followed up his Hall of Fame basketball career with an Emmy Award-winning television run. A consummate entertainer, Barkley has evolved into a pop culture icon who commands a diverse audience that may not always agree with his opinions, but respects his ability to tell it like it is. Never one to dodge controversy or consequences, Barkley shoots from the hip and speaks from the heart.

But Barkley isn’t outspoken for the mere sake of being outrageous, earning a buck or getting a laugh. Barkley’s larger-than-life personality is seeded in his ability to connect with others through a unique combination of humor, honesty and humility. His direct pipeline to people enables him to open up the often uncomfortable but ultimately critical dialogues about issues such as racism and classism that impact the day-to-day lives of the members of his community and the world at large. He is also President of HPRCT and a horologist... Read more

Company Vistra
Position Lead Bottle Washer
Location cmajor11

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Company Oglethorpe Power Corporation
Position Director, Safety
Location Georgia

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Company testsurvey
Position testsurvey
Location testsurvey

Sam Baraz

Company Visttra
Position Operation Excellence & HPI Leader

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Eric Barth

Company Vistra
Position Plant MGR

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HP Trainer/ Mill Operator and union representative for over 30-years

Company Arconic/USW
Position HP Trainer/ Mill Operator and union representative

Clifford Berry

Clifford Berry has over twenty years of experience in human and organizational performance. He has worked in nuclear power generation, electric transmission and distribution, gas distribution, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Clifford has helped multiple companies in various industries solve operational problems using a systems thinking, risk-based approach that results in long-lasting solutions. He continues to put his mark on the industry today.

Company uniQure
Position Senior Director, Compliance & Improvement

Kassie Bertilson

Company Chelan County PUD NO1
Position Human & Organizational Performance/Strategy MGR
Location Wenatchee, WA

Jeff Burns

Company Southern California Edison
Position Safety Advisor

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Nyssa Carruthers

Company TC Energy
Position Sr. Advisor - Safety Learning

Shawn Connick

Shawn Connick brings over 30 years of multidisciplinary experience from environmental health, industrial hygiene, construction management, and safety. He is currently Senior Human & Organizational Performance Specialist at Quanta Services, providing support to the company’s electric power, underground utility, and telecommunications operations with a focus on eliminating significant events and fatalities. He serves as a companywide resource integrating Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) into systems, processes, and day-to-day work practices across the business.
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Company Quanta Services
Position Sr. HOP Specialist

LaQuita Evans

Company WEC Energy Group
Position PG Manager

Galin Haygood

Company Luminant Generation Co. LLC
Position Operational Excellence Analyst SR
Location Lake Hubbard Plant

Susan Hendrix

Company Fujifilm Holdings America Corporation
Position Director, EHSQ

Daniel Herrenbruck

Company BWX Technologies
Position Safety Culture Manager

LaRhonda Julien

LaRhonda Julien is Inspection Performance Specialist for the Construction Inspection department at Georgia Transmission Corporation – a not-for-profit utility company that connects power plants to local electric member cooperatives by planning, building and maintaining the high-voltage transmission lines and power grid infrastructure throughout Georgia. Her major duties involve human and organization performance improvement, overseeing business continuity and change management processes, and knowledge transfer, along with coordinating capital construction projects and environmental protection... Read more

Company Georgia Transmission Corporation
Position Inspection Performance Specialist, CHOLearning Director of Volunteerism

Heather Kahle

Heather’s passion is empowering organizations and audiences to embrace and operationalize systems thinking and Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) methods.

She earned a master’s degree in Human Factors and System Safety from LUND University dedicating her thesis and subsequent career to bridging the gap between ‘work-as-imagined’ (procedures) and work-as-done. With over three decades at the Provincial Safety Regulator in British Columbia supporting serious and fatal investigations, Heather has been instrumental in advancing the application of HOP principles across diverse and complex domains. Her expertise and experience spans regulation development, the development of aligned procedures, learning from normal, injury and error prevention, prevention... Read more

Company Ascent Systems Innovation Group
Position Principal Consultant/Owner
Location Canada

Dave Lascurain

Dave is currently a leader in the Safety Department of the Transmission and Distribution (T&D) unit of APS and has used this position to share his passion for Human and Organizational Performance as an operational philosophy across the enterprise. He introduced the use of Learning Teams to the Operations Executive Team and then applied them when analyzing safety incidents or operational upsets. As the organization found value in Learning Teams, Dave developed and delivered Learning Team Facilitator training to personnel in Corporate Safety, HOP, CAP, and T&D Operations. In 2022, he was recognized... Read more

Company APS
Position Safety Corporate Functional Area Leader

Shannon Lavender

I am Head of Safety and Sustainability for an IPP developing utility-scale solar sites in the southern United States. I am eager to connect with fellow renewable energy industry professionals that are targeting SIF prevention.

Company Treaty Oak Clean Energy LLC
Position Director of EHS&S
Location Austin, TX

Shannon Lonergan

I have over 22 years of environmental consulting experience conducting environmental, health, and safety (EHS) audits, hazardous material and waste characterization and reporting, emergency response, health and safety assessments, employee EHS and compliance training, industrial hygiene and indoor air quality assessments, ergonomic evaluations, EHS compliance audits, response plan development, stormwater permitting and spill planning. I currently serves as the Antea Group Regional Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) Regional adviser for the East Region and is a founding member of Antea... Read more

Company Antea Group
Position Senior Professional
Location Philadelphia, PA

Jim Marinus

Jim specializes in high-risk operations management, high reliability, and resilience, and is the principal consultant and owner of Jamar Operations, LLC (2015-present). When not consulting, Jim is actively involved with the international communities of practice for H&OP, high reliability, and resilience. Prior to his time as a management consultant, his professional career spanned time with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (1983-2012) and in the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine service (1974-1983). While employed with the DOE, Jim directed high-risk and multidisciplinary research operations at the... Read more

Company Jamar Operations
Position Owner
Location Felt, Idaho

Jessica McMahon

I support Power Generation facilities for WEC Energy Group.
I have worked in Nuclear, Coal, Natural Gas, and Renewables.

Extensive background in Root Cause Analysis, Human Performance and trending

Company WEC Energy Group
Position Power Generation Specialist

Faye Messer

I am an avid learner, and would love to talk about your passion whether it is related to psychology, leadership, safety, innovation, really anything! We've been doing Safety Differently at City Light, slowly but surely, and are starting to see the effects snowball, gaining traction at all levels of the organization. The journey continues; I am excited to hear what you're finding works best for your organization in engaging the workers, incorporating HOP principles, structure, strategy - the list goes on!

Also a mountaineer, climber, backpacker, (terrible) painter, and have a slew of other hobbies... Read more

Company Seattle City Light
Position Safety and Health Supervisor
Location Seattle, WA

Christina Soto Millsaps

With 19 years of progressive experience as a contractor supporting DOE and DOD construction and operations projects, I have sought opportunities to fill my toolkit with skill sets in Six Sigma, Lean Process Improvement, Cause Analysis & Event investigation, Human Performance Initiative, People Based Safety, and Leadership & Development. My expertise has been honed while contributing directly to projects and initiatives that enhance the core values of Safety, Quality, and Conduct of Operations.

As an AuDHD individual (an Autistic with ADHD), I have a personal passion for recognizing the diverse... Read more

Company Bechtel
Position Quality Assurance Engineer
Location Pueblo, Colorado

Jessica Morgan

Jessica Morgan is an award-winning solopreneur and owner of WSD Services, a full-service marketing and graphic design firm. As a consultant, Jessica serves clients where their greatest needs are. Website copy, landing pages, social media, and graphic design fill most of her workload. She specializes in brand development and management. “I love helping small businesses find who they are as a brand!” She has worked in industries ranging from minor league baseball, telemedicine, home services, and outdoor recreation. WSD Services specializes in brand development, content creation, and overall...

Company CHOLearning
Position Communications Director
Location Pasco, WA

Tony Muschara

Tony began independent consulting in the field of human and organizational performance in 2007, helping managers of industrial organizations manage the operational risks associated with human performance. Tony authored following two books (published by Routledge and CRC Press, respectively):

Risk-Based Thinking: Managing the Uncertainty of Human Error in Operations (2018)
Critical Steps: Managing What Must Go Right in High-Risk Operations (2022) (co-authored with Jim Marinus and Ron Farris)

After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1975, Tony served 7 years in the U.S. Navy Submarine Servic... Read more

Company Muschara Error Management Consulting, LLC
Position Principal Consultant and Owner
Location Atlanta, Georgia

Daniela Ontiveros

Company Vistra Corp
Position Continious Improvement Specialist

Georgina Poole

Georgina is a well-respected Health and Safety Leader with over 17 years’ experience partnering with organisations to improve their health and safety culture and performance across Mining, Transport and Logistics, Aviation and Oil and Gas. With exposure to remote working environments, she has an appreciation for the health and safety challenges that these types of work environments present. Georgina is a thought leader in Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) and an advocate for learning organisations, decluttering, creating capacity and resilience. She is the host of the "Leading Safely... Read more

Company Coca Cola Europacific Partners
Position Health and Safety Leadership Partner
Location Australia

Isaac Rodriguez

Company CRH Americas Materials
Position VP- Safety, Health and Environment- West Division

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Philip Scarberry

Company Quanta Services
Position Safety Director of Special projects

Allen Schmaltz

I am a Refinery Operator turned Training Specialist and internal company coach. I am passionate about Human and Organizational Performance and creating phycological safety in industrial environments to help our organization learn and improve.

Company Flint Hills Resources
Position Operations Capability Leader
Location Hastings, Minnesota

Jennifer Serne

Jennifer Serne is the program coordinator and professor of Safety Health Management at Central Washington University. She teaches classes covering Hazardous Materials Management, Fire Safety, Incident Investigation, Emergency Response, Construction and Manufacturing Safety, Safety Analysis Systems, and Ergonomics and Human Factors. Previously, she worked in various safety related positions that included experience with research safety, pharmaceutical safety, radiation safety, and emergency response. She also has 20 years of experience working as an independent fatality investigator, serving various... Read more

Company Central Washington University
Position Professor
Location Ellensburg, Washington

Robert Stevens

As part of the leadership team at First Analytics, Rob helps companies develop and execute programs to cultivate their analytics competency. He brings experience to bear stemming from thirty years as an analytics professional. His career has consisted of consulting, product development, client service, technical, and sales roles within software, consulting and market research firms.

Company First Analytics
Position Vice President

Jessica Stiles

Company TC Energy
Position Director, US Safety & Emergency Management

Brent Sutton

Brent Sutton is the founder of Learning Teams Inc and the author of "The Practice of Learning Teams", the whitepaper "Learning From Everyday Work" and the new book "4D's for HOP and Learning Teams".

Brent works in partnership with organizations in the commercial, government and education sector providing practical advice to address health and safety risks and develop strategies to drive improvements in organizational learning. Brent is well regarded as a safety coach and for taking organizations' on a learning journey to understand how workers are seen as the solution, how to engage people and... Read more

Company Learning Teams Inc
Position Founder
Location New Zealand

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Becca Swaner

Company Battelle Energy Alliance
Position Lab Manager

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Wes Tregilgas

Company Wright Tree Service
Position Manager - Safety/ Education/Training

Cynthia Vodopivec

Company Vistra
Position SVP- EHS

Douglas Wagoner

Company Idaho National Laboratory
Position Performance Analyst/HPI Lead

Janice Wittrock

Company Sandia National Labs
Position Quality Manager

Ken Wolfer

Company Vistra
Position Operational Excellence Consultant

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Jason Zilge

I have been in the refining business since 1998, during my tenure, I have held positions in operations writing procedures, conducting operator training, day-to-day maintenance and planning for large Turnarounds. I also spent time in the process safety group with a focus on process safety competency of refinery employees. For the last four years, my role has focused on implementing building HOP capabilities into our refinery systems and HOP education throughout the refinery.

Company Koch Industries Flint Hills Resources- Pine Bend
Position HOP Capability Lead
Location Rosemount, MN