Hygieia Networking & Leadership Conference – Workplace Allies: The Power of Having Someone in Your Corner

Speakers

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  Tom Fournier Chair, ISSA Canada’s Distributor Council
  

  Tom Fournier

  Chair, ISSA Canada’s Distributor Council

  Tom Fournier is the chair of ISSA Canada’s Distributor Council.

  After a successful career as a senior sales leader with Kimberly-Clark Professional, Tom founded his own consulting practice, the Shade’s Mills Group in 2018. He is a highly recognized thought leader on sales strategies and sales models. He draws upon his research and consulting work on B2B sales to help both distributors and manufacturers with a particular emphasis on the cleaning and hygiene sector.

  Most recently, Tom has also been serving as the Chief Executive Officer for MarketsConnection, a new business start-up that is a multi vendor marketplace supporting distributors and manufacturers in the B2B space.

  Tom holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Western Ontario. He has been trained in variety of sales methodologies, business coaching, managing for performance, team management, managing diversity and inclusion, value and pricing management and targeted selection interviewing/hiring.

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  Jenny Lawson Director of Human Resources, Bunzl Canada
  

  Jenny Lawson

  Director of Human Resources, Bunzl Canada

  Jenny Lawson is a Senior Human Resource professional and a results-focused leader who delivers talent management strategies, retention and motivation solutions that help companies harness the full power of one of their most valuable assets – their people! With broad experience in employee relations, change management, organizational effectiveness and leadership. Jenny has spent the last eight years of her career with Bunzl Canada, leading the HR and talent development function and the successful integration of over thirteen acquisitions. Passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion, she also chairs the Bunzl Canada DEI Committee, and is an Advisory Board member of Inspiring Women In Bunzl.

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  Lori Armitage Canadian Sales Manager – Strategic Accounts, Essity
  

  Lori Armitage

  Canadian Sales Manager – Strategic Accounts, Essity

  Lori Armitage is a motivated, dynamic sales leader with over 20 years of successful sales management for Essity, a global professional hygiene company. She is a devoted wife to her husband Dan and mother to two golden retrievers, Quincey and Lincoln. Lori is a high-energy, hands-on sales manager with the ability to teach, mentor, and motivate her team, resulting in high performance results year over year.

  She is a seven-time Sales Award Winner and was recognized as one of the Top 50 Most Inspiring Employees globally within her organization. Lori is a self-directed leader with talents in diversifying networks, product offerings and pricing strategies to drive growth with value-added solutions. She is a Co-Author of “Women Let’s Rise” – a book written to inspire women to power up, step out; empower and encourage one another to thrive and lead. Lori loves change and embraces new challenges, both good and bad. She believes everything happens for a reason, and that negative experiences and loss can only make you stronger, more resilient, and more appreciative of life and love.

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  Karen Craggs-Milne CEO, Conscious Equality Inc.
  

  Karen Craggs-Milne

  CEO, Conscious Equality Inc.

  Karen Craggs Milne is a leading global go-to expert for organizations who want to get equality work right. A proud Kenyan Canadian, Karen Craggs Milne is a recognized global expert with over 20 years of international experience promoting equity, diversity, anti- racism, gender equality, and inclusion.

  Karen is an Obama White House recognized Gender Equality Changemaker (2016) and a Global Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development Goals (2018), LinkedIn Global Super Hero (2020), and a Top 100 Canadian Professional (2020).
  As Founder and CEO of Conscious Equality Incorporated, Karen works globally with NGOs, Corporations, and Governments to deliver on their equality mandates intentionally and with real impact.

  Karen Craggs Milne’s passion is to educate and equip others on this work. She offers mastermind groups for leaders, organizational assessments, 1-on-1 coaching and training on topics such as workplace sexual harassment and bullying, creating inclusive respectful workplaces, dismantling anti-racism in business, using your privilege to be an effective ally, walking the talk on diversity and inclusion, how to address system discrimination, among others.

  Whether it is under a tree in a rural village in Ghana or a boardroom with C-Suite Executives, Karen’s authentic and engaging approach promises to educate, transform and inspire you into meaningful action.

  Karen Craggs Milne expertise in Anti-Racism & Anti-Oppression, Anti-discrimination, Effective Allyship, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, Workplace Harassment & Bullying, Resolving Workplace Conflict, Gender Equality & Inclusion, Sexual Harassment, Gender-Based Analysis Plus & Intersectionality, Gender Mainstreaming, and Gender Responsive and Inclusive Programs Inclusive Workplaces.

  Karen Craggs Milne clients include: Adidas & Reebok Canada, AANDC (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada), Africa Files, AXOR Experts-Conseils, Breakview Inc, Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), Canadian Christian Crossroads International (CCCI), Canadian Cooperative Association (CCA), Canadian Crossroads International (CCI), Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) And many Great organizations in Canada.

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  Shannon Hall Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Dustbane Products Ltd
  

  Shannon Hall

  Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Dustbane Products Ltd