Adrian Taylor is the Director of Diversity for Premier Health in Dayton, Ohio. He leads programming that supports Premier’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging with an emphasis on workforce diversity, supplier diversity, patient diversity and community engagement. Because of his commitment and passion for diversity he has won several awards including the 2020 Dayton Business Journal Diversity-In-Business Diversity Champion Award, 2021 National Diversity Council Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Champion Award and the 2021 DiversityMBA Top 50 Under 50 Executive Leader’s Award. Adrian also serves as a board member for the Dayton chapter of the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), the Dayton Foodbank and the Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council (OMSDC).

Before joining Premier Health in 2014, he served in key management roles, earning positions of increasing responsibility in the private sector with companies like EDS, NCR and The Berry Company. More recently he worked for four years in the non-profit sector for the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. As the Manager of Minority Business Retention and Expansion he advocated for and secured over $100M in contracted diverse spend for diverse companies in the Dayton region.

Mr. Taylor grew up in Dayton Ohio and completed his bachelor's degree requirements at Central State University. He is the father of four beautiful children and has been married to his wife Gail for 25 years.

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Dr. Billy McCloskey is a Senior Organization Development Consultant with the VHA National Center for Organization Development (NCOD) and provides organizational consultation services to VA offices nationwide. He completed a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship specializing in Organization Development with NCOD and spend an additional 2 years with the Consulting Services division partnering with Executive Teams across VA to improve individual, team, and organizational effectiveness. .

He currently serves as the Supervisory Psychologist for NCOD’s Organizational Health Initiatives (OHI) Support & Intervention Team. This diverse and incredibly talented team of Organization Development professionals provides enterprise-wide services anchored in All Employee Survey (AES) data and research-informed best practices to drive employee engagement. Billy also serves on numerous National committees aimed at promoting employee engagement and serves as a Leadership Coach helping leaders across VA maximize their leadership effectiveness and meet their personal and professional objectives.

Before devoting his energy to driving engagement and organization development within VA, Billy earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Eastern Michigan University and completed clinical rotations at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center and the University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry. His pre-doctoral internship at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, MI focused on working with clients diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders.

In addition to his work with NCOD, Billy serves as the Chair for the Michigan Psychological Association’s Early Career Psychologists Committee helping to build a community of psychologists entering the profession. He lives with his wife and 2 cats in Michigan and enjoys running (sorta), playing golf, and enjoying Michigan’s lakes along with their delicious craft beer and distilleries.

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HR professional with over 20 years experience working in the consumer research, healthcare, and financial services industries with deep expertise in talent management, leadership development, learning, and executive coaching.

Katherine is the Director of Leadership Development and Talent Management at Bon Secours Mercy Health, one of the nation’s 20 largest health care systems. Bon Secours Mercy Health serves communities across seven states and Ireland through the work of 60k associates. She has system-level leadership responsibilities for talent and succession planning, leadership pipeline development, leader assessment, and performance management.

Before joining BSMH, she led enterprise learning and leader development at Humana, Inc. and began her career at Nielsen Media Research where she was part of the team that launched the groundbreaking “Nielsen Net Ratings”.

Katherine has an M.Ed. in Organizational Development from the University of Louisville and completed ICF Certified Coach training at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Katherine is passionate about career strategy and planning. She provides pro-bono coaching to those making careers transitions, pivots, and encores through her company “Full Bloom Coaching”, established in 2019.

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Nancy is currently the Director of Employee Engagement and Leadership Development for the Kettering Health Network. Prior to this role, she as the Manager of Employee Engagement. Nancy has been a human resources professional for 15 years and held various positions during her career.

Nancy obtained her Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Wright State University and has her certification in DiSC.

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