2026 Summit Series
Minneapolis Summit
Agenda
Wednesday, October 07 2026
in Minneapolis
- 8:00 amBreakfast & Networking
- 9:00 amWelcome & Opening Remarks
Brief welcome and housekeeping from the host team before the day’s programming begins.
- 9:10 amRebuilding Trust During Time of Change
An opening conversation on what it takes to rebuild trust, reset culture, and lead transformation at enterprise scale when change has strained the organization.
Erin McSweeney, EVP and Chief People Officer, UnitedHealth Group
- 9:50 amTechnology & Transformation: AI Inside the Enterprise
A conversation on how AI is reshaping the employee experience and the future of work inside the enterprise.
Stephanie Fehr, Chief People Officer, UnitedHealth Care
- 10:30 amCoffee Break
- 11:00 amThe C-Suite Agenda: Workforce & Business Performance
A forward-looking conversation on succession, skills, organizational design, board expectations, CEO partnership, and the capabilities the next generation of CHROs will need.
Stephen J. Hemsley, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, UnitedHealth Group
Wayne S. DeVeydt, Chief Financial Officer, UnitedHealth Group
Erin McSweeney, EVP and Chief People Officer, UnitedHealth Group
- 11:40 amFrom Potential to Performance: Rethinking How We Develop Talent
Moving beyond traditional talent management toward skills, internal mobility, personalized development, and unlocking the potential already inside the organization.
Nadia by Valence
- 12:20 pmNetworking Lunch
- 1:15 pmCulture at Every Level: Frontline, Corporate, and the Future of Work
A conversation on building and sustaining culture consistently across frontline and corporate teams in a large, distributed workforce.
Kristi Hummel, Chief People Officer, Optum
- 1:55 pmDesigning Total Rewards for Tomorrow's Healthcare Workforce: From Strategy to Measurable Outcomes
Explores how leading healthcare organizations are reimagining total rewards programs to attract and retain advanced practice clinicians and physicians, moving beyond traditional metrics to measurable, employee-centric outcomes.
Tom Ellis, VP of Total Rewards, Emplify Health
- 2:35 pmCoffee & Networking Break
- 2:50 pmThe Workforce Reinvention: Building Skills for What Comes Next
How CHROs can rethink learning, skills, and workforce development to prepare organizations for AI-driven change and rapidly evolving business needs.
Julie Stone, Chief Learning Officer, TTEC
- 3:30 pmThe Employee Experience Reset: What Do Employees Actually Expect Now?
Re-examining flexibility, belonging, career growth, manager effectiveness, and the employee value proposition in a very different labor market.
Gerald Stanley, CHRO, Essentia Health
- 4:10 pmBreakout & Networking Intermission
- 4:15 pmInteractive Breakout & Group Discussion
The Situation Room
- 4:45 pmClosing Thoughts: The CHRO Mandate
How the role of the CHRO is changing as talent, technology, productivity, and business strategy become increasingly intertwined.
Speakers
Frank Congiu
Advisor, HR innovators
Carolyn Roach
Chief Human Resources Officer, XPO
