April 16-17. HRO World Conference & Expo. Hilton New York, New York City.

April 29. Recruiting Roadshow. Cleveland, Ohio.

May 1-2. Conference Board 2008 Leadership Development Conference. Grand Hyatt. New York City.

May 13-16. Kennedy Recruiting 2008 Conference & Expo - Real World Recruiting for Today's Workforce. Las Vegas, Nevada Hilton.

May 20-23. WorldatWork Conference & Exhibition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Convention Center.

May 31-June 4. IHRIM HRMStrategies 2008 Conference and Technology Exposition. Disney Contemporary Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

June 4-6. Fordyce Forum 2008 Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel.

June 5-6. Conference Board 2008 Leadership Development Conference. Hotel del Coronado San Diego, CA.

September 8-10. 2008 Staffing Industry Analysts' Healthcare Staffing Summit. Hilton San Francisco, CA.

September 9 & 10.
Online Recruitment Conference and Expo 2008. Donald E. Stevens Convention. Sponsored by Onrec.com. Center, Chicago, IL.

October 28-29. 2008 Staffing Industry Analysts Contingent Workforce Strategies Summit. New York Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge, New York City.

October 28-30.ERE Expo 2008 Fall. Westin Diplomat Hotel & Spa, Hollywood, FL.

Steve Dezember has joined Chicago-based executive search firm Slayton Search Partners, serving as an Executive Vice President in the firm's Atlanta office, providing high-quality search solutions for clients in the Firm's Life Sciences & Healthcare Practice. Prior to joining Slayton, Steve was a Managing Director in the Atlanta office of Edward W. Kelley & Partners, Inc.

Valtera appoints Bruce Erenkrantz, Ph.D. to its executive team. Dr. Erenkrantz holds the title of Vice President and Principal, and will assume responsibility for directing Valtera's west coast consulting operations from a new office in Santa Ana, California.

Ford Motor Company appoints Felicia Fields as group vice president of Human Resources and Corporate Services, replacing Joe Laymon, who has taken the position of vice president, Human Resources and Medical Services at Chevron Corporation.

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. announced that Guy McLeod has joined the firm as a Principal in the Industrial Practice, specializing in the airline and aviation specialty sectors, and based in Tysons Corner, Virginia. McLeod joins Heidrick & Struggles from Airbus. The company also reports that Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, Eileen A. Kamerick resigned from her positions with the company.

Duane Lee joins Buck Consultants Dresser & Associates, Inc. announced that Verone Lazio has been named HRMS Regional Manager for the Southeast. Most recently Lazio was a Boulder-based Senior Implementation Specialist, for Unitime Systems.

Chief Operations Officer for Seva Technologies LLC Stephen Harrison has been appointed Vice President for the Big Bend Society for Human Resource Management.

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. has named Brian S. Greig as head of the global firm's labor and employment law practice group. Greig, a partner in the firm's Austin office, has more than 30 years of experience in representing employers in litigation related to a variety of labor and employment matters.

HostMySite.com has announced the appointment of former Monster.com executive, Mr. Don MacIntyre, as Vice President of Software Development.

Brian Z. Liss has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP as special counsel in the firm's Labor and Employment practice group. Liss most recently practiced with Morgan Lewis & Bockius in Washington, D.C.

The HROA announced that Ernest "Ernie" M. Lareau has been appointed chairman of its Board of Trustees. He joins Jeffrey Bizzack, CEO of Accenture BPO Services, who will continue serving as Vice Chair, and Mary Sue Rogers, head of IBM HR Business Process Services, who will serve as Secretary/Treasurer. Together with Chairwoman Emeritus, Sharon Taylor, they will form the HROA's executive committee.

Spherion Corporation announced that William Tate has joined the Company as president of staffing services. He joins Spherion from Manpower Inc., an employment services firm, where he served as vice president and general manager for the company's U.S. professional division.

Administaff, Inc. promotes Ronald M. McGee to vice president of property and casualty products and services.

Suzanne Johnson has joined Buck Consultants as a Director in the firm's Secaucus, NJ office. Johnson joins Buck from Marsh & McClennan Companies.

Chantel Sheaks has joined Buck Consultants as Principal of Government Affairs in the firm's Washington, D.C. office, coming from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as Legislative Counsel for Tax and Benefits on its Workplace Flexibility 2010 project, as well as Adjunct Professor of Health and Welfare Benefit Plans.

Landslide Technologies, Inc. announced that sales-industry leader, Mary Delaney, renowned Chief Sales Officer of CareerBuilder.com, has joined its Advisory Board.

Tom Pauken is the new chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission. He replaced Diane Rath, who stepped down earlier this month.

SAS appoints Jennifer Mann Vice President of Human Resources. She will report to Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Jim Davis. Mann, a SAS Human Resources Manager since 1998.

WorldatWork names Bonnie Kabin, CCP, nameas Vice President, Professional Development. Kabin has 20 years experience in the human resources profession, specializing in total rewards and certification.

Celebrating Innovators: The HR Symposium
"In this era of nanosecond attention spans, management training needs to be engaging and experiential, an immersion that brings a learning community together," says Christine Landon, director of global executive development for Agilent. Last year, her training team won the Human Resource Innovator Award at the annual HR Symposium. This year's event will be held on May 14 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in the heart of Silicon Valley.  (Read more.)

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