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Rebecca Bruch

Rebecca Bruch

Attorney with Lemons, Grundy & Eisenberg

Becky practices primarily in the area of management-side employment law, labor law, and civil rights defense, in federal and state courts, as well as before state and federal administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Nevada Equal Rights Commission, the federal Department of Labor, and the Nevada Labor Commission. 

Ashley Creel

Ashley Creel

Training Manager & HR Business Partner

Ashley Creel, SPHR, is the Training Manager and HR Business Partner at Pooling Resources, Inc., where she supports POOL/PACT members with complex HR issues and leads the design and delivery of innovative training programs.

Dillon Flack

Dillon Flack

Business Transformation Leader

Dillon Flack is a Six Sigma black belt, process improvement professional with a focus on business transformation through automation and leading cross-functional teams to solve complex business problems.


Jeff Harry

Jeff Harry

Positive Psychology Play Speaker at Rediscover Your Play

Jeff Harry shows individuals and companies how to tap into their true selves to feel their happiest and most fulfilled — all by playing. He is an international speaker who has presented at conferences such as INBOUND, SXSW, SHRM National, and Australia’s Pausefest, showing audiences how major issues in the workplace can be solved through play.

Jarrod Hickman

Jarrod Hickman

Risk Management Specialist at POOL/PACT

Jarrod Hickman has been with POOL/PACT since 2021. 

John Huisman

John Huisman

Chief Operating Officer at Blue Cypress

John Huisman serves as Chief Operating Officer at Blue Cypress, a pioneering incubator and accelerator transforming the association and non-profit sector through AI-powered solutions. In this role, he leads operational excellence across Blue Cypress's family of companies while driving AI integration strategies that help mission-driven organizations unlock the value of their data.

Nick Kittle

Nick Kittle

CEO of Sustainovation

Nick Kittle is a gifted speaker, thought leader, coach, facilitator, and best-selling author of “Sustainovation: Building Sustainable Innovation in Government, One Wildly Creative Idea at a Time.” He spent the last 15 years in government, most recently serving as a chief innovation officer.

Morgan Massie

Morgan Massie

CEO of Leadership and Training Concierge

Morgan Massie is an award-winning leadership development executive, best-selling author, and TEDx speaker who helps organizations strengthen leadership, foster innovation, and drive sustainable performance through practical, research-based coaching and training.

Jonathan McGuire

Jonathan McGuire

Associate Attorney with Simons Hall Johnston

Jonathan McGuire is an associate attorney at Simons Hall Johnston, focusing on employment and labor law, as well as commercial litigation. He advises and advocates for clients facing employment law challenges.

Stacy Norbeck

Stacy Norbeck

General Manager at Pooling Resources, Inc.

Stacy Norbeck is the General Manager at Pooling Resources, Inc., and has approximately 25 years of human resources generalist experience.

Anita Roach

Anita Roach

Founder of Safe and Sound Workplace Alliance

Anita Roach is the founder of the Safe & Sound Workplace Alliance, author of Safe & Sound, and a trauma-informed workplace expert with over 30 years of leadership and consulting experience.

Rhonda Roberts

Rhonda Roberts

HR Director at Ascension

Rhonda Roberts is an experienced HR leader with over a decade at Ascension, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems. 

Peter Ronza

Peter Ronza

President of Pontifex Consulting Group

Peter Ronza, SPHR, CCP, is President of Pontifex Consulting Group and an adjunct professor at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, where he teaches in both graduate and undergraduate programs in Human Resources and Industrial Relations. 

Marshall Smith

Marshall Smith

Risk Manager at POOL/PACT

Marshall Smith has been with POOL/PACT since 2016.

Dave Solaro

Dave Solaro

Assistant County Manager of Washoe County

Dave Solaro was appointed Assistant County Manager for Washoe County in September 2017. 

Mike Van Houten

Mike Van Houten

Risk Management Support - Learning Experience Architect / Web Administrator at POOL/PACT

Mike loves to tell a story. That's what pulled him into learning management like a kid in a candy store. Segueing into risk management because of his current position is a nice bonus of experience in government.

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