Serving talent development professionals in Greater Akron-Canton and surrounding areas.
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Dear Members,
As the warmth of spring is upon us, I am filled with joy, gratitude, and enthusiasm as I address you for the first time as President of our esteemed CVATD chapter! Just as the changing weather brings new life to the world around us, I am invigorated by the energy and dedication of our community of TD professionals. It is truly a privilege to serve alongside such remarkable individuals, and I am continually inspired by your passion for advancing yourselves and the growth of those that we serve in our roles. As we move into the second quarter of the year, I am excited to see the connections and growth we will experience together and the impact we will continue to have on our profession.
I want to take this opportunity to extend an open invitation to each and every one of you. My door is always open, and I encourage you to reach out to me for support and guidance, or simply to share your thoughts and feedback. Your input is invaluable as we strive to tailor our initiatives and events to best meet the needs of our diverse membership base. Whether you have ideas for future programming, concerns you'd like to address, or want to connect, I am here to listen and assist in any way I can.
I would also like to extend my sincerest appreciation to our immediate past president, Amy Salapski, for her exceptional leadership and innovation during her tenure. Her dedication and vision have played a pivotal role in shaping our chapter and advancing our mission. Under her guidance, we have achieved significant milestones such as more sponsorship support than ever before! Her innovative initiatives have strengthened our community and enriched the experiences of our members. Her commitment to excellence has set a high standard for leadership within our organization, and I hope that I can rise to the occasion and follow in her footsteps!
Together in learning,
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Jessica Schemrich, President |
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Click on the images below to learn more about these upcoming events:
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EXCLUSIVE MEMBER BENEFITS!
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As a member of CVATD, there are a variety of members-only benefits you can enjoy, including:
Note: You must be a member and logged in to view the above links.
If you aren’t a member yet, join today! |
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CVATD achieved CARE Plus designation in 2023!
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CARE Plus is a collection of best practices, and its purpose is to provide chapter leaders with recognition opportunities, a personalized roadmap to help identify gaps and strengthen chapter operations, flexibility for self-paced growth, formalized processes to address common chapter challenges, and a growth mindset. This is a great achievement and a testament both to our board and our members. (That means you!) We have a lot more in store in 2024 with our continued focus on YOUR BEST YEAR programming. Stay tuned.
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CVATD SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
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The CVATD Consultant SIG: Empowering Your Consulting Success
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The CVATD Consultant SIG is a dynamic forum designed to support and elevate independent consultants and instructional designers within the training industry.
What sets this SIG apart?- Actionable Learning: Our workshops and discussions offer practical guidance on sales and marketing, niche development, project pricing, and more.
- Powerful Networking: Build lasting connections with fellow consultants, fostering a supportive and collaborative community.
- Business Skills Development: Sharpen your client relationship management, proposal writing, and stakeholder influence skills.
- Future-Oriented Approach: Explore the latest trends in L&D consulting, including pivoting with short notice and results-oriented training development.
Who should join?
This SIG is ideal for independent L&D consultants, instructional designers working for training companies, and anyone passionate about pursuing a career in L&D consulting.
Stay tuned for our upcoming calendar of topics designed to empower your consulting success
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The CVATD Performance Improvement SIG: Drive Business Outcomes Through Employee Performance
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Performance improvement is vital for achieving efficiency, maintaining competitiveness, satisfying customers, fostering innovation, boosting morale, managing risks, facilitating personal development, and enhancing organizational effectiveness. The CVATD Performance Improvement (PI) SIG provides a virtual place for you to learn how to improve performance from practitioners in a variety of fields and to interact and engage with strategies and techniques to apply in the real world.
What sets this SIG apart?
- Dynamic Sessions: When you attend a SIG event, you’ll get hands-on experience with the tools and strategies presented during the session. Expect breakout sessions, annotation activities, chat interactions, Q&A, and more.
- Downloadable Resources: At the end of each session, you will leave with resources such as job aids and printable templates to guide you once you are back on the job.
- Virtual Networking: Meet industry peers from the entire Greater Cleveland area and forge connections to assist one another along your professional journeys.
Who should join?
The PI SIG is for anyone in the Talent Development, Learning and Development (L&D), Consulting, and/or Instructional Design fields who would like to learn how to architect comprehensive solutions that drive organizational goals. Learn how to think beyond one-off training events to provide more holistic approaches to behavior change and desired outcomes.
Topics covered this year may include:
- Performance Analysis.
- Measurement.
- Performance Improvement Interventions.
- Coaching.
- Relationships and Team Building.
- Wellness and Performance.
- Performance Thinking®.
- The Impact of Feedback.
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New Members:
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Amanda Bobbs
Eileen Borchardt
Jaimee Carstens
Andrea Gilliam
Andrea Jones
Robert Kinas
Natalie Mayer
Katie Moore*
Catherine Pasciak*
Gia Polichena*
Susan Rospotynski
Stephanie Steirn
Jeanne Wiedt
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* Denotes ATD Power Members
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Andrea Lindemann Gilliam
Andrea Lindemann Gilliam is a leadership coach, trainer, and mediator with a passion for helping individuals find purpose and peace at work. She recently relocated from Washington, D.C. to Shaker Heights, OH, where she lives with her husband, 7 year old daughter, and Tibetan Terrier.
As an employment attorney at the global law firm of Paul Hastings and subsequently at the US Department of Labor, she witnessed workplace conflict daily that created stress. Determined to find a better way, she incorporated her legal background, mediation, and coaching skills into a business providing coaching and training to individuals, teams, and organizations to teach them about conflict and help them develop new skills.
She has served as a lead mediator with the Dispute Resolution Programs Act Collaborative Civil Court Mediation Services in Orange County, CA, as a volunteer mediator with the EEOC and on the advisory board of the Conspire Women’s Peer Coaching Co-Op. She was awarded the Community Partner of the Year Award by the D.C. Employment Justice Center. She also has been a speaker/trainer for organizations such as the Louisiana State Bar Association and the National Association of Community Health Centers and has written for publications such as the American Bar Association Journal, Why You Should Unlearn Certain Valuable Legal Skills (April 2023), among others. I received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
Please reach out and connect on LinkedIn or via www.andreagilliam.com.
How long have you been an ATD member? How long have you been in the talent and development industry?
I joined CVATD in March of this year. I have been working as a coach and trainer for the past three years after over a decade in the legal industry.
With spring on the way, what is the warm-weather activity you are looking forward to the most and why?
I can’t wait to spend time walking by the lake! Water calms my soul. Since I’m new to the area, I’m also looking forward to exploring all of the activities that Cleveland and the Cuyahoga Valley have to offer.
Why did you join CVATD?
I joined CVATD to build community with other professionals who value personal and collective growth. Being new to the area, I especially value getting to know the local community and explore how I can be of service.
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Amanda Bobbs
Amanda (Mandy) Bobbs is an experienced L&D executive with 20+ years of experience leading teams to design, develop, and implement successful L&D initiatives aligned with business strategy. She has a proven track record of delivering impactful learning solutions that enhance employee engagement, increase productivity, and drive organizational success.
Her core strengths in creative thinking, interpersonal and communication skills, outstanding leadership and collaboration. Some of her accomplishments include that she:
- Designed, built, and launched company-wide onboarding program for Field Operations team members at a Fortune 100 company.
- Reduced preventable accidents of Transportation team by 50% in first year after launching in-house safe driver training program.
- Increased annual engagement survey results in the DEI category by 30% through a unique communication strategy and leadership training for all managers in Fortune 100 company.
- Created comprehensive 1-year onboarding program focused on leadership skills, performance management, and building teams for new managers.
- Created and executed employee continuous listening strategy, including change management activities to support company’s three-year transformation plan.
She lives in the Kent area.
How long have you been an ATD member? How long have you been in the talent and development industry?
I've led L&D teams and departments for more than 20 years. My last role was Director of the Corporate Communications and Events department, which was part of our HR department. I was with FedEx Office for 31 years and my position was eliminated as part of a company-wide reorganization. I am actively looking for a Director of L&D role.
With spring on the way, what is the warm-weather activity you are looking forward to the most and why?
I cannot wait for warm weather, as we spend our summers on our boat and are lucky enough to have four large lakes within 45 minutes of our home. Nothing puts me in a better mood than a warm day out on the boat!
Why did you join CVATD?
I joined CVATD because it's important to me that I stay in touch and have conversations with other L&D professionals during my search. Through local networking, I've heard that CVATD is the best around and I'm happy to be a part of this network.
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Andrea Jones
Andrea Jones has been working at Westfield for 29 years this July. She has been working in Information Security GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) for 10 years and before that she worked in Identity and Access Management for 19 years. In the GRC space, her main function is the Security Education and Awareness role. She is a planner by heart, and loves to collaborate with others. However, she also likes working alone brainstorming new ways to bring content to her organization and to keep the content interesting.
In GRC, she also worked on performing security reviews of vendors. She spent several years working on their policy exception process, she has handled access certifications for the organization for the past decade, and she has worked on other GRC-related tasks as needed. She has two security-related certifications, CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and CDPSE (Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer).
When she worked in Identity and Access Management, she worked on adding access, modifying access, deleting access, and a whole host of other responsibilities related to this function.
She lives and works in the Akron area.
How long have you been an ATD member? How long have you been in the talent and development industry?
I joined the ATD about a month ago. I started working in the Security Education and Awareness space February 2022.
With spring on the way, what is the warm-weather activity you are looking forward to the most and why?
I love it when we wake up on a weekend morning and my husband and I can sit outside and drink our coffee and enjoy the weather. We live in the country so it’s nice to see the trees and the flowers blooming. One of my favorite things in life is flowers. I love color, texture, and the grace flowers can bring to your life.
Why did you join CVATD?
I enjoy working in the security education and awareness space and I want to learn more and continue building our program at Westfield.
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Thank you to all of our sponsors. We appreciate your partnership! |
ADVOCATE SPONSOR
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SUPPORTER SPONSOR
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IN-KIND SPONSOR
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The Cuyahoga Valley Chapter of ATD provides a variety of opportunities for businesses to reach Talent Development professionals from the Akron/Canton (and beyond) region of Ohio. Through our sponsorship program, we aim to create "Win-Win-Win" solutions for our sponsors, chapter, and membership.
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ABOUTThe Cuyahoga Valley Association of Talent Development (CVATD) is a professional organization that can help you meet other professionals in your area of expertise, develop skills through a full calendar of learning activities and expand leadership skills through volunteer opportunities. |
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MEMBER BENEFITSCVATD offers our members upskilling webinars, in-person and online workshops, Lunch and Learn events, as well as Special Interest Group meetings. Visit our website at cvatd.org for program information and to access Members-Only content, like our membership directory, virtual meeting recordings and program handouts. |
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2024 Officers and Board of Directors
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President:
Jess Schemrich
Past President:
Amy Salapski
Secretary:
Brad Babcock
Treasurer:
Amy Edmonds Programming:
Stephanie Markovic
Janet Kendall White
Membership:
Amy Browne
Marketing and Communications:
Jennifer Grimes
Kate Graham
Technology:
Michele Miner
Cindy DiLauro |
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