Exclusively for sitting CHROs and Chief People Officers at companies with 500 or more employees.

The Big CHRO Event 2026

Make talent priorities make business sense in the CEO’s language.

A one-day room of 100+ sitting CHROs refining how to open with revenue, anchor to margin, and land decisions that drive execution.

September 11, 2026
Renaissance Hotel
Legacy West, Plano, Texas

Early-Bird rate ends June 1,
Save $1,500!

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Past attendees include CHROs from...

And More!

You walk into the CEO’s office asking for funding.
Five minutes in, 👀 eyes glaze.

You pivot. You explain...

Succession
Engagement
Capability Models

The CFO leans back.

“What’s the bottom line?”

You were hired as a strategic CHRO,

yet you’re being heard like an administrator. Not for lack of strategy.
Because the business doesn’t speak HR.

Executives don’t hear programs. They hear outcomes.

CEO

Revenue
Growth Options
Execution Speed

CFO

Margin
Cost Discipline
Risk

Winning CHROs translate talent moves into those terms.

Same strategy.

Different language.

Different results.

For years HR was rewarded for compliance and ops.

The mandate shifted, but few were shown what business language sounds like in a real CEO meeting. In this economy, the communication gap is expensive.

Margin pressure. Aggressive growth targets. Boards watching. If talent isn’t clearly connected to impact, it’s deprioritized.
Now is the time to close the gap.

Buy Ticket — $1,000

Early-Bird rate ends June 1, Save $1,500!

What past attendees have to say.

Amaris McComas

Chief People Officer

TruBridge

"Why invest a whole day in yourself? To get perspective, energy, and ideas you can act on tomorrow."

Marion C. Terrell II

Chief People Officer

TruSource Foods

"You’ll leave equipped, inspired, and ready to change the world."

Melissa Goebel

Chief People Officer

GracoRoberts

"Every year it’s fresh, new content, and I always walk away having learned something new."

Navolia Bryant

Chief People Officer

Premier Trailer Leasing

"With 32 years of experience, I still walked away with over
25 new nuggets...
This is the place to be."

What makes this room different?

This is intentionally built for operators.

❌ No selling from stage.

✅ Sponsors present, but content is practitioner-led.  

🎟️ 100–120 seats. Only 25 open to non-members!

✨ 90 percent sitting CHROs plus a small number of successor leaders from our Mastermind community.

🎙️ Every panel is sharpened by a moderator and a coach to remove HR jargon and tighten the business case.

Because serious leaders treat communication as a performance skill,
not a soft skill.

What you’ll hear and be able to do

Translate Culture
Into Execution

Anchor
To Margin

Open
With Revenue

Quantify
Risk

Answer “What’s the bottom line?” before it’s asked.

You’ll leave with talk tracks you can use in your next CEO/CFO meeting.

Why In-Person Still Matters

You can read a recap or watch a clip.

You can’t replicate the side conversations between sessions, the unguarded candor of peers face-to-face, or the accountability that happens when you say out loud what you’ll do next. CHRO is one of the loneliest roles.

This is a room where you are not alone.

Post-Event Access

Full Session Videos
Transcripts
Custom GPT "Coach" to help you prep for your next business discussion.

Six decision-focused case panels

Each CHRO on stage has spent nine months working with a speaking coach to refine how they communicate at the highest level in CEO and CFO conversations. Not to sound polished. To sound clear.

CHRO Panel #1

Improve margin and productivity without stalling growth.

Frame talent decisions as efficiency and profitable growth drivers.

Amaris McComas
CHRO
TruBridge Healthcare
Panelist

Pam Brown
EVP People & Culture
Crunch Fitness
Panelist

Donna Howard
CHRO
Gen4 Dental Partners
Panelist

Maruchy Cantu
EVP, Chief Admin Officer
DFW Airport
Moderator

Laurie Fry
Chief Talent Officer
Epsilon
Coach

CHRO Panel #2

Build a real leadership bench so the CEO has options.

Frame talent decisions as efficiency and profitable growth drivers.

Amanda Miller
VPHR
Trinity
Panelist

Amy Messersmith
CPO
Caravel Autism

Panelist

Steph Davidson
Chief People & Culture Officer
National MS Society

Panelist

Matthew Donaldson
VPHR
Flowserve
Moderator

Sal Calvio
SVP HR
Security Finance
Coach

CHRO Panel #3

Use engagement or culture work to improve execution.

Translate culture into execution speed, accountability, and performance outcomes.

Holly Novak
CPO
Jack Henry
Panelist

Sharon Virk
SVP
Caravel Autism
Panelist

Tina Beilicke
Head of HR
Trackonomy Systems

Panelist

Traci Bell
CHRO and SVP
Benchmark Mortgage
Moderator

Terry Snodgrass
US HR Partner
BSN Sports
Coach

CHRO Panel #4

Partner with the CEO or CFO to solve a business problem.

Position talent as part of a broader business solution.

Felicia Taylor
CHRO
Quantum Health
Panelist

Julie Hoagland
CHRO
Alkami
Panelist

Leigh Robinson
CPO
Uber Freight
Panelist

Kai Williams
SVP HR
Epsilon
Moderator

Allen Tai
Head of HR, Landing Systems
Collins Aerospace
Coach

CHRO Panel #5

Turn around a struggling business or function through talent changes.

Frame talent moves as performance acceleration and operational recovery.

Lisseth Zoubhi
CHRO
Child Care Resource Center
Panelist

Liz Norman
CPO
DTN
Panelist

Maryam Morse
EVP HR and Communications
Topgolf
Panelist

Lea Allah
Senior Director Corp. HR
Builders FirstSource
Moderator

Navolia Bryant
CPO
Premier Trailer Leasing
Coach

CHRO Panel #6

Get decentralized business units to follow common people practices.

Position standardization as scale, efficiency, and enterprise value creation.

Janel Hunt
EVP People
BGSF
Panelist

Laura Gilham
CHRO and SVP HR
Suntex Marinas

Panelist

Rebecca Zorn
EVP & Chief Talent Officer
Globe Life
Panelist

Suzanne Myers
CHRO
Arcosa
Moderator

Erica Calime, VP Transformation & Ops Excellence~ Penn Medicine

Jeralyn Quintin,
VP Global Total Rewards
Extreme Networks
Coach

Who Is This For?

HR event for HR Leaders at Large Companies

Sitting Chief HR and People Officers at 500+ employee companies.

Leaders hired to drive business outcomes, not just oversee operations.

Who it’s not for:

Status-quo leaders. Non-practitioners. Vendors and consultants unless sponsoring.

If Nothing Changes:

Title stays. Influence plateaus. Resources stall. HR remains heard as functional support.

Imagine Instead:

You open with revenue. Anchor to margin. Connect talent to execution.

The room leans in.

Cindy Lu, Founder of CHRO Mastermind Group, invites you to join us for the 11th Annual 🎉