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WHAT IS AIPDC CONFERENCE?
How Powerful is Your Network?
The African Immigrant Professional Development Conference (AIPDC) is a conference that is geared towards bringing African immigrant professionals from all sectors, with the goal of providing training, and networking resources that would help elevate their professional network.
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UPCOMING EVENT
Let's Connect: Ask the Experts Speakers
Lauren Hunter is the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, the State’s largest government agency providing Minnesotans with a variety of services intended to help people live as independently as possible. In this role, Lauren provides leadership and senior level direction, guidance and oversight for the agency’s diversity and inclusion efforts to ensure equity and accountability in the workplace, ultimately positively impacting the services provided by DHS. In this role, Lauren oversees the agency’s diversity recruitment and retention strategy, including the development and implementation of agency- wide diversity initiatives.
Prior to joining DHS, Lauren worked in talent acquisition for a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, healthcare and nonprofit. Her experience includes developing comprehensive recruitment plans and strategies to reach diverse candidates, creating tools to measure effectiveness of these strategies, and managing the integration of diversity in full-cycle recruitment and retention initiatives.
An Indiana native, Lauren earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Indiana University-Bloomington and an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University, specializing in Human Resources Management. Lauren is also a Certified Diversity Professional through the Institute for Diversity Certification (IDC).
Lauren is an active community leader, serving on the board of directors for Face to Face, University YMCA, and a number of other committees.
Prior to joining DHS, Lauren worked in talent acquisition for a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, healthcare and nonprofit. Her experience includes developing comprehensive recruitment plans and strategies to reach diverse candidates, creating tools to measure effectiveness of these strategies, and managing the integration of diversity in full-cycle recruitment and retention initiatives.
An Indiana native, Lauren earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Indiana University-Bloomington and an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University, specializing in Human Resources Management. Lauren is also a Certified Diversity Professional through the Institute for Diversity Certification (IDC).
Lauren is an active community leader, serving on the board of directors for Face to Face, University YMCA, and a number of other committees.
As a Member Relations Manager for MRA, Megan Foley works with organizations in all industries across the Twin Cities to offer a comprehensive assortment of HR services, talent management, learning and organizational development opportunities, and total rewards planning to help them build successful workplaces and powerful workforces.
Prior to joining MRA, Megan worked for nine years in the staffing and search industries, interviewing up to four candidates per day and getting feedback from dozens of hiring managers each week. She has first-hand knowledge of what hiring managers want to see, what candidates do to stand out (both good and bad) and what it means to be an in-demand candidate.
Megan loves to volunteer and builds new skills by taking on new responsibilities in her community. She is currently serving as the Sustainer Representative to the Member Engagement Committee for the Junior League of Minneapolis.
Prior to joining MRA, Megan worked for nine years in the staffing and search industries, interviewing up to four candidates per day and getting feedback from dozens of hiring managers each week. She has first-hand knowledge of what hiring managers want to see, what candidates do to stand out (both good and bad) and what it means to be an in-demand candidate.
Megan loves to volunteer and builds new skills by taking on new responsibilities in her community. She is currently serving as the Sustainer Representative to the Member Engagement Committee for the Junior League of Minneapolis.
Veronica Harper is an HR Professional from Chicago, Illinois, and has been in the field for over 5 years. She graduated from Rust College in Mississippi with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and DeVry University in Illinois with a Master of HR Management. Veronica’s professional experience has developed from working with the Chicago Public Schools, Sidley Austin, LLP, Sodexo and Planned Parenthood. Her most appreciated segment of HR is organizational culture. She believes that when the culture is great and well established, all other areas of HR will fall into place.
