Virtual Inner Circle Series: Event 4

Virtual Inner Circle Series 2020

Event 4

Friday, May 1st

Noon - 1 p.m.

Registration is now closed. Please e-mail Anna Grace, agrace@inforummichigan.org, if you wish to register for this event. 

Inforum's Inner Circle each year celebrates some of Michigan's most accomplished and admired women - those in the "inner circle" of business, civic, and community life - and gives them an opportunity to share practical know-how and inspire leadership in others. This year our honorees are participating in a virtual Inner Circle, where three honorees are grouped together for one of seven virtual events. These will allow for engaged dialogue between the honorees and participants. 

Honorees

Rachel Gonzalez
Director, global compensation and benefits
Dayco
Rachel is currently the Director of Global Compensation & Benefits for Dayco.  She is responsible for the development, coordination, implementation and compliance of Dayco’s compensation and benefits programs.  This includes responsibility for compensation/incentive programs, retirement plans and US and Canada payroll processing. She plays a key role in the strategic planning of Dayco’s compensation and benefit programs. Throughout her career, Rachel has held various human resources roles with increasing responsibility. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Baker College and an Executive MBA from Michigan State University. 

Kim Hanrahan
Vice president, global tax and assistant treasurer
Steelcase

Kim Hanrahan is the vice president of Global Tax for Steelcase Inc., the global leader in the office furniture industry. Steelcase helps create great experiences – wherever work happens. Appointed to this position in June 2015, Kim serves as the principal expert in all aspects of taxation, including tax planning, tax law compliance, tax audit and controversy and GAAP/SEC reporting for income taxes. Her primary responsibility is developing and implementing tax strategies and systems that maximize profits and minimize tax and reporting exposures. Kim has held positions of increasing responsibility within the Steelcase tax department since joining the company in 1992 as a tax analyst. Prior to joining Steelcase, Kim worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers (f/k/a) Coopers & Lybrand (1985-90) as a staff and senior auditor and as a senior tax consultant. She also worked at Haworth, Inc. (1990-92) as a tax analyst. To read more about Kim click here.

Brenda Meller
Chief engagement officer
Meller Marketing

For the past ten years, Brenda has been embracing social media to help propel her personal and professional efforts and now through Meller Marketing, she helps people and businesses with marketing and social media, specializing in LinkedIn. She first realized the power of social media when making a career change using LinkedIn at the height of Michigan’s downturn in 2008. She started sharing her knowledge of social media through workshops, webinars, presentations, and via blogs. In 2017, her side hustle led to her dream job with the launch of Meller Marketing. In 2019, she set and met a personal stretch goal and rewarded herself with a promotion to Chief Engagement Officer. Brenda’s approach has always been to present information in a “judgement-free” zone, where there are no bad questions, and to make sure every attendee gains new insights that can be put to use right away. To read more about Brenda click here. 

Pam Ries
Chief human resources officer
Spectrum Health

Pam Ries is chief human resources officer of Spectrum Health System. Pam is responsible for leading talent strategies, initiating new approaches to support short-term and long-term business objectives, and overseeing human resources functions throughout Spectrum Health. Pam has nearly 30 years of experience in business administration and human resources in various industries, including health care, insurance, financial services, education and public transportation. She joined Spectrum Health in 2001 and has held several leadership positions in human resources. In these roles she was responsible for talent strategy, workforce planning, compensation, benefits, payroll, workforce technology and analytics, mergers, acquisitions and integrations. To read more about Pam click here.

Event Details

Time: Friday, May 1st; Noon - 1 p.m.

Registration: Free for Inforum members (must register), $5 for nonmembers

Location: Virtual link will be sent to those who register

Leadership Sponsor

Interested in sponsorship? Please contact Carole Leigh Hutton clhutton@inforummichigan.org