Rewards NW

Scott Cawood | President & CEO, WorldatWork
Dr. Scott Cawood, Ed.D., CCP, GRP, is President and CEO of WorldatWork, the premier global compensation and Total Rewards Association. Prior to joining WorldatWork, Scott was the Leader of Organizational Effectiveness at W.L. Gore & Associates Inc., the maker of Gore-Tex. Scott has served as the President of Synygy, a global compensation and sales software company where he began as its chief human resources officer. Scott has also held executive positions as VP of Global Talent at Revlon and the Great Place to Work Institute, which selects Fortune magazine's 100 Best Places to Work. As an avid learner, Scott holds five degrees, including his doctorate in work-based learning from the Wharton School of Business and the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He also studied labor and industrial relations, at Michigan State. He has been a part of the business school faculty at Georgetown University for 15 years and supports building equitable and rewarding workplaces anywhere he goes. Scott holds a first-degree Black belt in Kenpo Karate, has only been knocked out twice when competing, and while not a big fan of sweets, will never turn down carrot cake. Scott lived much of his life in NYC but was born in Michigan and now calls the sunny state of Arizona, home.

LaEisha Howard | Author, Speaker, HR Director, and Personal and Professional Development Coach
Author, speaker, HR Director, and personal and professional development coach. LaEisha has always been passionate about empowering those around her. She challenges those to shape not only how the world sees them, but how they see themselves in the world. LaEisha has been categorized by her peers and clients as an inspirational leader and visionary life coach. She is passionate about ensuring individuals understand the importance of wellness and how to grow personally and professionally In addition to her Fill Your Tank talks, LaEisha is a Global HR Director. She speaks to audiences on various topics such as leadership, mental health, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Because of her motivational spirit, she has been sought after by those wanting to push beyond their boundaries and reach their highest potential She is the President and Co Founder of Threads of Change, a non profit organization committed to improving the lives of underserved youth. She is a mental health and wellness advocate with a large focus on bringing awareness to mental health among youth, athletes, and communities of color.

Tracy Bean | Partner and PNW Office Business Leader, Mercer Career Practice
Tracy Bean is a Partner and leads Mercer's Career business in the Pacific Northwest. Tracy focuses on executive and broad-based compensation issues. She designs compensation strategies, focusing on total rewards for executives and employees. Tracy has more than 25 years of compensation and HR consulting experience. Tracy's particular areas of expertise include compensation philosophy development, executive and employee compensation consulting, incentive program design, performance measurement and change management for rewards programs. Tracy earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an accounting emphasis from Portland State University. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Employee Benefit Specialist.

Amy Beacom, EdD | Founder and CEO, Center for Parental Leave Leadership  
Dr. Amy Beacom is the founder and CEO of the Center for Parental Leave Leadership, the first full service consultancy in the US to focus exclusively on parental leave. She conceived of and began developing the field of parental leave coaching and consulting in 2006. Drawing on over 25 years in executive leadership development and coaching, Amy consults with Fortune 100 companies, international organizations, working parents, and more to transform the way our companies and our country engage with the parental leave transition. Amy is also the co-author of The Parental Leave Playbook: Ten Touchpoints to Transition Smoothly, Strengthen Your Family, and Continue Building Your Career (Wiley, 2021).

David Cichelli | Revenue Growth Advisor, Alexander Group  
David Cichelli is a leading authority on sales compensation. Widely recognized by world class sales teams, national professional associations and trade publications for his work in linking sales compensation to management's objectives, David is a frequent speaker on sales compensation topics. He is author of Compensating the Sales Force (3rd edition), published by McGraw Hill. He is also the author of the Revenue Growth Model's Chief Revenue Officer's Guide to B2B Sales Success and Sales Compensation Almanac, published by AGI Press. He is the author of WorldatWork's sales compensation classes. He is the Alexander Group's sales compensation practice leader.

Jennifer Ferris | Principal Solutions Consultant, Payscale
Jennifer Ferris is a Principal Solutions Consultant. She provides compensation professionals with an in-depth understanding of how Payscale technology can support business impact.

Ryan Fowler | Compensation Manager, Symetra
Ryan Fowler currently manages Symetra’s Compensation team, with a focus on base and incentive pay programs as well as overseeing people analytics. He brings more than fifteen years of professional experience to his role, with the majority of that time spent working in the financial services and insurance industries. Prior to joining Symetra in 2016, he worked at PayScale as a member of their Professional Services team, acting as a consultant and establishing compensation programs for various organizations. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time in the mountains, skiing in the winter, and backpacking or navigating the rapids on local rivers in the summer.

Jenni Marquez | Director of Compensation, Accolade
Jenni Marquez is the Director of Compensation for Accolade. She leads the strategy and design of the organization’s compensation programs, including base pay, bonuses, and the administration of stock plans (RSUs, PSUs, Options, and ESPP).

Anna Meiners, MA | VP of Customer Success, Canopy
Anna Meiners is the VP of Customer Success at Canopy based in Portland, OR. She holds a MA in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis on Organizational Behavior. Anna leads the Account Management team at Canopy, focused on client relations, flexible and innovative solutions for all areas of EAP and Wellness Program development. Anna has provided direct clinical services, served as an EAP consultant and is an experienced presenter on the topic of mental health integration into the workplace

Ruben Sandoval | Senior Associate, Talent & Rewards, Willis Towers Watson
Ruben is an Associate Director in Willis Towers Watson's Rewards line of business based in Seattle. He has over seven years of experience advising boards of directors and management on various rewards topics to include compensation competitiveness and philosophy, incentive plan design, goal-setting, and total rewards offerings. He works with companies in a variety of industries such as retail, utility, communications, high-technology, and oil and gas. He is also a member of Willis Towers Watson's retail industry compensation consulting team as well as it's Ch.11 restructuring compensation consulting team. Ruben also has broader HR experience including career and job architecture consulting and HR PMO experience during M&A.

Christina Zurek | Insights & Strategy Leader, ITA Group
An experienced leader with a passion for improving the employee experience, Christina Zurek is a respected thought leader on the topics of employee engagement and workplace culture. She leverages a blend of practical experience, modern research techniques and innovative thinking in her role as an Insights and Strategy Leader at ITA Group. In this role, Christina directs the vision, position and evolution of the employee experience solution portfolio to continually meet the ever-changing needs of ITA Group's clients in all industry verticals. She maintains several engagement and human resources-related industry credentials, including designation as a SHRM-CP and a Certified Engagement Practitioner through the Enterprise Engagement Alliance.