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The SHRM Speakers Bureau offers top tier professional voices who are on the front lines of the most pressing workplace issues of the day.

Today's workplace is a changing landscape

To stay on top of cutting edge issues and important conversations, the SHRM Speakers Bureau is here to help you deliver to your audience the knowledge and strategies needed for businesses and employees to succeed and thrive.

We represent the best HR and workplace keynote speakers who are capturing audience attention by leading conversations on timely topics that affect today’s businesses for tomorrow.

With a deep roster of fresh voices who are experts in their field, we can work with you to develop customized programs to meet your individualized needs.

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Topics

  Empathy Deficit: How HR Can Help Save the World

  Getting Talent Back to Work

  Global HR Policy

  Government Policy

  Harassment

  HR Technology & Analytics

  Inclusion, Equity & Diversity

  Leadership

  Skills Gap

  Veterans

  Work/Life Integration

  Workplace Culture

  Workplace Issues

Leadership

Kathy Harris

Director, SHRM Speakers Bureau

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Kathy Harris is the Director of the SHRM Speakers Bureau. She is responsible for leading and managing speaking engagements for C-suite executives, subject matter experts for SHRM Chapter and Affiliate meetings and elevating SHRM’s position as a thought leader nationally and internationally in all things work.

Kathy’s distinguished career includes serving as Chief of Staff and General Counsel at several nonprofit and government organizations. Kathy has also worked in private practice specializing in the areas of government, health care, corporate, governance, human resources, securities and intellectual property law.

Kathy has over 20 years of local government experience serving as the Assistant County Administrator and Director in three large local government organizations. Her government career also includes working for the Florida House of Representatives, the South Carolina House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Ms. Harris also served as an adjunct professor at Barry University where she taught “Leadership in Public Organizations” in the MPA program.

Ms. Harris received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of South Carolina, a Masters in Public Administration from Baruch College, the end result of a National Urban Fellowship, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law. She is a member of the Florida Bar. She is currently working on her Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology with a Specialization in Industrial Organizational at Northcentral University.