Sessions

Mary Spees, Senior Director of Human Resources, Cirque du Soleil Mary Spees’ team provides a full range of HR strategy and support for Cirque du Soleil productions that are presented in theaters and showrooms associated with Cirque’s partners. Cirque currently presents 19 different shows around the world, and the Resident Shows Division Human Resources team is responsible for employees located in the United States, Tokyo, Macau, and other countries. From a group of 20 street performers at its beginning in 1994, the company now has 5,000 employees, including more than 1,300 artists from close to 50 different countries. Shari Simberkoff, Director of Human Resources, Eileen Fisher, Inc. Shari Simberkoff is the Director of Human Resources for Eileen Fisher, a women’s clothing company head- quartered in New York, whose mission is to “inspire simplicity, creativity and delight through connection and great design”. She leads a team of HR professionals who support the company’s 850 employees across the country in the full suite of HR services. Eileen Fisher, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is based in Irvington, New York. The company has been awarded the honor of being one of the 25 Best Medium Companies to Work for in America each year since 2004..

Susan Post, SPHR, CAE will moderate this Practitioner Exchange Session.

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