2023 NOW Conference Presenters

Jonathan Gordin

Jonathan Gordin is a Partner in the HR Transformation segment of Mercer’s Career business, based in Los Angeles. His expertise is in managing complex projects and assessing structure, processes, technology, and quality within HR/shared service environments. Mr. Gordin's clients have included public sector agencies, higher education institutions, and Fortune 500 companies in the manufacturing, health care, financial services, pharmaceutical, and professional services industries. Previously, Jonathan worked in Mercer's Outsourcing business and as a Service Delivery Manager on...

Josh Gibson

Josh Gibson coaches leaders to make positive changes and grow their professional skill sets leveraging 15+ years as a therapist and 10+ years in business. His brain-based approach helps leaders enhance their intellectual and emotional processes to find wise paths and processes that help them reach their goals. His career began in change management consulting at Accenture. He then received his M.D. from Columbia University and completed his residency at UCSF. After 15 years of private practice, he joined Quartet Health, a med tech startup. He then led people operations and...

Julie Resnik (she/her)

Julie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Employee Assistance Counselor at UC Berkeley’s Be Well at Work Program. She has experience providing therapeutic support and extensive case management assistance to individuals and families. She has a specialty background in supporting people experiencing chronic illness. She has worked as a healthcare provider and as a behavioral health educator, teaching classes on wellness, mental health, and depression. She is a member of the Well-Being Committee for University Health Services staff. Julie obtained her MSW from Columbia...

Kala Stepter (she/her)

Kala is a K-12 educator and systems thinker who seeks to grow in and cultivate the strengths of our communities. Stepter has redesigned classroom and school cultures to deconstruct systems of oppression by implementing the liberatory design model for families and community stakeholders, developing recruitment and hiring practices in DC Public Schools, and encouraging youth to engage their curiosity through project-based learning. Now in her role as Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Coordinator at Oakland School for the Arts, Stepter uses her experience as a teacher to facilitate...

Kelsey Duff

Kelsey Duff is an executive & leadership coach and learning & organizational development professional. She manages a portfolio of professional & leadership development programs and initiatives, where she helps UCLA employees increase their impact and enhance their careers through leadership and skill development, strategic personal exploration and project planning, execution, and presentation. She is a UCLA alum who never left, with a degree in Art from UCLA, 13 years of coaching experience, and a passion for fostering engagement and excellence in others....

Kim Sapp Dinwiddie

Kim Sapp Dinwiddie has been at Berkeley for 21.5 years. She is the Assistant Director in Talent Management and Workforce Planning at University Development and Alumni Relations. Kim provides human resources and organizational consulting/coaching, instructional design, and development, as well as training and facilitation to meet UDAR’s organizational development and strategic workforce planning needs. This includes talent management, succession planning, classification, reclassification, compensation, as well as performance management, and improvement. She...

Kiran Johl (she/her)

Kiran Johl is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Employee Assistance Counselor at UC Berkeley’s Be Well at Work Program. Her background is rooted in providing trauma-informed counseling and group therapy for survivors of abuse. She is a child of immigrants, and has a special interest in cultural identity development and providing therapeutic support to women of color. She is also a member of the Student Affairs Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Justice (DEIBJ) Staff Advisory Board on campus. Kiran received her B.S. in Human Development from UC Davis and her...

Kristin Dees

Dr. Kristin Dees is currently a Senior Trainer for Learning and Development at UC Davis. She served as the Director of the Center for Student Involvement for six years and has 19 experience years in higher education. Kristin is a founding and active member of the Critical Whiteness and Anti-Racist Collective at UC Davis. Kristin’s passion and dissertation research area was in leadership development and mentorship of first-generation students. She now focuses on leadership and career development for supervisors and managers.

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Laura Hassner

Laura Hassner is a professional faculty member at Berkeley Haas and is the strategic advisor to UC Berkeley’s Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer. She is the Executive Director of the Berkeley Changemaker® , whose courses centered on critical thinking, communication, and collaboration has enrolled some 20% of undergraduates since July 2020. Its identity-making curriculum activates undergraduates’ passions and helps them develop a sharper sense of who they want to be and how to make that happen. Hassner...

Lian Boos (she/her)

Lian’s career in Higher Education has traversed two UC Campuses and multiple functional areas but has always centered upon a clear mission: creating more equitable educational experiences for students. Her passion for equity in higher education began as a student leader-turned-career staff at UC Berkeley and was nurtured at the University of Vermont where she worked as the Graduate Assistant for Fraternity and Sorority Life and received her Master’s in Higher Education and Student Affairs. Lian returned to California after graduation to work for the UC Davis Orientation program where...