Expert Presenters

Great Place to Work^® expert consultants and facilitators will be your hosts at the Best Practices Forum. We will also be featuring the expertise of guest speakers from the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For^®. Check back shortly to learn more about our guest presenters.

Lisa Van Riper
Assistant Vice President Public Affairs and Store Marketing, CarMax, Inc.

Lisa Van Riper is assistant vice president of public affairs, internal communications and store marketing for CarMax, a Fortune 500 retailer and a Fortune “100 Best Company to Work For” headquartered in Richmond, VA. 

Lisa chairs the communications committee at Carmax and focuses on internal communication strategy, ensuring consistency in messaging between the external and internal communications functions of public relations, investor relations, government affairs, associate communications, and internal marketing.

CarMax, the nation’s largest retailer of used cars with almost 100 used car superstores nationwide, hired Ms. Van Riper in March 2002 as director of public relations.  Prior to CarMax, Lisa held communications and event marketing positions with companies such as Frito-Lay, Kraft Foods, Popeyes Chicken and Diageo (the world’s largest spirits, wines and beer company).
 

Aimee Malnati Stromberg
Vice President, Internal Communications, Goldman Sachs

Aimee Malnati Stromberg is a vice president in the Internal Communications Group at Goldman Sachs, a bank holding company and leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm.

Aimee is responsible for the design and coordination of cultural messaging for Goldman Sachs’ large and diverse population. She oversees the firm’s Awards and Recognition program and has a leading role in the development and coordination of the firm’s strategic internal communications initiatives. Aimee and a global team of professionals work closely with senior management to establish critical messaging priorities.

Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Aimee spent seven years in Washington, DC working for former Vice President Al Gore. In that capacity, she held a variety of responsibilities, including constituency outreach.  
 

Jessica Cross Rohman, M.A.,
Consultant, Great Place to Work^® Institute

Jessica Cross Rohman, M.A. is a Consultant for the Great Place to Work^® Institute, based in the San Francisco headquarters.  In her current role at the Institute, she helps leaders and managers better understand employees’ experience of the organization and take action toward building enhanced levels of trust, pride and camaraderie in the workplace.  Jessica works with organizations that are great workplaces as well as with those striving to reach that level. 

Jessica also conducts training workshops and presentations to help employees in all areas of an organization understand what it means to be a great workplace, as well as to recognize their own unique role in creating and sustaining one. In her tenure with the Institute, Jessica has worked with a wide range of organizations representing a variety of industries and sizes. These experiences in combination have fueled her belief that regardless of such characteristics, it is possible for any organization to become a great place to work.

Jessica’s consulting experiences have focused on the design, implementation, analysis and delivery of results of organization-level assessments, as well as the design and delivery of training and development programs. She also gives presentations to audiences interested in learning more about the work of the Institute. Additionally, Jessica has experience in the area of individual performance assessment.

Prior to working with the Institute, Jessica managed global training and assessment programs at Personnel Decisions International. Jessica holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology, a certificate in Conflict Resolution, and a graduate degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
  

Lindsay Nelson, M.A.,
Associate Consultant, Great Place to Work^® Institute

Lindsay Nelson, MSOD is an Associate Consultant for Great Place to Work^® Institute, based in San Francisco. Lindsay is responsible for developing and facilitating learning networks that connect leaders from the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work for^® as well as leaders from companies working to transform their workplaces.

She also works individually with organizations on workplace assessment, analysis and the design of action plans. From 2004-2008, Lindsay managed the program and speakers for the Institute's Great Place to Work^® Conference, an annual learning event that draws over 650 organization leaders each year. Lindsay brings a systems-based philosophy of consulting to the Institute, helping organizations to align workplace culture with strategy and business purpose to enable positive change in both cultural and organizational success.

Jane Weiss
Senior Consultant

 Jane Weiss, a senior consultant in our Wilmington, DE location, has been helping organizations initiate and manage organizational change to enhance their functioning and productivity for over 15 years. Jane's areas of expertise include: leadership and team development, workshop design and facilitation, designing and conducting organizational assessments, developing and implementing strategic human resources initiatives, 360 degree feedback and executive coaching.

Jane's clients have included financial services, manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies and nonprofit organizations. She has worked successfully with business and nonprofit leaders and from many different countries and backgrounds.

Prior to joining GPTW, Jane ran a successful consulting practice and served as the Director of Organization and Leadership Development for CIGNA International. In that position, she was responsible for creating the global learning strategy with business and human resource leaders from fifty countries. She led a group of senior managers and human resources leaders who acted as sponsors and champions for the development of people across the business.

In addition to her consulting work, Jane served for four years as the Executive Director of the Kaleel Jamison Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to creating forums and projects for public and private organizations to jointly address diversity issues in their communities. She is trained in high engagement methods, including Appreciative Inquiry and Future Search. Jane Weiss holds a Masters degree in Organization Development from the AU/NTL program at American University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University