ATD Board of Directors
About ATD
Jim Caprara, 2026 Chair of the Board of Directors
Jim is recognized across multiple industries with more than 30 years of global achievement in high-visibility positions, including C-suite and senior leadership roles of CEO, Chief Learning Officer, VP GM, VP Business Development, and VP Human Resources Development, as well as roles in Sales Management, Training and Education, Operations, and Administration.
Jim’s learning roles have included CLO for NVR, VP HRD for Nextel Communications, both VP HRD and VP GM for Ciena, and VP for McGraw-Hill. At McGraw-Hill, Jim supported the game-changing launch of a revolutionary authoring platform, bringing the power of adaptive learning into the self-managed hands of learning organizations everywhere.
Recognized for thought leadership and innovation, both through the design and execution of successful go-to-market business strategies, and as a leader in talent management and learning industry breakthroughs, Jim currently serves as Managing Director for Newport Consulting Group.
Prior to this role, Jim served as President and CEO of American Energy Services, leading the company’s redesign and bringing the company to a successful sale in 2019. In a second CEO role, Jim successfully repositioned TXO Systems to be a qualified and recognized provider of services to the US Government, making TXO the only such company in their space.
Tony Bingham
Tony Bingham is the President and CEO of the Association for Talent Development, formerly ASTD, the world’s largest professional association dedicated to those who develop talent in organizations. Tony works with a staff of 180, a board of directors, and a worldwide volunteer network with a shared vision to help create a world that works better.
Deeply passionate about change, technology, and the importance of talent development, Tony encourages business leaders to create cultures of learning that align talent development efforts to business strategy and leverage technology to drive performance. His focus is on elevating the impact of the talent development profession while adding value to ATD members and the global community.
Tony helped lead the transformation of the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD), originally established in 1943, into a global membership organization serving a tech-savvy, dynamic, and vital profession. In 2014, the transformation resulted in a major rebranding effort that included a new name: the Association for Talent Development. This dramatic change is indicative of the organization’s portfolio expansion under Tony’s leadership.
Cheryl Doggett
Cheryl Doggett is Senior Vice President of Talent & Learning at HP where she leads the company's global talent and learning strategy, building the leadership, workforce capabilities, and organizational effectiveness needed to accelerate business performance and prepare employees for work in an AI-driven world.
Prior to joining HP, Cheryl served as Vice President of Global Talent Management at Intuitive Surgical where she led enterprise talent management, learning and leadership development, performance management, employee engagement, and succession planning. Her work strengthened leadership capability, modernized talent practices, and helped the company scale its global workforce while achieving record levels of employee engagement and leadership effectiveness.
Cheryl is an accomplished executive with deep expertise leading enterprise talent, leadership, and organizational transformation across Fortune 500 companies, including HP, Intuitive Surgical, Elevance Health, Medtronic, Bank of America, CSC Consulting, and EDS.
Known for translating strategy into measurable business outcomes, Cheryl is passionate about developing leaders, building high-performing organizations, and creating talent systems that enable companies and their people to thrive through continuous change.
Joe Garbus
Joe is the principal at Accelerate Performance where he partners with CEOs, CHROs, and senior leadership teams to accelerate performance in leadership, talent, and culture. Prior to this role, Joe served as a chief talent officer at many complex global organizations including PVH Corp (Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger), Marsh McLennan, Celgene, the New York Times Company, UBS Investment Bank, the Gillette Company, and General Electric.
Alison Lands
Alison is the Founder and Principal of New Collar Skills where she architects scalable workforce solutions and skills-intelligence frameworks for global enterprises. Prior to this role she served as the VP of Employer Mobilization at Jobs For the Future (JFF). Prior to Jobs of the Future, she led the North America Skills Transformation practice at Coursera, advising the reskilling and L&D strategies of more than 300 organizations across many sectors.
Alison also served in leadership roles at SkyHive by Cornerstone, Deloitte Consulting, BCG, the New York State Economic Development Council, and the City of San Antonio.
Johann Laville
Johann is the Chief Learning Officer McDonald's where he leads the McDonald's global learning and development strategy, including the iconic Hamburger University brand. Prior to joining McDonald's, he served as the Chief Learning Officer for Merck Sharp & Dohme, LLC. At MSD, Johann led a global team of learning professionals who are passionate about creating and delivering learning solutions that enhance the capabilities, performance, and engagement of employees and patients.
He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Houston, teaching about strategies and techniques for developing instructional programs for performance improvement and training. Before joining MSD, Johann held senior positions at Comcast and Motorola Solutions.
Adam White
Adam White, CPTD® is an organization development consultant with Penn State Health. In this role, he brings his leadership and passion to develop the health system’s talent and its organizational culture. He has more than two decades of experience in the talent development field, having led learning teams in multiple industries.
Adam has been a longtime member of ATD and the Central Pennsylvania Chapter, having served as a chapter leader from 2017 through 2022. He joined the National Advisors for Chapters (NAC) in 2022. In 2025, he began serving as the chair of NAC and leading its team of volunteer leaders. He is also on the ATD Board of Directors.
He is a graduate of Shippensburg University and Pennsylvania State University. In 2024, Adam earned the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) credential through the ATD Certification Institute.