ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) and The Public Manager are pleased to add Kathryn Medina, Executive Director, CHCO Council, to our outstanding line up of government officials, including John Berry and Scott Gould, and subject matter experts like Tom Fox from Partnership for Public Service and Gustavo Crosetto from the U.S Government Accountability Office.

Kathryn Medina serves as the Executive Director of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council at OPM. The Council is responsible for the modernization of human resources systems, improved quality of human resources information, and legislation affecting human resources operations and organizations. As Executive Director, Ms. Medina oversees the activities of the Council and works with its members and other stakeholders throughout government, to support its mission and implementation of its objectives.

Ms. Medina has over fourteen years of experience in human resources and legal administration, with a focus on Organizational and Human Resource Development. She joins OPM from the global law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, where she managed the human resources department in the Washington, DC office. Her work at Paul Hastings focused on the strategic development and implementation of HR and administrative best practices, and the day to day oversight of human resources functions for the DC office of over 230 employees. Join Kathryn Medina and other government professionals on November 2, 2011, at the Newseum, where you can learn all you need to know about how to develop collaboration and innovation throughout the government workforce.

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