2025 Community of Human and Organizational Learning 31st Annual Conference: Directory

IMPACT! Fostering Community. Elevating Learning. Embracing Purpose.
The Community of Human and Organizational Learning’s 30th Annual Learning Conference!

From June 10th to 14th, our gathering at the stunning Hilton Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, NV, promises three immersive days packed with insights, innovation, and collaboration. Dive into an array of complimentary workshops on Monday, kickstarting an enriching week, and explore paid workshops on Friday for a deeper dive into specialized topics.

Join us in this milestone – 30 years – as we delve into the realms of human and organizational learning, fostering connections and paving the way for transformative ideas.

This year, our conference theme is IMPACT! Fostering Community. Elevating Learning. Embracing Purpose. But, what exactly does this mean?
Community: Forge connections that transcend the conference, building a network of support and inspiration that lasts a lifetime. This is a safe space where you can openly discuss successes and failures, surrounded by a community of educated and engaged individuals.
Learning: Prepare to expand your horizons and revolutionize your approach to learning. We’ll explore cutting-edge organizational, resilience, and safety models. Discover different ways organizations are harnessing learning to drive meaningful change and gain insights that will revolutionize your approach to knowledge transfer.
Purpose: Our purpose is clear: facilitating opportunities for people to take their organizational and personal impact to new heights.

Robert A Bartholomew

HP Trainer/ Mill Operator and union representative for over 30-years

Company Arconic/USW
Position HP Trainer/ Mill Operator and union representative

Clifford Berry

Clifford Berry has over twenty years of experience in human and organizational performance. He has worked in nuclear power generation, electric transmission and distribution, gas distribution, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Clifford has helped multiple companies in various industries solve operational problems using a systems thinking, risk-based approach that results in long-lasting solutions. He continues to put his mark on the industry today.

Company uniQure
Position Senior Director, Compliance & Improvement

Michelle Bruce

Educated as a Chemical Engineer and trained as a Process/Operations Engineer, Michelle moved into HESE with the hopes of helping her organization better identify, assess and mitigate technical and safety/environmental risks. As the organization began its journey in Human Performance in ~2015, there was something about the “New View” of safety that just rang true for her… And she wanted more of it! The last eight years have seen some significant changes in her organization, with some “start and stop” in the HP space, and she hopes to continue her journey as a “recovering engineer...

Company Parkland Refining, B.C.
Position Incident Investigation & Reporting Specialist
Location Burnaby, BC

Shawn Connick

Shawn Connick brings over 30 years of multidisciplinary experience from environmental health, industrial hygiene, construction management, and safety. He is currently Senior Human & Organizational Performance Specialist at Quanta Services, providing support to the company’s electric power, underground utility, and telecommunications operations with a focus on eliminating significant events and fatalities. He serves as a companywide resource integrating Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) into systems, processes, and day-to-day work practices across the business.
Prior to joining Q... Read more

Company Quanta Services
Position Sr. HOP Specialist

Ray Fisher

Ray is the DirectorofOperations. Prior to joining FIT, he was a Project Manager for a supply chain consulting firm for 13 years where he used proven Human Performance technologies to achieve multiple successes on large retrofit projects of major warehouses. The integration of this technology allowed the work to be completed on time, on or under budget, with zero interruption in product delivery.

Ray derives considerable satisfaction from knowing that the concepts that he helps people understand and integrate into their lives will allow them to go home each day safely.

The majority of Ray’s rol... Read more

Company Fisher Improvement Technologies
Position Director of Operations
Location Charlotte, NC

Jody Jahn, Ph.D.

Jody Jahn, PhD is Principal of Wildfire Learning LLC, a boutique consultancy focused on team culture design that integrates diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in practical ways to enhance safety processes. Dr. Jahn is a tenured researcher at University of Colorado Boulder with 18 years of research experience on team process design, organizational learning from unintended outcomes, DEI, and leadership. She has 10 years of combined experience working in wildland firefighting and Antarctic science logistics.

Company Wildfire Learning LLC
Position Consultant/Coach
Location Boulder, Colorado

LaRhonda Julien

LaRhonda Julien is Inspection Performance Specialist for the Construction Inspection department at Georgia Transmission Corporation – a not-for-profit utility company that connects power plants to local electric member cooperatives by planning, building and maintaining the high-voltage transmission lines and power grid infrastructure throughout Georgia. Her major duties involve human and organization performance improvement, overseeing business continuity and change management processes, and knowledge transfer, along with coordinating capital construction projects and environmental protection... Read more

Company Georgia Transmission Corporation
Position Inspection Performance Specialist, CHOLearning Director of Volunteerism

Heather Kahle

Heather’s passion is empowering organizations and audiences to embrace and operationalize systems thinking and Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) methods.

She earned a master’s degree in Human Factors and System Safety from LUND University dedicating her thesis and subsequent career to bridging the gap between ‘work-as-imagined’ (procedures) and work-as-done. With over three decades at the Provincial Safety Regulator in British Columbia supporting serious and fatal investigations, Heather has been instrumental in advancing the application of HOP principles across diverse and complex domains. Her expertise and experience spans regulation development, the development of aligned procedures, learning from normal, injury and error prevention, prevention... Read more

Company Ascent Systems Innovation Group
Position Principal Consultant/Owner
Location Canada

Jessika Killgore

Safety Specialist with Portland General Electric since 2017 with a degree in Sustainability, Health and Safety. Holds a Certified Utility Safety Professional certification with a specific track in Power Generation and experience in hydro, natural gas and coal. Jessika has been part of the Human Performance integration team with a focus on integration into safety processes.

Company Portland General Electric
Position Senior Safety Specialist

Dave Lascurain

Dave is currently a leader in the Safety Department of the Transmission and Distribution (T&D) unit of APS and has used this position to share his passion for Human and Organizational Performance as an operational philosophy across the enterprise. He introduced the use of Learning Teams to the Operations Executive Team and then applied them when analyzing safety incidents or operational upsets. As the organization found value in Learning Teams, Dave developed and delivered Learning Team Facilitator training to personnel in Corporate Safety, HOP, CAP, and T&D Operations. In 2022, he was recognized... Read more

Company APS
Position Safety Corporate Functional Area Leader

Jim Marinus

Jim specializes in high-risk operations management, high reliability, and resilience, and is the principal consultant and owner of Jamar Operations, LLC (2015-present). When not consulting, Jim is actively involved with the international communities of practice for H&OP, high reliability, and resilience. Prior to his time as a management consultant, his professional career spanned time with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (1983-2012) and in the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine service (1974-1983). While employed with the DOE, Jim directed high-risk and multidisciplinary research operations at the... Read more

Company Jamar Operations
Position Owner
Location Felt, Idaho

Jake Mazulewicz, Ph.D.

I show leaders how experts like pilots, firefighters, and paratroopers reduce errors, improve safety, and build trust, and how you can, too.

I’ve worked with more than 250 client teams in: the US Department of Energy, Fermilab, NERC, Chevron, and Energy Safety Canada.

I’ve got a decade of safety experience in a large electric power utility, a Ph.D. in Education and front-line experience as a firefighter, an EMT, and a military paratrooper.

Clients engage me to lead Keynotes, Workshops, and Event Reviews.

Come find me at the conference and let's chat.

Company JMA Human Reliability Strategies, LLC
Position Director
Location Richmond, Virginia

Leslie McHugh

As part of United Airlines' SMS (Safety Management System) team, my primary role is building and managing our Root Cause Analysis program.

Company United Airlines
Position SMS Safety Assurance Manager

Jessica Morgan

Jessica Morgan is an award-winning solopreneur and owner of WSD Services, a full-service marketing and graphic design firm. As a consultant, Jessica serves clients where their greatest needs are. Website copy, landing pages, social media, and graphic design fill most of her workload. She specializes in brand development and management. “I love helping small businesses find who they are as a brand!” She has worked in industries ranging from minor league baseball, telemedicine, home services, and outdoor recreation. WSD Services specializes in brand development, content creation, and overall...

Company CHOLearning
Position Communications Director
Location Pasco, WA

Tony Muschara

Tony began independent consulting in the field of human and organizational performance in 2007, helping managers of industrial organizations manage the operational risks associated with human performance. Tony authored following two books (published by Routledge and CRC Press, respectively):

Risk-Based Thinking: Managing the Uncertainty of Human Error in Operations (2018)
Critical Steps: Managing What Must Go Right in High-Risk Operations (2022) (co-authored with Jim Marinus and Ron Farris)

After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1975, Tony served 7 years in the U.S. Navy Submarine Servic... Read more

Company Muschara Error Management Consulting, LLC
Position Principal Consultant and Owner
Location Atlanta, Georgia

Georgina Poole

Georgina is a well-respected Health and Safety Leader with over 17 years’ experience partnering with organisations to improve their health and safety culture and performance across Mining, Transport and Logistics, Aviation and Oil and Gas. With exposure to remote working environments, she has an appreciation for the health and safety challenges that these types of work environments present. Georgina is a thought leader in Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) and an advocate for learning organisations, decluttering, creating capacity and resilience. She is the host of the "Leading Safely... Read more

Company Coca Cola Europacific Partners
Position Health and Safety Leadership Partner
Location Australia

Jennifer Serne

Jennifer Serne is the program coordinator and professor of Safety Health Management at Central Washington University. She teaches classes covering Hazardous Materials Management, Fire Safety, Incident Investigation, Emergency Response, Construction and Manufacturing Safety, Safety Analysis Systems, and Ergonomics and Human Factors. Previously, she worked in various safety related positions that included experience with research safety, pharmaceutical safety, radiation safety, and emergency response. She also has 20 years of experience working as an independent fatality investigator, serving various... Read more

Company Central Washington University
Position Professor
Location Ellensburg, Washington

Robert Stevens

As part of the leadership team at First Analytics, Rob helps companies develop and execute programs to cultivate their analytics competency. He brings experience to bear stemming from thirty years as an analytics professional. His career has consisted of consulting, product development, client service, technical, and sales roles within software, consulting and market research firms.

Company First Analytics
Position Vice President

Brent Sutton

Brent Sutton is the founder of Learning Teams Inc and the author of "The Practice of Learning Teams", the whitepaper "Learning From Everyday Work" and the new book "4D's for HOP and Learning Teams".

Brent works in partnership with organizations in the commercial, government and education sector providing practical advice to address health and safety risks and develop strategies to drive improvements in organizational learning. Brent is well regarded as a safety coach and for taking organizations' on a learning journey to understand how workers are seen as the solution, how to engage people and... Read more

Company Learning Teams Inc
Position Founder
Location New Zealand