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AJ
Brow
Chief Human Resources Officer
White Lodging
AJ Brow joined White Lodging in 2022 as Chief Human Resources Officer. AJ oversees all human resources functions, including talent development and recruiting, and is focused on modernizing White Lodging’s strategic human resource capabilities and executing initiatives to support the company’s Associate Promise. AJ joined White Lodging from NiSource, one of the nation’s largest fully regulated gas and electric utility companies, where he oversaw all human resource business partners and labor relations as Vice President. AJ previously worked in Vice President, Director, and Manager-level roles at global organizations, including CNA Insurance, AON, W.W. Grainger, Accenture, Sears Holdings, and Target Corporation. AJ is a certified executive coach, a credentialed Senior Professional in Human Resources, and an expert speaker on leadership. He earned his MBA and bachelor’s degree from Baker College.
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18 November 2025 09:00 - 09:15
Chairperson opening remarks
Our chairperson sets us up for the day with a quick overview of our core theme of elevating your people function from operational to transformational. We'll also kick off with a few icebreakers so you can begin building connections and discover who else is in the room.
18 November 2025 11:15 - 12:00
Interactive roundtable discussions
We're putting you at the heart of the discussion for this next session. Each table will have a pre-assigned topic and host - all you need to decide is which conversation you want to join. We'll host break out convos for 30 mins and then all come back together as a group to share the most interesting talking points from each table. Topics include: - Driving employee engagement through career development - AJ Brow - Organizational and leadership development - adapting at different scale companies - Andrea Cooper - Enabling an AI-ready workforce - Reporting up to the board - data-driven storytelling - Succession planning and nurturing the leaders of tomorrow - Building a data-driven decision making playbook with advanced people analytics