Valerie Capers Workman Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

I advise employer leadership (CHROs, Talent Executives and CMOs) globally on their Talent Acquisition strategies and provide thought leadership on #TheFutureOfWork leveraging my experience in growing a global, world-class organization from ~50K to ~100K employees and my expertise on the impact of generative AI on the workforce. I consult with executives who want to have conversations around leveraging the benefits of AI, addressing the related intergenerational challenges, managing the governance risks and mitigating the potential for inequity as they design and implement their workforce plans. I also serve as a thought leader in the intersection of generative AI and workforce dynamics, helping organizations navigate the transformative effects of AI on talent acquisition, employee engagement, and operational efficiency. My insights are rooted in data-driven methodologies and a deep understanding of market trends, enabling companies to build agile, inclusive, and future-ready talent ecosystems.Additionally, by combining my expertise in Marketing, Communications, Data Analytics and Talent Acquisition, I help organizations strengthen their employer brand and improve their ability to attract top talent. My experience in the Talent Brand function enables me to advise on the creation of authentic narratives that resonate with potential candidates, showcasing what makes each organization uniquely compelling to the top talent they seek to attract.•Media interviews include Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNBC MakeIt and Axios.Fireside Chat Interviewee Unleash HR Paris 2024Panelist Future Talent Council Conference, Stockholm 2024Panelist Forbes Power Women’s Summit 2024Panelist for SXSW 2024 Conference SessionPanelist at Forbes’ 2023 Future of Work SummitPanelist at Transform's 2023 Conference

San Francisco, California, Us

Head of the Legal, Global Support, and Global Trust & Safety teams:Handshake’s community includes over 17 million students and recent grads around the world from 1,500 educational institutions, including four-year colleges, community colleges, boot camps, and 300+ minority-serving institutions. The platform connects up-and-coming talent with 900K Employers including all of the Fortune 500.Founded and Led In-House Legal Team.Lead M&A activities including the 2022 acquisition of U.K. company.Creating and Implementing a Comprehensive Global Corporate Governance and Privacy Program.Led Employment Law for best-in-class employee relations and support of the HR team. Led Global Support (user service) and Trust & Safety (user protection) teams.Led Commercial Transactions Function.

Austin, Texas, Us

Direct Report to CEO.Led an org of 700+ team members. HR, Recruiting, Employee Relations, HR Compliance, DEI, Talent Development, Learning, Community Relations, Employee Experience, Internal Content & Social Media, Immigration & Mobility, Compensation & Benefits, HR Operations, Physical Security, Workplace (Facilities Services).Led and executed human capital strategies to scale the workforce and accelerate global growth (from 50k to 100K employees.)Provided counsel and guidance to executive leadership on talent management, organizational development and employee engagement.Partnered with business leaders to identify workforce needs, develop workforce plans, and execute talent acquisition and retention strategies.Led employee learning and development and performance management initiatives.Championed initiatives to enhance employee engagement, satisfaction, and well-being, implementing programs and resources to support wellness including mental health programs.Served on the Company's Management Committee, working with other senior leaders to set strategic direction, make key decisions, and drive cross-functional initiatives that supported sustainable growth.Prepared and delivered reports to the board Compensation and Audit Committees, providing guidance on compensation, benefits, and global regulatory compliance. Employee Experience:*Expanded mental health benefits.•Created the Community Relations and Supplier Diversity functions.•Replaced the "Anti-Handbook, Handbook" with a comprehensive on-line Employee Guidebook•Led the creation and rollout of "Respectful Recharge" training, required for all employees, and focused on the imperatives of treating each other with dignity and respect.

Austin, Texas, Us

Direct Report to CEO.Led an org of 700+ team members. HR, Recruiting, Employee Relations, HR Compliance, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Talent Development, Learning, Community Relations, Employee Experience, Internal Content, People Operations, Immigration & Mobility, Compensation & Benefits, Workplace (Facilities) and Physical Security.Restructured the HR Leader functions to enable greater focus on business partnerships for operations leadership with an emphasis on treating employees as the ultimate "customers" of HR services and programs. Expanded the Employee Relations team to increase channels of communication for employees. Redesigned the Employee Experience team to provide web based engagement and satisfaction programs. Expanded free shuttle service routes to and from the Fremont Gigafactory to provide greater access to employment opportunities.Member of COVID Response Task Force established in December 2019. Created innovative employee protection programs including, extended paid COVID sick-time off (before the legislation), extended paid quarantines (among the earliest, and of the longest duration in the U.S. labor market).Reported to the BoD Audit and Compensation Committees and served as a Management Committee Member.Created and led the Employee Experience and Content Teams that produced internal communications and social media content, including live events and videos.

Austin, Texas, Us

Head of Legal Compliance and Direct Report to the VP Legal (2018) and then to the Acting General Counsel (2019)Designed, implemented and managed Tesla’s compliance program update including creation and leadership of the Corporate Compliance Group comprised of functional leaders; creation and management of the Compliance Risk Working Groups managing risks related to Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and creation of the Global Investigations Working Group to foster co-ordination of investigations between leaders from HR, Internal Audit, Employee Relations, Information Security, Physical Security and Environmental Health & Safety.Led highly confidential internal investigations, ensuring outcomes that safeguarded business integrity and upheld Tesla’s ethical standards. Led the legal response to attempted breaches and insider threats as part of Tesla’s InfoSec Response Team instrumental in fortifying Tesla’s resilience against cybersecurity risks. Worked directly with InfoSec leadership to design and deliver education and prevention programs to enhance enterprise security. Worked to help ensure; company-wide compliance with national and international laws and regulations; adherence to Company policies and procedures, and the promotion of behavior that is ethical and consistent with the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. Emphasis on top compliance risks including FCPA/Anti-Bribery, OFAC,AML and Global Payments processing regulations including SEPA.Responsible for New Market Entry compliance program development including creation and oversight of the compliance program for the construction of the Shanghai and Berlin Gigafactories.Direct report to the General Counsel and deliver quarterly and ad hoc reports to the Audit Committee and External Auditor.Executive Sponsor of the Employee Resource Group: Black at Tesla.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Corporate Counsel Licensing & International (2015 -2016)Franchisor and operator of over 5,000 establishments in the US and 60 foreign countries under the category leading brand names Carvel®, Cinnabon®, Schlotzsky’s®, Moe’s Southwest Grill®, Auntie Anne’s®, McAlister’s Deli®, and Seattle’s Best Coffee® Advise on legal matters and third-party risk issue management for global FOCUS Brands, subsidiaries, and affiliates. Manage, mitigate and address corporate compliance issues (FCPA, OFAC, FDA/USDA and Consumer Product Safety Commission) creating policies and designing training to help ensure implementation and continuous improvement of a comprehensive compliance program. Draft and negotiate commercial contracting with global brands including global manufacturing and supply chain agreements: Walmart ,General Mills, Pillsbury, Kroger’s, Nutella, Mondelez, Burger King, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. Draft and administer business-critical documentation, including food product manufacturing, vendor, supply chain, grocery / food service, and recall agreements. Execute and manage intellectual property protection initiatives focusing on trademarks and IP licensing including trademark and licensing agreements and infringement/enforcement actions. Executive member of the Corporate Compliance Committee. Conduct compliance risk assessments and design and implement risk mitigation programs and policies. Lead internal OFAC and FCPA investigations. Leader on the crisis management team that addresses global regulatory issues. Wrote, designed and published web and stand up training on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, OFAC.WOFE formations in Japan and China – Employment Contracts in APAC countries. M&A Due Diligence. Debt Securitization ($200M+) due diligence.Executive Member Benefits Administration Committee

Madison, New Jersey, Us

Direct report to the Chief Financial Officer. Realogy is the leading franchisor of real estate brokerages in the world: Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Coldwell Banker Commercial, ERA Real Estate, and Sotheby’s International Realty.Realogy-affiliated brands have over 15,000 offices and approximately 294,000 independent sales associates doing business in 115 countries and territories around the world.Government/Regulatory Compliance:Wrote and provided training on screening process to ensure compliance with federal and global regulations; Global Watch List Screening, AML, Anti-Bribery, including OFAC and FCPA screening, training and investigations. Monitored pending and new regulations to ensure compliance with a wide range of applicable laws.Governance:Conducted a comprehensive compliance risk assessment interviewing executive leadership and front line employees from Legal, Contract Admin, Audit, Financial Services, IT, Human Resources and Brand Operations.Contract Compliance:Oversaw the drafting, execution and delivery of non-compliance and termination notifications for over 5,000 domestic and global franchise agreements (trademark protection and identity standards compliance, licensing compliance, system standards compliance, insurance compliance, etc).Compliance Communications:Wrote, produced and launched a customized, e-learning (LMS), mandatory compliance training program for company employees designed to promote ethical behavior, enable employees to identify franchisee non-compliance issues and faciliate processes to assist franchisees with their compliance efforts. Created and Chaired the Franchise Compliance Council comprised of executive leadership from all departments to discuss risk franchisee non-compliance issues and gathered feedback on proposed business process improvements. Real Estate Risk Management: Global property and casualty insurance compliance - 5,000 locations.

Parsippany, Nj, Us

Direct Report to the Chief Financial Officer then to the General Counsel. Promoted through multiple roles due to exemplary performance and leadership. Mentored and led Legal Admin team members in US, UK, and Hong Kong. Administered $3.2M annual departmental operating budget and team of 32 full-time employees. Supported general counsel in public company governance regulatory requirements. Wrote and presented monthly and ad hoc legislative updates to C-Levels.Performed oversight of contract compliance for 7,000+ domestic and global hotel franchise agreements and related contracts; Hardware/Software IT, IP/Trademark, and led the transition from FIS to Oracle.Founded and built the company’s compliance program. Responsible for public company governance managing global compliance processes to help ensure adherence to global, federal and state laws and company policies: FCPA, OFAC, S-OX, Privacy, FCRA, FDD process, including designing and management of compliance screening, training and investigations. Policy drafting, publication and training included Code of Conduct and Document Retention. Established training, mitigation and monitoring programs and procedures with key departments including, HR, Internal Audit, Finance, Accounting and Legal. Administered screening of 200,000 business contacts while concurrently facilitating training on screening process for compliance with the Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Global Watch List regulations, FCPA and UK Anti-Bribery. Led the Property & Casualty Insurance Administration Team. Privacy training including quarterly document and information management training for global Records Custodians. Training on the Document Management Program. Member of Wyndham Worldwide Government Relations Executive Committee. Selected to prestigious Wharton CEO Series Leadership ProgramWyndham Worldwide Supplier Diversity Excellence Award."Women on Their Way" and "Spectrum" Executive Sponsor

New York, Ny, Us

National Manager, HR Policies & Procedures, 2004 – 2006Associate Director, Marketing, 2002 – 2004Manager, Marketing, 2001 – 2002Promoted into HR firm-wide administration role serving as policy consultant and trainer to KPMG’s field HR Directors and Managers nationwide. Coached and led HR team members on employment law compliance best practices. Wrote and published firm-wide HR policies and procedures related to wide range of employee activities, including wage and hour policies, hiring, disciplinary actions, sexual harassment, leave policies, Health Benefits Administration and the code of ethics.(Marketing) Developed and deployed national business development programs for Audit & Advisory services including S-OX 404.50,000 + Employees

J.D., Law

Bs, Communications (Television, Radio, Film)

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