Meeting/Event Information

Prevention of/Immediate Response to Crisis Management
Presented by Jason Youngblood, Clinical Account Manager, Cigna, Sarah Martin,Manager YWCA Nashville/Middle Tenn, YWCA, Jeffery Peterson, Assistant Special Agent, FBI Nashville and Fred Bissinger, Regional Managing Member, Wimberly Lawson

Turbulence in public settings has become a common occurrence across the United States. In the workplace, there are often subtle, yet discernable signs that leaders and employees need to better understand. Additionally, companies need to update (or create) immediate response plans and actions.

In this session, our distinguished panel will address this sensitive and important topic. Specific topics addressed will include:

• Discuss common and uncommon signs of mental, emotional and psychological stressors and symptoms
• Describe methods and best practices that will encourage awareness and empower teams and individuals to be more aware and responsive to possible signs
• Recommend practical and immediate solutions for companies with limited or outdated responses to real-world situations involving extreme violence in a workplace setting
• Offer immediate and actionable case studies of companies/organizations that have made rapid strides in this subject matter in recent years

Schedule: Doors open at 11:00 am for registration and networking. Buffet lunch begins at 11:20 am, and the presentation starts promptly at 12:00 noon.

Lunch:

• Members: $28 by end of business Monday, March 9, $34 afterwards.*
• Future Members: $44 by end of business Monday, March 9, $53 afterwards.* (See below)**
• MT|SHRM Students: $14 by end of business Monday March 9, $17 afterwards.*

*On-line registration will close by end of business 2 days prior to the event. Our ability to accommodate walk-in registrations will be based on space availability.

This program has been awarded 1 hour of HR recertification credit. "The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."

 
Please thank our sponsor Aegis for making this event possible:

Biographies:
Jason Youngblood is a Clinical Account Manager for Behavioral Health accounts, including Employee Assistance Programs (EAP). Jason is responsible for facilitating behavioral health (mental health and substance abuse) clinical integration and clinical programs. Jason is responsible for supporting customers with Cigna's award winning EAP program, and providing behavioral health training, education, and consultation for all Mid-Atlantic customers.

Jason has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Psychology from Juniata College, and a Master of Arts Degree in Psychology, from Towson University. In addition, Jason holds certification as a Personal Trainer, focusing on the link between mind and body, and the impact to overall wellness.

Sarah Martin is Manager of Advocacy & Outreach for at the YWCA of Nashville & Middle Tennessee, the largest provider of domestic violence services in the state. Sarah holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Ecology from Tennessee Technological University and a Master of Public Administration and graduate certificate in nonprofit management from Tennessee State University. She has a passion for public service and social justice and brings experience in legislative advocacy, volunteer management, public outreach and education, and community organizing.  Sarah is also a member of Women in Numbers. She serves on the Council on Aging of Greater Nashville, the Legislative Committee for the Women’s Political Collaborative of Tennessee, and the Board of Directors for the Nashville Neighborhood Alliance. She is also current Membership Secretary for the Nashville Coalition Against Domestic Violence and has served as co-chair of Cleveland Park Neighborhood Association.

Jeffery Peterson is the Assistant Special Agent in Charge, FBI Nashville. He began his career in the FBI in 1997 as a Special Agent assigned to the Detroit Field Office. While in Detroit, he worked fugitive matters, violent crime, and drug matters. After 9/11, he became Detroit’s first full-time Airport Liaison Agent at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

Mr. Peterson was named the Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of the Memphis Division’s Nashville Resident Agency in June, 2014 and reported for duty in July, 2014. As ASAC, he is responsible for all national security, criminal, and administrative matters in Middle Tennessee, as well as Jackson, Tennessee. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in organizational management from Tusculum College. Prior to joining the FBI, Mr. Peterson was a police officer in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and a Deputy Sheriff in Anderson County, Tennessee from 1989 to 1997.

Fred Bissinger is Regional Managing Member of the Nashville, Tennessee office of the firm, which he joined in 1999. His law practice includes an emphasis in handling employment discrimination and wrongful discharge matters at both the administrative level and in Federal and State Court litigation. His practice also includes an emphasis on ADAAA, FMLA, and related compliance matters, as well as workers' compensation, and general liability matters. He received his Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in Economics from Washington & Lee University and his law degree from the Seton Hall University School of Law. Prior to entering private practice, Fred served in the United States Navy Judge Advocate General Corps from 1993-1997. Fred is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association. He served as the 2010 – 2011 Legislative Chair and 2012 – 2013 Legal Advisor for the Middle Tennessee Society of Human Resource Management. In 2012 – 2013, Fred served as the Diversity and Inclusion Committee Co-Chair for the Tennessee Society for Human Resource Management, and in 2015, he will serve as the MT|SHRM Diversity and Inclusion Committee Director.

** Up to $45 of any Guest registration may be applied towards a 1 year MT|SHRM Membership within 60 days of the event attended.  Please call Shannan at (615) 499-5150 to take advantage.