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Tony Belak4Civility InstituteTony Belak is the Ombuds at the University of Louisville,Associate Director of the Center for Conflict Resolutionat La Sierra University, Riverside, California, associatedirector of the International Center for CompassionateOrganizations www.compassionate.center and theformer Executive Director of the International Centerfor Collaborative Solutions at Sullivan University,Louisville, Kentucky, where he was also on the faculty of the Master of Science in Conflict Managementprogram. He is also a faculty member of the Department of Urban and Public Affairs at the University ofLouisville and associate editor of the online Journal of Conflict Management at Sullivan University. Hewas the Senior Dispute Resolution Counsel for the Department of Veterans Affairs and is not only amediator and arbitrator but also a teacher in basic, advanced, and specialized conflict resolution. He ismost notably recognized for his innovation in designing conflict resolution programs within theworkplace.He began his interest in ADR as an ombudsman in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in1973. He is the first attorney graduate of the George Washington University Interagency Institute forFederal Health Care Executives (1992) and was an original founder of the Louisville Bar Association ADRCommittee. Tony has traveled throughout both the United States and Europe lecturing and training inmediation and dispute resolution and has published a multitude of articles in national magazines andlocal newspapers regarding conflict resolution. Tony can be reached at 502.345.6763tony.belak@yahoo.com; tony.belak@louisville.eduJ.R. Curtin4Civility InstituteJohn-Robert Curtin, PhD is a Senior Fellow and Executive Director ofthe 4Civility Institute, Louisville, Kentucky and is the author of AnExploratory Study of Existing State Anti-Bullying Statutes, (2016),Lambert Academic Press and a contributing author to a two-volumeset, “Workplace Bullying and Mobbing” ABC-CLIO, Inc., Santa Barbara,California, January 2018. 4Civility Institute provides mediationtraining, ombuds training, certifications, software reporting systems,restorative justice, and behavioral transition practice solutions toschools, businesses and organizations. He has extensive experience inalternative dispute resolution, restorative justice, education, training,and in anti-bullying efforts. He also the founder of the ConnectedLearning Network, an education-based company, which has providedonline services to over 120 schools, colleges, businesses and

organizations worldwide. In that capacity, he has been a sub-contractor to 8 European Commissionfunded projects and numerous U.S. Funded projects. John-Robert is also known for his work in publictelevision, as an Emmy award winning- producer and station president. He has over 200 local, nationaland international programs to his credit. His PhD is from University of Louisville in Alternative DisputeResolution. He academic background also includes degrees in creative writing and oceanography. Hedescribes himself as a “serial social entrepreneur with and over-commitment addiction”.Mark SipekKY Personnel BoardMark Sipek is the Executive Director of the Kentucky PersonnelBoard. He is a 1982 graduate of the Ohio State University College ofLaw, and was admitted to practice in Kentucky in 1982. For sevenyears he practiced law in Louisville with Miller, Mosley, Clare andTownes. For ten years he was a staff attorney for the KentuckyDepartment of Corrections. He then joined the staff of the KentuckyPersonnel Board as General Counsel in 2000, and was appointedExecutive Director of the Board in 2004. He is a Certified KentuckyEmployee Mediation Program (KEMP) Mediator. During his career, Mr. Sipek has argued six casesbefore the Kentucky Supreme Court including Department of Corrections v. Furr, 23 SW3d 615 (Ky. 2000)and Kentucky Department of Corrections v. McCullugh, 123 SW3d 130 (Ky. 2003). He has taught anEmployment Law course at Kentucky State University in 2012 and 2014.Matthew W. BarszczDinsmoreMatt focuses his practice in the areas of labor and employment.His practice includes all aspects of pre-litigation investigation,evidence and witness preparation, trial and appellate work andresponding to and participating in agency investigations, includingthe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the NationalLabor Relations Board and the Kentucky Commission on HumanRights. Matt has experience handling issues involving Title VII ofthe Civil Rights Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, theAmericans with Disabilities Act, the Kentucky Civil Rights Act, theFair Labors Standards Act, the Kentucky Wage and Hour Act andmany other state and federal statutes and regulations governing employment disputes and wage issues.

In addition to labor and employment, Matt also has experience in the areas of premises liability andinsurance coverage litigation, where he has successfully litigated a case to a jury verdict in favor of hisclient and has obtained favorable rulings concerning the scope of insurance coverage.Vanessa N. RogersDinsmoreVanessa handles all varieties of employment challenges forclients, ranging from discrimination and retaliation issues to onthe-job injuries.She is experienced handling and counseling clients on complexissues involving Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americanswith Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,Family and Medical Leave Act, Kentucky Civil Rights Act, andother state and federal employment statutes. She also defendsemployers in administrative proceedings before the EqualEmployment Opportunity Commission, the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, the KentuckyDivision of Unemployment Insurance, in state and federal litigation, and has argued before the KentuckyCourt of Appeals. Vanessa’s counsel includes drafting and updating employee handbooks, overseeingon-site investigations into issues such as discrimination and retaliation, and advising clients regardingemployee job terminations and compliance with state and federal employment laws.Vanessa’s practice also includes defending employers in workers' compensation matters. She is adept atreviewing and evaluating workers’ compensation claims and medical records while counseling clients onthe law. She represents clients on issues ranging from minimal injuries to permanent total disability

Day 1: Session 2Marietta WattsUniversity of KentuckyMarietta Watts recently became the Executive Diversity Liaison forthe Office of Institutional Diversity after serving for 15 years as is asenior training specialist and performance consultant at theUniversity of Kentucky.Marietta leads the new Unconscious Bias Initiative for UK whichtouches all members of the UK community. Faculty, staff andstudents participate in workshops and presentations designed tomitigate unconscious thoughts that impact the ultimate goal ofmaintaining a culture where every individual is recognized andvalued. She also provides invigorating programs in leadershipdevelopment, team effectiveness, diversity, and personal and professional development. Her inspiringfacilitation style helps clients and participants to maintain enthusiasm and to effectively apply theirlearning to meet the personal and practical challenges they face every day. She is also the creator andfacilitator for UK’s outstanding Humanity Academy.Originally from St. Louis, MO, Marietta is a graduate of Paul Brown Business School and the University ofMissouri-St. Louis. She is a certified mediator, facilitator and speaker.Justin WalkerUniversity of Louisville School of LawJustin Walker was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Aftergraduating from Duke University and Harvard Law School, hepracticed appellate law in Washington, D.C., and clerked for JudgeBrett Kavanaugh and Justice Anthony Kennedy. He joined thefaculty at the University of Louisville in 2015.

Bob SwisherKY Labor Cabinet, Dept. of Workers ClaimsRobert L. Swisher was raised in Lexington, Kentucky, and is agraduate of the University of Notre Dame (Class of 1976, A.B. inEnglish with High Honors) and the University of Kentucky Collegeof Law (Class of 1979, Juris Doctor). From 1979 through 1990 hewas engaged in the general civil practice of law in Versailles,Kentucky and from 1991 through 2009 he practiced in Lexingtonconcentrating in civil litigation and workers’ compensation,representing both claimants and employers. He was appointedan Administrative Law Judge in January 2010. In January 2013Swisher was one of two Administrative Law Judges assignedexclusively to the Medical Dispute Docket, a pilot projectinitiated by the Department of Workers’ Claims to improve the process by which post-award medicaldisputes are resolved. On December 1, 2014 he was appointed Chief Administrative Law Judge. On April1, 2017 he was appointed Acting Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Workers’ Claims and wasappointed Commissioner on July 1. 2017. Commissioner Swisher is a member of the NationalAssociation of Workers’ Compensation Judiciary, the Southern Association of Workers’ CompensationAdministrators and is a Fellow in the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers.

Day 2: Session 1Zack CulverKY Personnel CabinetZack Culver received his Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology fromMurray State University and is licensed to practice by the KentuckyState Board of Psychologists. He has worked as a therapist with thecommunity mental health organization Centerstone in Louisvilletreating adults suffering from severe mental illness, and as aBehavioral Consultant at a dual diagnosis residential facility beforejoining the Kentucky Employee Assistance Program. Zack is going onhis tenth year with state government and as a counselor with KEAPhe assists other state employees with issues that are impacting theirwork performance and personal lives by assessing their difficultiesand helping them connect to the resources that facilitate positivechange. His role at KEAP requires him to present workshops and webinars on a multitude of topics asvaried as Secondary Trauma and Time Management. Zack resides in Louisville where he maintains asmall private practice treating a wide range of mental health issues.Asa James SwanChief of Staff, Transportation CabinetAsa James Swan serves as the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’sChief of Staff. He previously worked in the Cabinet as a legislativeliaison from 2004-2007. Asa spent eight years as an assistantprofessor of history at Lindsey Wilson College. His career has alsoincluded service on the staffs of former Kentucky 2nd District U.S.Congressman Ron Lewis, for whom he was a legislative assistant,and the U.S. Senate Republican Conference, where he wasInterim Deputy Director of Coalitions.Mr. Swan is a 1999 graduate of Huntington University in Indianawhere he was a Rhodes Scholar candidate. He received hisMaster of Arts degree in History from Western Kentucky University in 2002 and is currently pursuing adoctorate in history at the University of Kentucky. Asa is a native of Campbellsville, Kentucky and ismarried to Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball.

Courtney SamfordWyatt, Tarrant and CombsCourtney Samford is a member of the Firm's Litigation andDispute Resolution Service Team. She concentrates herpractice in commercial litigation, labor & employment andhigher education.

Day 2: Session 2Beth KuhnKY Cabinet for Health & Family ServicesBeth Kuhn is Executive Adviser at the Kentucky Cabinet of Healthand Family Services, focusing on cross-cabinet implementation ofKentucky’s Medicaid Community Engagement requirement andleading policy and operational efforts to better integrateworkforce, health and human service programs. She was untilrecently Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of WorkforceInvestment, collaborating with many partners in a system ofKentucky Career Centers providing employment, vocationalrehabilitation, veterans, and other workforce services to employerand individual customers. Prior to her appointment asCommissioner in December of 2014, Beth served as SectorStrategies Director, assisting with the design and implementationof industry sector-based approaches to workforce and economic development.Beth has over 30 years of experience creating and implementing innovative workforce programs. Shepreviously served as Director of Workforce Development at the Vermont Department of Labor, asProject Director at the United Way of Chittenden County (VT) where she developed employerpartnerships to improve retention and advancement of entry-level workers, and as Vice President ofWFD, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in work and family benefits, women’s advancement, and publicprivate partnerships to increase the availability and quality of child and elder care programs nationwide.Beth has a BA in Public Policy from the James Madison College of Michigan State University, and aMaster’s in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.

Vestena RobbinsKY Cabinet for Health & Family ServicesDr. Robbins is employed by Eastern Kentucky University as anExecutive Advisor for the Kentucky Department for BehavioralHealth, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities where sheleads behavioral health system transformation efforts,including evidence-based and best practices planning,implementation, and scaling-up efforts. She has worked in thebehavioral health services field as a system of care servicesresearcher, program evaluator, and program administratorfor over 25 years and has direct care experience in early careand education and as an elementary school counselor. She isCo-Principal Investigator of Kentucky’s State Opioid ResponseGrant; Opioid State Targeted Response Grant; Principal Investigator of Kentucky's CSAT-funded StateYouth Treatment Implementation grant; and coordinates the substance use treatment expansionfunding to CMHCs and NAS providers on behalf of the Kentucky Agency for Substance Abuse Policy. Dr.Robbins has been lead writer for many of Kentucky's federal grant applications, including the state'sMAT-PDOA, SYT-I, SAT-ED, and Opioid SOR and STR grants.Dr. Robbins serves as the behavioral health designee on the Kentucky State Interagency Council forServices to Children, Adolescents and Transition-Age Youth; serves as a member of the Kentucky PositiveBehavior Intervention & Supports Network State Leadership Team; and Kentucky's Project AWARE StateImplementation Team. She is a long-standing board member of the Kentucky Council for Children withBehavior Disorders; the Kentucky Center for School Safety; Red Bird Mission, Inc.; and GLSEN Bluegrass.Dr. Robbins is a member of the Global Implementation Society, serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for theJournal of Child and Family Studies and Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, and hastaught courses in implementation science, psychology, behavior disorders, research design, andquantitative analysis.In the past, Dr. Robbins served as a member of Kentucky's NGA Learning Lab for Overdose Preventionteam; Project Director for Kentucky's Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Planning Grant; CoPrincipal Investigator of the Kentucky Initiative for Collaborative Change, a children's behavioral healthsystem of care expansion implementation cooperative agreement funded by CMHS; PrincipalInvestigator of the CSAT-funded Kentucky Adolescent Treatment-Enhancement and Dissemination Grantdesigned to implement evidence-based screening, assessment, and treatment for youth at risk ofjuvenile justice involvement who have substance use and/or co-occurring mental health problems; CoPrincipal Investigator and Evaluation Director for Kentucky’s System to Enhance Early Development, aCMHS-funded system of care cooperative agreement aimed at improving the service delivery system foryoung children (birth to 5) who have serious social, emotional, or behavioral challenges and theirfamilies; Evaluation Director of Kentucky’s second CMHS-funded system of care cooperative agreementserving youth with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders; Co-Director for Kentucky'sNIMH-funded state EBP Planning Grant; and Evaluation Director of Kentucky’s first CMHS-funded system

of care cooperative agreement focused on the implementation and evaluation of a school-based mentalhealth service delivery model.Dr. Robbins received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Berea College, a Master’s Degree inCounselor Education from the University of South Florida, and a doctorate in Child and Family Policyfrom the University of South Florida. She completed a Graduate Certificate in Children’s Mental Healththrough the University of South Florida in 2008.Cynthia KnapekLeadership Louisville CenterCynthia Knapek has been an active civic leader in Louisville for 20years. In 2012, she was named President of the LeadershipLouisville Center, only the fifth director the organization has hadsince its founding in 1979.Before joining Leadership Louisville, she was Executive Director ofBrightside, an innovative public private partnership that works tobuild civic pride in the community and keep Louisville clean andgreen. Cynthia was named to Business First’s Top 40 LeadersUnder 40 in 2001 and received the Citizen Laureate award in 2013from the Younger Women’s Club. Cynthia was a founding memberand the first President the Young Professionals Association of Louisville (YPAL). She is a graduate of theBingham Fellows Class of 2009 and of Leadership Network in 2006.Cynthia is active in several community organizations and serves on the boards of Greater Louisville Inc.,Metro Parks Foundation and the advisory board for the Young Professionals Association of Louisville.She’s also served on the boards of the University of Louisville Alumni Association, the Mayor’sCommission on Public Art and the Catholic Education Foundation.She has a Master’s degree from the University of Louisville. Cynthia married her college sweetheartMark and they have two boys.

Katie GabhartExecutive Director, Executive Branch Ethics CommissionMs. Gabhart became the Executive Director of the ExecutiveBranch Ethics Commission in August of 2015 after serving as itsGeneral Counsel since 2011. She has represented the Commissionin over 200 investigations and approximately 80 administrativeproceedings. She works closely with other law enforcementagencies, including the U.S. Attorney’s Offices, the AttorneyGeneral’s Office, the Auditor of Public Accounts, various Offices ofInspector General, and the Personnel Board on matters that theCommission refers to these agencies. Ms. Gabhart is a certifiedhearing officer, has served as an ethics officer for three stateagencies, and has served as a Federal Civil Rights Act ComplianceCoordinator. Ms. Gabhart has over 15 years of experience in state service.Prior to coming to the Commission, Ms. Gabhart represented the Kentucky State Board of Elections asGeneral Counsel for six years. Ms. Gabhart also served as interim counsel for the Secretary of State inlitigation concerning candidate filing matters. Ms. Gabhart served as the counsel for the KentuckyOccupational Safety & Health Review Commission and began her legal career in the Criminal AppellateDivision of the Office of the Attorney General in 1999.Ms. Gabhart is a graduate of Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, and the Universityof Kentucky. Ms. Gabhart lives with her husband and five children in Georgetown. She and her husbandcoach the Scott County Special Olympics Track and Field Team.Carmine IaccainoPublic Protection CabinetAppointed by Governor Matthew G. Bevin, Carmine G. Iaccarino serves asExecutive Director of the Public Protection Cabinet’s Office of LegalServices. As Executive Director of the Office of Legal Services, Carmine isthe Cabinet’s chief legal officer charged with the oversight of the

respect to personnel management and payroll for the Cabinet. She interpret statutes (KRS Chapter 18A) and . degree as a paralegal in 1995 and has worked in the area of employment law her entire career. . IPMA-HR Senior Certified Professional by the International Public Management Association for Human Resources;