Event Calendar

Start Date: 9/16/2026 7:45 AM EDT
End Date: 9/16/2026 10:00 AM EDT

Venue Name: Westwood Country Club

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Organization Name: HR Alliance DC

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Join us at the Westwood Country Club for our September program! 

Networking: 7:45 - 8:15 AM
Arrive early for an opportunity to meet new people!

Program Description:
Join us for an engaging and interactive session with Misti Mukherjee, employment law attorney and Founder of Extensio Law as we explore the workforce trends and employment law issues shaping HR in 2026. Through a lively discussion, Misti will examine some of the most pressing challenges facing HR professionals today, including shifting generational expectations, performance feedback and accountability, increasing leave requests, employee complaints, workplace conflict, and evolving employee-employer relationships.

We'll also discuss practical strategies for helping managers and leaders navigate these changes while balancing employee expectations, organizational needs, and legal requirements. The session will conclude with a look at emerging considerations surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the workplace. Whether you're leading HR strategy or managing day-to-day employee relations, you'll leave with practical insights and actionable guidance you can apply immediately.

Learning Objectives:

• Explore recent workforce trends, understand their root causes, and learn how they are affecting legal risk and the work of HR professionals.
• Understand drivers behind the increase in employee complaints and develop strategic solutions for preventing and addressing them
• Review legal considerations surrounding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by HR professionals.
• Enhance your ability to manage risk and support organizational compliance.

Speaker: Misti Mukherjee, Founder, Extensio Law

The Founder of Extensio Law, Misti Mukherjee is a pragmatic, service-oriented lawyer and HR strategist who partners with employers in a wide range of issues related to employment law. Misti’s expertise integrates a strategic, values-oriented approach.

Known for her commitment to high-quality legal service and counsel, Misti is consistently recognized for her excellent work. Named one of the “50 Influential Women of Virginia” by Virginia Lawyer’s Media, Misti has also twice been listed as one of the “Top 25 Women Attorneys” in Virginia by Richmond Magazine. Selected for inclusion in the “Best Lawyers in America©” for Employment Law, Virginia’s Labor and Employment “Legal Elite” (Virginia Business magazine) and Virginia and Washington DC “Super Lawyers®” for Employment and Labor Law (Law and Politics magazine), Misti was also named a “SmartLawyer” by SmartCEO magazine. 

Misti is a dedicated and award-winning community leader. She has been a Trustee and Governance Committee Vice Chair on the Board of Luminis Health, a non-profit regional health system headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.  Comprised of Anne Arundel Medical Center, Doctors Community Medical Center, J. Kent McNew Family Medical Center, Pathways, DCMC Rehab, and Luminis Health Clinical Enterprise, the system serves a population of 1.5 million people.  As one of the region’s largest charitable organizations – with 840 beds, 90+ sites of care, and 9,600 team members – Luminis Health contributes close to $100 million in community benefit annually.  Misti’s recent Board service also includes serving as a Trustee on the Board of The Madeira School, where she chaired the Head of School Search Committee, and as an Advisory Board member of Dewey and Young Women Rise. Misti is a past Chairman of the Board of Northern Virginia Family Service and HR Leadership Forum. A champion of healthy and inclusive workplaces, Misti served for more than a decade as Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of the CARE (Companies as Responsive Employer) Awards and she has guest lectured at Cornell University on issues of justice, equity and inclusion in the workplace. She is also a Founder of Justice Fellow of the Fairfax Law Foundation.

A critical thinker and evocative HR futurist, Misti is a sought after public speaker and the host of a popular podcast series extensio@work™, exploring topics of leadership, equity and community at work. The Fairfax Law Foundation awarded Misti the “Golden Gavel Award”, in recognition of her service to the community. In 2022, the March of Dimes recognized Misti’s exceptional volunteerism and leadership, naming her a Finalist for the “Heroines of Washington” Award. 

Misti was raised in West Africa and is conversant in three languages. After graduating from The Madeira School and the Plan II Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin, she received her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. Prior to forming Extensio Law, Misti was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief People Officer of a national company with more than14,000 employees. For more than 30 years Misti has practiced employment law as a shareholder in both national and regional law firms. Misti’s passionate and entrepreneurial commitment to equity, client service and innovation led her to her to form Extensio Law in April 2018. 

Professional Development:
This program has been pre-approved for 1.5 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).



HR Alliance DC is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities. This program is valid for 1.50 PDCs for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrmcertification.org.



Pricing for this Program:

• Members:
  • Individual and Organizational Members - Free; Guests - $50
  • Annual Sponsors - Free; Guests - $50
• Org. Member Substitutes - Free (promo code must be entered)
• Public (Non-Member)
  • HR Practitioners: $75
  • Service Providers/Vendors: $125