Event Calendar

Start Date: 10/14/2026 7:45 AM EDT
End Date: 10/14/2026 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 October Program!

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

Program Description:

Join HR Alliance for a high-impact, 90-minute session on the current state and future trajectory of strategic workforce planning. As the talent landscape continues to shift, reactive headcount management is no longer sufficient.

Featuring an executive panel of local HR leaders and subject matter experts, we will unpack the factors requiring a more strategic lens on workforce planning, realities unique to the Washington, DC metro area, and the key success factors needed to leverage workforce planning efforts.  Attendees will walk away with actionable insights to identify capability gaps, critical talent decision points, and how to position the HR function as a proactive partner.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how workforce planning has evolved from headcount management to skill-based planning.
• Recognize the regional opportunities and challenges related to workforce planning.
• Learn how to sharpen build-buy-borrow-bot decisions to close workforce gaps.
• Determine where your organization is on its strategic workforce planning journey, and identify the 1-2 actions to get to the next level.

Panelists:

• Janet Brewer, Chief People Officer, Arcfield
• Tim McGonigle, Vice President & Operations Director, HumRRO
• Michelle Clark, Executive Director of Federal Alliances & Strategic Growth, Cornerstone

Moderator: David Bachrach, Founder & Principal, Innovation Group, LLC

Panelists:

As chief people officer at Arcfield, Janet Brewer is responsible for developing and executing the company’s people-related initiatives including organizational development, talent acquisition, total rewards, employee experience and engagement.

Janet has almost 30 years of experience in global human resources, leading large teams and managing business transformation through mergers and acquisitions and scaling for growth. Throughout her career, her focus has been on maximizing the impact of companies by effectively leveraging the power of communications, HR and technology to achieve sustainable business results. She is passionate about empowering people to perform at their best and love what they do every day.

Prior to joining Arcfield, Janet was the vice president of human resources at Peraton, where she oversaw a 50-person team responsible for strategic human capital consulting and employee relations. She held a similar leadership role at Perspecta, before the company was acquired by Peraton. Before joining Perspecta, Janet held various roles of increasing responsibility at SAP, including SAP Concur and SAP SuccessFactors, as well as working at the company’s global headquarters in Germany for two years as an expat. Earlier in her career, Janet managed leadership development programs and delivered technical training at Freddie Mac, Experian and MicroStrategy.

Janet earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from the College of William and Mary, a master’s degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from Marymount University.

Tim McGonigle, Ph.D., is a Vice President and Operations Director at HumRRO. Before joining HumRRO, Dr. McGonigle established and managed an interdisciplinary team of social and behavioral scientists, analysts, and functional experts at SRA International. His technical proficiency spans a broad range of topics, including job analysis/competency modeling, workforce planning, assessment development and validation, program evaluation, career development/exploration, and evidence-based policy. 

Dr. McGonigle’s work has appeared in Applied HRM Research, Military Psychology, Human Resource Management Review, and in the published volumes, Career Pathways: School to Retirement and Casebook of Needs Assessments. 

Dr. McGonigle earned his doctorate in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Virginia Tech and is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).

Michelle Clark serves as Executive Director of Federal Alliances and Strategic Growth at Cornerstone OnDemand, bringing nearly three decades of leadership experience across the corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors. Recognized for her innovative approach, people first leadership style, and ability to turn strategy into measurable impact, Michelle has built a reputation as a transformative leader, strategic connector, and champion for people and organizations navigating change.

Throughout her career, Michelle has held senior leadership and business development roles focused on growth, strategic partnerships, workforce transformation, and the public sector. Prior to joining Cornerstone, she served as Health Programs Business Development Executive at SAIC, a leading U.S. government technology provider. She is also the Founder and CEO of M3J Management, LLC, a brand management and marketing consulting firm. Previously, Michelle served as Director of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships at Management Concepts, a premier provider of professional development and human capital solutions for the public sector.

At the center of Michelle’s work is a belief that meaningful transformation happens when people, purpose, relationships, and opportunity come together. Whether building strategic partnerships, advancing workforce innovation, developing leaders, or creating connections across the federal community, she remains committed to helping people and organizations realize what is possible.

Moderator:
David Bachrach is the founder and principal of Innovation Group, LLC.  With an emphasis on bringing clarity to complex situations, David is a management consultant with 25 years’ experience providing HR advisory services to federal agencies.  David spent four years of federal service as an analyst with the Justice Department, followed by consultation on the design, implementation and evaluation of new personnel systems for federal agencies.  Recent clients have ranged from Smithsonian to the Pentagon, from the Selective Service System to the Department of Agriculture.

David has been an HR Alliance member since 2017 and currently serves on the Board of Directors.  David's small business is located in Rockville, MD.  In his free time, David enjoys traveling to other places for long distance hiking.

Professional Development:
This program has been pre-approved for 1.5 Business 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; HR Practitioner Guests - $50
• Org. Member Substitutes - Free (promo code must be entered)
• Public (Non-Member)
  • HR Practitioners: $75
  • Service Providers/Vendors: $125