Ximena Torres is a Senior HR Specialist at Deltek, where she leads strategic hiring across multiple departments including Engineering, Finance, and Legal. With over a decade of experience in talent acquisition, she has successfully transitioned from agency recruiting to corporate HR, earning recognition for her leadership in inclusive hiring and early talent development. Ximena plays a key role in Deltek’s internship program and recruiting operations, supporting offer lifecycle management and onboarding. She is also an active contributor to the Amigos @ Deltek ERG. Ximena holds a Bachelor of Science from Radford University and is known for her collaborative approach and commitment to equity in the workplace. 

Josh has been in the consulting profession nearly 28 years, working mainly in technology and governance serving global energy clients. He started at Andersen Consulting and joined KPMG in 2000. Josh and his teams help clients assess, assure and enhance technologies, operations, and risk management capabilities to assist and improve business ventures. He serves as account leader to several global energy companies, bringing the best of the firm’s cross-functional leadership and service capabilities to address client issues.

Loriana Hernandez-Aldama is a two-time cancer survivor, global healthcare advocate, award-winning journalist, and author of ‘Becoming the Story: The Power of Prehab.’ Her battles with AML leukemia, a bone marrow transplant, and breast cancer fuel her mission to address healthcare inequities and champion patient-centered solutions. As the founder of ArmorUp for LIFE, a women- and minority-owned nonprofit, she provides underserved cancer communities with critical resources to improve outcomes. Named among Cancer Health’s Top 25 Change Makers, Loriana also hosts the ‘Stage Free’ podcast, connecting patients and caregivers with oncology leaders to navigate treatment and make informed decisions. Her unique perspective—shaped by her work as a journalist, survivor, and Latina—drives her advocacy for diversity in clinical trials, equitable access to care, and the importance of prehabilitation. A sought-after speaker and advisor, Loriana’s powerful storytelling continues to inspire change and disrupt the status quo in healthcare.

Fisher is responsible for advancing Aramark’s global workforce of more than 200,000 people by designing and measuring enterprise business strategies related to our hospitality culture of serving all. An adviser to the Board of Directors and Executive Leadership Team, responsible for executing Aramark’s workforce, workplace, and marketplace strategic priorities, administration of employee resource groups and people engagement champions consisting of nearly 5,000 employees globally, inclusive professional development initiatives, external partnerships, and business growth.
Over twenty years of experience in civil and human rights, diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy and business alignment, leadership development and training, community and stakeholder engagement, anti-discrimination legislation and EEO policy, consent decree compliance, alternative dispute resolution, and access to capital for underserved businesses.
An attorney by training, Fisher came to Aramark in 2021, bringing decades of cross-sectoral experience, including as the inclusion leader at DLA Piper, Johns Hopkins University, and the City of New York. He also served as Vice President of Diversity Initiatives and Employment Analysis for Walmart, and as Executive Director of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition’s Wall Street Project.
Fisher is a native of Louisiana who earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Louisiana State University, a JD from Ohio Northern University, and a labor mediation certification from Cornell University.
Ranked as one of the top practitioners in the country, he has received numerous awards, including the Founders Award from the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, the Trailblazer Award from the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and the Multicultural Leadership Award from the National Diversity Council. Fisher serves as a member of the corporate advisory council for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, board member of the Urban League of Greater Philadelphia, a member of the Innovator’s Council of the Conference Board, past advisor to Seramount’s Multicultural Women’s Conference, past member of GLSEN’s national leadership council, and an active member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.

Russell Shaffer is Executive Vice President, Strategy & Programs, at Disability:IN, where he oversees the organization’s strategic plan, performance measurement, and signature programs such as the Disability Equality Index and NextGen Leadership. Before joining Disability:IN in 2022, he held senior roles at Walmart Inc., including Senior Director of Global Culture, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Senior Manager of Constituent Relations for disability and aging strategies. He has also worked in advertising, communications, and journalism, and has served on boards including the American Foundation for the Blind, where he was Chair and received the Stephen Garff Marriott Award. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at age 10, Russell draws on his lived experience with blindness to inform his commitment to advancing disability inclusion.

Joe Infantino is Senior Director of Research at Seramount, part of EAB. In this role, he supports Chief Human Resource Officers with their most pressing issues through stakeholder education, as well as decision and implementation support. Before joining Seramount, Joe oversaw EAB’s research on enrollment growth strategy for higher education. Over 10+ years, he led research initiatives on various topics, including strategic planning, athletics, and maturity modeling.

Joe has a degree from Syracuse University. He is based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Mike Colucci is a Senior Director at Seramount, focused on employee voice and engagement solutions. He works closely with organizations to uncover what employees need to thrive—and helps turn that feedback into action. Before joining Seramount, Mike spent a decade helping to build an enterprise learning and development company that used wearables and immersive technology. There, he led the largest deployment of immersive technology in history, supporting the training of over one million associates for a single partner company. Mike holds an MBA from Virginia Tech and lives in Bergen County, New Jersey, with his wife, children, and their dog, Henry.