Kimo Kippen is a thought leader, speaker, and advocate for learning; former executive at Hilton and Marriott; recognized by CLO Magazine as CLO of the year; former chairman of ATD; former chairman of APIA Scholars, board member for the Center for Talent Reporting (CTR), CTDO Next, L&D Cares and Education Reimagined advisory board member at CAEL, CLO advisor at the Defense Acquisition University, Advisory Board member for Strategic Education Inc. (SEI), SkillSoft, Gnowbe, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), World Institute for Action Learning (WIAL), New Markets Venture Partners, and GP Strategies. Program Director for The Conference Board Talent & Organizational Development Executive Council, USA and the Learning & Development Council, Europe. Serves as an adjunct professor/advisor at Catholic University of America (CUA), George Mason University (GMU). Kimo has an MS from RIT, a BS from the University of Hawai’i, and is a graduate of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland’s Post Graduate Program.