This year we’re featuring two amazing keynotes chock-full of inspiration and information to bring back to your office...
Andre Young
Opening Keynote
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Andre Young is a Professional Speaker, Author, Leadership Trainer, and Founder of You Evolving Now, LLC. He worked as a Mental Health Therapist for 19 years, played sports at every level from high school to professional, has been an employee, a business owner, and self-employed, and has written 5 books focused on enhancing Leadership & Work/Life Harmony. As Founder of You Evolving Now it's his mission to enhance Leadership and Work/Life Harmony for organizations, leaders, employees, and teams with his high-energy, interactive, culture-impacting leadership training programs and speaking engagements; allowing a professional and personal evolution!
Meggie Palmer
LEADERSHIP & COMMUNICATION EXPERT; MISSION-DRIVEN ENTREPRENEUR & CEO
Closing Keynote
Friday, October 17, 2025
Meggie Palmer is an award-winning journalist, speaker and Executive Coach. She founded PepTalkHer, an organization on a mission to close the gender pay gap and support professionals to find alignment at work. Palmer spent 15 years as a foreign correspondent in Europe, the USA & Australia and has worked for networks including the BBC World, CNBC and the Financial Times. She is a purpose-driven business leader who advises Fortune 500 companies on how to retain top talent and create cultures that super charge businesses.
MISHRM's mission is to support the State SHRM chapters and serve the HR professionals (networking, development opportunities, best practice sharing) and serve as a conduit from our great state to SHRM.
Michigan Council of the Society for Human Resource Management
PO Box 598
Oxford MI 48371
(844) 4MI-SHRM
info@mishrm.org