San Francisco CHRO Community
Executive Summit
June 9, 2026 | Grand Hyatt at SFO
June 9, 2026
Grand Hyatt at SFO
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with San Francisco's top CHROs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CHROs today:
Transforming Organizations – Resiliency, Culture, and Change Management in a Dynamic World
The Digital CHRO – Leveraging HR Tech & AI for Strategic Influence and Workforce Planning
Elevating Leadership and Experience – Developing Leaders, Managing Succession, and Enhancing EVP
San Francisco CHRO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CHROs, For CHROs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Kristi Cappelletti-Matthews
VSP Vision
CHRO
Eric Hunn
BellRing Brands
SVP, Chief People Officer
Grace Lee
Coherent Corp.
Chief People Officer
Eva Majercsik
Genesys
EVP & Chief People Officer
What to Expect
Interactive Sessions
Hear from CHRO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.
Community Networking
Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your San Francisco CHRO community.
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.
Agenda
8:00am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Gartner Keynote
Shaping Culture to Power Performance
Anna Krasniewska
GVP, Advisory - HR Practice
Gartner
At many organizations today, culture is a barrier to performance, not a driver of performance. According to Gartner data, only 43% of employees believe their culture helps them succeed, and CEOs say culture is one of the most critical challenges for leading and growing their organization. To remain aligned with organization’s strategic ambitions, culture must evolve to support shifting business priorities and market realities. As CEOs call for “high performance culture,” the most successful CHROs are approaching culture definition as an ongoing discipline to maximize culture’s impact over time.
Join this keynote for insights on:
- Surfacing the cultural impact of work changes
- Letting go of outdated cultural elements
- Making evolution explicit in cultural expectations
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Revenue-Based Insights – Tailored Strategy Discussions
Eva Majercsik
EVP & Chief People Officer
Genesys
Participate in focused discussions within small groups organized by company revenue to identify and address key priorities as they apply at scale. A collaborative format encourages the exchange of insights and strategies relevant to organizations of similar scale, empowering leaders to drive success within scope.
Participants will benefit from:
- Peer experiences for innovative solutions
- Revenue-based, actionable takeaways
- Cross-group sharing of proven tactics
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Mental Health in the Scaffolding
Hosted by Modern Health
Alison Borland
Chief People & Strategy Officer
Modern Health
Strong mental health enables your workforce to work. Employees are managing more stress than ever and, without a strong backbone of mental health, these disruptions make building a strong culture impossible.
Join this session to discuss:
- How a whole population approach can deliver sustainable costs
- Practical methods for integrated, clinically grounded behavioral health models
- Mental health as the backbone of organizational performance and sustainability
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Creating Scalable Workforce Strategies for Global Growth
As global growth accelerates and digitalized and talent needs expand, CHROs play a pivotal role in shaping growth strategies that are sustainable, compliant, and human‑centered. How can leaders best support rapid expansion without compromising culture?
Join this roundtable to discuss:
- Developing operating models that manage complexity, governance and risk at scale
- Identifying opportunities to strengthen organizational readiness
- Architecting workforce strategies that support strategic outcome planning
10:25am - 11:10am Networking Break
10:35am - 11:00am Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.
11:10am - 11:55am Breakout Session
From Crisis to Catalyst — Sparking Inspiration in the Workplace
Hosted by O.C. Tanner
Ryan Jensen
Workplace Culture Strategist
O.C. Tanner
Only 16% of employees say they’re thriving in their roles — a staggering number that cannot be ignored. Yet, new insights from O.C. Tanner’s 2026 Global Culture Report reveal how workplaces can become a source of renewal and resilience in uncertain times.
Join this session to discuss:
- Why healthy performance requires both expectations and support
- The 5 behaviors that shape inclusive, high-performing teams
- Why integrated recognition creates a cultural multiplier effect
11:10am - 11:55am Executive Boardroom
Innovating a Smarter, Simpler Employee Experience
Hosted by Alight
Karen Frost
SVP, Health & Navigation Solution Leader
Alight
Benefits complexity is accelerating, employee expectations are rising, and AI is no longer optional. The challenge for CHROs is navigating the growing complexity around choice, multiple providers and varied experiences with speed, clarity, and consistency at scale. We’ll explore how CHROs can balance high-tech innovation with a human touch approach to simplify the complexity with confidence for their people.
Join this session to discover:
- Responsible strategies for leveraging unified intelligence to enhance benefits navigation
- Streamlining administration while supporting employees during the moments that matter
- Balancing automation with human expertise anchored in trust, compliance and care
11:10am - 11:55am Executive Boardroom
Leading and Learning Through C-level Transition
Tim Weyland
EVP & CHRO
Topcon Positioning Systems
When people leaders proactively address challenges and leverage best practices, they minimize disruption, support successful onboarding, and reinforce trust across the organization—making their role essential during executive transitions.
Join CHRO peers to discuss:
- Insights and best practices for navigation and empowerment to thrive
- Effective leadership, talent management, and communication approaches
- Organizational stability and growth through leadership transitions
11:55am - 12:30pm Lunch Service
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the San Francisco CHRO Community Executive Summit.
Gartner facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
Location
Venue & Accommodation
Grand Hyatt at SFOA block of rooms has been reserved at the Grand Hyatt at SFO at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 650-452-1234. Please mention San Francisco Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $309 USD (plus tax) is May 18, 2026.
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