Understanding ESTA: A Must-Know Webinar for Jackson Businesses

Understanding ESTA: A Must-Know Webinar for Jackson Businesses
📅 Date: Monday, February 10, 2025
🕒 Time: 2 - 3 PM
📍 Location: Online Webinar (Link sent upon RSVP)

What To Expect:

• What is ESTA?
• Why does it matter for your business?
• Live Q&A with HR & Legal experts

Join us for an insightful webinar designed exclusively for Chamber members, exploring the essentials of ESTA and its impact on your business. Gain valuable knowledge from industry leaders and get your questions answered in real-time.

Speakers:

Lisa Brown, SHRM-CP
Lisa is an accomplished human resources leader with over 15 years of experience spanning manufacturing, retail, and consulting. As Vice President of Client Services at HR Collaborative, Lisa serves as a strategic partner and key advisor to clients, helping them optimize their HR functions to attract, engage, and retain top talent. With her expertise in relationship building and facilitation, she leads her team in designing and delivering innovative HR solutions that align with each client’s unique goals and challenges.

Lisa’s journey with HR Collaborative began in 2014 as an individual contributor, where she honed her skills in talent management, compliance, and client engagement. She later stepped into pivotal roles as an HR Business Partner and Client Solutions Strategist, driving impactful compensation strategies and fostering organizational effectiveness for a wide range of clients. Her career also includes roles with a small, family-owned manufacturer and a large, big-box retailer, where she cultivated her passion for supporting people and building strong workplace cultures.

A Grand Valley State University graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Administration, Lisa is a certified HR professional (SHRM-CP) who is committed to continuous learning and excellence in HR practices. Outside of her professional life, she is an avid supporter of community organizations, including Girl Scouts of America, Girls on the Run, OutPro, Feeding America, and John Ball Zoo, and serves as a member on the GVSU Economics Advisory Board. She enjoys engaging with causes that build confidence in young women, promotes a welcoming culture for LGBTQIA+ individuals and allies, and promotes animal welfare and human rights.

Lisa’s collaborative approach, combined with her expertise and empathy, make her an invaluable partner in HR Collaborative’s mission to make work better for everyone.

Tom Leonard
Former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, Tom Leonard is a partner in Plunkett Cooney's Lansing office, where he serves as the firm’s Government Relations, Public Policy, and Regulatory Practice Group Leader. He is also a member of the Election Law Practice Group.

Mr. Leonard leads a team of Plunkett Cooney attorneys who share his passion for public affairs, solving problems, and tackling cutting-edge issues. Members of the group focus on policy development, strategic collaboration, building relationships and coalitions, legislative monitoring, and bill tracking.

Mr. Leonard served three terms in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2013-2018. In his third and final term, his colleagues unanimously selected him to serve as the state’s 75th House Speaker. Mr. Leonard earned a reputation as a straight shooter who often worked across the aisle to solve complex problems. Reforming Michigan’s teacher pension fund, creating a bipartisan task force to tackle Michigan’s broken mental health system, updating “Kevin’s Law,” ending driver’s responsibility fees, modernizing the state’s health insurance code, and re-writing the state’s preliminary exam law are just some of his signature achievements during his tenure.

Prior to running for public office, Mr. Leonard served as an assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan and as a prosecutor in Genesee County, where he was assigned to the Special Crimes Division. Mr. Leonard graduated from Michigan State University College of Law in 2007 and earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 2004.

RSVP Required:
This is a Chamber-only event, free to members. Please RSVP with a valid email to receive the webinar link. A copy of the webinar will be sent to all attendees afterward.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from industry experts and enhance your business’s understanding of ESTA. Secure your spot today!