Richard Parlato has started and served organizations in the profit and not-for-profit sector over the past 40 years. He refers to himself as a Serial Entrepreneur.

For-profit businesses:

• Resources Inc, Marketing and Public Relations company Founder
• Network Services, New England Telephone sales agent Founder
• Parlato Productions LLC, Media event production company Founder
• Proximity, Videoconferencing service company Founder Horn, Web Conferencing company EVP

Not for Profit:

• CCTV, Center for Media & Democracy, Founding member and board chair
• Vermont Mozart Festival, Classical music series board member and chair
• Chautauqua Property Owners Association, Board member
• Chautauqua Dance Circle, Board member

Evan Shenkman is the Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer at Fisher Phillips, an AMLAW 200 labor and employment law firm with 36 offices across the United States. He leads the firm’s Knowledge Management, Innovation, and Library functions. Constantly at the forefront of change in the legal profession, Evan was named to the 2021 Fastcase 50 List, recognizing “50 of the smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders in the law,” and he .” He received the 2020 Legal Innovator of the Year Award, recognizing his team’s numerous innovations during the coronavirus pandemic. At Fisher Phillips, Evan’s responsibilities include harnessing the power of knowledge, A.I., and data analytics to the benefit of firm attorneys and clients; creating processes, practices, and software to allow firm attorneys to work smarter, faster, and more in sync; creating internal and client-facing collaborative tools; and introducing innovative technologies and approaches to help firm attorneys and clients thrive in the modern workplace. A frequent author, presenter, and podcast guest in the KM and Innovation space, Evan has been featured in The American Lawyer, the ABA Journal, Law.com, the AALL Spectrum, The Modern Lawyer Podcast, Litera TV, and the Reinventing Professionals podcast, among others. Before entering the KM field in 2011, Evan was an AV-rated employment litigator for a decade.

Monica Danese-Perrin is based in London and is a visible promoter and champion of Knowledge Management.

Monica has worked in KM for over 20 years in multiple sectors such as Banking, Accountancy and Global Consultancy and has experienced KM evolve and change from a traditional, tightly structured role to a flexible, transformative, and collaborative practice. She is passionate about creating smart Knowledge Enabled organizations, using techniques such as Communities of Practice to connect people, and put collaboration at the heart of knowledge capture, creation and sharing. Previous roles have allowed Monica to have a front row seat and support colleagues firsthand with models, processes, and frameworks to help deliver these changes and build capability.

Monica was super excited to join the Pioneer Knowledge Services team serving as co-host of the KM Lobby Podcast with Edwin K. Morris and Ginetta Gueli. Monica said, “this Podcast gives me and the wider the KM family a voice, a chance to learn, share and gain insight from our peers around the world and I thrilled to continue the journey with you all!” 

Sarah Hampton is a Learning and Knowledge Management Program Manager. She works to apply attributes of Information and Data Governance and Management, Library Science, and Knowledge Management to Learning & Development.  This fusion has resulted in an expanded scope of effectiveness for which she is grateful to have the opportunity to develop.  Sarah collaborates and co-creates with global colleagues. Sarah designs, develops, and implements solution sets that meet and exceed business needs with a continuous improvement methodology that optimizes human resources and technology.