Dr. Jarik Conrad
In addition to serving as The Workforce Institute's executive director, Dr. Jarik Conrad, Ed.D., SPHR, SHRM-CSP, NACD. DC, is vice president of human insights at UKG, leading a team of former HR practitioners, business leaders, and consultants who are distinguished experts in the HCM field and uniquely qualified to help leadership teams reach their organizational goals. With an acute pulse on industry trends, best practices, and technological innovations, Jarik and his team serve as liaisons, trusted advisors, and thought leaders who help to shape HR industry conversations and direction.
Prior to UKG, Jarik spent more than 20 years in HR leadership roles in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. He is a sought-after speaker on employee health and wellness, the future of work, emotional intelligence, and workplace diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B), and has been recognized as one of the world’s top people practitioners as well as a Top HR Influencer.
Jarik is the author of two bestselling books: “The Fragile Mind: How It Has Produced and Unwittingly Perpetrates America’s Tragic Disparities,” and “In Search of Humanity: Why We Fight, How to Stop, and the Role Business Must Play.” Jarik, who grew up in public housing in East St. Louis, earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois, two master’s degrees from Cornell University, and a Doctor of Education from the University of North Florida.
What he’s passionate about: Jarik is vegan and is passionate about plant-based nutrition.
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