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• Journey to Chief Learning Officer

  • When
    July 24, 2025
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    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Bohannan Huston, 7500 Jefferson St NE, Albuquerque, NM
  • Spaces left
    26
  • Registered
    13 registrants

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  As much as we Talent Development professionals hate to admit it...often we just don't have time for our own professional development. 

  Well, now it's time to change that. It's time for some professional development for YOU!

  And who better to learn from than our July event guest speaker, Kevin Preston, PhD, the Chief Learning Officer (CLO) of Presbyterian Healthcare Services.

  ATD NM is privileged to welcome Kevin for this chapter event to learn about his career trajectory in the learning world and his path through various learning and development roles.

  Attendees can look forward to:

  • Learning more about what a CLO does
  • The competencies needed for a senior role
  • Kevin's successes and even the pitfalls - shared during the session to help you navigate your own career smoothly

  This session will be a wonderful opportunity to reflect upon your own career journey, learn from others about their career, and build relationships with the New Mexico Talent Development community. 

  Pizza & salad will be provided, and you are welcome to bring your own dinner to enjoy during the evening.

  We have 40 seats available for this event and anticipate that it will sell out quickly, so don't hesitate to register early.

  
  

  ABOUT OUR SPEAKER, KEVIN PRESTON, PhD 

  Kevin is a passionate and innovative Talent Development leader committed to improving organizational performance and people through assessments, learning, coaching and talent management. He is experienced and credentialed in leading large scale and strategic initiatives designed to support organizational priorities through people. Kevin enjoys working with talent professionals who collaboratively consult with organizational leaders to achieve organizational goals.

  Kevin's specialties include: Talent Management, Succession Planning, Executive Development, Coaching, Behavioral Assessments, Performance Management, Leadership, Facilitation, Relationship Building, Curriculum Management, Return on Investment and Evaluation, Organizational Development, Learning Intervention Planning, Learning Management Systems, Knowledge Management, Learning Technology, and Quantitative & Qualitative Research.

  Kevin’s career began as an instructor for technical and leadership skills before moving on to instructional design of instructor-led and web-based courses. His experience also includes managing large curricula, leading learning teams, developing other learning practitioners, and driving learning strategies. Kevin currently uses these skills at Presbyterian Healthcare Services, an integrated regional healthcare system. Kevin has led the collective learning strategies at Presbyterian since 2018 in order to support the developmental needs of people across the organization.

  Kevin's previous people development work included 16 years at two other large healthcare systems (Trinity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives) and 8 years in the telecommunications industry (Qwest Communications and Global Crossing).

  Kevin has a long list of academic and practitioner experiences in the learning field including a Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Performance & Change with an emphasis in learning evaluation as well as a Master of Education in Human Resource Development – both from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Kevin’s Bachelor of Science degree is in Business Administration with a focus on Human Resources and International Business from Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Kevin also served as adjunct faculty in the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions at Regis University.

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• 5 Facilitation Skills You Need to Be an Effective Trainer

  • When
    August 28, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Bohannan Huston
  • Spaces left
    40

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  About the Guest Speaker, Nicole Smith, ATD NM President

  With over 13 years of experience in Talent Development, Nicole has worked in multiple industries such as banking, education, and nonprofit, but always in her little slice of professional paradise where she can champion employee learning & growth.

  In her current role as the Learning & Development (L&D) Director at the National Wildlife Federation, she oversees the L&D function and leads talent development initiatives for the organization.

  Nicole earned her Master’s of Education in Training & Development from Pennsylvania State University, is a Prosci Certified Practitioner, DiSC Certified Trainer, and ELI Certified Instructor of Civil Treatment.

  Born into a Marine Corps family that moved constantly while she was growing up, Nicole is actually from “everywhere but nowhere in particular.” Moving to Hawaiʻi after grad school, she called the islands home for 13 years before moving to New Mexico in April of 2022.

  Due to her experience, she is a big believer in supporting professionals on their career journey and has served on the ATD NM Board since 2023. Before that, she was a member of the ATD Hawai’i Board in 2016-2017.

  When not working, you can find her trail running in the Sandia Mountains or hopping on a plane to Hawai’i to sneak in some SUP surfing!

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