ER+ Virtual Summit 2026

November 2026 · Virtual

ER+ Virtual Summit

Chris Sund joins the Day Two executive panel at the Employer Relations+ Virtual Summit, sharing what employers look for in a career center partner and how those decisions get made at the leadership level.

Chris Sund speaking to business leaders
Date
November 6, 2026
12:00 PM PT · 3:00 PM ET
Location
Virtual
Audience
Employers & Career Center Leaders
Session
Keynote Panel
Keynote Speaker●Author of You Are Capable of More●President & COO●Inc. Regionals #3 Fastest-Growing in the Midwest●Fortune Magazine Best Workplaces Award●10x Revenue Growth●2026 Paris Book Festival Winner●Maxwell Leadership Certified Coach●Keynote Speaker●Author of You Are Capable of More●President & COO●Inc. Regionals #3 Fastest-Growing in the Midwest●Fortune Magazine Best Workplaces Award●10x Revenue Growth●2026 Paris Book Festival Winner●Maxwell Leadership Certified Coach●
American Association for Employer Relations+ (A+) logo
About the Association

Bridging employers and career centers.

The American Association for Employer Relations+, known as A+, is a professional network for the people who connect employers with new talent. It brings employers together with the three major career center systems in the country: universities, community colleges and technical schools, and public workforce organizations.Its members include recruiters, HR specialists, career center professionals, educators and workforce partners from private, nonprofit and government organizations of every size, all working toward one mission: strong employment outcomes through innovation in employer relations and recruiting. ER+ is its national virtual summit, built to shape how talent connects to opportunity through career centers.
The Session

The employer side of the table.

A candid executive conversation on Day Two of ER+, streamed live to employers and career services leaders across the country.

ER+ Virtual Summit 2026 keynote panel graphic with speakers Deanna Lloyd of Deloitte Consulting, Chuwanda Thigpen of The Thigpen Group and Chris Sund of Uniti Med-GQR Healthcare, moderated by Melissa Thiriez
◆ Keynote Panel · November 6, 2026

The Executive Perspective: What Makes a Career Center a Powerful Workforce Partner

Senior leaders explain how employers choose the career centers they partner with, and what turns a relationship built on job postings into a lasting talent pipeline. The panel also looks at how career centers can take the lead on workforce strategy and show their impact to the people who set budgets and priorities.

Chris brings the employer view. He has spent the past decade in healthcare staffing, growing Uniti Med into one of the largest healthcare staffing companies in the country, where hiring and building recruiting teams is the business itself.

Panelist

Chris Sund

Uniti Med-GQR Healthcare · Author of You Are Capable of More
Panelist

Deanna Lloyd

Deloitte Consulting LLP
Panelist

Chuwanda Thigpen

The Thigpen Group
Moderator

Melissa Thiriez

Moderating the keynote panel
What People Say

Feedback from event audiences.

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Chris Sund presented in a very professional manner and related very well to our long-term care providers. He has boundless energy and articulates his ideas very clearly. He promotes employee teamwork, leadership, and strategies for a more enriching life. He was so well received by our providers!
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Lori TracyAssistant Executive Director, South Dakota Health Care Association
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Awesome group motivator, and he made talking with others in a group fun.
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Sherry BjorklundEstelline Nursing & Care Center
Chris Sund seated with his book You Are Capable of More
The Book

You Are Capable of More.

You Are Capable of More is Chris’s bestselling book, with ten principles for closing the gap between who you are right now and who you are capable of becoming.Copies can be bundled for a team or an audience so the ideas keep working long after the session ends.2026 Paris Book Festival Winner sealWinner, How-To Category2026 Paris Book Festival
Stages I Have Spoken On
MICADisruptHR Kansas CityDisruptHR OmahaNAHCRNATHOTORCH/TARHC Fall ConferencePOWER ConferenceSIA Healthcare Staffing SummitTalentTrackAHCA/NCALMICADisruptHR Kansas CityDisruptHR OmahaNAHCRNATHOTORCH/TARHC Fall ConferencePOWER ConferenceSIA Healthcare Staffing SummitTalentTrackAHCA/NCAL
Greater Omaha ChamberemPower BreakfastYP SummitFremont High SchoolSpring Living Retirement CommunitiesBeatStarsCalifornia Staffing and Recruiting AssociationDefinitive HealthcareGreater Omaha ChamberemPower BreakfastYP SummitFremont High SchoolSpring Living Retirement CommunitiesBeatStarsCalifornia Staffing and Recruiting AssociationDefinitive Healthcare
Iowa Health Care AssociationSouth Dakota Health Care AssociationColorado Health Care AssociationMontana Health Care AssociationLeadingAge IllinoisRural Health Association of UtahVirginia Community Healthcare AssociationWSHMMANational Commission on Correctional Health CareACHE Wisconsin ChapterAOHPIowa Health Care AssociationSouth Dakota Health Care AssociationColorado Health Care AssociationMontana Health Care AssociationLeadingAge IllinoisRural Health Association of UtahVirginia Community Healthcare AssociationWSHMMANational Commission on Correctional Health CareACHE Wisconsin ChapterAOHP
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