Maintaining professional ethics in a culture of oversharing

Instructor bio

Maya A. Bordeaux is the Chief People & Culture Officer at ATPCO, where she serves as the global leader of Human Resources and Environment at a Dulles-based travel technology company that supports 440 airlines worldwide. Maya also founded Lead With Love Consulting LLC, a human resources and diversity consultancy. Prior to consulting, she served as Chief Human Resources & Communications Officer at Tribune Publishing.

Prior to joining Tribune, Ms. Bordeaux held the position of Senior Vice President, People & Culture for Wilton Brands. Ms. Bordeaux has previously held HR leadership positions with other reputable brands, to include McDonald’s Corporation, NorthShore University HealthSystem and University of Chicago Medical Center. Bordeaux has extensive human resources knowledge, with expertise in strategic leadership, culture transformations and change management, employee engagement, talent management, mergers/acquisitions, diversity, equity and inclusion, and executive coaching.

Ms. Bordeaux dedicates a significant amount of her time to public service, serving as a volunteer and Director on two non-profit boards at JDRF and UCAN, as well as provides pro bono legal counsel. She is also an accomplished public speaker.

Ms. Bordeaux holds the degrees of Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration from Loyola University Chicago, and a Bachelor of Applied Sciences degree from San Diego State University. She is licensed to practice law in the state of Illinois since 2005.

Ms. Bordeaux dedicates a significant amount of her time to public service, serving as a volunteer and Director on two non-profit boards at JDRF and UCAN, as well as a Director on a for-profit board at Encore Leadership Advisors. She provides pro bono legal counsel and is also an accomplished public speaker.

Instructor bio

Melisa F. Galasso is the founder and CEO of Galasso Learning Solutions LLC and a subject matter expert for Becker Professional Education. A CPA with over 15 years of experience in the accounting profession, Melisa designs and facilitates courses in advanced technical accounting and auditing topics, including not for profit and governmental accounting.Her passion is providing high-quality CPE that is meaningful, creates efficiencies and improves quality, and positively impacts ROI. She also supports essential professional development, audit level training, and train the trainer efforts.

Melisa is a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and has earned the Association for Talent Development Master Trainer™ designation. Her passion for instructional design and adult learning techniques is one of the differentiators that set her apart from other CPE providers. She also serves on the FASB’s Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC), the AICPA’s Technical Issues Committee (TIC), has had leadership roles on various A&A committees, and serves on the VSCPA’s Board of Directors.

Melisa is a 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Award recipient and was honored as a “40 under 40” by CPA Practice Advisor in 2017, 2018 and 2019. She was also named the 2019 Rising Star by her regional NAWBO chapter, received the Don Farmer award for achievement in technical content instruction, and earned several other awards for public speaking and technical training.

Prior to establishing Galasso Learning Solutions, Melisa worked in public accounting, industry, internal audit, and academia. She received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting and International Business from Georgetown University.