Exclusive Insights: Former EEOC Chairs Jenny Yang and Victoria Lipnic to Speak at SHRM BLUEPRINT 2025
SHRM BLUEPRINT 2025 comes at a pivotal time, as HR professionals face increasing uncertainty about compliance requirements in today's shifting political and legal climate.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Today, SHRM – the trusted authority on all things work, workers, and the workplace – announced two former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) leaders will deliver exclusive insights on legally compliant inclusion practices at SHRM BLUEPRINT 2025, taking place October 26-29 in Louisville, Kentucky. Jenny Yang and Victoria Lipnic will provide unprecedented guidance on navigating the evolving regulatory landscape surrounding inclusion and diversity initiatives.
Jenny Yang, former EEOC Chair and Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), and Victoria Lipnic, former EEOC Chair and Commissioner, bring unparalleled experience from their tenure overseeing the federal agencies responsible for setting, monitoring, and enforcing equal employment law.
SHRM BLUEPRINT 2025 comes at a pivotal time, as HR professionals face increasing uncertainty about compliance requirements in today's shifting political and legal climate. Recent Supreme Court decisions, executive orders, and intensifying regulatory scrutiny have created new challenges for organizations implementing inclusion and diversity strategies.
“Having these experts at BLUEPRINT underscores SHRM's commitment to equipping HR professionals with the tools, insights, and strategies to foster inclusive and diverse workplaces in ways that are legally compliant, workplace-unifying, and business-accretive,” said Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, President & CEO of SHRM. “BLUEPRINT is where HR turns inclusion into impact — and it represents the next step in our commitment to building better workplaces for a better world.”
Yang served as the fifteenth Chair of the EEOC from 2014 to 2017 and was the first Asian-American to hold the position. During her tenure, she established the Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace and enhanced the agency's annual data collection to include employer pay data reporting. Lipnic served as EEOC Commissioner from 2010 to 2020 and Acting Chair from 2017 to 2019, co-chairing the agency's harassment task force and organizing its first public meeting on Big Data in Employment.
At BLUEPRINT 2025, Yang and Lipnic will share insider perspectives on what regulators prioritize during investigations, how enforcement cases are built, and what actions trigger regulatory attention. Their sessions will focus on practical steps organizations can take to ensure their inclusion practices remain legally compliant while advancing business objectives.
BLUEPRINT emphasizes three core pillars: legally compliant, workplace unifying diversity, and business accretive diversity. Attendees will have access to comprehensive working sessions to help senior HR, legal, and diversity leaders design the next era of I&D strategies.
Registration for SHRM BLUEPRINT 2025 is now available on the SHRM website for in-person attendance October 26-29 in Louisville, KY at the Kentucky International Convention Center. Early-bird registration rates are available through August 22, 2025.
About SHRM BLUEPRINT
SHRM BLUEPRINT is an inclusion & diversity-focused event designed to provide HR professionals, CHROs, in-house legal counsel, and I&D leaders with the tools and insights needed to design actionable organizational strategies. Rooted in the core pillars of legally compliant diversity, workplace unifying diversity, and business accretive diversity, SHRM BLUEPRINT equips attendees with tangible solutions and practical knowledge. Through thoughtful programming and hands-on, small working sessions, SHRM BLUEPRINT empowers business leaders to create workplaces that are not only legally sound but also inclusive and dynamic, driving long-term value for their organizations.
Journalists and media are invited to attend BLUEPRINT. Press registration is required. For interview requests and press credentials, please contact: press@shrm.org.
About SHRM
SHRM is a member-driven catalyst for creating better workplaces where people and businesses thrive together. As the trusted authority on all things work, SHRM is the foremost expert, researcher, advocate, and thought leader on issues and innovations impacting today’s evolving workplaces. With nearly 340,000 members in 180 countries, SHRM touches the lives of more than 362 million workers and their families globally. Discover more at SHRM.org.
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