{"id":756,"date":"2012-12-04T18:21:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T18:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/?page_id=756"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:15:08","slug":"speaker-bios","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/speaker-bios\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-ast-global-color-2-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-887b1442e6841e2fe25f4895220e8207 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a9a324f5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Forum Speakers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile has-white-background-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HeatherHodges1-699x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8949 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HeatherHodges1-699x1024.jpg 699w, https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HeatherHodges1-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HeatherHodges1-768x1125.jpg 768w, https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HeatherHodges1-1049x1536.jpg 1049w, https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HeatherHodges1-1398x2048.jpg 1398w, https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HeatherHodges1-scaled.jpg 1748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Dr. Heather Hodges<\/strong><br>Dr. Heather Hodges is an organizational psychologist, keynote speaker, executive coach, researcher, leadership trainer, and Enneagram expert. Heather consults with global organizations and has served as the Vice President of Organizational Development and Head of Learning for Encompass Home Health &amp; Hospice and Enhabit Home Health &amp; Hospice and now brings her 25+ years of experience to help organizations as a keynote speaker and executive advisor.\u202fHeather holds two earned doctorates, a PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Grand Canyon University and a Doctor of Ministry from Abilene Christian University. Heather is a SHRM-SCP, and a Professional Certified Coach and a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She is an iEQ9 Integrative Enneagram Accredited Practitioner, a certified LEGO\u00ae SERIOUS PLAY\u00ae facilitator, and a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists (SIOP).\u202fShe is also a professional artist and engages audiences by speed painting during her keynotes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eric-Scharber-Pic-3-982x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9043 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eric-Scharber-Pic-3-982x1024.jpg 982w, https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eric-Scharber-Pic-3-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eric-Scharber-Pic-3-768x801.jpg 768w, https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eric-Scharber-Pic-3.jpg 1274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Eric Scharber, Executive Vice President, SimiTree<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Eric is an Executive Vice President, leading all talent acquisition and employee retention efforts. He oversees executive search, management recruiting, interim management, as well as advisory services related to talent acquisition and retention. After founding Exact Recruiting in 2005, Eric led the firm to become the top recruiting and executive search entity for the this industry, serving clients across the U.S. and placing more than 3500 professionals since inception. Eric is a regular speaker nationally on the topics of Employee Retention and Recruitment, Building Culture and Leadership Development.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-8f601e1f42aa0de3e62bd211bab2e845\"><strong>For a  full listing of CE Session speakers <a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/id\/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:b0786ae7-eeef-48ce-b6fb-0d5501fe67d3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forum Speakers Dr. Heather HodgesDr. Heather Hodges is an organizational psychologist, keynote speaker, executive coach, researcher, leadership trainer, and Enneagram expert. Heather consults with global organizations and has served as the Vice President of Organizational Development and Head of Learning for Encompass Home Health &amp; Hospice and Enhabit Home Health &amp; Hospice and now brings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8925,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-756","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":118,"href":"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9100,"href":"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756\/revisions\/9100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/floridahospices.org\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}