2025 iRelaunch Virtual Employer Summit: The ROI of Hiring Returners

Carol Fishman Cohen is the CEO and Co-founder of iRelaunch, a full-service career reentry company focused on bringing professionals back into the workforce after extended leave. iRelaunch works with employers worldwide to build and expand in-house career reentry programs, produces the iRelaunch Return to Work Conferences, and leads a community of more than 120,000 relaunchers looking to return to work. Cohen, a relauncher herself, hosts the 3,2,1 iRelaunch podcast and writes regularly for Harvard Business Review. Her TED talk, "How to get back to work after a career break," has over 3.7 million views. 

Carol Fishman Cohen is the CEO and Co-founder of iRelaunch, a full-service career reentry company focused on bringing professionals back into the workforce after extended leave. iRelaunch works with employers worldwide to build and expand in-house career reentry programs, produces the iRelaunch Return to Work Conferences, and leads a community of more than 120,000 relaunchers looking to return to work. Cohen, a relauncher herself, hosts the 3,2,1 iRelaunch podcast and writes regularly for Harvard Business Review. Her TED talk, "How to get back to work after a career break," has over 3.7 million views. 

Anneliese Olson is the President of HP Inc. Imaging, Printing and Solutions, a global business that delivers services, software, and hardware for home, office, and graphics markets. As head of the global business unit, Anneliese is leading the transformation of HP’s printing business to enhance the printing experience and empower customers to thrive in the future of work.

Since beginning her career at HP as an intern, Anneliese has held a variety of leadership positions across the company, spanning product development, portfolio and product marketing, and go-to-market strategy. Anneliese brings a wealth of international experience, having lived and worked in HP offices in Asia and the U.S. Most recently she served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director, North America Market, where she led go-to-market strategy, sales, execution, and multibillion-dollar P&L for the company’s largest revenue-generating region.

A passionate advocate for sustainability, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, Anneliese holds an ESG Certificate from the Berkeley Law Executive Education Program and serves as an Executive Sponsor for HP’s Global Sustainable Impact Steering Committee. She actively mentors emerging talent and is a sought-after speaker on women’s advancement and unlocking human potential. Anneliese also advises several start-ups and holds Board positions with non-profit organizations, including the Board of Regents at Santa Clara University and the Board of Trustees for the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Anneliese earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Santa Clara University and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area

Carol Fishman Cohen is the CEO and Co-founder of iRelaunch, a full-service career reentry company focused on bringing professionals back into the workforce after extended leave. iRelaunch works with employers worldwide to build and expand in-house career reentry programs, produces the iRelaunch Return to Work Conferences, and leads a community of more than 120,000 relaunchers looking to return to work. Cohen, a relauncher herself, hosts the 3,2,1 iRelaunch podcast and writes regularly for Harvard Business Review. Her TED talk, "How to get back to work after a career break," has over 3.7 million views. 

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Margaret Salsbury is currently in a Staff Systems Engineer role, she returned to the work force as part of the first cohort in the Chapter Next intern program at Lockheed Martin - RMS. Before her time away from work, she was an Image Chain Analyst at Kodak/ ITT Industries, and holds Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from Cornell University in BioEnvironmental Engineering and Remote Sensing, where she earned grants from NASA (Cassini program) and the Office of Naval Research (oceanographic water quality extraction). Margaret also has a Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics from the Rochester Institute of Technology. In addition to cost estimation and modeling of individual parts, software, and programs, Margaret is a certified Scrum master and has experience with several 1LMX projects.

Luke Carlstrom is a Business Analyst for AllianceBernstein’s US Client Relations and Business Operations team, helping to oversee sales and service for Institutional clients in the region. Prior to assuming his current role in 2025, he worked as an analyst on AB’s Global Strategic Initiatives team, focusing on various sales enablement projects between 2022 and 2024. He originally joined the firm in 2019 as a client relations associate working with Institutional clients in the US. He holds a BA in Finance from the University of Miami.

Peter Corrigan is the Chief Administrative Officer and head of Strategic Initiatives for AllianceBernstein’s Institutional Sales team, overseeing distribution strategy, business operations, change management and risk for the global sales organization. Prior to assuming his current role in 2022, he managed North American Institutional Client Services and Business Operations. Corrigan joined the firm in 2014 as a Business Analyst. Before that, Corrigan worked at Cristo Rey New York High School, running a Corporate Work Study Program for 400 students in the greater New York City Area. He holds a BA in Government and Classics from Georgetown University.

Cedric Layton is the Global ReEntry Program Co-Ordinator at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and is part of the Asset & Wealth Management Talent Institution organization. He works with Senior Leaders, DE&I Partners, SWAT Recruiting Team, Talent & Learning ReEntry Program Team, Communication & Website Teams and external partners to project end to end the ReEntry program, to include creating project plans, timelines, budget plans, data analytics on hiring, retention, promotions, communications, coordinating websites changes and creating presentations materials. As Program Co-Ordinator for the Global ReEntry Program, he also partners with communications, marketing, and media teams to organize, structure and manage the communication strategy for the program including internal communications, external communications, branding, website, testimonials and articles. Cedric joined J.P. Morgan in 2008. Prior to joining the Asset & Wealth Management line of business in March of 2020, he partnered with supervisors, managers, and Executive Level Management in different organizations within the Consumer & Community Banking line of business to monitor workflow movement, confirm established controls, ensure SLA compliance, and report on employee performance. Cedric’s passion for helping people led to his current role with the firm. His ability to work with and mentor young adults was channeled into his role as Year Up Program Sponsor for the Home Lending division of the Consumer & Community Banking line of business. While serving in the role, Cedric was presented with the Urban Empowerment Award by the Year Up Program Team in recognition of his dedication to their mission to close the opportunity divide. He also led a team composed of members from the Dallas/Fort Worth Location Leadership Team at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co to being recognized by Year Up with the Corporate Champion Award. Cedric attributes much of his career success to his professionalism, work ethic, and the support received from leaders and colleagues within the firm. Cedric holds a Bachelor's degree in Applied Arts & Science from Texas A&M University-Commerce. Hobbies & Interests: Cedric enjoys working out, reading fiction novels, biking, spending time with family.

Carol Fishman Cohen is the CEO and Co-founder of iRelaunch, a full-service career reentry company focused on bringing professionals back into the workforce after extended leave. iRelaunch works with employers worldwide to build and expand in-house career reentry programs, produces the iRelaunch Return to Work Conferences, and leads a community of more than 120,000 relaunchers looking to return to work. Cohen, a relauncher herself, hosts the 3,2,1 iRelaunch podcast and writes regularly for Harvard Business Review. Her TED talk, "How to get back to work after a career break," has over 3.7 million views.