Join The Data Mine for lunch with Executive-in-Residence, Mark Ferrara, Executive Coaching Practice Leader, The Walt Disney Company. The lunch will take place on Friday, March 25 from 11:30 am-12:30 pm at Earhart Dining Court. Please register to attend and receive additional details.

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Mark Ferrara is the executive coaching practice leader for The Walt Disney Company. His work is primarily focused on the systemic management of coaching tools and relationships with external and internal coaches globally. Additionally, he coaches senior executives and high potential leaders and is involved in global strategic HR projects.

After 28 years, he retired from Eli Lilly and Company in 2017, the last eight years of which he was vice president of talent management. Ferrara was accountable for global employee recruiting, assessment, learning and development, staffing (including succession management), performance management, diversity & inclusion, and HR research. Additionally, he coached senior leaders, facilitated multiple CEO succession transitions and regularly interacted with the Board of Directors. His previous Human Resources roles at Lilly included senior director of compensation and benefits, senior director of human resources supporting Lilly Research Laboratories, director of global staffing, and manager of succession management.

Ferrara is certified in the Leadership Versatility Index (LVI) 360, and multiple assessment tools from Korn-Ferry, including KFALP, KF4D and ESCI. He also has previous certification in Hogan’s HPI and HDS inventories. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Indiana Historical Society and is the Board leader for Young Life in Indiana and Kentucky. He was previously chairman of Lilly’s United Way Board of Directors and served on the Boards of Conner Prairie Interactive Park and KIDS Inc., a youth mission in Indianapolis.

TOPIC AREAS: Leadership, Executive Coaching, Human Resources, Recruiting, Assessment, Performance Management, Succession Management