Breakout

Orien Barnes

Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness & Development, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Orien Barnes serves as Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness and Development, at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Orien is responsible for enterprise-wide vision, strategy, development, and communication of best-in-class practices to address organizational effectiveness, leadership development, learning and employee experience.

Prior to joining CHOP, Orien spent 18 years at AmeriHealth Caritas in positions of increasing responsibility. Her last role at AmeriHealth was Vice President, HR Learning, Talent Management & Organizational Development, where she was responsible for developing the strategy and overseeing the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs that enhance organizational performance, facilitate professional development, and build strategically necessary capabilities and competencies.

Orien holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Science from Spelman College and a master’s degree in Adult Training and Organizational Psychology from St. Joseph’s University. She believes it is an honor to serve the employees, patients, and families of CHOP. One of her favorite quotes from Robert Greenleaf captures her leadership approach – “The servant-leader is servant first…it begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first.”

While Orien has served in many roles in her career, her most important role is mom to her daughters, Madison and Jordyn.

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Panel discussion

Wednesday, April 29, 12:45PM - 1:30PM

Resilience at Work: Building Psychological Safety as a Core Belief System

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In a world of constant change, distributed teams, and increasing employee burnout, organizations can no longer rely on surface-level well-being initiatives. Resilience – both individual and organizational – can only thrive when workplaces cultivate psychological safety: the shared belief that people can speak up, take risks, and raise concerns, make mistakes, and be their authentic selves without fear of humiliation or retaliation.

This panel will explore how psychological safety is more than a practice or “program.” It is a belief system that shapes how employees interpret their environment, how teams function under pressure, and how leaders behave in moments of uncertainty. We will bring together practitioners and researchers who have successfully embedded psychological safety into everyday work, from team rituals to leadership behaviors to HR policy design.

You will walk away from this discussion with a new perspective on how to strengthen resilience at all levels of your organization.