Diane Adams is the Chief Culture and Talent Officer at Sprinklr, an enterprise software platform for customer experience and social media management. Her team focuses on accelerating the growth of a high-performing, inclusive culture. Prior to Sprinklr, Diane served as Chief Culture and Talent Officer for McGraw-Hill Education and Qlik Technologies. She also spent four years managing HR at Allscripts Healthcare, where she helped triple the company in size. Additionally, Diane held top HR leadership roles for 14 years at Cisco Systems. Diane is also a chancellor of the International Board of Directors for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Tracy is the Founder of TroopHR, an educational platform and professional community for today's modern People Leaders. She has spent the last 20+ years as an entrepreneur working at the intersection of HR, healthcare, and startups. Over the past decade she's grown her HR network to become an influencer and trusted resource for People Leaders. Tracy is a Founding Member of the Forbes Business Development Council, and volunteers as the President of her son's NYC public school PTA.
Stephen Bailey is the co-founder and CEO of ExecOnline, the pioneer of online leadership development for enterprises. Stephen oversees the organization’s strategic vision and broader efforts to engage with corporations to create a diverse pool of future-ready leaders.
Since its inception in 2012, Stephen has raised nearly $90 million, building the company into a leadership development powerhouse that works with Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies, NGOs and government agencies.
Under his leadership, ExecOnline has grown to now include partnerships with 12 of the world's leading business schools, and was named as a “Top Tech Company to Watch” by Forbes.
Reema Batnagar joined Pixar Animation Studios in February 2019 as Vice President, People Team. In her role, Batnagar is responsible for leading Pixar’s human resources department, which includes talent acquisition, leadership/organizational development, total rewards, and employee relations.
Batnagar brings over 20 years of HR experience to the job. Prior to Pixar, Batnagar worked at Sony Interactive Entertainment as Head of HR for Sales & Marketing, where she led learning and development and talent management. She has also held a variety of senior HR leadership and organizational development roles at VMware, Adobe, and Intuit.
Growing up in St. Paul, Minnesota, Batnagar holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and psychology from St. Olaf College and a master’s degree in human resources and organizational development from University of Minnesota. Batnagar currently resides in San Carlos, CA.
Allison is a General Partner at SemperVirens VC, where she focuses on technology transforming the future of the workplace. Previously, Allison was an investor at Trinity Ventures, as well as a co-founder and managing partner of Fresco Capital, a global seed fund with offices in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Menlo Park. Allison started her career on Wall Street trading Equity Derivatives at Goldman Sachs in New York. She joined General Assembly as an early product manager, and then launched their Asia business from Hong Kong (General Assembly sold to Adecco for $413 million in 2018). Allison has a B.A. in Economics with Honors, a minor in Film Studies, and a language citation in French from Harvard University, and is also a frequent writer and speaker on the topics of entrepreneurship, future of work, and venture capital.
Luke joined Lightspeed in 2014 as the founding member of the Talent team, where he supports startups ranging from single-person Seeds through multi-thousand employee pre-IPO companies. Luke spends his days helping founders solve challenges spanning recruiting, HR, people operations, compensation strategy, and more.
Abbie serves as Collective Health's Chief People Officer. She is passionate about engaging and developing employees, unlocking the capability of leaders, and protecting and evolving company culture as key levers to grow businesses. Abbie has spent more than 20 years working for companies like IBM, eBay, PayPal, and most recently, Splunk. She holds a B.A. in Government and Spanish from Skidmore College and an MBA from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.
Daniel Callaghan is the Managing Partner of Workplace Accelerator, the premier accelerator exclusively focused on the Future of Work. He is also the CEO of Veremark, a world-leading background and pre-employment screening platform for fast-growing businesses.
With more than a decade in innovation around the Future of Work, Daniel built one of Europe's top freelance marketplaces and previously ran the digital innovation and investment unit across APAC for the world's largest recruitment company, Adecco Group.
He is an internationally published author on career development and has degrees from IESE Business School and Durham University.
Amy Cappellanti-Wolf is Chief Human Resources Officer at Cohesity, a company with a mission to radically simplify how organizations manage their data and unlock limitless value.
Amy is an accomplished senior human resources professional, business transformer and executive coach with expertise in working with startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. Her capabilities focus on developing high performance leadership teams and guiding organizations through complex and challenging business transformations, including pre-IPO, rapid growth, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and culture changes. Her management roles span high-tech (Symantec, Silver Spring Networks, Cisco, Sun Microsystems), entertainment (The Walt Disney Company), and consumer goods (Frito-Lay).
Angela Cheng-Cimini joined Harvard Business Publishing as Senior Vice President, Talent & Chief Human Resources Officer in 2021. In this role, Cheng-Cimini leads the Human Resources and Facilities & Administration units, spearheading efforts to develop a talent roadmap that supports the business strategy and creates a deeply engaged and diverse workforce. Angela brings over 25 years of both generalist and specialist Human Resources experience, having worked across consumer product goods, professional services, and high-tech as well as nonprofits. She has shepherded businesses through start-up, growth, and maturity with key responsibility for helping organizations identify and build the necessary organizational capabilities. Prior to joining Harvard Business Publishing, Angela was at ClearMotion, Inc. where she led the strategy to develop, recruit, and retain top talent. Previously, she served as the Global Head of Human Resources for Crabtree & Evelyn, where she led an international team spanning four continents and prepared the brick-and-mortar business to go completely digital. Angela earned her undergraduate degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.
Sue is a non-traditional People Operations leader, drawing from 25+ years of professional experience across global management consulting, financial services, and, over the past 7 years, tech startups from Series A through D+. As the Head of People for Venmo, Kickstarter, Petal, and 1stdibs, she's navigated companies from nascency through to profitability, working shoulder-to-shoulder with first-time and veteran CEOs. As Head of People and Portfolio Talent at Anthos Capital, Sue seeks to scale herself and her knowledge across dozens of portfolio companies at various stages and sizes.
Maria Colacurcio is CEO of Syndio, a SaaS startup helping companies around the world create an equitable workplace for all employees, regardless of gender, race, or ethnicity. Prior to Syndio, she co-founded Smartsheet.com, which went public in 2018 and spent three years at Starbucks, one of the first Fortune 50 companies to go public with pay equity results. Colacurcio serves on the board of the nonprofit Fair Pay Workplace and has been named by Goldman Sachs Builders + Innovators Summit one of this year’s 100 most intriguing entrepreneurs. As a CEO and a mom of 7, Colacurcio is walking the walk on eradicating workplace inequities.
Jan D’Alessandro is President, Blue J Strategies, advising companies on partnership and social impact strategies. Clients include Unity Technologies, Chime Bank, Unagi Scooters, FutureFuel.io, Lookout, and Pledge 1%. She leads Pledge 1%’s Equity Initiative, where she’s helped ignite two billion dollars+ in new philanthropy. Jan has held senior positions at AOL, Yahoo, Topspin Media (acquired by Apple), The Find (acquired by Facebook) and Backplane (founded by Lady Gaga), and is a Venture Partner at Waterman Ventures, StudioVC, Correlation Ventures, and Savano Capital Partners. She received her J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center and her A.B. from Brown University.
Lauren is the COO & Co-founder of Cocoon, the platform that makes managing employee leave instant, simple, and big-hearted for HR teams and employees alike. With Cocoon, employees can design their leave plan in private, notify HR when they’re ready, and rest easy knowing that all their paperwork will be submitted for them. Employers don’t have to lift a finger when it comes to compliance, claims, or payroll calculations. Prior to starting Cocoon, Lauren was integral to building the growth organization at Stripe. She graduated with honors from Harvard University with a degree in Economics.
Michelle is an Operating Partner at Felicis leading Talent and People initiatives. In this role Michelle leverages over a decade of experience from high growth companies like Atlassian, Databricks, Okta and Stripe to advise and assist companies across the Felicis portfolio on their People and Talent practices.
Jelena is the Head of People at Thumbtack. She leads an organization of 65 team members spanning Employee Experience, Recruiting, People Business Partners, People Analytics, Total Rewards, HR Operations, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Organizational Development. As a senior leadership team member, Jelena is responsible for reimagining the future of work, including the decision to become a virtual-first company.
Before Thumbtack, Jelena was a Case Team Leader at Bain & Company and spent time at Airbnb and Endeavor, focusing on Business Development and Strategy.
Jelena received a BA from The University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Torin leads a progressive boutique regarding the criticality of diversity and inclusion. He operates as an activist entrepreneur centering transparency, objective clarity, actionable strategy, and rigorous performance monitoring. He is a force within the D&I space coveting trusted partnerships with firms like Social Talent and Workplace by Facebook among others. Co-host of Crazy and The King podcast and published author, he was listed as one of 10 Baltimore tech and entrepreneurship leaders who should run for mayor (Technical.ly Sept 2015), signaling a lighter side of this accomplished and focused practitioner.
Crosschq is Fitzsimmons' fourth entrepreneurial venture, having founded Advanced TV Advertising Company Connekt, Inc., and Interactive Commerce Company, Delivery Agent, which he ran for over 10 years and grew to $175M in revenue. Mike is also a founding partner of sports technology venture fund Intersect Ventures, which manages venture investing for top NBA players and other athletes and celebrities. Named a Forbes Next 1000 in 2021 and leader of a Fortune Great Place to Work company, Mike Fitzsimmons is an industry thought leader who has been featured on CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, NY Times, WSJ, Forbes, and more.
Michael Fontaine is the National Managing Partner of Human Resources at KPMG. As HR’s COO, Mike focuses on addressing KPMG’s talent priorities and digitally transforming HR. During his 5 years with KPMG, Mike has also led Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, HR Digital & Analytics, and Shared Services, and serves on several firm committees including legal, risk and regulatory; ethics and compliance; and ESG. Prior to KPMG, Mike led global HR transformation initiatives at IBM and Raytheon. Mike frequently engages with clients and serves as an HR Advisor to SemperVirens Venture Capital and is a Board Member of Universal Promise.
Carolyn is Chief People Officer of Curology, which is a direct to consumer prescription skincare, specializing in acne and anti-aging. Prior to Curology, she was CPO, head of marketing and head of business development for Philz Coffee, a one cup at a time coffee chain across North America.
Cathy is a Partner at Sapphire Ventures where she leads deals in the B2B SaaS space with a focus on the Future of Work and Collaboration. She is deeply passionate about supporting entrepreneurs who are building solutions that allow and empower people to do their best work. Prior to Sapphire, Cathy was an investor at AXA Venture Partners and TA Associates. She was an operator and helped scale Gusto at the Series B.
Cathy graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in economics and a minor in history.
Kareem Gayle-Fagan is a Human Resources Executive who has garnered over 15 years of Human Resources experience working for iconic luxury retailers before joining Aesop as the Head of Human Resources, Americas. Kareem partners with Senior Leaders to provide strategic support in accomplishing business objectives, including but not limited to recruitment, performance management, learning and development and talent management strategies that focus on succession and development planning.
Kareem holds a B.A. in Psychology from Pace University, an M.A. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology & Human Relations from Brooklyn College, an HR certification from the Society of Human Resources Management and executive certifications from Cornell University.
Garrison (he/him) is a culture connoisseur, hypergrowth expert, internal communications & brand communications specialist, DEI practitioner, and public speaker. He currently works as the Head of People & Communications at Knotch, overseeing both the HR and Communications functions. Prior to Knotch, he worked at Bustle Digital Group, Mic, Rumble, and Barry's. Being brand and mission driven, Garrison has worked exclusively for hyper-growth companies who make a societal impact. He uses this mentality to impact morale and culture internally and further brand perception and awareness externally. He's an expert in innovating and scaling practices, particularly in the startup and hyper-growth stage. His personal values are leading with empathy, practicing proactive transparency, and fostering an inclusive environment. He is openly queer and works heavily in the diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging space.
Christina is an award-winning design leader known for transforming design teams to work at enterprise scale while fostering cultures that drive both business and social impact. Before joining Etsy as Head of Product Design, she spent 25 years gaining cross-functional experience driving innovation at Fortune 500 companies like Accenture, Morgan Stanley, American Express, Omnicom Media Group, The Discovery Channel and others.As an advocate for mental health, she works to help managers lead from a place of authenticity.She is passionate about education and is a leading instructor and lecturer at NYU Stern and General Assembly, to name a few.
As Managing Director of Founders Pledge, Danielle works with founders and employees of tech companies to commit to give, and to maximize their impact when they do. She was formerly the Head of the Tony Blair Foundation-US, and has founded successful non-profit and political initiatives, the largest of which, Kids for Peace, engaged 15 million children in 2019. Danielle has traveled to more than 60 countries and worked as a humanitarian in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America. She received an A.B. in Religion and Sociology from Harvard College.
Kevin W. Grossman is the President of Talent Board and the Candidate Experience Awards. Founded in 2011, it's the first nonprofit research organization focused on the elevation and promotion of a quality candidate experience with industry benchmarks that highlight accountability, fairness and business impact. Kevin has over 22 years of domain expertise in the human resource and talent acquisition industry and related technology marketplace. He's been a prolific industry writer since 2004 and his first business book on career management titled Tech Job Hunt Handbook was released in December 2012 from Apress. His second book titled The Business Impact of Candidate Experience will be released in 2022 by Kogan Page. Kevin holds a B.A. in Psychology from San Jose State University, is an HCI certified Talent Acquisition Strategist (TAS) and Human Capital Strategist, and has learning certificates from eCornell on HR Analytics and Diversity and Inclusion.
Q is the global head of people operations at Airbnb, HR tech geek, startup advisor, board member and a freelance executive coach with a passion for building scalable people functions to help change the world. He has had the privilege of working in various functions in a variety of industries across management consulting (Deloitte), in house Fortune 500s (Aon, JLL & GE), private equity (TPG Capital), hyper growth late stage firms (Airbnb) and his own startups (GoQuali & Supertek Scientific). He brings a unique perspective from each of his experiences to be a creative people & business leader.
Rahab Hammad is the Senior Benefits Manager at Snap Inc. She joined Snap back in 2016 and leads the overall strategy and design for all benefit programs related to health and well-being. Her goal is to build a culture and community that empowers and equips team members to improve the quality of their lives and make their well-being a top priority.
As Chief Human Resources Officer, David Hanrahan leads the global human resources team at Eventbrite, and plays a key role in leading organizational culture initiatives. David's career has spanned 18+ years building strong HR teams and fostering a collaborative team culture across global organizations including Niantic, Zendesk, Twitter, Electronic Arts and Universal Pictures.
Deborah Hanus is the CEO & Founder of Sparrow, which combines best-in-class service and seamless technology to simplify employee leave for innovative, global employers. Founded in 2018, Sparrow makes employee leave stress-free, saving time and money for caring companies like Plaid and Webflow. As the first comprehensive solution to handle all leaves in the U.S. and Canada with seamless automation and personalized, concierge service from their dedicated leave experts, Sparrow supports each employee through every step of their leave. Deborah holds degrees from MIT and Harvard in Artificial Intelligence, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, and is a Fulbright Scholar.
Aaron has been a songwriter, a comic book artist, a filmmaker, a sound engineer, a professor, and an architectural designer. It is the summation of these experiences that he brings to his current roles as one of two Creative Directors at the ORG.
As the ECD of Environments at Airbnb, Aaron honed his capacity to shape others' output along the wide-open-yet highly directional-path of creative iteration required to make great space. This mode of working with partner architecture firms allowed him to lead design on over 30 projects, most of which were built, in his seven years at Airbnb.
With over 25 years of design and architecture experience before his transition into corporate workplace leadership, Brett has become an industry leader around workplace experience, workplace design and the future of the workplace. With a foundation built on creative problem solving, experiential design, furniture design and hands on construction, Brett’s unique combination of experiences have given him a holistic perspective that allows him to deliver meaningful insights and guidance to executives who consider him a trusted advisor.
Matt is currently a Partner and Head of Talent at venture firm M13. In this role Matt leads all Talent engagement across M13's portfolio, and sits on the board of several HRTech companies. Matt was previously the Head of People at cloud infrastructure startup DigitalOcean, where he was responsible for leadership in the practice areas of people operations, talent acquisition, talent development, and employee experience. In 4 years Matt helped scale the company from under 100 employees to over 500. DigitalOcean has received a number of external recognitions for its innovative People practices, was recently profiled in Harvard Business Review for its agile approach to performance development, and during Matt's tenure was named as one of the Best Places to Work in NYC by USA Today, and the #1 Best Mid-sized Company to Work for in New York by BuiltinNYC . Matt has held a number of HR and people leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies including JPMorgan Chase and Avon, serves on the advisory board of several early stage startups, and is a founding member and the NY lead of PeopleTech Partners. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his graduate degree in Organizational Psychology from NYU.
Steven is the founder of Millennial HR Design, a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) consultancy that seeks to leverage the power of psychedelics to inspire a generation of leaders to interrogate systems of oppression, learn inclusive management practices, and wield privilege to create positive change. Steven has worked for over a decade within the tech industry; as the first HR analyst at Facebook and Square, and then as the Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Culture Amp, where his DEI technology played an integral role in DEI strategies for hundreds of companies across the world.
Thomas is Head of Talent at Turn/River Capital, an SF-based growth equity firm. He partners with the leadership at portfolio companies to identify and unlock the talent pieces required to accelerate their growth strategies. Prior to joining Turn/River, Thomas led global scaled learning at ServiceNow, founded Trybe.ai, a learning tech startup. He has also had talent and product leadership roles at LinkedIn and Boston Consulting Group. Thomas also enjoys lecturing at Stanford University where his teaching and research focus on data-driven leadership and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Natasha Kehimkar is an executive coach and strategic advisor to organizations around the world. As CEO and founder of Malida Advisors, she and her team help companies build leadership capabilities, create inclusive cultures, and drive sustainable change, so they can meet and exceed their goals. Drawing on over 25 years experience leading global People & Talent teams in tech, biotech, consumer products, and life sciences, Natasha serves as a board member and advisor and is an accomplished speaker. She holds a BA in Sociology, Master's degree in HR and Labor Relations, SPHR and DDI Trainer certifications, and professional coach accreditation.
Jessica Nam Kim is the Co-founder/CEO of ianacare on a mission to encourage, equip, and empower family caregivers as they navigate the complex journey of caring for a loved one at home. The platform leverages the power of technology and community to organize and mobilize all the layers of support. She is a 3x startup founder, speaker, mom of three kids, and caregiver for her father. Jessica graduated from Brown University and received her MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.
Jonathan Kofahl loves to tell stories that make a difference, which is why he made filmwork his personal passion and profession. From directing commercial shoots to run-and-gun videography, Jonathan brings good humor and a thoughtful thoroughness to every creative endeavor. When he’s not making videos with Zander Media, he can be found with his wife and photogenic children in Austin, Texas.
Liz focuses on the most critical asset of an organization - its people. She has had multiple exposure points to tech companies from both the in-house and the agency perspective. The People Team at Sift encompasses the entire employee experience: Recruiting, People Ops, Knowledge & Collaboration, Workplace, and IT. She has startup experience from Seed stage through pre-IPO and a MS from Northwestern in a hybrid program where she developed expertise in organizational development, organizational and social psychology, learning sciences, strategy, change management, coaching, and design thinking.
Sheila Krueger, MBA, CCP
Sheila is the "People" in "People and Things". Sheila snuck in the back door of HR through a secret IT passage. After implementing an HRIS for an HR team, she just refused to leave. Thus started a career that has encompassed HRIS, Compensation, Benefits, Wellness, Communication, M&A, and many other aspects of the People Experience life. Currently the Head of Global Benefits at Zoom Video Communications, Sheila works to provide a suite of benefits to Zoomies that help them lead their best lives and truly foster the culture of #workhappy. This includes the recrafting of processes as well as implementing creative and useful benefit programs for all, based on the five pillars of wellness. In her spare time, she runs a charity benefiting the unsheltered in Phoenix, spends some time creating paper crafts, and loves to travel.
Dave Landa is the chief executive officer of Kintone Corporation, the San Francisco startup behind Kintone, a teamwork platform with a visual application builder that empowers individuals, teams and organizations to effectively manage their data and workflow for better collaboration. Since 2004, Dave has been on the forefront of the cloud revolution, driving strategic business development on the executive teams of leading SaaS application providers. His career includes stints at Fortune 500 companies (Ball Corporation) and startups (Blue Rice, SPG Solutions, Electric Run), and he was instrumental in bringing a mid-stage company (Active Network) through to a successful IPO.
Vanessa Larco is a Partner at NEA focused on enterprise and consumer tech investing. Prior to joining NEA, she led Product Management teams at Box, working on the next generation of productivity apps across web and mobile. Her passion for design and analytics stems from her experience in gaming, which includes leading the Speech Recognition Experience team at Xbox Kinect, building a top grossing studio at Disney Social followed by founding a kids gaming startup. She's led investments in Cleo, Rocket.Chat, Mejuri, EvidentID, Greenlight Card, Feather, and Lily AI. She is also a board observer at Robinhood, Willow Pump and OmniSci.
Tom X Lee is the CEO and visionary behind Galileo — a next-generation health care delivery model that uses mobile technology and human-centered design to make medical care better and more affordable for all.
Prior to Galileo, Tom helped build One Medical into the country’s leading independent primary care group. In addition, he served as the Chief Medical Officer and lead designer at Epocrates.
Tom is a board-certified internist who completed training at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received his BS from Yale University, MD from the University of Washington, and MBA from Stanford University.
Mark is a seasoned big hearted Employee Experience Leader who has focused on bringing humanity to work. Mark was the pioneer of designing the shift to Employee Experience at Airbnb, which has since created significant changes in the way organizations globally are looking at expanding the HR function to focus on the entire employee journey. Mark has taken his learnings to advise CEO/Founders on how to evolve to Employee Experience, how to create an integrated internal and external brand, how to bring the mission and values to life, and how to create a greater connection between the company and their employees, between employees, with the company's customers, as well as the communities in which they operate through social impact. Most recently, Mark has focused his advisory work with under-estimated founders/CEOs and/or organizations focused on social impact.
Rebecca Liebman is the CEO and co-founder of LearnLux, the leading provider of workplace financial wellbeing that blends digital planning with one-on-one guidance from Certified Financial Planner™️ professionals. Founded in 2015, Rebecca has grown LearnLux from startup to established company serving clients across a variety of industries, Fortune 500 businesses, and global enterprises. Rebecca is on a mission to make financial wellbeing accessible in the workplace and create a better world through the power of technology. Rebecca has recently been honored with Forbes “30 Under 30,” Boston Business Journal “40 Under 40,” and Fast Company’s “World Changing Ideas” awards.
Mark Lipscomb serves as Vice President, Global Talent and Employee Experience for Adobe, where he is responsible for driving Adobe's efforts to attract, hire, develop, and engage exceptional people globally to fuel Adobe's growth. Mark has held human leadership roles at some of the most innovative companies including 23andMe, Netflix, Tesla, and Stryker. Before his time in business, Mark served as an officer in the United States Navy where he received the Commendation Medal. Mark is currently a Guest Lecturer on culture and leadership at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mark resides in San Jose, with his wife, Jennifer, and children, Claire, Emily, and Matthew.
I am on a mission to humanize the workplace. I work with the Conference Board's Fortune 500 corporations-members on rethinking their workplace strategies; lead Reframe.Work Inc. and consult on how to create inclusive workplaces through the use of technology, human-centered design, people analytics, and future-thinking; and founded amazing.community, a nonprofit extending the work horizon for women. Previously I transformed the workplace at the intersection of technology, analytics, and HR at Fidelity Investments, TIAA, IBM, Price Waterhouse, and PwC Consulting and their clients.
Lynee Luque is the VP of People at NerdWallet where she brings more than 20 years of experience working with high-growth tech companies, focusing on defining and operationalizing company culture to support business growth. At NerdWallet, Lynee focuses on partnering with and coaching executives, fostering productive and trusted teams and further expanding NerdWallet's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts.
Prior to joining NerdWallet, Lynee was VP and Head of People at Envoy and Global Human Resources Director for Twitter. Lynee has a B.S. degree from UC Berkeley and an M.B.A. from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Sara Marzitelli is the VP of People at Kindbody which is on a mission to make family building & fertility care more accessible, convenient and empowering for all - all genders, all identities, all people. Prior to Kindbody, Sara was the VP, People Operations at Common, the nations leading community-driven residential brand, where she was responsible for scaling the team through a phase of hyper-growth. Sara has over 13 years of experience in the People Ops and employment law sector, including working at large global organizations, and most recently, responsible for helping start-ups scale. Sara has built and run HR teams across a wide sector of industries including publishing, fashion and beauty, fitness, real estate tech and now health-tech.
Steve and HR Futures (HRF) provide interim HR leadership and design services for fast-growth companies and others undergoing transformation. HRF helps such companies attract, develop, and retain high value employees. Steve also advises companies on creating data-driven HR cultures. Previously, he was chief HR officer for Duo Security, New Relic, SRI International, and Exponent. Steve was also the CEO of Saratoga Institute. Steve earned a PhD and JD, and taught at the BC School of Management, UMass, and UCSB. He served on boards of Forensic Expert Witness Association, Bay Area ODN, Bay Area HR Executive Council, and Palo Alto University.
Cleve Mesidor a Public Policy Advisor to the Blockchain Association and leads the National Policy Network of Women of Color in Blockchain. She serves on the Board of Directors for Value Technology Foundation and Crypto Connect, and is a Mayoral appointee to the DC Innovation and Technology Inclusion Council. A Washington insider, Cleve previously served as an Obama Presidential Appointee, a senior staffer in Congress, and in the leadership of national political campaigns. Recently, she was profiled in the Washington Post, TIME and on NPR. Cleve is author of “THE CLEVOLUTION: My Quest for Justice in Politics & Crypto.” She earned a Master’s of Arts degree from Howard University and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Ellen is a Human Resources professional with over 20 years of progressive employee benefits and HR operations experience. She has worked both in-house and as a consultant with companies from the start-up/pre-IPO stage all the way to mature 10,000+ employee companies. She currently serves as the Director of Global Benefits at DocuSign and is an advisory council member for many start-ups in the People Technology space. Ellen has a sharp eye for innovation, and is extremely passionate about helping the community and world.
Amit Mohindra is head of data analytics and insights for Takeda's global corporate affairs group and the founder and CEO of People Analytics Success where he helped organizations and individuals accelerate their success in people analytics through advisory, coaching, and educational services. He has founded and scaled people analytics teams at Apple, McKesson, and Wayfair and has been an HR executive at Goldman Sachs and IBM, a consultant at Willis Towers Watson, and a research economist at The World Bank. Amit holds a doctorate in organizational change and leadership from USC and teaches people analytics at Stanford University.
Danielle Monaghan is the VP of Global Talent Acquisition and Mobility at Uber. Prior to this, she led the talent acquisition team for Amazon's Consumer Division. She also helped build the Amazon/JPMorgan Chase/Berkshire Hathaway health care startup, Haven, as the acting head of HR. She has 20+ years of TA experience having lived and worked on three continents (Asia, Africa and North America). Prior experience includes leading the HR function for Cisco for North Asia (Greater China, Japan and Korea), Cisco Technical Services in San Jose, CA and the HR and TA functions for Microsoft R&D in Greater China and Taiwan, as well as leading various TA functions, including executive recruiting for Microsoft in Redmond, WA. In her role as Sr. Director of Global Staffing and Diversity for Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division, she also oversaw hiring for the U.S., Canada, UK, China and France. She holds an MBA from the Jack Welch Management Institute, and an Executive MBA from Cornell University (USA) and QueensCollege (Canada). She has a BA in Information Technology.
Kim Moore is a Partner on the venture capital team at Glynn Capital and is passionate about building companies, adding immediate value to businesses during their inflection point, and connecting people in meaningful ways to succeed on two fronts: business development engagements and building out diverse leadership teams and boards. Previously, she was at Innovation Endeavors, an early-stage venture capital firm solely backed by Eric Schmidt. Prior to working in venture capital, Kim worked at Asana. Kim received her undergraduate degree with honors in Social Science from the University of California, Irvine and her Ed.M. from Harvard GSE.
Mr. Moraes is the Co-Founder and CEO at XP Health. Before XP Health, he co-founded Vox Capital, which became a Harvard Business School case study and internationally recognized as a pioneer impact investing fund, mainly focused on healthcare. He is a co-author and co-producer of A New Capitalism, an international documentary available in 190 countries on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Google Play. He holds a Master in Science and a Master in Healthcare Policy from Stanford University.
Cher Murphy is an anthropologist, an OD practitioner, and a reticulist. As a trusted advisor to boards and executive management teams, Cher builds talent strategies,leads executive searches, and assesses organizational effectiveness to drive growth and innovation. Her expertise is advising organizations that are scaling or have reached an inflection point, where a talent strategy is required to thrive in uncertainty and the quickening pace of change. Currently a Senior Managing Director at Teneo, a CEO advisory firm and previously a CPO, Cher understands the perspective from both the consultant and practitioner mindset. She is a member of Marshall Goldsmith's 100 Coaches and is an Adjunct Professor at the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University.
Bart is the founder and CEO of Countable, a Community-as-a-Service platform for engaging stakeholders around brand purpose and social impact programs. Brands such as Levi’s, Uber, PG&E, DoorDash, and more use Countable’s proven white-label technology and deep expertise in impact campaigning, coalition-building, and digital organizing to drive measurable, world-changing outcomes. A long-time digital media executive and advisor to civic engagement organizations, Bart founded and built a number of startups including SideReel (acquired by Tivo), and is a Strategic Advisor for the Center for Responsible Leadership.
Shawna prides herself in challenging the status quo and has spent 22 years in the healthcare industry doing just that. Over this time, she has worked with key stakeholders spanning the ecosystem – as an underwriter, a consultant, within health technology, in operations, and currently at a Fortune 250 company overseeing Global Benefits & Wellness. Her breadth of experience uniquely positions her to push for evolution with confidence.
Shawna is pursuing her DBA at Drexel, holds an MBA from the University of Oregon, a BA from the University of Hartford in Creative Writing, and a BS in Business Administration from Purdue.
Nikhil Paul is a leadership team coach who founded We R Human to help senior teams strengthen their focus, culture and execution. Previously, he led an employee engagement SaaS startup and learnt firsthand the challenges leaders all over the world were facing in motivating and retaining their employees. He has a decade of experience in building teams and problem-solving culture issues with clients like Walmart, Airbnb and Salesforce. He has been featured in Forbes and is currently a member of the Hubspot Fellows faculty.
Will Peng is the CEO and Co-Founder of Northstar, the financial wellness platform for employees. Prior to founding Northstar, Will was a venture capital investor. His firm was an early investor in Coinbase, Guideline, Even, and Oscar. Inspired by the positive change fintech can have on people's lives, Will set out to solve the inequality of financial guidance in a way that drives meaningful action. As a Taiwanese immigrant, Will is passionate about supporting underserved communities to help them achieve financial stability and reach their personal goals.
Torin Perez is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion consultant on a mission to inspire authenticity and inclusive leadership in the workplace. Featured at TED, Culture Amp as a D&I Influencer You Should Know, and in Forbes as an Anti-Racism Educator Your Company Needs Now, Torin has facilitated transformative learning and development experiences and spoken on many of the world’s most influential stages. His stories and ideas have inspired audiences at leading conferences including PCMA Convening Leaders, Culture Summit, and HR Transform — academic institutions including Harvard, Stanford, and Cornell Johnson — and iconic corporate institutions including Cisco, Microsoft, and Chobani.
Jess Podgajny is a mom, culture curator, podcast host, and the co-founder & CEO of LLUNA - technology to make flexibility scalable. She challenges companies to reimagine the employee experience – introducing a data-driven technology process that makes room for work designed for life. Her passion for people and business fuels her mission to personalize the future of work. Jess and her family live outside Philadelphia, PA and when not helping companies better attract, engage, and retain talent, Jess can be found enjoying one of the many incredible restaurants in and around Philly.
Over the past 20 years, JR has established herself as a leader of transformational talent strategies & teams for high-growth startups, top technology companies, and consumer brands including Apple, Target, Yahoo and Looker/Google Cloud. Her work is predicated on passion and respect for her team, her candidates, and clients around the world. A Detroit-area native and proud University of Michigan grad, JR most recently joined Pendo.io as VP Talent in January 2021 where she is having great days and yet cannot wait to see her team in person again.
Kim Rohrer is a passionate people person with over a decade of experience building inclusive, sustainable, values-based company cultures at tech companies and beyond. She is currently the Head of Employee Experience at Oyster, and is also the founder of and advisor to OrgOrg, a global community of over 3,500 people operations professionals. Kim believes fiercely in holistic support for working caregivers, and is proud to be a part of the movement to create change as a cofounder at TendLab. Her eclectic career has taken her from theater to tech, always with the common threads of community and care.
Greg Russell has been helping build tech companies in Silicon Valley and New Zealand for over 20 years. Currently the Head of Talent at fintech startup Snapdocs, with a mission to perfect real estate closings, Greg's team has grown the company from 110 - 550 over the past 2 years. Passionate about coaching recruiters in the craft of talent acquisition, he believes there are 48 different things that must be done well to create a great process. Greg is an advisor for early stage people and talent tech companies and has been a member of PeopleTechAdvisors for 4 years.
Sarahjane brings her experience both as a veteran tech executive and a busy mother of two to lead team Cleo as our CEO. Prior to joining Cleo, Sarahjane helped build Collective Health as their CMO, and has helped launch and build several startups in a variety of industries, from adtech to social media to energy and enterprise technology. Earlier in her career, she led political campaigns for healthcare and education districts across California.
Under Brandon’s leadership, Zapier's People team attracts and develops dynamic, curious problem-solvers—and empowers them to do the best work of their lives. Brandon is responsible for Zapier's global talent strategy, drawing from prior experience in talent acquisition, talent development, diversity and inclusion, strategy consulting, and venture capital. He holds a BA from The University of Michigan, an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, and a Masters in Education from Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.
Jahanvi is an investor at Stripes, a $4.5B growth equity firm based in New York. She helps lead Stripes investments in B2B SaaS with a focus on HR tech, fintech, and cybersecurity. Jahanvi works closely with portfolio companies Oyster HR and Paradox in addition to many others. She is passionate about new HR technologies that are far more employee and manager centric rather than being employer centric. Outside of work Jahanvi can be found binge watching The Office or looking for the best pho in NYC.
Marcus Sawyerr is a Former 500 Executive turned startup founder who has spent the last 15 years working within online recruitment and digital transformation - most recently as Global Head of Digital Innovation and President of The Adecco Group's digital innovation unit. After becoming increasingly frustrated over the lack of access to meaningful and life-changing jobs, especially for people of color, he started EQ Community to empower capable and diverse talent to thrive.
Jeremy Schiff earned an undergraduate and PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 2005 and 2009 respectively, with a focus on scalable machine learning. In 2006, Jeremy co-founded FotoFlexer.com, an online photo editing company that powered companies including MySpace and Photobucket. In 2009, Jeremy joined Ness Computing as VP of Product and Machine Learning, which was sold to OpenTable in 2014. While working at OpenTable, Jeremy saw first-hand the opportunity to transform the way that recruiting works through Machine Learning and Automation, so became founder and CEO of RecruitBot in 2017 to spearhead the mission to automate recruiting.
Lars Schmidt is the Founder of Amplify, an HR executive search and consulting firm. He's spent over 20 years in the industry building a range of leading global companies. He's a writer for Fast Company, author of the bestselling Redefining HR book, co-author of Employer Branding for Dummies, and Host of the Redefining HR podcast. You can find him on Twitter at @Lars.
Matt, Founder, and CEO of Pave was previously a software engineer at Facebook. He holds degrees in computer science from Penn and business from Wharton. Matt has had a lifelong passion for helping people fully understand and take control of their personal finances. Outside of work, you can find him mountaineering in the Andes and backcountry skiing in the Rockies.
Alex is a passionate People executive who is focused on advancing workplace & performance culture, fostering DEI&B and advocating for organizational health & well-being. He is half British half Swiss, was born and raised in Hong Kong and has been in the US for over 18 years and fell into the People function upon landing on US soil. He has worked across a number of industries, in both generalist and specialist roles, before becoming a Chief People Officer/Head of HR. He is inspired by organizations and leaders that put their talent first, which is how he landed at GHJ.
Mala serves as Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Electronic Arts where she focuses on developing EA's talent and cultivating the company culture. Mala plays an integral role in redefining and evolving the People strategy at EA. She is passionate about creating environments which empower people and teams to do their best work. Prior to this role, Mala spent three years as Chief People Officer at Minted where she helped to define the culture and grow the creative and technical teams during a high-growth period for the startup. Mala earned both her Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Art History and her Master's degree in Human Resources Management from Rutgers University. Mala lives in the Bay Area with her family.
Jessica Sloan is the CEO/Executive Director of RaisedBy.Us, a nonprofit that partners with startups to help build and run company-wide social impact programming. Jessica has dedicated her career to social good enterprises with over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. From program development and evaluation to fundraising, communications, and strategic initiatives, Jessica is passionate about building cross-sector alliances that foster opportunities for connection between communities and drive sustainable, long-term change. Jessica has a BA in psychology and criminology from the University of Maryland College Park and an MA in clinical psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Globe-trotting tech founder (ex ebay + facebook) driven to build better societies. Sophie experienced a problem professionals face at transition points in life where flexibility is needed - i.e. caregiving, health, learning, etc. The more strategic or senior the job, the more inflexible it is. So people burn out or leave - this drives gender seniority gaps, harms diversity, and damages economic growth. Sophie started Roleshare to fix this. Roleshare is a platform that matches part-time workers to share full-time jobs. Roleshare has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a pathway to economic transformation.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Keith E. Sonderling was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 22, 2020, to be a Commissioner on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for a term expiring July 1, 2024.
Previously, Commissioner Sonderling served as the Acting and Deputy Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division at the U.S. Department of Labor. At the Wage and Hour Division, Sonderling oversaw enforcement, outreach, regulatory work, strategic planning, performance management, communications, and stakeholder engagement.
Before joining the Department of Labor, Commissioner Sonderling was a partner at the Gunster Law Firm, where he practiced labor and employment law.
Angela Soria loves to tackle creative challenges, which is why she began working with the Zander Media team before the company even had a name. Her vision and expertise is what holds the Zander Media team accountable in all our creative endeavors to produce quality content. When she’s not shooting, editing, or reviewing video, Angela can be found walking her dog Villanelle, or sampling wines in Napa.
Angel is an applied researcher and systems thinker committed to racial equity. She’s led systems change efforts in Philadelphia and Baltimore; developed national, state, and local policy; managed business associations; and developed, led and evaluated workforce and economic development initiatives across the country. Most recently, Angel led efforts to increase wages and the employment rate in Baltimore.
Today Angel is the co-founder and CEO of The Black Brain Trust (TBBT), where she created a patent-pending methodology for measuring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in companies and a software platform to better collect, measure and analyze comprehensive DEI data within companies.
Cory Stern is a passionate Human Resources executive who has been building, coaching, and leading teams and organizations across Johnson & Johnson since 2004. Cory currently serves as VP, Global Head of HR for J&J’s $9B Ethicon Medical Technology business. Cory’s HR experiences span established and entrepreneurial businesses across healthcare and finance. Prior to J&J, Cory spent 6 years in finance working in investment banking and capital markets.
Cory’s passion and purpose are fueled by the work he does coaching talent at all phases of their career journey. He’s driven to make a difference by blending the artistry and science of values-based coaching to help people experience meaning and fulfilment in their work, achieve career goals, and perform at their best. Cory obtained his Executive Coaching certification from the Columbia University Coach Certification Program.
Cory, his wife and two daughters live in New York City and enjoy every moment experiencing the vibrancy and chaos of the city. Outside of his “day job”, Cory serves as a Mentor Coach for America Needs You (ANY), is an Advisor & Founding Member of TroopHR, an Advisory Board member to the Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations, a Trustee at Temple Israel, and serves on the School Leadership Team at Public School 183 in NYC.
As Chief People Officer at Patreon, Tiffany Stevenson believes that culture is a VERB and not a noun. Tiffany's goal is to build healthy, thriving, high performing communities inside and out. Formerly Chief Talent & Inclusion Officer, Global Head of Communities at Box, Tiffany led several HR centers of excellence including: org/talent development, learning, diversity & inclusion along with communities and Box.org. Prior to Box, Tiffany served for 12 years at Sephora USA Inc. (LVMH), where she led the talent and org development functions and launched the D&I practice for the Americas region. Tiffany currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, along with the Advisory Board for Hitch Works.
Ron is the Chief People Officer at Booster, the last mile mobile energy solution for fleets, businesses, and consumers. He has 20+ years of experience leading people teams at Fortune 500 Companies including Facebook, Google and Lyft.
Ron’s most notable role was leading the People function at Lyft. Joining Lyft in 2013, Ron grew the company from 80 to over 2,000+ employees, and from a cumulative 1 million rides to 1 million rides per day.
Ron can also be heard on podcasts, webinars, or at conferences speaking about the future of work and topics such as culture, growth, and inclusion.
Joanna Strober, is the CEO of Midi Health, a digital-first healthcare platform designed specifically for women 40+, providing personalized expert protocols delivered by clinicians trained in female midlife health. Leveraging specialized at-home labs, prescription medications, supplements, and lifestyle coaching, Midi helps women manage the unique challenges faced by women in this critical stage of their lives and careers.
Prior to Midi, Joanna founded Kurbo Health, a digital therapeutic for childhood obesity that she grew and sold to WW. Before immersing herself in digital health, Joanna spent 20 years as a venture capital and private equity investor, with a special focus on companies helping women and children thrive.
Tammy Sun is the Co-Founder and CEO of Carrot Fertility, the leading global fertility benefits provider for employers and health plans. Carrot's clinically-managed program includes fertility preservation like egg and sperm freezing, IVF, donor and gestational carrier services, adoption, and pregnancy support; Carrot Rx, a premium pharmacy experience at significant savings; and the Carrot Card, a flexible fertility benefits debit card employees can use to pay for their care. Tammy was inspired to create Carrot after she spent $35,000 of her personal savings to undergo egg freezing. Carrot's mission is to improve access to high-quality fertility care and dramatically reduce the emotional and financial strain for employees who need it. Carrot supports over 250 customers in more than 60 countries across North America, Asia, Europe, South America, and the Middle East.
Tammy has had a successful career across marketing, technology, and politics. Most recently, she was the Director of Partnerships at Evernote. Prior to Evernote, she spent a decade in politics, where she served as a presidential appointee at the Federal Communications Commission during the Obama administration. She also held roles at the Clinton Foundation and The White House.
From recruiting to HR operations, business partnerships, and employee engagement, Leah Sutton leads the team that builds, nurtures, and supports a fully distributed team of more than 2,600 Elasticians in over 40 countries around the world. Prior to Elastic, she led HR at Plum Organics through a period of high growth following an acquisition by Campbell Soup Company. She holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and an MBA from Berkeley�s Haas School Business.
Ravi Swaminathan is a seasoned technology executive who is wildly passionate about creating products with social impact that can change the world for the better. He drives the TaskHuman vision forward every day.
Erina Tashiro is the Culture Strategist & HR Admin for Kintone Corporation, which provides a teamwork platform that empowers individuals, teams, and organizations to effectively manage their data and workflow for better collaboration. In her role, Erina works to promote a culture of transparency to attract, retain, and motivate top talent. Specifically, she utilizes Kintone's teamwork platform and methods to encourage open communication, collaborative problem-solving, and transparent decision-making. Through her work, Erina supports Kintone's HR policies and practices to allow 100 Different People, a 100 Different Workstyles.
Gabriela is VP of the Equal Pay Group, responsible for business development, client engagement, and overseeing marketing and business management.
As a dedicated advocate of equity and employment change, Gabriela has supported HR development, recruitment, data analysis, and operations management. Having recently worked for the third-largest staffing agency in the country, Gabriela has keen insight on the impact of organizational policies, compensation, and diversity as it relates to the interest and engagement of candidates looking for employment opportunities.
Gabriela has her Certification in Compensation Analysis and is obtaining an MBA concentrating on Corporate Renewal at Northeastern University in Boston, MA.
Lenke Taylor is on the leadership team at Level, America's fastest growing fintech benefits company. Backed by Visa, Level creates benefits products such as dental, vision, lifestyle funds and more that employers and their teams love. Recognized as one of the most innovative HR leaders focusing on DEI by Business Insider, Lenke has lived and traveled around the world while working at Twitch, BuzzFeed, Google and NBC Universal. She graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and earned an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.
Mai Ton is an award-winning executive with more than 20 years of experience leading Human Resources, people, and culture for innovative startups based in San Francisco and New York. She has been recognized by the media as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology, Top 50 Tech Leaders, and a Top 20 Tech Trailblazer.
Committed to driving positive change, she is a board member of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP), a non-profit organization advancing Asian leadership in business. Ms. Ton is a CEO coach and advisor for HR technology companies. She believes deeply in the power of technology for good; mentoring the next generation of talent, and advocating for equity and inclusion in the world of tech. Mai is currently the Chief People Officer at Kickstarter.
Ruth Umoh is the Editor-in-Chief of The Filament, the definitive news source for DEI leaders in tech. A veteran business journalist, she previously served as Forbes' Diversity and Inclusion Editor and was a CNBC Reporter covering leadership strategy, corporate management, and equity issues prior. She's a graduate of the University of Maryland and received a master's degree from Columbia University.
With an extensive background in politics and public affairs, Jona Van Deun was formerly Vice President of Small Business Coalitions and Engagement for the US Chamber of Commerce before returning to her native Nebraska as President of the Nebraska Tech Collaborative (NTC).
The NTC is a business-led Aksarben Foundation workforce Initiative committed to convening leaders from government, education, and not-for-profit organizations across the state with the sole focus to develop, attract, and retain tech-talent and entrepreneurs to Nebraska.
Kellie Wagner is a speaker, diversity, equity, and inclusion practitioner, and founder of the industry-leading company Collective - A DEI Lab. Merging tech-driven principles like design thinking and agile strategy with a focus on building trust, navigating differences, and empowering marginalized communities, Kellie has led Collective in promoting inclusive workplace cultures and systems at innovative brands like Spotify, Peloton, and Food52. Kellie's thought-leading work on inclusive recruiting, intersectionality, and mental health has been featured in national publications like Forbes, New York Magazine, and GQ.
Suzy Walther is the Head of People at FalconX, a crypto prime brokerage giving the world’s
largest financial services institutions an edge as they navigate cryptocurrency investments.
Before joining FalconX, Suzy was the Chief People Officer at Carta, a company revolutionizing the way founders, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.
Prior to joining Carta, Suzy was the Global Head of Talent for Bloomberg, L.P. During her 22
years with Bloomberg, Suzy navigated progressive roles in sales and product, ultimately leading and growing multi-million dollar businesses. Her extensive global operating experience gives her unique perspective in the development and execution of innovative talent strategies.
Alyson Watson is the founder and CEO of Modern Health. Modern Health empowers employers to lead the charge in acknowledging that mental health is just as important as physical health, destigmatizing coaching and therapy, and increasing accessibility of mental health services for all. Prior to starting Modern Health, Alyson held leadership roles including health industry strategy consulting at PwC, healthy behavior change management at Keas (acquired by Welltok), and partner point solution integrations at Collective Health. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in global environmental change and sustainability. Alyson has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 and Fortune 40 Under 40 lists.
Matt is the co-founder and CEO at Origin where he is working to solve employees number one source of stress: money. Prior to Origin, Matt was a founder at Indio Technologies, a software platform for commercial insurance which was acquired by Applied Systems in 2019. Matt started his career in Citigroup's investment bank trading high yield credit in the power and mining industries. He is an alumnus of Johns Hopkins University.
Brandon is the Co-Founder and CEO at Nava, a modern benefits brokerage on a mission to provide high-quality, affordable access to healthcare to all Americans. Prior to Nava, he co-founded VTS, a company that transformed the commercial real estate marketplace, and is now used in over 50% of all office buildings in the United States. Outside of work, he enjoys getting into nature, and is passionate about backcountry skiing, mountaineering, and trail running.
Ian White is the Founder and CEO/CTO of ChartHop. Previously, he was the Founder and CTO of Sailthru, the marketing cloud delivering billions of personalized newsletter emails per month for top publishers and e-commerce brands. Before that, Ian was the first head of engineering at Business Insider and built the publishing platform that powers today's highest-trafficked business website.
Through this, Ian felt the pains of planning and building a team -- and wanted to build something better than the spreadsheets and legacy HR systems he'd been struggling with. ChartHop was born to help organizations better plan with alignment and transparency.
Based in Palo Alto, Michael Yang is a Managing Partner with OMERS Ventures, a multi-stage trans-Atlantic venture firm. Michael has been an early investor and board director for employer and benefits-centric companies such as Accolade, Brightside, WithMe Health, PeerWell and Landed.
Erica started her teaching computer courses to people from low-income communities on how to use a computer. Since joining SHRM, Erica has held three roles. She started off building organizational products, then moved onto the founding SHRMLabs team, where she explored the intersection of work and technology. Now, Erica connects enterprise organizations with solutions that positively impact people and business.
Erica has a master’s degree in applied Industrial/Organizational Psychology, with a focus in instructional systems design. She earned her SHRM-SCP and consistently speaks on trends within the future of work and belonging, upskilling, and tech.
Serena is VP, People at ThirdLove, with the mission of helping every woman finding her perfect fitting bra. Prior to ThirdLove, Serena was CPO at RobustWealth, during which she led selling the company to PFG, and founded Zenefits Customer Community. What drives Serena is taking an antiquated function, human resources, and leveraging technology and psychology to help individuals develop into their best selves and enable teams to build something larger than themselves. Serena's top VIA strength is awe. Before leading the People function, Serena passed the bar and received a master's in applied positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.
