Debora Johnson is the EVP, Recruitment Channels & Content Manager at Coca-Cola.

Giselle Battley is the  Director, Head of Global Emerging Talent / Talent Acquisition at Yahoo.

Alesandra McLean is the Head of NA Campus and Early Career Programs at Wayfair.

Judy Wong leads Executive Search and Corporate Talent Acquisition for Charter, a leading broadband connectivity company and the second largest cable operator in the US serving more than 31 million customers in 41 states through its Spectrum brand. She joined the company in 2016, shortly after the completion of the merger of the three companies that make up Charter today. In her current role she oversees recruiting for the company’s senior leadership, particularly at the Vice President level and above, across the entire company. In addition, she leads a team specializing in talent acquisition for Charter’s Corporate areas which include Human Resources, Legal, Finance, Government Affairs, as well as talent acquisition for the Product and Technology business.

Prior to joining Spectrum, Judy spent six years leading recruiting at Gartner, a global research and advisory firm; and previously led talent acquisition and development at Related Companies, a NYC-based real estate development firm. She started her recruiting career at Spencer Stuart, one of the world’s largest executive search organizations, originally as a recruiter, and ultimately as the leader of their organization of associates and analysts for their largest geographic hub, in the northeast region of the US.

Judy started her career as an investment banker, first at Credit Suisse and then at Citi. She is an Economics major from MIT, and received her MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School.

Crystal Lannaman is currently the head of Talent Acquisition and University Relations at BASF, the largest chemical company that creates chemistry to help solve the world's problems. In this capacity, Crystal leads her team ensuring that BASF acquires top talent, drives the employer branding and talent attraction diversity recruitment and management of third-party vendors. As an innovative and performance driven Human Resources professional with 15 years’ experience, she has driven impact in various large global organizations in various industries (manufacturing, retail, consumer goods to name a few).

Her leadership success has been experienced through organizational growth/development and business transformation, and global operations.  Crystal’s impactful HR solutions drive business growth and generates cost savings. She is a creative problem solver with expertise analyzing trends and implementing new business plans that boost business partnership and trust.  She drives for HR functional development resulting in increased capability and caliber ultimately improving performance metrics.

Crystal is passionate about empowering professionals to grow and develop to their optimal potential. Her speaking engagement specialize in professional branding, networking, career planning, interview and resume prep, and general HR consulting. Crystal helps to reimage intentionality on managing one's career.

Judith Harrison is Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer at Weber Shandwick, a leading global communications, public relations and engagement firm. Previously, she was SVP of HR at Ruder Finn, one of the world's largest independent global communications and creative agencies.

Kendall Messner, UST Head of Executive and Strategic Talent Acquisition

Kendall Messner leads USTs executive and strategic talent acquisition practice. UST is private, headquartered in Orange County California, and has 26,000 employees. Kendall previously worked at Cognizant Technology Solutions for 6+ years as well as on the agency side for Bluespeed Technology for over 11 years. Prior to his recruiting career Kendall was a full time stand-up comedian for 10 years.

Kendall lives in Redmond Oregon and enjoys fishing, golfing and relaxing with his large family.

Kerry Royer is influential in transforming the talent acquisition landscape and passionate about developing the future leaders of tomorrow. Over the last 15+ years, she has built a distinguished career leveraging a unique combination of sales, leadership, and vast HR experience.

As head of global talent acquisition at Verizon, she leads an organization that inspires and attracts people to join the network that’s moving the world forward. Responsible for global talent acquisition and recruitment marketing strategy, her team is shaping a dynamic candidate experience and building a diverse pipeline of talent to keep Verizon at the forefront of an ever-changing industry.

Kerry’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is seen in her team’s efforts driving the development of emerging talent through campus recruitment and brand ambassador programs, apprenticeships, fellowships and more. These initiatives help to deliver Verizon’s strategic workforce plan and foster an inclusive workplace for all.

Kerry lives in New Jersey with her husband and two daughters. When she’s not working, you can find her listening to an eclectic music playlist or podcast during a daily run or workout.

Nicole Sahin is CEO and Founder of Globalization Partners and visionary pioneer of the global Employer of Record (EOR) market. Sahin built the industry-leading, global employment platform in what experts call a trillion-dollar opportunity in the new era of global remote work. Globalization Partners’ solution eliminates the traditional HR, legal, and tax hurdles companies otherwise face when building global remote teams enabling companies to hire anyone, anywhere, within minutes – without setting up international branch offices or subsidiaries.

Besides her mission of breaking down barriers to global business, Sahin founded Globalization Partners with a “side mission” of building a company that people love. She remains laser-focused not only on the business's growth and financial metrics but also on the company’s customer satisfaction ratings and employee engagement.

As a result, Globalization Partners has won numerous national awards for its company culture. In 2021, Quartz named Globalization Partners a Best Company for Remote Workers. In 2020, Inc. Magazine named Nicole a Top 100 Female Founder. Globalization Partners was also named Employer of Record Industry leader by analyst firm NelsonHall. Nicole credits the success to an exceptional team with global expansion in their DNA, and to her Triple Bottom Line philosophy – what is good for the clients and the employees is good for the shareholders.

Nicole holds an MBA in International Management from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. She lives in California and loves to travel. Nicole is inspired by her vision of everyone, everywhere accessing great jobs via the new digital world, and attaining their true potential.

Chad Lafferty leads the international growth and expansion of Attuned, with the mission to make work more meaningful for people around the world. Prior to Attuned, Chad was Managing Director of Wahl+Case, a technology recruitment firm in Japan, one of the most difficult recruitment markets in the world. These combined experiences give him insights into why people join, stay, and leave companies. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and holds a degree in Journalism.

Andrew Flowers is the lead labor economist at Appcast, the global leader in programmatic recruitment advertising technology and services. A recognized expert on economic policy, the U.S. labor market and macroeconomy, Flowers brings nearly 15 years of industry insights and experience to his role. Throughout his impressive career, he has produced more than 30 research reports and is often sought-after to provide insight on the changing labor market.

Flowers holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Chicago. He was part of a team that was the recipient of the 2017 National Institute for Health Care Management’s Healthcare Digital Media Award and served on an advisory committee for the National Association for Business Economics. Flowers currently resides in Massachusetts with his wife and two children.

Tom Brunskill is the CEO & Co-Founder of Forage.

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza is a freelance journalist and From Day One contributing editor who writes about work, the job market, and women’s experiences in the workplace. Her work has appeared in the BBC, The Washington Post, Quartz at Work, Fast Company, and Digiday’s Worklife.

Sam Blum is a reporter for HR Brew. His work has been published in Rolling Stone, Vox, GQ, and the BBC WorkLife.

Shana Lebowitz Gaynor is a correspondent for Insider, where she covers career development and workplace culture. Her new book, Don’t Call It Quits: Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Love (Amazon, Bookshop), just hit shelves.

Sonya is the Tech and Telecom Sector Lead for Assessment Solutions, focusing on partnering with our tech and telecom clients to identify creative solutions to their assessment needs.  She’s worked with Aon for 4 years and has worked with clients across North America to develop and implement a wide range of tools designed for selection and development.

Dr. Michael Heil is an Associate Partner with Aon’s Assessment Solutions practice and serves as Project Director for the development, validation, and delivery of both entry level and promotion exams for several federal and local law enforcement entities. In his 20+ years of industrial-organizational psychology experience his primary research activities include selection and validation research, job analysis, test development, competency modeling, program evaluation, and human performance research.

He has presented research at national and international conferences on topics including organizational commitment, test development and assessment and is co-editor of a book on Air Traffic Controller Selection. Mike serves as a Psychologist in Residence at American University where he teaches both I/O Psychology and Occupational Health Psychology. He was a member of the team that won the 2000 SIOP M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace. Mike has a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Kansas State University.

Dave Novak is the Senior Talent Strategy Consultant at SmartRecruiters.

Ed Pendini is the Director of Customer Success at SeekOut.

LeeAnn Mallorie, founder and CEO of Guts & Grace Leadership, is a transformational leadership coach and trainer with over fifteen years of experience helping leaders and organizations achieve high-performing results by truly walking their talk. She specializes in leadership embodiment and executive presence, supporting her clients to lead mission-critical initiatives and steward organizational change utilizing neuroscience, mindfulness and positive psychology tools. Her client list includes organizations like Nasa, Capital One, Google, Mattel, Logitech, thredUP and Kiva.

LeeAnn’s award winning Guts & Grace leadership curriculum helps female leaders break through internalized glass ceilings and bring their hidden superpowers to work. She is uniquely skilled at helping female leaders reduce burnout and cultivate emotional resilience. Her clients appreciate her keen ability to see right to the heart of the matter, help them clearly articulate visionary goals, and mirror their behavior – both liabilities and strengths – in real time. LeeAnn’s recent book Guts and Grace: A Woman’s Guide to Full Bodied Leadership was published by Conscious Capitalism Press in January of 2020.

Brandon Harden is the Leadership Editor at Insider.

Jake has been a sales professional for over 20 years, mostly focused on higher education and student career readiness. He has provided solutions to hundreds of clients helping them meet the needs of their constituents whether it be faculty, staff, or students.  Prior to his career in sales, Jake was a higher education administrator in residence life, admissions, orientation and career services. Originally from the Boston area where he received a Master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, he now resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and three children.  When not working with his team at SkillSurvey Jake works at a non-profit he co-founded with his wife called CureNFwithJack.

Lydia Dishman is Fast Company’s senior editor for growth and engagement. She has also written for CBS Moneywatch, Fortune, The Guardian, Popular Science, and the New York Times, among others.