Gary is the head of executive recruiting at Humana, the fifth-largest health insurance company by membership in the U.S., offering coverage for more than 20 million Americans. The Louisville-based company ranks No. 40 on the Fortune 500, with revenues of more than $83 billion and 95,000 employees.

Gary has more than 20 years of recruiting experience across sectors such as financial services, high tech and industrial. Throughout his career, Gary has a reputation as a talent magnate, and this has enabled him to build exceptional teams and foster professional and personal development for his team members.

Before joining Humana this year, Gary was director of global talent sourcing and executive recruiting at WestRock Co. There he led the transition from an out-sourced RPO recruiting model to an in-house model. He also stood up the talent sourcing and exec-recruiting teams and delivered over $2.5 million in cost savings annually. Gary was also a key sponsor and driver in the implementation of new TA technology and processes.

Before joining WestRock, Gary held talent acquisition leadership roles at Verint Systems and Morgan Stanley. Gary has a passion for Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Belonging and across his career he has evolved and operationalized strategies that addressed diversity gaps, pipelines and hires across the enterprise. He also has a knack for understanding business drivers and enterprise initiatives and how to translate these into recruiting strategies.

Gary has an MBA degree from Kaplan University.

As Chief People Officer (CPO), Holly Tyson is responsible for leading Cushman & Wakefield’s human resources function and developing and implementing a customer-centric and results-focused people strategy for the firm’s employees globally. Holly is focused on elevating the employee experience while ensuring talent and culture agendas, structures and approaches support the firm’s strategic objectives.

Holly is a data-driven business leader with a particular focus on transformation and more than 20 years of public company HR leadership experience in the technology, retail, logistics and healthcare industries. She brings deep expertise in strategic talent management, succession planning, compensation, organizational effectiveness, culture change, inclusion and diversity.

Before joining Cushman & Wakefield, Holly was Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Zebra Technologies, a $4.5 billion hardware and software technology company, where she notably led the cultural integration of a major acquisition and managed COVID-19 challenges across the globe. Prior to that, Holly was CHRO at DICK’S Sporting Goods, and before that, held the same role at The Brink’s Company. Prior to becoming a CHRO/CPO, Holly spent eight years at Bristol-Myers Squibb, working her way up to VP of HR for the U.S. Pharmaceuticals business. She began her career in consulting at Accenture and CIGNA where she focused on organizational change and talent initiatives.

Holly holds a master’s degree in organizational psychology from Columbia University and bachelor’s degrees in English and psychology from the College of William & Mary.

Kenya Jacobs is the Head of Global Diversity & Inclusion at Trane Technologies.

Nicole Underwood is the VP, Human Resources Business Partners & Operations at Getty Images.

Courtney White is the Head of Human Resources at BASF. 

Aimée Meher-Homji is the SVP of Global Talent Acquisition at Nielsen. 

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.