Amy leads the effort to ensure Walmart has the talent in place to meet its business imperatives. Previously, she co-led the Global Human Resources Advisory Practice at Heidrick & Struggles, where she focused on senior level searches across industry and advised clients in the areas of HR transformation, talent management program strategy and execution, and onboarding.

Prior to joining the Firm, Amy was a Product Director at Dun & Bradstreet, managing a portfolio of risk management products and services. Earlier, Amy spent six years at Booz Allen Hamilton, specializing in the design and implementation of leadership development programs and competency-based human capital systems, including selection and recruitment, and post-merger integrations for both public and private organizations. 

Amy earned her MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in Psychology with a minor in Business from the University of Rochester. She is a Certified Professional in Human Resources Management and has a certificate in executive coaching.  

Amy, her husband, daughter and three step kids enjoy the outdoors and being active. 

Sivona Blake is the Vice President, Campus Diversity Recruitment - Global Talent Acquisition & People Insights at Citi. 

Carrie Maltese is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for NBCUniversal’s Corporate Human Resources Functions. In this role, Carrie oversees all human resources responsibilities for NBCUniversal’s Corporate Functions including Human Resources, Legal, Finance, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Communications, Corporate Events, and Corporate Social Responsibility. She also oversees the global centralized employee service center, HRConnection, leads corporate projects impacting HR process and employee policies, and partners closely with the Business Continuity & Crisis Management team on all crises impacting employees in and outside of the workplace.

Carrie reports directly to Vicki Williams, Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to her role expansion in 2014, Carrie was the Vice President, Human Resources leading the generalist team for the Corporate Functions. Over her tenure at NBCU, Carrie has served as Vice President, Human Resources for the Operations & Technology (O&T) organization overseeing the human resources responsibilities for 4 divisions within O&T’s expansive global operations, including Field Operations & Production Services, Business Services, Finance and Global Security. Carrie was also responsible for all organization development initiatives for the 4,000+ employee organization along with managing the technical talent pipeline programs, talent acquisition partnership, and NBCUniversal’s Page program. Earlier in her career with NBCU, Carrie held various human resources leadership roles supporting the Digital Media & iVillage businesses, leading the Campus Relations Internship Program, and Staffing function. She originally joined NBCUniversal in 2001 as Manager, Guest Relations & Page Program. Carrie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications from Quinnipiac College. She lives in Armonk, NY with her husband.

Ezinne (Kwubiri) Okoro is a sought-after executive leader, driving organizational and process change within multiple industries. She was named one of the Top 100 Transformers in Business by Business Insider, The Network Journal's 40 under Forty and ESSENCE Magazine's Women to Watch in Fashion, and Diversity Star Maven. She is a thought leader featured and cited in various outlets, including Forbes, CNBC, NBC, Campaigner, The Drum, LBBO, Black Enterprise, Women Wear Daily (WWD), Variety, and TheRoot.com. Joining Wunderman Thompson in 2020 as the agency's first Global Chief Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity Officer, Ezinne has led in designing the agency's global strategy. Under her leadership, she designed awareness-building activities, created a space of exploration and inclusion, revised the creative elevation process, and deployed programs to stimulate culture in a hybrid workplace. Ezinne is no stranger to infusing her change management and inclusion expertise into global multi-dimensional companies. She previously impacted addressing inequality and lack of diverse representation in the fashion/retail industry as H&M's first Head of Inclusion & Diversity for North America. At H&M, she designed strategic frameworks to drive inclusion, equity, and diversity; facilitated thought-provoking conversations about corporate culture; and led innovative corporate change and community activism. She served as a principal advisor for various markets and the Global H&M Group leadership team based in Sweden. Before H&M, Ezinne spent nearly 12 years with Viacom Media Networks (now ViacomCBS) in various change management roles spearheading efforts that led to solutions for enterprise-wide implementations. During her tenure at Viacom, Ezinne audited productions and uncovered ways to improve efficiency and minimize risks. She was a coach, mentor, and collaborator with C-level executives and functional leadership to achieve long-term, consistent, innovative practices. Her work has led her to projects across Europe, Singapore, Tokyo, Australia, and Argentina. As an immigrant from Nigeria, Ezinne is a champion for social justice, corporate advocacy, community collaboration, and sustainability. She is a Board member of She's the First Inc. - serving young girls in developing countries. Ezinne uses her experiences and network to help further underrepresented groups drive sustainable inclusion in global organizations, dedicating countless hours of pro bono work
on behalf of these causes.

Andrew Gold is Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Pitney Bowes Inc. Andrew has been involved in work across the business that has been recognized by various groups and has been a champion on HR transformation, talent development, diversity, and employee health.

Formerly VP, Global Talent Management and HR Technology, Andrew led a variety of areas across the talent, rewards and HR technology. Andrew spearheaded the launch of the global Workday HR system in 2021 while leading our Talent, HR analytics and technology teams. In prior roles, he oversaw the company’s executive compensation, long‐term incentive programs, compensation governance and benefit offerings, including medical, dental, prescription drug coverage, 401k, pension plan, and various voluntary benefits. He served as the HR business partner for various functions and groups over his tenure at PB.

Andrew joined Pitney Bowes in 1994 as the Director, Human Resources Counsel for Pitney Bowes and provided legal advice and oversaw litigation on all aspects of labor and employee relations in the United States and Canada. 

Prior to joining Pitney Bowes, Andrew worked in the employment law departments of Whitman Breed Abbott and Proskauer Rose in New York City. He received a J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law and a B.S degree in economics from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. He is a board member at Metropool, Inc., Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County and an HR advisor for the Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County (CLC). 

Sumita Banerjee Chief Human Resources Officer, Home Care at KDC/ONE.

Jess serves as a partner to the most innovative employers in the world, working to create equitable and accessible opportunities for their employees to find care.

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.

David Bator thinks and writes about how work could work. David leads Achievers Workforce Institute, a strategic practice whose focus on Research, Community and Advisory empowers global executives with tactical, practical approaches to changing how the world works.

David is passionate about people, and has spent the last 20 years working closely and consultatively with HR, IT and Communications leaders to build programs that position individuals, teams and companies to grow.

Singleton Beato is the Global Chief Diversity & Engagement Officer at McCann Worldgroup, where she is responsible for designing and leading strategic initiatives that increase organizational capacity, innovation and growth.  With over 25 years of experience as an accomplished executive, Singleton is recognized for her success driving large scale people and organizational change initiatives across a wide range of industries, having held talent leadership roles at J. Walter Thompson, Crunch Fitness International, and Bloomberg L.P.

Previously, Singleton was EVP, Diversity Strategy and Talent Development at the 4A’s where she provided leadership and advice to senior advertising and media agency executives working to create and activate a strategic approach to D&I.  Singleton was the visionary and architect of high-profile initiatives including The Face Of Talent symposium and the Ad industry’s only Talent Leadership Conference, Talent@2030.  She also led the transformation of the renowned Multicultural Advertising Intern Program (MAIP) and the 4A’s Foundation.  And, after assuming P&L responsibility for Talent Development and Diversity related revenue streams, Singleton consistently delivered revenue and margin growth for the organization.

Singleton received a MS from Fairleigh Dickinson University and serves on several non-profit boards for the Brand Erwin Center for Brand Communications, AdWeek’s D&I Council, the AAF’s Mosaic Council and Own The Room as well as the Advisory Board of the Brand + Integrated Communications program. She has received numerous awards and accolades from the AAF, the 4A’s, the ADCOLOR Coalition, the National Diversity Council, and the World Diversity Leadership Summit.  Additionally, Singleton was named one of 2019’s Most Influential Women In Corporate America by Savoy Magazine and most recently one of AdWeek’s 2020 Women Trailblazers.

Sherry Cassano is the SVP, Chief Talent Officer and People Experience Lead, Global Supply at Pfizer.