Leah is the SVP of Strategy at Appcast and has over 20 years of experience in recruitment technology industries. Prior to joining Appcast, Leah held a number of roles in the recruiting technology industry, including the Director of Product Strategy at Monster and Director of Global Alliances and Business Development at Bullhorn. Earlier in her career, Leah spent 10 years at ZoomInfo leading sales operations, product management, national account, business development, and data services. She currently resides in MA with her son, dogs, and husband.

Matt Battista is the Head of Talent Acquisition at Lennar.

Caroline Dudley is Managing Director of North America Recruiting for Accenture. In this role, Caroline has accountability for designing and executing the Recruiting experience across the North America Market and within its Market Units to enable our growth model.

Caroline has 20 years of transformation and large-scale delivery experience across Banking, Payments, Insurance & Capital Markets clients. Caroline's background includes serving as the Insurance portfolio lead for the South with functional specialty in Customer Insights & Growth.  In addition, Caroline has had client account leadership (CAL) responsibility across multiple accounts in the South, as well as had responsibility for the North America Consulting Development Program (CDP), which is the business unit responsible for our Analysts & Senior Analysts.

In the local community, Caroline has active participation in the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance, Urban League (Board Member), A Better World Charlotte (Board Of Advisors) and Women’s Impact Fund. She was a 2019 recipient of the “Women in Business” award and 2014 recipient of the “40 under 40” award, both presented by the Charlotte Business Journal. Caroline graduated from Duke University in 1999 with a degree in Psychology and certificate in Markets & Management and captained the varsity field hockey team. She is married to Dan and they have 4 children Davis (13), Grayson (10), Will & Gus (3).

Genil Washington has been on a mission to transform the role of talent acquisition.  A native of Northern California, she understands the competitive landscape and importance of a streamlined, strategic, and innovative talent acquisition function.  With over 20 years of progressive human resources and talent acquisition experience, Ms. Washington has held leadership positions in talent acquisition and workforce development in multiple large organizations.  She is currently the Director of Talent Acquisition at Stanford Health Care and an Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University.

Before joining Stanford Health Care, she served as the System Director of Workforce Development and Programs for CommonSpirit Health (aka- Dignity Health), Director of Talent Acquisition for Blue Shield of California, and the Director of Recruitment Operations for Kaiser Permanente Northern California.  She also serves on the board of the National Association of Health Service Executives, Northern California Chapter and a prior board member for Women in Cable Telecommunications.

She holds a graduate degree in Human Resources Management from Golden Gate University, an undergraduate degree from California State University – Hayward in Health Care Administration, and an Employee Relations Certification from Cornell University.

Zachary is the Senior Director, HR Shared Services - Recruitment Center for G4S Secure Solutions Inc. G4S is one of the world's leading global integrated security companies with over 50,000 employees in the US of whom 25% are military veterans. Zach and his team leverage digital recruitment technologies to customize solutions to continuously improve organizational efficiency while maintaining a high standard of quality and compliance. Prior to G4S, Zach received his MBA from Florida State University and was an operations people leader with Amazon at their largest bulk floor site in the world.

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.