The Talent 100
The Talent 100 spotlights the leaders who push HR and talent acquisition forward. Each year, we handpick a select group of talent and people innovators who represent the very best of the industry.
Honorees
Class of 2026
Class of 2026
Diamond Acevedo
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, Onbe
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Class of 2026
Riley Agnew
Head of Global Employer Brand & Talent Marketing, Celonis
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Class of 2026
Shane Ahmed
Head of Talent, Nebius
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Class of 2026
Joseph Albano
Regional Talent Director, Northeast, VEG ER for Pets
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Class of 2026
Huntlee Alderman
Group Head of Talent Acquisition, AXA
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Rachel Allen
Head of Talent Acquisition, 7-Eleven
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Kate Andrews
Sr. Director, Principal HRBP, NSF
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Class of 2026
Avetis Antaplyan
Founder & CEO, HIRECLOUT
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Class of 2026
Carrie Ariniello
Senior Manager Talent Acquisition, Reser's Fine Foods
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Gail Audibert
President, Audibert Associates, Inc.
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Class of 2026
Pete Babonis
Talent Acquisition Manager, Americas, Watts Water Technologies
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Tricia Bailey
Leading Talent Acquisition & Executive Search, BlinkRx
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Jason Baker
Vice President, Talent Acquisition, Arctic Wolf
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Whitney Bardeleben
Director of Talent, Blain's Farm & Fleet (Blain Supply, Inc.)
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Angela Barron
Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition, BILL
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Matt Battista
Vice President of Talent Acquisition, Lennar
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Kirsty Bell
Head of Trusted Talent, Nile
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Blair Bennett
Senior Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition, PepsiCo
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Carl Bernadotte
Global Head, Executive Search & Integration, Global Talent Acquisition Leader, Software, IBM
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Frits Bigham
Head of Talent Acquisition, Waabi
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Brian Blandford
SVP, Talent Operations & Delivery, Talentcare
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Class of 2026
Jason Boudreau
Executive Director of Talent Planning, Management & Acquisition, ESO
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Rob Bowerman
President, Executive Recruiter, The Bowerman Group
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Kimberly Braithwaite
Human Resource Director, Empire Valuation Consultants
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Will Bronaugh
Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition
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Brendan Browne
Talent, Replit
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Class of 2026
Kori B. Brown
Regional Head (Director), SharkNinja
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Class of 2026
Jessica Burgess
Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition, Zones
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Class of 2026
Jeremy Bushaw
VP Global Talent Acquisition, Informatica
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Class of 2026
Jason Buss
Vice President, Talent, hims & hers
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Class of 2026
Olha Buzovska
Global Recruitment Head, Soft Serve
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Class of 2026
Malak C.
Head of Talent Acquisition, Canada, Skip
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Danny Caines
Head of Talent Acquisition, Babcock International Group
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Class of 2026
Jennifer Candee
Candid Talent Consulting
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Ryan Candlish
People Director, Everyturn Mental Health
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Andrea Carenini
Head of Talent Acquisition, Europe & Pacific, Reckitt
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Brooke Carter
Head of Global Talent Acquisition, OpenGov
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Dawn Carter
Founder, New Dawn Strategy Group
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Michelle Cash
Senior Director, Talent Acquisition, Paramount
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Kelsey (Knight) Cera
Director Talent Acquisition, True Religion
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Jason Cerrato
Senior Vice President, Global Talent, Amentum
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Everett Chaffin
Leader, Talent Operations and Executive Recruiting, Zendesk
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Anita Chandrasekhar
Global head of Talent Strategy & Operations, Zapier
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Pavan Chatlapalli
Talent, Kalshi
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Aditi Chaudhary
VP/Head Of Human Resources, Tiger Analytics
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Ginny Cheng
Global Head of Talent + Talent Branding, ŌURA
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Stephen Childs
CHRO/VP Human Resources, Panasonic Automotive
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Ajit Chouhan
Senior Director - HR Business Leader, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Crystal Cintron
Director of Talent Acquisition, ArchCare
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Elizabeth (Liz) Clement
Director, U.S. Human Resources, Hydrosat
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Class of 2026
Joyce Clinton
Manager of Candidate Relations, The Bowerman Group
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Class of 2026
Jacqueline Coleman
Director Corporate Recruiting, SelectQuote
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Jamy Conrad
Director of People, UFCU
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Class of 2026
Tony Cornett
Talent Leader and Strategic Advisor
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Class of 2026
Trent Cotton
Head of Talent Insights & Analyst Relations, iCIMS
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Class of 2026
Amy Crook
Founder | Principal Consultant | Fractional CHRO, Strativis
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Class of 2026
Neil Crumpton
Global Talent Acquisition Leader, TransUnion
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Katrina Curry
Director, Talent Acquisition, Riveron
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Jennifer Curtis
VP Talent Acquisition, NAM, Schneider Electric
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Class of 2026
Sejal Patel D.
Chief People and Operations Officer, Ayar Labs
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Class of 2026
Brian Daley
President, Daley And Associates, LLC
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Julia Days
Coach, TA Transformation Consultant & Strategy Advisor, Venture Venture LLP
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Andrea DeBrino
Director, Talent Acquisition Enablement, Light & Wonder
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Andy Decker
Chief Executive Officer, Goodwin Recruiting
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Sarah DeJohn
Marketing Director, Confluent Health
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Margot Desachy
Talent Ops, Mistral AI
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Rob Devlin
Senior Program Manager, TA Technology, Synopsys Inc
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Donnie Dewey
Head of Recruiting, Randstad Digital Americas
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Donisha Diagne
Vice President, Talent & Engagement
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Emily Dias
Director, Talent Acquisition, Aritzia
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Steven Dilworth
Vice President, Global Talent Strategy & Global Business Partnering Clinical Network, Fortrea
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Kevin Doiron
Head of Talent Acquisition, Decagon
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Jillian Dolan
Director of Physician Recruitment, TidalHealth
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Debbie Douglas-Henry
Talent Acquisition/Staffing Leader/Consultant, 3DHR Consulting, LLC
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Thomas Dove
Co-Founder, Fraser Dove International
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Joseph Doyle
Senior Director, Talent Acquisition, Harness
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Allison Dunsmore
Director, Talent Operations, Seismic
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Michael Duplessis
Vice President, People & Talent Acquisition, Support Services Group
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Finnian Durkan
Head of Recruiting, Rokt
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Class of 2026
Catherine Edge
AVP, Head of People Center Operations & Talent Acquisition, National Life Group
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Class of 2026
Reba Elder
Market Manager, Client Relationship Executive, Technology, Kforce Inc
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Class of 2026
Meghan Emswiller
SVP, Human Resources, Dental Intelligence Inc.
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Class of 2026
Daryl Escoto
Head of Talent Acquisition, BILL
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Thomas Evangelista
VP, Business Recruiting & Recruiting Operations, Zip
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Class of 2026
Josh Fialky
Executive Director, Talent Acquisition, Havas Media Network
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Class of 2026
Kristi Gage-Linderman
Chief Executive Officer, Gage Talent & Business Solutions
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Class of 2026
Ben Gano
National Director of Talent Acquisition, Milan Laser Hair Removal
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Matt Garvey
Head of Global Talent Acquisition, Apex Fintech Solutions
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Class of 2026
Trevor Gelder
Vice President & Head of Talent, Progress Residential
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Michael Goldberg
Founder and Managing Partner, Hiring Transformed
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Shelly Grange
Director, Talent Management & Acquisition, Chipotle Mexican Grill
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Eric Grasso
First Vice President of Talent Acquisition, Valley Bank
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Dayna Gray
Founder & Executive Recruiter, Graystone Partners
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Jeff Greene
Vice President of National Talent Acquisition Strategies and Operations, Trinity Health (HQ Michigan)
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Mike Greenleaf
Senior Talent Advisor, Paradigm Health
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Katie Gregoire
Head of Recruiting, Highspot
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Soreta Grobler
Talent Acquisition Specialist, Outsourced CFO
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Travis Groom
Chief of Staff / Director of Operations, Global Talent, Electronic Arts (EA)
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Amber Hamilton
Chief Talent Officer, Perkins&Will
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Martin Haywood
Group Head of Talent Acquisition, Sainsbury's
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Todd Hazen
Talent Leader, Gusto
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Joel Heine
Director, Talent Acquisition, Arctic Wolf
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James Heinlein
Director, Executive Recruiting, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies (U.S.)
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Monique Hermon
Vice President, Business HR & Talent Acquisition, Serco
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Eric Hess
Director of Talent Acquisition, Protective Life
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Tays Heyer
Vice President Human Resources, EverGreene Manufacturing
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Cherilyn Hickman
Director of Talent Acquisition, Sparq
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Heike Hiss
Senior Director, Global Executive Search, Box
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Stephanie Holman
Senior Technical Recruiter, Defense Unicorns
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Meghan Houle
Senior Executive Recruiter, The Bowerman Group
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Eric Hudson
Director, Talent Acquisition, Nutanix
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Frank Gasca III
VP, Global Talent Acquisition, DoubleVerify
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Emma Jacobs
VP & Practice Director| Infrastructure & Operations | Software & Applications, Robert Half
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Aparna Jain
Director, Talent, Tiger Analytics
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Kevin Jarvis
Founder & CEO, Hire With Jarvis
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Jamaal Jenkins
Director of Talent & Recruitment, OneTouch Direct
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Lexy Johnson
Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition, Perforce Software
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Melissa (Woodburn) Kaganovsky
Founding Recruiter, Parallel Web Systems
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Ronnie Kedrin
Sr. Director - Head of Talent Acquisition & Contingent Workforce, Samsung Electronics America
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James Kennedy
Director, Talent Acquisition EMEA, Palo Alto Networks
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Meaghan Kirk
Director Talent Acquisition, C.H. Robinson
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Bryson Kraft
Senior Director People Operations & HR Chief of Staff, Oscar Health
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Ben Krupp
Chief Administrative Officer, Cargomatic
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Peter Kulturides
Director, Daley & Associates
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Ben Kuncz
Director, Talent Acquisition, Code and Theory
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Heidi Lynne Kurter
Vice President of Learning and Development, HR North America, Digital.ai
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Jocelyn S. Lai
Global Head of Communications Content, Duolingo
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Melissa Laswell
Head of Executive Recruiting, Blue Origin
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Masai Lawson
Director, Talent Acquisition, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee Chair, GFT
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Class of 2026
David Leech
Head of Tech Recruiting & Campus/Early Careers Recruiting, Wayfair
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Elizabeth Lee
Senior People & Culture Consultant, LIV Golf
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Rebecca Lee
Group Talent & Development Director, Safetykleen
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Steven Lessard
Directeur principal, Talent, Plus Company
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Glenn Lindley
Senior Manager Talent Acquisition, Commercial, Bloom Energy
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Dan Lockhart
Talent Leader, SonderMind
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Cindy Loggins
Head of Global Emerging Talent, eBay
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Jonathan Long
Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition and Culture, Forter
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Jennifer Lopp
Head of Talent Acquisition and Workforce Strategy, American Electric Power
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Al Lundy
Sr. Director, Global HR- Strategy Advisor, Indeed.com
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Shawna Maccario
Head of Talent Acquisition, Americas, Watts Water Technologies
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Chris Mannion
Founder, Meander
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Jay Mansavage
Director Talent Acquisition, Insulet Corporation
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David Marshall
Talent Acquisition Manager, Comfort Systems USA Mid South
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Henry Martin
Senior Recruitment Officer, United States Marine Corps
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Laura Masters
Director, People Experience & Culture, Expedia Group
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Patricia McKeating
Director Talent Acquisition, Oracle
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Euan McNair
Talent Acquisition, Employer Brand & Inclusion Director, Aegon UK
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Francisco Medrano
Associate Director, Talent Acquisition, Omnicom Health
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Adam Meekhof
Director of Talent Acquisition, Marksman Security Corporation
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Benjamin Mena
Managing Partner, Select Source Solutions
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Lisa Metrinko
Director, Talent Acquisition, Enterprise Recruiting Programs, MANTECH
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Gemma Milner
Head of Talent Acquisition and Global Mobility, PwC UK
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Kebone Moloko
Head of Technical Recruitment | PM, Design & Data, Gusto
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Anthony Mosley
Chief Recruitment Officer, Kentucky I Southern Indiana, Northwestern Mutual
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Hira Mubasher
Director, Sales Recruiting, Salesforce
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David Muller
Vice President Talent Acquisition, Mariner
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Reshmi Nair
Head of Talent Acquisition- North America, LGC
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Rachel Neuschaefer
Senior Manager, University and Early Careers Recruiting, MITRE
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Stef Nikitas
Director of Talent Acquisition, Ace Hardware Corporation
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Lori Schwartz Noel
Founder, The People Collective
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Shane Noe
SVP, Head of People, Astranis Space Technologies
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Matt Norell
Head of Talent, Kraken
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Renate Norman
Vice President, Global Early in Profession, Executive and Corp Functions Talent Acquisition, Microsoft
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Amanda Oliveira
Director, Global TA Ops & Programs, SentinelOne
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Laura Oliver-Suos
AVP, Global Talent Brand & Recruitment Marketing Manager, Capital Group
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Bronwyn OShea
Founder & CEO, Jobz Cafe Inc
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Alina owsianik
Director, Executive Talent Management, CIBC
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Heather Oxley
Chief Human Resources Officer, Perficient
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Steff Paletta
Sr. Director, Head of Recruiting, Alvarez & Marsal
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Stella Park
Head of Global Talent Acquisition Process & Technology, Schneider Electric
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Charlotte Pattison
Global Talent Acquisition Director, Reckitt
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Kylie Penn
Sr Director, Talent Acquisition, GeneDx
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Catherine Petersen
Vice President of Talent, Groundworks
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Shibani Peterson
Director, Global Talent Acquisition, Acquia
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Cameron Pickett
Director Talent Density, Touchmark
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Gary Pikul
Chief Technology Officer, Boyden
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C-C Pohlmann
Vice President, Professional Clinical Staffing- The Columbus Organization
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Lauren Postlewait
Manager, People & Talent Operations, AllTrails
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Mary Price
Founder, Penfield Talent, Penfield Talent
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Anna Prorock
Founder & CEO, ProMotion Talent Partners
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Alex Putman
Head of Talent Acquisition, Price Industries
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Leslie Quade
Global Head of Performance and People Development, Nutanix
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Matt Quinn-Johnston
Senior Resource Manager, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure
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Rakesh Rana
Head of Talent Acquisition, Murex
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Celeste Randall
VP, Solutions Design and Service Delivery (Enterprise), Staffmark
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Ashleigh Ranero
Tech Recruiting Lead, Gusto
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Vida Rangel
Deputy Director, Mayor's Office of Talent and Appointments, Government of the District of Columbia
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Ana Recio
Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition, Uber
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Meghan Rhatigan
Vice President, Talent Acquisition Experience, Marriott International
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Dan Riccio
Director, Talent Acquisition, SingleStore
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Robert Rice
Global Head of Talent Acquisition, ERM
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Erik Richard
Global Talent Acquisition Director, Verifone
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Sharee Rico
Director, Talent Acquisition, GTM, G&A and ANZ, UKG
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Hannah Rodriguez
Head of Talent Acquisition, Canada & Americas, Zip Co
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Anthony Roman
Senior Corporate Talent Acquisition Director, RGP
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Zack (Rogg-Meltzer) Rome
Senior Director, Talent Acquisition - Operations & Technology, NBCUniversal
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Amanda Rominger
Director of Talent Acquisition, Topstep
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Nerida Rooney
Non Executive Director, Voyse
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Chris Ross
Director, Talent Acquisition, The Americas, Watts Water Technologies
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Martin Rowinski
CEO, Boardsi
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Tanya Runholt
Managing Partner, iRecruit.co
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Nicky Russell
VP, People and Talent, Advisor360°
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Ryan Saab
EVP, Talent and Creative Casting Operations, RWS Global
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Gagan Saini
Director, AI, Emerging Tech and Innovation- Russell Reynolds Associates
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Antonio Saldana-Flores
Vice President Talent Acquisition, BH
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Brandon Samuel
Talent, Public Policy, Anthropic
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Arthy Saravanan
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Recruitment, Radiology Partners
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Isaac Schild
Founder & CEO, Scion Staffing
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Alaina Schnipke
Director, Talent Acquisition, PDW
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Leah Schonberg
Vice President, Human Resources, RWS Global
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Dr. Benjamin Schultz-Burkel
Director of Recruiting, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
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Gino Scialdone
Founder & CEO, American Recruiters
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William J. Scott
Human Resources Manager, Neel-Schaffer, Inc
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Gaurav Shah
Director Talent Acquisition, Ascendion
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Stuart Shaw
Director, Global Tech Recruiting, Procore Technologies
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Cassie Shouger
VP, Talent, Roblox
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Kerri Smith
Senior Director, Global Commercial Recruiting Operations, Syneos Health
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Mark Smith
Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition, Medtronic
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Sandeep Sood
Director, Talent Acquisition, AWS Product & Engineering Services, Amazon Web Services
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Stefanie Spackman
Sr. Director, Global Talent Acquisition – Center of Excellence, Ecolab
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Ian Stammers
Head of Talent Acquisition, European Space, Serco
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Adam Stanley
Director, Talent Acquisition EMEA, CrowdStrike
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Heather Stanton
Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition, Shutterfly
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Mark Di Staulo
Chief Technology & Transformation Officer, Russell Reynolds Associates
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Harri Stenning
Head of Global Talent Operations, OneTrust
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Anthony Stough
Director, Human Resources, Decision Resources
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Lori Swafford
Sr Technical Recruiter Sourcer II, Palo Alto Networks
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Sophie Taylor
Head of People Operations, Mural Health
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Laura Thomas
Talent Projects Lead (interim), Haleon
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Candice Levy Thompson
VP of HR, Teramind
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Tracee Thomson
Vice President, Physician Alignment and Recruitment, Catholic Health
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Julie Tomasik
Senior Leader, Talent Acquisition, AAA Mountain West Group
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Jessica Messreni Topp
Head of Global Recruiting, Procore
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Jon Townley
Head of Talent Acquisition, Ofgem
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LaDonna Tucker
Head of Global Talent Acquisition Process & Technology, Schneider Electric
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Colette Turner
GTM Recruiter, Stripe
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Shari Uadiale
Talent Acquisition Manager, ChangeMakers
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Nick Uranga
Sr. Director, Head of Global Talent Acquisition & People Operations, Auctane
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Vineet Wadhwa
Sr Director, Talent Acquisition, Reworld Waste
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Meghan Walker
Director of Business & Design Recruiting, Duolingo
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Erin Walsh-Beguin
Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition Operations & Employer Brand, GoDaddy
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Kerri Walsh
Director of Recruiting, Pinnacle
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Matt Walsh
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Blue Signal Search
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Cammy Wang
CEO/Founder, Phoenix Arising College and Career Consulting (PAC3)
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Roman Ward
Director of Operations, CareLinx, Sharecare
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Valerie (Kloecker) Weingarten
VP, Global Talent Acquisition, F5
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Lucas Wempe
Director- Engagement Delivery, Apex Systems
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Charna Westerhold
Director Talent Acquisition, Microsoft
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Paul White
Sr. Director of Talent Acquisition, Gentiva
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Dr Ty Wiggins
CEO & Executive Transition Practice Lead, Russell Reynolds Associates
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Tush Wijeratne
Global Talent Acquisition Director, WPP
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Katie Wilber
Director of Global Talent Acquisition, Smartsheet
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Kim Wilkes
Leading Customer Marketing, BrightHire
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Tina Wilson
Director, Inclusive Partnerships & Talent Acquisition Strategic Programs, Gartner
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Jeff Winter
VP, Talent Acquisition, Suno
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Mat Wisner
Senior Director, Strategic Talent Pipelines, Walmart
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Anne Wittenborg
Director, Talent Acquisition + Employer Brand, Marvin
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Kayla Woitkowsk
Director, Global Emerging Talent, Nutanix
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Beth Wolfe
Senior Director, Recruiting, Daxko
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Kevin Womack
Global Talent Acquisition Leader, Thomson Reuters
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Gioia Woo
Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition & DEI, Tandem Diabetes Care
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Rachel Wortsman
Director, Global Business Recruiting, Intercom
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Lucy Wylde-Wise
Head of Talent and Leadership- Succession Planning & CEO Pipelines, NHS England
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Philip Yob
Sr. Director Talent Acquisition, Applied Systems
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Bruce Zambrowicz
SVP, Talent Acquisition, PTC
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Harry Zapata
Talent Director, IQPC
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Rebecca Zeleney
Director, Talent Acquisition, Americas, Ciena
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Julie Zimmerman
Founder & Principal, Higher Education and EdTech Advisory
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Theresa Zoltan
Senior Director, Field Talent Acquistion, Northwestern Mutual
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Methodology
How leaders are selected
Talent 100 leaders are selected through a dual-path process designed to balance peer recognition with thoughtful curation. Selection is completely merit-based — there are no fees and no pay-to-play requirements.
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Peer nominations
About half of the Talent 100 leaders are nominated directly by fellow people and recruiting leaders. This ensures the list reflects real-world impact and respect from peers who work in the field every day.
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Selection committees
The remaining leaders are nominated by our selection committees — senior talent practitioners and industry advisors who actively seek out outstanding leaders who may be under-recognized, across diverse backgrounds, company stages, industries, and geographies.
Your questions, answered
How are the Talent 100 leaders selected?
Talent 100 leaders are selected through a dual-path process designed to balance peer recognition with thoughtful curation. About half are nominated directly by fellow people and recruiting leaders; the remaining half are nominated by our selection committees of senior talent practitioners and industry advisors, who actively seek out outstanding leaders who may be under-recognized — with a strong emphasis on representing diverse backgrounds, company stages, industries, and geographies.
Who is eligible to be nominated?
Anyone leading or influencing talent acquisition or recruiting operations is eligible. This includes leaders from startups, enterprises, agencies, and AI-forward recruiting initiatives.
Is there a nomination fee?
No. Nominations and submissions are completely free. Our goal is to highlight the most impactful talent leaders — without barriers or pay-to-play requirements. Selection is completely based on merit.
Is there a commitment?
There is no ongoing commitment required. The Talent 100 selection process is a one-time, lightweight review to confirm eligibility and inclusion. Once leaders are selected, there is no recurring evaluation, ongoing obligation, or continued selection process.
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