Honorees
Class of 2026
Explore this year's honorees by the corner of the industry they are shaping.
Enterprise Technology
Talent leaders at the world's established technology companies.
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Startups & Venture-Backed Tech
The people building teams at startups, scaleups, and venture-backed companies.
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AI, Data & Security
Talent leaders shaping hiring at AI, data, and cybersecurity companies.
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Financial & Professional Services
Talent acquisition across banking, fintech, insurance, legal, and consulting.
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Healthcare & Life Sciences
The talent leaders behind healthcare systems, biotech, and pharma.
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Consumer, Retail & Hospitality
Hiring leaders across consumer brands, retail, travel, and hospitality.
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Industrial, Energy & Manufacturing
Talent leaders powering industrial, energy, logistics, and manufacturing teams.
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Agency & Staffing
The standout talent leaders at agencies and staffing firms.
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Executive Search
The people trusted to place leadership at the highest levels.
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Recruiting Operations & Enablement
The builders behind recruiting operations, tooling, and enablement.
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Talent Leadership & People Operations
Senior people leaders whose scope spans far beyond recruiting.
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Founders & Independents
Founders and independent practitioners charting their own course.
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Every honoree, A to Z
The complete Class of 2026 list, in alphabetical order.
A
- Aaron Ruble
- Aashir
- Adam Austad
- Adam Meekhof
- Adam Rousseau
- Adam Stanley
- Aditi Chaudhary
- Adrian Rice
- Ajit Chouhan
- Akbar Karenga
- Alaina Schnipke
- Alan Henshaw
- Alex Mann
- Alex Putman
- Alex Sherrington
- Alexa Lane
- Alexandra Scheiman
- Alexi Raymond
- Alina Owsianik
- Alina Yuryeva
- Allan Nunes Messias
- Allison Dunsmore
- Alva He
- Alyssa Nee
- Amanda Bradtmueller
- Amanda Lopez
- Amanda Oliveira
- Amanda Rominger
- Amber Costello
- Amber Hamilton
- Amy Crook
- Amy Cropper
- Amy Johnston
- Ana Recio
- Andre Boulais
- Andrea Barre
- Andrea Carenini
- Andrea DeBrino
- Andrea Marston
- Andrea Rocha Pitta
- Andrew Caraballo
- Andrew Grier
- Andrew Reid
- Andy Decker
- Andy Pittman
- Andy Preston
- Angela Barron
- Angela Gorospe
- Anita Chandrasekhar
- Anna Morgan
- Anna Prorock
- Annah Rae
- Anne Foor
- Anne Wittenborg
- Annie Wenzel
- Anthony Mosley
- Anthony Roman
- Anthony Stough
- Antonio Saldana-Flores
- Aparna Jain
- Ariana Claton
- Ariana Moon
- Arpit Tripathi
- Arthy Saravanan
- Aryeh Lehrer
- Ashleigh Ranero
- Ashleigh Sabolcik
- Ashley Hever
- Audra Knight
- Avetis Antaplyan
B
- Becky Gavin
- Ben Blundell
- Ben Broughton
- Ben Gano
- Ben Krupp
- Ben Kuncz
- Ben Nagrani
- Benjamin Cheung
- Benjamin Mena
- Beth Wolfe
- Billy Gavin
- Blair Bennett
- Bobby McNeil Jr
- Brandon Samuel
- Brendan Browne
- Brian Annese
- Brian Blandford
- Brian Boje
- Brian Daley
- Brian Fink
- Bronwyn OShea
- Bronwyn White
- Brooke Carter
- Bruce Zambrowicz
- Bryan Blair
- Bryson Kraft
C
- C-C Pohlmann
- Caitlin Byrnes
- Caitlin Cooke
- Calder
- Callum Buxton
- Cameron Pickett
- Cammy Wang
- Candace Todt
- Candice Levy Thompson
- Candice Winter
- Carl Bernadotte
- Carlos Lezama
- Carly Goldberg
- Carrie Ariniello
- Cassie Chao Leemans
- Cassie Shouger
- Cat Almanzor Hancock
- Catherine Edge
- Catherine McClure
- Catherine Petersen
- Celeste Randall
- Celia de la Torre
- Chad Pace
- Charles Guillemet
- Charlie O'Loughlin
- Charlotte Craddock
- Charlotte Pattison
- Charna Westerhold
- Chenae Erkerd
- Cherilyn Hickman
- Chris Dobbins
- Chris Mannion
- Chris Passmore
- Chris Ross
- Chris Russell
- Chris Schwenk
- Chris Winchester
- Chris Woodham
- Christelle COUESNON
- Christian Lentz
- Christina Garvey
- Christine Sanders
- Christine Trykoski
- Christophe Menger
- Chuck Hutsell
- Cindy Loggins
- Clark Willcox
- Coco Lloyd
- Colette Turner
- Colin Minto
- Colin Murphy
- Colleen Neary
- Corey Twitty
- Cory Anderson
- Crystal Cintron
D
- Dalia Naami
- Dan Lockhart
- Dan Nooromid
- Dan Riccio
- Dana Dillard
- Daniel Müller
- Danielle Lucq
- Danielle Mathis
- Danielle Tucker
- Danny Caines
- Darija Barrech
- Daryl Escoto
- Dave Bui
- David Cretone
- David Leech
- David Marshall
- David Moore
- David Muller
- Dawn Carter
- Dayna Gray
- Deanna Lloyd
- Debbie Douglas-Henry
- Declan Frith
- Deitrick Franklin
- Denise Cruz
- Di Mansfield
- Diamond Acevedo
- Dolph Augustus
- Dom Farnan
- Donisha Diagne
- Donnie Dewey
- Dr Ty Wiggins
- Dr. Benjamin Schultz-Burkel
E
- Edgardo Perez
- Edward Moncayo
- Eileen Kovalsky
- Elizabeth (Liz) Clement
- Elizabeth Diley
- Elizabeth Gormley
- Elizabeth Lee
- Elliot Hayes
- Ellis Livingston Briery
- Emil Yeargin
- Emily Dias
- Emily Gordon
- Emily Kwan
- Emma Jacobs
- Emma Paterson
- Emma Storey
- Eric Grasso
- Eric Hess
- Eric Hudson
- Eric Villarreal
- Erik Richard
- Erin Riska
- Erin Walsh-Beguin
- Erin Wilson
- Essence Dashtaray
- Euan McNair
- Everett Chaffin
G
H
J
- Jacqueline Coleman
- Jacqueline Pion
- Jalpa Trivedi
- Jamaal Jenkins
- James Ellis
- James Heinlein
- James Kennedy
- James Ryding
- Jamie Adasi
- Jamy Conrad
- Jasmine Dolfus
- Jason Baker
- Jason Boudreau
- Jason Buss
- Jason Cerrato
- Jay Mansavage
- Jay Olson
- Jeff Greene
- Jeff Kennedy
- Jeff Winter
- Jen Ayala
- Jen Hulme
- Jen Meyer
- Jennifer Candee
- Jennifer Curtis
- Jennifer Lopp
- Jennifer Rakow
- Jennifer Swenson
- Jeremy Bushaw
- Jermaine Mitchell
- Jessica Burgess
- Jessica Davis
- Jessica Messreni Topp
- Jessica Oberto
- Jessika Calegari
- Jill Roe
- Jillian Dolan
- Jim Miller
- Jim Stroud
- Jocelyn Burbidge
- Jocelyn S. Lai
- Joe Ortiz
- Joe Shahmoradian
- Joel Heine
- John Quach
- John Vlastelica
- Jon Long
- Jon Townley
- Jonathan Long
- Joseph Albano
- Joseph Doyle
- Joseph STALLMAN
- Josh Fialky
- Josh Moore
- Joyce Clinton
- Julia Days
- Julia Markell
- Julie Tomasik
- Julie Tscheuschner
- Julie Zimmerman
- Justin Glaser
- Justin Hensley
- Justin Tang
K
- Kaitlyn Borea
- Kaleigh Oleynik
- Kanwar Kohli
- Karen Chummun
- Karen Hutchison
- Karim Akram
- Kate Andrews
- Kathryn Bremner
- Katie Gregoire
- Katie Marks
- Katie Potter
- Katie Wagner
- Katie Wilber
- Katrina Curry
- Kayla Woitkowski
- Kaylee Estes
- Kebone Moloko
- Keely Flood
- Keerthi Narayanan
- Keirsten Greggs
- Kelly McKenna
- Kelly Molina
- Kelsey (Knight) Cera
- Kelsey Morris
- Kenny Hill
- Kerri Smith
- Kerri Walsh
- Kerris Hougardy
- Kevin Doiron
- Kevin Jarvis
- Kevin Newell
- Kevin Womack
- Kieran Mander
- Kim Greenia
- Kim Wilkes
- Kimberly Braithwaite
- Kiran Fraser-Neve
- Kirsty Bell
- Kori B. Brown
- Kristen Diorio
- Kristen Neville
- Kristen Parker
- Kristen Sroczynski
- Kristi Gage-Linderman
- Kristi Kennebrew
- Kristin Steinhauer
- Kylie Penn
L
- LaDonna Tucker
- Larry Weinberg
- Laura O'Reilly
- Laura Oliver-Suos
- Laura Scott
- Laura Thomas
- Lauren Cassen
- Lauren Frailey
- Lauren Holzer
- Lauren Postlewait
- Lavanya Kettay
- Leah Schonberg
- Leah Wilson
- Leanne Hardman
- Leigh Kelley
- Leigh Rodriguez
- Leila Langlois
- Leslie Quade
- Lewis Maleh
- Lexy Johnson
- Lindsey Hammer
- Lindsey M Buonocore
- Lindsey McCracken
- Lindsey Roundtree
- Lionel Lee
- Lisa Kraska
- Lisa Metrinko
- Lori Busch
- Lori Schwartz Noel
- Lori Swafford
- Lou Zumpano
- Lourdes Perez-Castillo
- Lucas Wempe
- Lucy Atkinson
- Lucy Wylde-Wise
- Luke Eaton
M
- Malak C.
- Marcie Foxcroft
- Margot Desachy
- Marisa Ianelli
- Mark Becker
- Mark Di Staulo
- Mark Kunaseelan
- Mark Smith
- Martin Haywood
- Martin Rowinski
- Martyn Wright
- Marvin Cheese
- Marvin Million
- Mary Baynard
- Mary Price
- Masai Lawson
- Mat Wisner
- Matt Battista
- Matt Craven
- Matt Garvey
- Matt Norell
- Matt Quinn-Johnston
- Matt Walsh
- Matthew Iacovelli
- Mattison McGee
- Maureen Welsh
- Mawulom Nenonene
- Meaghan Kirk
- Megan Cardinale
- Megan Colonna Zickwolf
- Megan Henry
- Meghan Emswiller
- Meghan Houle
- Meghan Hudson
- Meghan Magette
- Meghan Rhatigan
- Meghan Walker
- Meghann Hanvey
- Melissa (Woodburn) Kaganovsky
- Melissa Hosman
- Melissa Laswell
- Melissa Rutledge
- Melissa Thompson
- Michael Bitar
- Michael Brown
- Michael Duplessis
- Michael Goldberg
- Michael Kascsak
- Michael Pietrack
- Michelle Cash
- Michelle Martin
- Michelle Smalls
- Michelle Weber
- Michelle Yoshihara
- Mike Duplessis
- Mike Greenleaf
- Mike Joyner
- Mike Mcdonald
- Mike Radice
- Mike Spaulding
- Mike Williams
- Mohaimen Quaunine
- Monica Plata
- Monique Hermon
N
P
R
- Rachel Allen
- Rachel Bourne
- Rachel Neuschaefer
- Rachel Quisenberry
- Rachel Wortsman
- Rakesh Rana
- Rameen Fattahi
- Randi-Lynn Bruso
- Rando Valdes
- Ray Custis
- Raymond Roberts
- Reba Elder
- Rebecca Carolan
- Rebecca Foden
- Rebecca Lee
- Rebecca Zeleney
- Reen Eiswert
- Renate Norman
- Renu Midha
- Reshmi Nair
- Rich Ha
- Richard Cieslak
- Riley Agnew
- Rob Bowerman
- Rob Devlin
- Robert Rice
- Roman Ward
- Ronald Crawford
- Ronnie Kedrin
- Rosalind Warren
- Ryan Candlish
- Ryan Rosile
- Ryan Saab
S
- Samantha Price
- Sandeep Sood
- Sanjana Govil
- Sarah DeJohn
- Sarah Hatfield
- Sarah Ware
- Sasha Erickson
- Scott Bianco
- Scott M. Long
- Sejal Patel D.
- Seldric Blocker
- Shailja Dutt
- Shane Ahmed
- Shane Noe
- Shannon Castleman
- Sharee Rico
- Shari Uadiale
- Sharon Hulce
- Sharon Kardam
- Shawna Maccario
- Shelly Grange
- Shibani Peterson
- Simon Liu
- Simon Wedlock
- Sophie Anderson
- Sophie Taylor
- Soreta Grobler
- Sreyas Paravastu
- Stacy Zapar
- Stef Nikitas
- Stefanie Spackman
- Steff Paletta
- Stella Park
- Stephanie Colores
- Stephanie Degnan
- Stephanie Holman
- Stephanie Pinion
- Stephen Childs
- Steven Chan
- Steven Dilworth
- Steven Lessard
- Stuart Shaw
- Sunny Myers
- Susan Chy
- Susan Jackson
- Swetha Gopal
T
- Tabitha Cavanagh
- Tal Assayag
- Tamsin Colsey
- Tanya Runholt
- Tara Torres
- Taryn Little
- Tay Rizvi
- Taylor Roa
- Tays Heyer
- Tessa Wilder
- Theresa Zoltan
- Thom Staight
- Thomas Dove
- Thomas Evangelista
- Thomas Warner
- Thomas Woodhams
- Tianna Johnson
- Tim Belding
- Tina Wilson
- Tithee Paal
- Tobias Slater
- Todd Hazen
- Tony Chimera
- Tony Cornett
- Tony Teshara
- Tracee Thomson
- Travis Groom
- Trent Cotton
- Trevor Gelder
- Tricia Bailey
- Trishan Peiris
- Tush Wijeratne