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Talent Acquisition Leadership

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About TALK

TALK is the world’s largest organization of Talent Acquisition professionals, with nearly 10,000 members representing 80 chapters in North America. The TALK platform enables TA leaders to connect, share best practices, innovate, improve their business processes, manage local events, and make new friends.

Some TALK board members

Each TALK chapter is managed by local Board Members, who serve on a voluntary basis to help determine the events schedule for their chapters. Below, you’ll see just a few of the amazing people heading up their local chapters. If interested in being considered for a board position schedule a call to discuss.

Board Member

Omaha

JE

Jenn Esser

Lead Talent Acquisition Partner

Board Member

Detroit

RL

Rick Labadie

Staffing Director

Board Member

Austin

MF

Mara I. Flores

Global Director, Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Nashville

MW

Matt Wolford

TA Manager - Technology and Supply Chain Logistics

Board Member

Edmonton

MT

Megan Thorburn, CMP (she/her)

Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition & Management

Board Member

Silicon Valley

TK

Troy Knapp

Sr. Director, Head of Global Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Edmonton

KC

Kathryn Cox, CPHR

Director, Talent Acquisition and Strategy

Board Member

New York City

WN

Wilma Nacion

Chief Human Resources Officer, Managing Director

Board Member

Portland

SB

Susan Burke

Vice President, Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Omaha

AC

Alicia Caldwell

Manager, HR Recruitment and Retention

Board Member

Charlotte

SR

Samantha Reeves

Director, Chief of Staff for Chief Administrative & Chief Legal Officer

Board Member

Atlanta

RM

Renu Midha

University Relations & Recruiting

Board Member

Albany

LT

Leah Taglione

Senior Manager, Recruiting Operations

Board Member

Las Vegas

CG

Christina Gagnon

Sr Recruiter

Board Member

Boston

AW

Amy Wood (she/her)

Global Manager, Employee Technology

Board Member

Columbia

🦄P

🦄Tangie Pettis, M.S. Training - Development

Director - Sourcing, Recruitment Events & Marketing

Board Member

Montreal

AK

Arnaud Kermouche

Director Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Atlanta

MC

Michael Crouse

Atlanta Board member

Board Member

Pittsburgh

BE

Bill Eichelberger

Talent Acquisition Manager

Board Member

Raleigh

SG

Shelia Gray SHRM-SCP, CCWP, COP, SPHR, MBA

VP Talent Acquisition

And 627 more!

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Events
The Screening Bottleneck Is Costing You More Than You...
National Webinar
The Screening Bottleneck Is Costing You More Than You Think
TALK Philadelphia Networking Happy Hour
Philadelphia: Conshohocken
TALK Philadelphia is hosting a networking happy hour on July 21st
The Candidate Experience Debt
National Webinar
Theme: Candidate experience · Employer brand · Trust
Happy 4th of July (No Webinar)
National Webinar
Enjoy the holiday - there is no webinar!
(PAST EVENT)
St. Pete TALK Happy Hour
Tampa Bay: St. Petersburg
Great Networking!
(PAST EVENT)
AI Hacks That Actually Work in TA
National Webinar
Theme: Practical tactics · Tool-stack reality · Time recovered
(PAST EVENT)
Talent Happy Hour
New York City: New York,
To register, please visit: https://luma.com/ygu4zfvx
(PAST EVENT)
The Bot-on-Bot Arms Race
National Webinar
Theme: AI vs. AI · Pipeline integrity · Quality of hire
(PAST EVENT)
The Agentic Org Chart: When AI Agents are Line Items...
National Webinar
How to work with Agentic AI
(PAST EVENT)

What People Are Saying

“I really feel that TALK will let me network to connect with other talent acquisition professionals and learn from them.”
Denise Kirby
Recruiting Manager, Mercedes Benz
“TALK is a chance for TA leaders in our community to exchange ideas and bring back best practices to our organizations.”
Lori Smith
Sr. Talent Acquisition, Honeywell

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