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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

Milwaukee

ME

Michele Ellner

Director of Talent Acquisition, The Americas

Board Member

Madison

CD

Courtney Davidson

Senior Recruitment Manager

Board Member

Portland

LC

Lois Chauncey

Manager, Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Dallas

RK

Ray Kallas

Talent Acquisition Manager

Board Member

Dallas

MS

Michelle Scully

VP, Human Resources

Board Member

Montreal

MW

Matthew Wiazowski

Director - Talent Acquisition & Internal Mobility

Board Member

Nashville

MW

Matt Wolford

TA Manager - Technology and Supply Chain Logistics

Board Member

OC

SR

Smita Ray, CIR

Director Of Recruiting

Board Member

Portland

KB

Kim Bigej

Director Talent Attraction

Board Member

Charleston

PD

Paul Donato

Director, Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Montreal

AK

Arnaud Kermouche

Director Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Salt Lake City

MJ

Missy Johnson

VP of Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Morris County

BB

Bryan Bischoff (he/him)

Head of Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Milwaukee

LW

Lisa Wittbrot

Executive Director - Global Talent Management & Acquisition

Board Member

Toledo

JP

Jeff Perin

Talent Acquisition Manager

Board Member

DC

CA

Casey Augustosky

Head of Talent Acquisition - Staff & Strategy Teams

Board Member

Fort Worth

DK

Denise Kirby

HR Business Partner

Board Member

Omaha

DT

Dakotah Taylor

Director Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Salt Lake City

SC

Shannon Collaer

Director of Talent

Board Member

Silicon Valley

TK

Troy Knapp

Sr. Director, Head of Global 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
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!
St. Pete TALK Happy Hour
Tampa Bay: St. Petersburg
Great Networking!
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)
Talent In Person Happy Hour
Silicon Valley: Mountain View
Register HERE: https://luma.com/1bq52dst?tk=uFFJd9
(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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