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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

Kansas City

GE

Gary Estes

Manager Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Vancouver

SD

Steve Dutchak

Talent Acquisition Manager

Board Member

Raleigh

EM

Elizabeth Maxedon

Board Member

Saint Louis

ES

Ellen Schafer

Manager, Talent Acquisition Americas

Board Member

Raleigh

NB

Nicole Butler

Director of Talent Acquisition

Board Member

New York City

MO

Megan O'Malley

Sr Director, Global Recruiting

Board Member

Boston

PB

Patricia Bleheen

Director, Talent Acquisition-Americas

Board Member

Indianapolis

TH

Todd Hill

Dir. of Talent Acquisition, Americas

Board Member

Saint Louis

KC

Kirby Cole

Director of Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Fort Worth

LC

Letty Contreras

AVP, Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Oklahoma City

NB

Nikki Burki

HR Business Partner

Board Member

Montreal

AK

Arnaud Kermouche

Director Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Silicon Valley

AK

Abha Kalra - CCP

Director, Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Nashville

MJ

Markesiah Jackson

Senior Recruiter

Board Member

Tulsa

DB

Dana Bustos - Banking Talent Matchmaker

Recruiting Manager

Board Member

Salt Lake City

GC

Gwenevere Crary

Founder and CEO

Board Member

Tampa Bay

SC

Samantha Croxford, SHRM-CP

Human Resources Director

Board Member

Grand Rapids

EM

Eric Miller

Director of Talent and Employee Engagement

Board Member

Harrisburg

AY

Angela Yeager

Corporate Recruiting Manager

Board Member

Charleston

EL

Elizabeth Lohr

Recruiting Manager, PXT HR Recruiting

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
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)
Reskill or Replace? TA's Uncomfortable Role in Workfo...
National Webinar
Do we reskill, or replace?
(PAST EVENT)
The Application Tsunami: When Every Candidate is an ...
National Webinar
Candidate AI Agents
(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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