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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

Edmonton

KC

Kathryn Cox, CPHR

Director, Talent Acquisition and Strategy

Board Member

Boston

AH

Amy Hafensteiner

VP, Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Charlotte

SH

Sara Hennings,SHRM-CP.SWP, Certified Facilitator

Region HR Director

Board Member

Omaha

JJ

Jeff Judkins

Talent Acquisition Manager

Board Member

Raleigh

AM

Alisha Miller

Regional Recruiting Manager

Board Member

Morris County

MB

Melissa Barch Katz

Senior Director, TA Operations & Strategy

Board Member

Seattle

KM

Krystin Morgan

Technical Recruiting Manager, Engineering

Board Member

Boston

GG

Glenn Gutmacher (he/him)

Talent Sourcing Training Mgr.

Board Member

Syracuse

KD

Katherine Dahlke

Head of Talent Acquisition NAMER

Board Member

San Diego

KL

Karen Leckrone, PHR

Director, Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Birmingham

BW

Beth Wolfe

Senior Director of Recruiting

Board Member

Cincinnati

BW

Beth Willcutt

TAS

Board Member

Denver

JB

Jeremy Bushaw

Vice President Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Houston

OG

Oscar Gracia

Director

Board Member

Salt Lake City

SC

Shannon Collaer

Director of Talent

Board Member

Milwaukee

CR

Carmen Ramirez

Talent Acquisition Senior Recruiter

Board Member

Silicon Valley

ST

Stephanie Tyler

Global Talent Acquisition Programs

Board Member

Kansas City

AV

Abigail Ventrillo

Talent Acquisition and Retention Manager

Board Member

Nashville

NT

Nick Tompkins, SPHR and SCP

Managing Director Talent Management and Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Wilmington

LS

Lisa Smith-Strother

Vice President, Global Employer and Diversity Brand Head

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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