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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

Charleston

KC

Katharine R. Corona, MA

Vice President of Talent

Board Member

Grand Rapids

AS

Amy Saunders-Ferriell

Vice President of Human Resources

Board Member

Memphis

FH

Foluke Houston-Gaddis

Talent Acquisition Senior Manager

Board Member

Omaha

TP

Tyler Pelan

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Board Member

Hartford

BZ

B.J. Zanesky

Workforce Development Manager

Board Member

DC

TF

Trish Ferrett

Senior Director of Talent Attraction and Acquisition

Board Member

Wilmington

SS

Savannah Scalyer

Head of Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Calgary

KM

Karen McGlone

Head of Canadian Talent Acquisition and US Property Management Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Portland

BT

Brenda Tern (she.her)

Global Head of Recruiting

Board Member

Ottawa

VC

Victoria Coons

Manager, Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Los Angeles

EB

Elicia Banks-Gabriel, SHRM-SCP

SVP, Talent & Culture

Board Member

Charleston

KH

Karen Hite

Global Head of Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Indianapolis

KM

Kyle Mates

Recruiting and Employee Engagement Manager

Board Member

Kansas City

RE

Reese Ericson

Recruiting Manager

Board Member

Buffalo

RF

Renata Filarecki

TA & Workforce Development Manager

Board Member

Silicon Valley

DM

David Moore

VP, Recruiting

Board Member

Twin Cities

JE

Jamie Elliott

Senior Director of Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Providence

GK

Gina Kelleher

Vice President, Office of Inclusion

Board Member

Detroit

LV

Lisa Vezzetti

TA Manager

Board Member

Buffalo

KN

Kelly Navarro

People and Talent Lead

And 629 more!

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Events
From Gut Feel to Good Evidence: How to Run Interviews...
National Webinar
How to improve the interview process
What will the TA Tech Stack Look Like in 2027
National Webinar
What will the future tech stack look like?
Quality of Hire: The Metric Everyone Talks About but ...
National Webinar
Understanding and measuring the elusive quality of hire metric
The Rise of The Talent Engineer
National Webinar
The future of recruiting and talent engineering
Hiring Isn't A Sourcing Problem Anymore!
National Webinar
Discussing how to move past sourcing to effective hiring
(PAST EVENT)
Your candidates are on social. Your talent acquisitio...
National Webinar
Connecting with Candidates on Social Media
(PAST EVENT)
TA Operating Models: How Teams Are Reshaping Structur...
National Webinar
How organizations are evolving for 2026
(PAST EVENT)
Happy New Year (No Webinar)
National Webinar
Happy New Year (No Webinar)
(PAST EVENT)
Happy Holidays! (No Webinar)
National Webinar
No Webinar
(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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