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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

Chicago

AB

Amy Brooks

Senior Director

Board Member

Fort Worth

TL

Tanya Lipscomb, MA, PHR, SHRM-CP

Head of the People Team

Board Member

Los Angeles

GD

Gillian Diamond SHRM-CP

Director, Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Cincinnati

AP

Afton Palmer, RYT

Partnership Development

Board Member

Baton Rouge

JM

Julie Macaluso, SHRM-CP

Manager, Talent Acquisition & Development

Board Member

Fort Worth

LD

Laura Davis

Talent Manager

Board Member

Charleston

VD

Victoria Dawkins

Director of Talent Management

Board Member

DC

MM

Michele McAluney Espada

Recruiting Director, Operations and Technology

Board Member

Orlando

KP

Kerstin Purvis

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Board Member

Boston

JF

Jennifer Fucci

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Board Member

Wilmington

GM

Gina Maduskuie

Global Talent Acquisition Leader

Board Member

Salt Lake City

GC

Gwenevere Crary

Founder and CEO

Board Member

Fort Worth

DK

Denise Kirby

HR Business Partner

Board Member

Madison

CD

Courtney Davidson

Senior Recruitment Manager

Board Member

San Diego

LC

Lisa Clark

Director of HR & Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Harrisburg

DL

Dawn Leffingwell

Junior Recruiter

Board Member

San Diego

AH

Amy Hernandez

Executive Director, Talent Experience

Board Member

Columbia

RB

Renee Bacon, MBA

Inclusion Partner

Board Member

Las Vegas

BB

Brent Baker

Talent Management Manager

Board Member

Hartford

LM

Lisa McGuire

Assistant Director, Corporate Partner Relations

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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