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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

Dallas

DF

David Frame

Talent Acquisiton Manager

Board Member

Hartford

LM

Lisa McGuire

Assistant Director, Corporate Partner Relations

Board Member

Las Vegas

CG

Christina Gagnon

Sr Recruiter

Board Member

South Florida

RV

Rakhi Varma

Senior Talent Advisor- Diversity & Inclusion(Life Sciences/ Diagnostics / Product ID/ IT)

Board Member

Detroit

GT

Gretchen Teetzel

Senior Talent Advisor North America

Board Member

Tampa Bay

RW

Russell Williams

Director of Recruiting

Board Member

San Antonio

KK

Ken Kuwamura

Talent Aquisition & Manager Effectiveness

Board Member

Stamford

DO

Dawn Ogrodowicz, MBA

Director of Professional Recruitment and Development

Board Member

Baton Rouge

LL

Laura Lane-Hernandez, PHR

Talent Acquisition Manager

Board Member

Indianapolis

MB

Mellissa Boggs

SVP Human Capital

Board Member

Toronto

SD

Simon De Matteo

Senior Director - Global Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Milwaukee

CO

Candi Olivo, CIR, TAS

Executive Director, Talent Acquisition

Board Member

New York City

WN

Wilma Nacion

Chief Human Resources Officer, Managing Director

Board Member

Raleigh

EC

Erika Clausson

Talent Acquisition Manager

Board Member

Saint Louis

HT

Hazel Tanyag Cormier

Head of Talent

Board Member

Portland

KB

Kim Bigej

Director Talent Attraction

Board Member

South Florida

TS

Tim Sanchez (he, him, his)

Global Head of Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Boston

AH

Amy Hafensteiner

VP, Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Charleston

KH

Karen Hite

Global Head of Talent Acquisition

Board Member

Tulsa

AM

Amanda Moseley, SHRM-SCP

Director

And 627 more!

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Events
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!
AI Hacks That Actually Work in TA
National Webinar
Theme: Practical tactics · Tool-stack reality · Time recovered
Talent Happy Hour
New York City: New York,
To register, please visit: https://luma.com/ygu4zfvx
The Bot-on-Bot Arms Race
National Webinar
Theme: AI vs. AI · Pipeline integrity · Quality of hire
Hiring Isn't A Sourcing Problem Anymore!
National Webinar
Discussing how to move past sourcing to effective hiring
(PAST EVENT)
TA Operating Models: How Teams Are Reshaping Structur...
National Webinar
How organizations are evolving for 2026
(PAST EVENT)
Your candidates are on social. Your talent acquisitio...
National Webinar
Connecting with Candidates on Social Media
(PAST EVENT)
Happy New Year (No Webinar)
National Webinar
Happy New Year (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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