TA 20Honorees

Great hiring doesn't happen by accident. It's built by leaders who rethink how their teams find, evaluate, and win talent. The TA20 honors such leaders across a range of industries for the standard they've set in talent acquisition.

Honorees

20 talent leaders honored in every industry.

Technology

Engineering, product, and platform teams scaling hiring without losing the human thread. · 20 seats

Emerging Technology

Fast-growing tech companies building talent functions from the ground up. · 20 seats

Retail & E-commerce

Seasonal, high-volume hiring that still treats every applicant like a person. · 20 seats

Manufacturing & Defense

Frontline, skilled-trade, and cleared defense hiring under real production pressure. · 20 seats

Transportation & Logistics

Hiring at the speed of the supply chain, without cutting corners on care. · 20 seats

Hospitality & Travel

Guest-first companies that treat candidates the way they train staff to treat guests. · 20 seats

Financial Services & Banking

High-stakes, high-compliance hiring where one bad process shows up on the balance sheet. · 20 seats

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Filling roles that can't sit open, in the industry most starved for talent right now. · 20 seats

Jennifer Waymon
Jennifer Waymon
Director, Talent Acquisition · Bristol Myers Squibb
Adam Ylinen
Adam Ylinen
Director of Talent Acquisition · Natera
Alberto del Val
Alberto del Val
Head of Talent Acquisition · Impress
Brian Moore
Brian Moore
Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition & Talent Management · Cardinal Health
Cathy Henesey
Cathy Henesey
Vice President - Extended Workforce · AdventHealth
Eddy Guinet
Eddy Guinet
Global Head of Total Talent · Galderma
Erin Kap
Erin Kap
Director of Talent Acquisition · Intermountain Health
Kaitlyn Urlaub
Kaitlyn Urlaub
Vice President Talent Acquisition and Workforce Development · UMass Memorial Health
Kim Goodwin
Kim Goodwin
Director, Talent Acquisition and Strategy · VitalCaring Group
Kristen Diorio
Kristen Diorio
HR Leader- Military Veteran Leadership Development Program · Johnson & Johnson
Kristen Erban
Kristen Erban
Executive Director TA Operations and Recruitment Brand Marketing · CVS Health
Melissa August
Melissa August
Director of Talent Acquisition · Brightview Senior Living
Michael Peterson
Michael Peterson
Sr. Director, Global Talent Acquisition- Talent Sourcing, Intelligence and Innovation · Edwards Lifesciences
Mitchell Bush
Mitchell Bush
Vice President, Enterprise Talent Acquisition · Community Health Systems
Nayana Gadkari
Nayana Gadkari
Director Talent Acquisition · Quest Diagnostics
Sharon Giotis
Sharon Giotis
Vice President, Talent Acquisition & Progression · Blood Cancer United
Thomas McGoldrick
Thomas McGoldrick
Executive Vice President, Talent Acquisition · Parexel
Victor Gaines
Victor Gaines
AVP Talent Acquisition · Wellstar Health System
Viki Kerek
Viki Kerek
Assistant Vice President · Cincinnati Children's
Yvette Hansen
Yvette Hansen
Director, TA Strategy & Enablement · Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Accounting & Professional Services

Firms whose entire product is the people they hire — recruiting is the business. · 20 seats

Government & Public Sector

Mission-driven hiring inside process most private companies would never survive. · 20 seats

Insurance

Regulated, high-volume hiring that still has to move fast when claims season hits. · 20 seats

Staffing & Employment Services

Recruiters who recruit recruiters — the industry that hires TA talent for a living. · 20 seats

Energy & Utilities

Technical and frontline hiring for the infrastructure everything else depends on. · 20 seats

Media, Entertainment & Sports

Project-based, deadline-bound hiring where every crew is assembled from scratch. · 20 seats

General

Standout leaders whose work doesn't sit neatly inside one industry lane. · 20 seats