In contention for the TA 20

“Ronni is a strategic, high-impact TA leader who combines strong business partnership with deep focus on building scalable recruiting organizations. She raises the bar and finds opportunities to use AI to be more impactful and tie it directly to business outcomes.”

“Crystal blends her market expertise with AI tools to efficiently source and present the highest quality candidates. Crystal was recognized this year as a top-rated recruiter, earning the Highest Response Rate award (91.1%) and the Highest Star Rating on Great Recruiters.”

“Alexandra brings years of expertise and passion to her role. She is a leader in innovation and a champion of using AI to help create efficiencies.”

“Recruiting is still about relationships. I've never hired anyone AI told me to — I use it to move faster and see clearer, but the judgment call on fit is still mine.”

“Maggie set out to automate the manual work dragging recruiters down, and replaced spreadsheets and reports with a single AI-driven dashboard. That work has given the recruiting team and business leaders one shared view into hiring and headcount strategy, and has saved them countless hours. Her push to bring AI into the team's everyday flow is helping the whole business move faster, together.”

“I use AI to make talent acquisition faster and more informed without losing the human connection that makes great hiring possible. By letting AI accelerate analysis, surface insights, and remove administrative friction, I can spend more time on what matters most: understanding people, building relationships, and making better hiring decisions.”

“I believe great recruiting is still deeply human. I use AI as a tool to take the busywork off our plates and help high-performing recruiters be even more effective; not to replace the human side of recruiting, but to give us more time for the relationships, conversations, and connection that make recruiting great.”

“A believer that hiring should stay human first, Genevieve took a hiring process built on paper and guesswork and brought AI in to handle the repetitive parts and the busywork, freeing up her team to focus on what's most important: people, not paperwork.”

“Nominating Erika Broadwater Deaver, TA exec at BNP Paribas AND National President/CEO of NAAAHR, where she leads 9 boards and 32 chapters and just became the first President to ever take the National Conference off U.S. soil, hosting it in the Virgin Islands. She's not choosing between corporate and community impact, she's doing both at full volume!”

“Renee owns the candidate experience for one of the largest driver-hiring operations in the country, where First Student staffs thousands of routes against a hard back-to-school deadline. She leaned on AI to carry the volume so no applicant sits waiting.”

“Rob treats every candidate like a person, not a req. He put AI to work on the busywork so his team spends its hours actually talking to people.”