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Kirsten Zeigler is an HR expert and consultant with over a decade of experience across a variety of industries. She’s founder and CEO at KDZ HR Consulting. Her expertise lies in the creation of inclusive cultures, protection of businesses, enhancing employee engagement, and establishing standards through comprehensive compliance programs. By offering expert HR support through energy, empathy & ethics, she enables business owners to concentrate on the growth and development of their company, empowering them to build their businesses with confidence. With over a decade providing HR services to both large and small organizations, I found myself most excited when…

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Kendra Davis-Roberts is a distinguished HR professional whose career is marked by her commitment to excellence and extensive experience with industry leaders like HP, Inc., Wawa, Inc., and Comcast. Specializing in People Analytics, HRIS, Recruiting, HR operations, and Program Management, Kendra has consistently focused on enhancing employee experiences, reflecting her firm belief in their central importance to HR practices. Spending the last 7 years in People Analytics and Insights, she has emerged as a trailblazer, establishing Centers of Excellence and utilizing advanced software for pivotal HR metrics, significantly impacting resignation, retention, and talent management. A proud Philadelphian and Penn State…

As Director of Global People Operations, Erica provides country-specific knowledge and expertise in global operations and mobility to support all aspects of Penn’s international workforce needs. Erica joined the Global Support Services team from Penn Abroad, where she worked closely with students, faculty, and staff to direct a wide variety of student study, internship, and research programs abroad. Prior to joining Penn in 2017, Erica held leadership positions in international program development and university global engagement at Princeton University and Drexel University. Erica holds a BA in international studies and Spanish from the University of Oregon, and an MS in…

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With more than 20 years of executive leadership experience, Jackie Linton is the President of JL HR Solutions, LLC, a full-service HR consulting firm focusing on talent management strategies; HR strategic planning; HR policies and process improvements; diversity and inclusion training and improvement strategies; and executive coaching.

• Learning and Development

Theresa is currently the Director of Human Resources at Mastery Charter Schools in Philadelphia, promoting the Mastery mission and serving as a Business Partner for a subset of Mastery Charter Schools, in Philadelphia, PA and Camden, NJ.  In her role, Theresa ensures that Mastery Human Resources supports an employee-focused, high performance, outcomes driven organizational culture. Theresa is responsible for the delivery and management of key HR functions of employee relations, performance management, benefits, compensation, certification and compliance.  She works with school-based leadership staff to address employee needs, manage personnel issues, and implement a performance-based compensation system.  As the Director of…

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Catherine is currently a Senior Business Partner with Baker Tilly US, a leading advisory CPA firm.  Serving as a leader within the Talent Management Business Partner team, she partners with leadership in the Pennsylvania/West Virginia market in the development and execution of their people strategy and advises on various people-related matters including employee relations, performance management, DEI, succession, and compensation. She also serves in a leadership role chairing the Philadelphia DEI committee and co-chairing the firm’s ESG Social initiative.