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Faces of HR profiles members of the human resources community, sharing their personal experiences, successes, challenges, current practices, aspirations, and opinions on topics impacting the industry and its workforce.
While earning his B.A. in Business Management from Pace University at night, Darin Conselyea worked for a beverage distributor and earned his commercial driver’s license. That license landed him at United Parcel Service, where he joined the safety department, and where senior HR leaders first encouraged him to explore more opportunities within the function. A […]
For Alice Desbouvrie, Chief People Officer at LumApps, HR isn’t just about processes—it’s about unlockable potential. Her path into the field stemmed from a deep fascination with economics and business management, where she quickly recognized a fundamental truth: a company’s success rests squarely on how its people are empowered to perform. That realization launched her […]
Lisa Perillo‘s path to leading human resources (HR) at Five Star Bank didn’t start in a traditional HR back office. It began on the ground floor of operational banking. Early in her career, Perillo developed a firsthand appreciation for how business performance, leadership effectiveness, and employee engagement intertwine. She quickly saw that a thriving business […]
When Open Enrollment rolls around, employees find themselves buried under an avalanche of medical options, leaving little mental bandwidth for anything else. According to Robert Deshaies, Chief Operating Officer at WEX, treating benefits as a once-a-year administrative task means leaving substantial value on the table for both your organization and employees. “Benefits utilization is a […]
For Brooke Shreeve, building world-class HR programs isn’t just about strategy—it’s about staying connected to the employee experience at every level. Over a 20-plus year career, she has built People functions from scratch, scaled operations across continents, and guided organizations ranging from 250 to 16,000 employees through major disruptions, including the Great Recession, the COVID-19 […]
Jen (JR) Rettig didn’t start her career with a grand plan to climb the HR ladder. She began as a retail operator and department store buyer before a side passion for campus recruiting completely redirected her path. While working as a buyer trainee out of the University of Michigan, Rettig started volunteering to fly back […]
When Laila Gillies joined Hiscox USA, she was looking for a foot in the door. Instead, the company handed her a launchpad. Today, as Head of Human Resources at Hiscox USA, Gillies serves as a key strategic partner to the business, aligning people strategy with commercial growth, performance, and long-term organizational success. With nearly two […]
Davida Lindsay-Bell did not start in human resources (HR) on her radar. Inspired by Oprah Winfrey, she initially set out to major in journalism, convinced that storytelling was the most powerful tool in the world. Organizational behavior turned out to be the closest thing—still about people, just applied to the workplace—launching a career that now […]
When Amy Alexy was in college, she was convinced her future lay in communications. But a single HR internship completely shifted her trajectory—and not for the reason most people might expect. It wasn’t traditional HR tasks that captured her attention. Rather, it was a pivotal realization: organizations rise or fall based on the quality of their […]
Fran Maxwell didn’t set out to redefine human resources—he initially planned to spend his career running a Division 1 university athletics department. But after two years of pursuing that path in graduate school while studying for his MBA, he realized it wasn’t his true calling. Following his interest in business and organizational dynamics, he accepted […]