Jeanette Maister is the former chief operating officer of Global Campus Recruiting at Credit Suisse. Prior to Credit Suisse, Maister spent eight years in a variety of recruiting leadership roles at Lehman Brothers. She also held positions at IBM in HR, and Gartner, an IT advisory company, as director of Global Talent Acquisition. Jeanette is currently the Americas managing director at WCN, a best-in-class global talent acquisition solutions technology firm. Maister graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in psychology and earned her MBA from Columbia Business School.

Tyi McCray, PhD, is a diversity and inclusion (D&I) thought leader, a dynamic presenter and trained coach. As a D&I consultant for the private sector, Tyi has helped organizations in a range of industries develop tailored diversity strategies and workshops (working with companies such as Twitter, The New York Times, Airbnb, Pinterest, and GoPro).

Before becoming a consultant for the private sector, Tyi served an 11-year tenure at Cornell University. As the Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Cornell’s business school (Johnson Graduate School of Management), Tyi designed and executed a data-driven strategic plan aimed at cultivating an inclusive environment. She also taught graduate level courses for MBA students on leading diverse teams, with a focus on effective communication across social and cultural differences.

Tyi has a PhD in Plant Biology from Cornell University and is certified by the Coaches Training Institute.

Johnny Campbell is a serial disrupter in the world of hiring. As founder and CEO of SocialTalent, the world’s leading hiring skills platform, he works with some of the largest enterprises in the world (such as Intel, IBM and Ikea) to drive hiring excellence in their organizations. Hiring, for Johnny isn't just about finding and hiring great talent, it must include on-boarding and fully engaging new hires for it to be considered truly successful. He has presented these concepts at some of the world’s biggest hiring conferences across the world. His dedication is matched only by his enthusiasm, making him one of the most sought after speakers on the topics of hiring and talent. 

Jessica Miller-Merrell is the Founder of Workology, a workplace resource for HR, recruiting professionals and business leaders, and host of the Workology Podcast. The site has been listed twice as a top 75 career resource by Forbes. Jessica is the president and CEO of Xceptional HR, a human capital strategy and consulting agency. Because of her industry expertise and knowledge, Jessica’s expertise is sought after and sourced by publications and media including: The Economist, Forbes, CIO Magazine, CBS, Entrepreneur Magazine, and SHRM’s HR Magazine. Her new book, Digitizing Talent: Creative Strategies for the Digital Recruiting Age was published in 2023 by SHRM.

As LinkedIn’s head of Inclusion Recruiting, Kathy Goss is helping drive the company’s vision of creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Kathy joined LinkedIn 3 years ago to build the program and team from the ground up, embedding inclusion throughout the entire recruiting process working in close collaboration with the TA teams and business leaders.

Prior to joining LinkedIn, Kathy spent over 10 years on Accenture’s diversity team building large-scale diversity initiatives focused on the recruitment, retention and advancement of diverse employees, as well as building a broad culture of inclusion. She excels at collaborating with stakeholders to design and implement innovative, practical and impactful solutions to complex diversity challenges.

Kathy graduated from Northwestern University with a B.S. in Learning & Organizational Change, a foundation that serves her well in the diversity work that she does today. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband and 3 active children.

Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, and most recently, Better Than Before. She has an enormous readership, both in print and online, and her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages. On her weekly podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin, she discusses good habits and happiness with her sister Elizabeth Craft. Rubin started her career in law and was clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor when she realized she wanted to be a writer. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.