Marilena Acevedo serves as the Sr. Vice President of People and Culture at Moove, a leading fuel and lubricants distributor headquartered in King of Prussia, PA with 53 locations throughout the US.  Marilena is a highly skilled, experienced Human Resources Executive whose career began a little over 20 years ago as Personnel Assistant providing her the unique experience and opportunity to learn from the ground up.  The experience of running a one person HR Department for a number of years along with progressive growth within the HR field prepared Marilena for her current role.

Marilena holds a degree in Human Resources from DePaul University and has authored, served as subject matter expert on panels, and was interviewed for HR publications including SHRM’s HR Magazine, Freightwaves, and Transport Topics, to name a few.   A native of Chicago, Marilena and her husband currently reside in the greater Philadelphia area.

Marilena’s advice for up and coming HR professionals:  Never turn down an opportunity to learn.  Be a sponge.  Learn all you can even if it doesn’t pertain to your current role.  Volunteer for projects.  All of this experience will come in handy someday and it will make you a more rounded individual.  Lifelong learning is not overrated and it will lead to growth and innovation regardless of the field or expertise area you choose.

Driving change in healthcare for the future employee by applying knowledge learned as a bedside caregiver.

 I am passionate leader about innovation and problem solving and needs in the healthcare sphere and market. Specialize in looking at the 3 year horizon and doing the market research to place educated bets on the future of where an organization places it chips. Experienced in building products and revenue streams from the ground up.

An experienced HR strategic partner and client services professional, I have been an ambassador and student of each organization and industry in which I have worked. I have been fortunate to start HR departments from scratch as well as supported established businesses; I try to be contemplative, analytical and engage the human element in everything I do.

Remote first female founder leading the charge for personalization of employer-sponsored benefits. With over 25 years as a people-first financial leader, Brandy enjoys solving the complex challenges of motivating teams in the evolving future of work.

Silvana Nuzzo is currently a Principal at Pay Governance LLC, an executive compensation consulting firm that specializes in incentive pay design and providing support to the compensation committees of the board of directors. She was previously the global Head of Total Rewards at Argo Group, Inc., a Bermuda-based specialty insurer in the property and casualty market, where she had oversight over all areas relating to compensation, benefits, payroll, HR operations and HR technology. Prior to her role at Argo, she was Director of Executive Compensation at International Flavors & Fragrances, where she facilitated the design and administration of the Company’s executive short- and long-term incentive programs. Silvana previously spent 15 years of her career in consulting roles at Pearl Meyer & Partners and FW Cook & Co., where she advised both privately-held and publicly-traded companies across multiple industries on executive pay design and corporate governance matters.

Silvana currently serves as an adjunct associate lecturer at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies and has been a frequent speaker on compensation and corporate governance topics for various organizations such as WorldatWork, The Conference Board and the Global Equity Organization (GEO). She holds a M.B.A. in Finance and International Business from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a B.A. in English Literature from Hunter College.