Jay Charness is a sales professional with over 20 years of driving change at organizations of all sizes. He is passionate about working directly with individuals to better understand their talent management and talent acquisition needs to better solve the business challenges they face every day. When not helping clients tackle their business challenges, Jay spends his time teaching self-defense workshops and enjoying the beauty of Colorado with his family.

Starla Sampaco joins us again this year to serve as SHRM24's Main Stage host! She is a Filipino-American columnist, host, and international speaker with a background in TV news for Seattle's PBS Channel. She is a contributor to Forbes and Harvard Business Review, where she focuses on teaching women and people of color how to advocate for themselves in the workplace. She also leads keynotes for clients like Microsoft and AT&T. As an extension of this work, Starla taught graduate students as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Washington Communication Leadership Master's Program, where she developed a course on executive presence, public speaking, and communication strategy. Prior to anchoring for PBS, she covered Washington state politics as a legislative reporter and hosted a technology news show.

Jonathan Raymond is the CEO at Refound and author of the award-winning book, Good Authority: How to Become the Leader Your Team is Waiting For. Jonathan advises CEOs in high-growth businesses on how to create a people-first culture that drives results. Refound’s clients range from Fortune 100 companies like Panasonic and McKesson to startups like Niantic and ZipRecruiter. He loves being dad to two amazing girls, SUP-surfing, getting into the backcountry, and he'll never give up on the New York Knicks.

Claire Wasserman is an educator, author, and founder of Ladies Get Paid, a platform, global community, and book that teaches women to level up professionally and financially. She is also the host of the John Hancock podcast, “Friends Who Talk About Money”. 

A highly sought-after expert for Fortune 500 companies working to improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, Claire has traveled the country teaching thousands of women how to negotiate millions of dollars in raises, start businesses, and advocate for themselves in the workplace. Claire was chosen as one of Marquis Who's Who 75 Most Influential Financial Leaders of 2021, as well as Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women. She has spoken at places such as Harvard Business School, Facebook, NASA, and the United Nations, and has appeared on Good Morning America and in the New York Times, among others. Claire’s book, Ladies Get Paid, is available at ladiesgetpaid.com/book and wherever books are sold. 

Learn more about Claire at clairewasserman.com and follow her on Instagram at @clairegetspaid.

Danielle Mahoney is the Vice President of Human Resources and Training for Insight Credit Union, headquarters in Orlando, FL.  Danielle has 20 years of Human Resources experience with concentration in the Financial Industry sector.  She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Business Management with focus in Human Resources Management from the University of Central Florida, and holds a SHRM-SCP and SPHR certification.  Danielle is experienced in Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition, Compensation and Benefit Analysis, including 401(k) and 457(f) plan review and implementation, and overall strategic Human Resources planning.

Brian joined Transamerica in 2019 as AVP, Business Development and is responsible for overseeing the business development effort for retirement plans across the country. He works on firm-level business planning and implementing business development strategies with Transamerica’s top distribution partners. He has spent the past 24 years in multiple leadership roles in the Retirement industry, from Service and Operations to Sales and Business Development. Brian lives in Hamden, CT with his wife of 22 years, Kim, daughter Abby (17), and son, Tyler (14). Brian enjoys golfing, running, and spending quality time with his family, and he makes maintaining an active lifestyle one of his top priorities.