Anna Morgan is committed to helping people show up with confidence in their careers and in the workplace. As the founder of Career BFFs and the creator of EVOLVE, she equips job seekers, talent leaders and HR professionals with the tools to build meaningful connections, strong personal brands and people-first talent strategies. With 15+ years in recruiting and a passion for elevating community, Anna empowers leaders to navigate a noisy market with clarity, presence and purpose.

Carrie Fabris is an executive coach, leadership consultant, and founder of CareerFrame, where she helps organizations and leaders build human-centered, high-performing workplace cultures. With 15+ years of corporate leadership experience, she specializes in emotional intelligence, strengths-based leadership, and adaptive leadership development. Carrie is also the author of All In: A Working Mom’s Unapologetic Quest for a Juicy Life and is passionate about helping people lead with purpose, energy, and authenticity.

David Barnette is the Co- Founder and President of Avant Executive Search, a retained executive search firm focused on modernizing how organizations find great leaders. Before Avant, he led the technology sector for Korn Ferry and spent 20 years in sales and product leadership at AT&T and Clearwire. 

Since launching Avant in 2020, David has helped grow the firm’s executive search, private equity, global relocation, and talent advisory work across 11 countries. 

Founder & CEO, Catapult Masterclass

Dr. Kevin Fleming is an education reformer, storyteller, and career architect redefining how schools prepare people for life after graduation. Through Catapult Masterclass, he equips educators to build clarity, confidence and real-world readiness for every learner. A bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and longtime higher-ed leader, Kevin brings fresh insight into aligning purpose, skills and opportunity in a rapidly changing world.

Driven by a passion for helping people grow, Dr. Marnie Stockman has spent her career guiding students and professionals toward clarity and confidence. A former math teacher turned CEO, she co-authored The Business of You and Lead It Like Lasso to empower individuals to understand their values, own their story, and build a life they’re proud of.

Hart Brown is a futurist and CEO of Future Point of View, where he guides organizations through digital transformation, AI adoption and risk-adaptive strategy. His career spans 20+ years of forecasting markets, building advanced technology programs and leading large-scale resilience initiatives worldwide.

Driven by the belief that potential is universal, Karim Abouelnaga has spent 15 years reimagining education for equity. As CEO of Practice, he helps schools close learning gaps, boost confidence and prepare students for the future of work.

Katrina Kibben is dedicated to making hiring more human. As the founder of Three Ears Media and author of The Bounce Back Factor, they help organizations build candidate experiences rooted in clarity, trust and real connection. With decades of expertise in recruiting, employer brand and copywriting, Katrina equips leaders to design systems that work for people and to navigate uncertainty with confidence.

With 25+ years shaping brand stories for global icons and a decade teaching the next generation at Rutgers, Mark bridges the worlds of practice and purpose. At the core of his work is a passion for helping individuals and organizations understand and engage the rising generation with clarity and impact.

Matt Baxter is an entrepreneur and HR tech founder best known as the CEO and co-founder of WedgeHR, a hiring platform focused on one-way video interviews and modern recruiting workflows. He is based in the Grand Rapids area and studied at Hope College. 

He started his first business at age 15 and has spoken publicly about entrepreneurship, recruiting reform, and making hiring more human-centered. He has also co-authored The Hiring Knot, a book about modern recruiting challenges and improving talent acquisition. 

Mindy Honcoop is a 25-year HR veteran, fractional Chief People Officer and founder of Agile in HR. She advises growing organizations on navigating change, adopting AI with intention and building people strategies rooted in curiosity, clarity and readiness. Through her work as an advisor, coach and speaker, Mindy helps leaders move from resistance to meaningful transformation.

With a career rooted in tech and leadership, Nick Coniglio is redefining how young people prepare for life after school. As co-author of The Business of You and co-creator of the Blue app, he helps students turn self-discovery into strategy, bridging the gap between potential and opportunity.

Scott Birkhead is a longtime talent leader known for turning small teams into powerful, high-performing units. A former Air Force servicemember and career coach, he’s spent years helping organizations hire with intention, develop people with purpose and build cultures where great talent thrives.

Stephanie Manzelli is a senior human resources leader known for building people-first workplace strategies during periods of growth and transformation. She currently serves as Chief Human Resources Officer (also referenced in some recent profiles as Chief People Officer) at Employ Inc., a recruiting and talent acquisition software company. 

She joined Employ in February 2024 as Senior VP of HR and DE&I, then was promoted to CHRO. Her work focuses on talent programs, workforce planning, leadership development, employee engagement, and helping organizations navigate change while maintaining strong culture. 

Stephanie is also active as a speaker and thought leader on topics like burnout prevention, AI readiness in HR, metrics-driven people strategy, and leading through change with empathy and accountability.

Tori Begg is an AI strategist and enablement leader at V Digital Services (Voice Media Group), where she drives human-first AI adoption across sales, marketing and operations teams nationwide. She is also the co-founder of Mind and Machine, a Dallas-based community bringing business leaders together to explore practical, transformative uses of AI. Known for her hands-on approach, Tori focuses on turning emerging technology into real-world impact without losing sight of the human side of work.