Speakers

Claire MacIntyre serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer at Sam’s Club, a leading membership warehouse club. In her role, Claire oversees all people-related matters for more than 100,000 associates across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. She and her team are focused on accelerating career growth and opportunity, prioritizing associate well-being, driving a culture of belonging, and enabling associates with digital tools to further evolve ways of working.

Prior to joining Sam’s Club, Claire was at Estee Lauder for five years, where she was head of human resources (HR) for the global corporate functions and value chain and was responsible for developing global HR strategic needs and priorities across these areas of the business. She also spent nearly 20 years at Diageo, a British multinational beverage company, where she held various HR leadership roles including vice president of human resources for the North America supply chain, global vice president of talent engagement, and head of resourcing for the Americas.

Claire is an inclusive, agile, dynamic HR business leader with nearly 25 years of global experience, bringing with her a proven track record in people strategy creation and execution. She holds a master’s degree in management science from the University of Glasgow and lives with her husband in Northwest Arkansas.

Blair Bennett is the Senior Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition at PepsiCo. She leads the Global Talent Acquisition Centers of Expertise, along with Talent Foresight and Career Transitions—advancing how PepsiCo attracts and hires talent worldwide, plans for future capability needs, and delivers a more connected experience for associates across the moments that matter.

Since joining PepsiCo in 2019, Blair has focused on strengthening PepsiCo as an employer of choice and elevating experiences aligned to the company’s Create More Smiles mission.

Blair’s background includes an early career in political consulting and subsequently talent leadership roles at Korn Ferry and Walmart, giving her a distinctive perspective on leadership, influence, and talent strategy.

LeAnn Smith is Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for McKesson Corporation. As a member of the Executive Operating Team, LeAnn is responsible for all human resources disciplines, including attracting, developing and retaining talent across the company and leading transformational change.

LeAnn Smith joined McKesson in May 2021 as Senior Vice President, Talent Management and Development, overseeing Leadership and Executive Development, Performance & Engagement, Talent and Succession Planning, Executive Talent Acquisition, and Organizational Effectiveness & Change Management. Previously, she served as Chief People Leader, Global Corporate Functions for Walmart, where she collaborated with C-Suite leaders on the company’s corporate transformation strategy. Prior to Walmart, LeAnn held various HR leadership roles at Accenture, working to align talent strategies to business outcomes and positioning the company as an employer of choice.

LeAnn graduated from Saint Louis University with a Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management and earned an Executive Master’s in Human Resource Management from Cornell University, ILR School.

Melissa Huntley is a seasoned talent and leadership executive with a strong track record of strengthening organizational capability and performance in large, high‑growth companies. She currently serves as Visa’s Global Head of Talent Management & Development, where she is responsible for ensuring the company has the leadership, talent, and capabilities needed to succeed now and in the future.

Prior to joining Visa, Melissa served as Global Head of Talent Management at Salesforce, where she also led the Talent and Leadership integration following Salesforce’s acquisition of Tableau. Earlier in her career, she led global talent practices and served as an HR Business Partner at Nike and worked in various talent and business partner roles at MetLife, Viacom, and Johnson & Johnson.

Melissa has built deep credibility as a talent management expert while also taking on broader employee experience and enterprise leadership challenges. She currently serves on the Talent Management Advisory Board for Red Thread Research and lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her family.

Alim Dhanji is a globally recognized HR thought leader and the Chief Human Resources Officer of TD SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX), a Fortune 100 technology company with over $80B in annual billings and operations in over 55 countries powered by 24,000 talented co-workers. With over 25 years of leadership experience across public, private, and founder-led companies, Alim brings a combination of deep human capital expertise, commercial acumen, and operational leadership.

At TD SYNNEX, Alim is driving a transformation to drive high performance, elevate leadership accountability, and prepare the workforce for the demands of AI, digital transformation, and rapid market shifts. He partners closely with the CEO and Board to embed a culture of clarity, ownership, and innovation at scale.

Prior to TD SYNNEX, Alim held senior executive roles including President of Adidas Canada, where he led a growth acceleration and expansion, and CHRO roles across multiple industries including technology, consumer goods, financial services, and retail. He is widely respected for his ability to connect business strategy with leadership development and talent acceleration.

Alim is a trusted advisor on CEO succession, leadership, and organizational culture. He is also an active member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council and a mental health advocate as CEO advisor with Project Healthy Minds.

With a truly global perspective shaped by experiences across North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, Alim is passionate about building inclusive, resilient organizations. He has been recognized as a Top 10 Global LGBT+ Executive by Yahoo Finance and the Financial Times for his leadership in diversity and inclusion.

Alim is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program and currently resides in New York.