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.

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.

Kristi Williamson is a senior HR executive and business advisor at Panasonic Avionics Corporation where she leads the global Human Resources organization. She has spearheaded culture and leadership transformation efforts for the past eight years, advancing HR’s impact as a strategic partner to the business. She works closely with leaders across the organization to strengthen culture, enable growth, and guide enterprise wide transformation. Her approach is grounded in trust and a deep understanding of how talent strategy, leadership, and business outcomes intersect.

Panasonic Avionics Corporation is a leading supplier of in-flight entertainment and in-flight communications systems serving more than 300 airlines worldwide.

Previously, she held HR executive roles with automotive suppliers in the Detroit metropolitan area and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resources Management.

Jennifer is an accomplished and creative leader with extensive experience across diverse industries including consulting, health care, technology, and retail industries. She has over 20 years of progressive leadership experience building and scaling global TA functions across publicly traded and PE/Venture backed organizations. She has led global teams setting strategic vision and implementing new technologies to drive operational efficiencies while managing 1,500+ annual hires.

In her current role with Alpha Omega, Jennifer leads talent acquisition, talent development and employee experience. In this role, she worked with an in-house development team to create an intelligent talent evaluation platform called TalentMatch.AI. The system eliminates time-consuming manual resume screening and accelerates their internal redeployment process. The platform compares employee profiles against open positions to identify the best internal candidates. Increasing redeployment of internal employees by 20% in the first quarter of its use, saving the company a significant amount of money.

Jennifer began her career in executive recruitment with Booz Allen Hamilton, Heidrick & Struggles, and Korn/Ferry International where she spearheaded talent acquisition strategies, managed recruitment teams, and led executive hiring initiatives.

Jennifer holds a master’s in leadership from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and a bachelor’s in economics from East Carolina University.

Crystal Castille‑Cromedy is a global Human Resources executive whose career has been defined by a belief that people are the engine of every great organization—and that when leaders invest in talent, culture, and belonging, they unlock performance that transforms companies and communities. As Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Talent, Head of HR Americas, and Chief Diversity Officer at Hines, she has reshaped how a 31‑country enterprise grows leaders, builds culture, and creates opportunity. Her work has increased internal mobility, unified global performance management, and strengthened leadership pipelines that fuel the firm’s long‑term success.

Crystal’s leadership is rooted in clarity, courage, and a deep commitment to helping people rise. She established Hines’ DEI goals, launched six ERGs that elevated engagement and belonging, and built a globally integrated talent ecosystem that aligns people strategy with business ambition. Before joining Hines, she spent more than a decade at BP leading HRBP teams and global HR transformation, delivering a new operating model for 14,000+ employees, and advising and supporting BP’s Head of HR and the HR Executive Office.

A recognized thought leader featured in The New York Times, Bloomberg, Leaders Magazine, and The Trusted Professional, Crystal brings a powerful blend of strategic insight and humanity to every stage she steps onto. She serves on the Boards of Big Brothers Big Sisters Central Houston and the Black Commercial Real Estate Network and is a mentor and advocate for advancing equitable opportunity and leadership excellence.

Crystal speaks with the conviction of someone who has seen what’s possible when organizations choose to lead with purpose—and she inspires audiences to build workplaces where people thrive, leaders grow, and culture becomes a catalyst for extraordinary results.

Tracey Marsh is a senior human resources executive and trusted advisor to global leadership teams, with deep expertise in enterprise transformation, performance excellence, and strategic people planning. As Vice President of Human Resources for the Weir Minerals Division, Tracey leads the global HR agenda, partnering closely with executive leaders to build organisational capability, accelerate execution, and foster a high-performance, inclusive culture across complex, multi-region operations.

Tracey has led large-scale initiatives spanning sales incentive design, performance management design, workforce planning, and organisational redesign, with a strong focus on aligning people strategy to business outcomes. She is known for her pragmatic, data-driven approach to change leadership and her ability to translate strategy into practical action that delivers measurable impact.

Tracey holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) with majors in Business Law and Human Resource Management and is currently completing the Wharton Chief People Officer Program. She is a passionate advocate for inclusive leadership and talent development within the global resources industry.

Olga is a seasoned HR leader with over 18 years of global experience driving transformative talent strategies, operational excellence, and organizational design within dynamic, complex environments. Known for her systems-thinking approach, she architects interconnected processes, technologies, people and analytics that operate as a cohesive whole—minimizing friction and enabling scalable, insight-driven talent strategies.

At Netflix, Olga led the strategic redefinition of Talent Operations in alignment with the broader Talent strategy. She built a robust operational engine in close partnership with Talent Technology, strengthening the foundation for operational excellence and long-term scalability. By introducing new ways of working that foster transparency and global collaboration, she enhanced service delivery and advanced a more unified, consistent employee experience at scale.

Dr. Tamara McGriff is a Global Human Resources Executive and a certified executive coach with 15+ years of experience helping organizations build stronger leaders and higher-performing teams. Across biopharma, financial services, and technology, she has partnered with C-suite executives to design talent strategies, lead large-scale change, and launch AI-powered platforms that have transformed how managers lead. She has a gift for connecting people strategy with business results.

Tamara’s ability to blend the science of leadership with the art of human development is her strength. She is certified in the Leadership Circle Profile, one of the most respected leadership assessment tools in the field, and brings additional expertise in emotional intelligence, organizational effectiveness, and workforce strategy. Backed by a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership and an Executive MBA from Howard University, she doesn’t just develop individual leaders; she helps organizations build a culture where great leadership is the norm, not the exception.

Asha Hope is the V.P. and Head, North America Diversity and Inclusion and drives sustainable change by infusing Diversity and Inclusion in Bayer’s business processes. In her role, she works to ensure Bayer develops, retains and attracts talent, supports an inclusive workplace and tracks and shares progress in Diversity and Inclusion focus areas.

Asha joined Bayer in May 2023 and serves as a member of the U.S. Country Enablement Team, the North America HR Leadership Team and the Global Talent Impact and Diversity and Inclusion Team. She is a dynamic, solutions-driven, results-oriented leader who has helped global companies build diverse and inclusive workplaces.

Following her passion and purpose, Asha transformed her engineering background into a career in Human Resources, where she leveraged her strategic solution mindset to benefit a broader constituency. She joined Bayer from DoorDash, where she served as the Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion, developing global strategies to support a more diverse and inclusive organization. She created the company’s first Diversity and Inclusion commitments geared toward improving representation across all levels of the organization by 2025. She successfully integrated Diversity and Inclusion into core people and business processes along the employee lifecycle and added a data-driven model for Diversity and Inclusion to the company’s career site.

Prior to DoorDash, she served as the Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion for the International Consumer Business at Amazon, and held leadership positions at Macy’s and Coca-Cola, working closely with leaders, business resource groups, diversity councils and outside organizations to make an impact at the companies and the communities in which they operate.

Asha earned a Masters of Professional Studies in Human Resources and Employee Relations at Pennsylvania State University, a B.S. in Chemical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Alabama A&M University.

In her personal time, she Asha enjoys traveling, listening to live music, attending live sporting events and spending time with her husband and daughter.

Janine Billy, MSc, MCIPD is the Chief Human Resource Officer – People, Culture & Brand at CIBC Caribbean. Appointed in November 2023, Janine Billy leads a broad portfolio including Human Resources, Property Services, Marketing, Communications, Organization Development & Culture, Customer and Employee Experience, and Continuous Improvement, ensuring the long-term sustainability of the bank across the Caribbean region.

With nearly 30 years of executive leadership, Janine Billy has consistently delivered transformational results across financial services, multilateral development banks, airlines, and retail. At the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington, DC, Janine Billy defined and executed global talent acquisition strategies, spearheaded high-impact recruitment initiatives, and championed diversity by advancing opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.

At CIBC Caribbean International Bank, Janine Billy drove the implementation of a robust talent management strategy, supporting digital transformation and fostering a high-performance culture. Her leadership extended to Labor Relations and Organization Development, where she successfully negotiated complex union agreements across multiple Caribbean islands.

Earlier, as Country Manager for American Airlines in Antigua, Janine Billy transformed the operation into a profitable, high-performing business, demonstrating her ability to lead teams through change and deliver measurable results.

Janine Billy holds an MSc in Business Psychology from the University of South Wales, is a Certified Coach, and a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

CIBC Caribbean

CIBC Caribbean is a relationship bank offering a full range of market leading financial services through our Corporate Banking, Personal and Business Banking and Private Wealth segments. We are located in ten (10) countries around the Caribbean, providing banking services through approximately 2,700 employees in 41 branches and offices. We are one of the largest regionally listed financial services institutions in the English-speaking Caribbean, with US$13 billion in assets and market capitalization of US$1.7 billion. We also have a representative office in Hong Kong that provides business development and relationship management for our fund administration. The face of banking is changing throughout the world, and CIBC Caribbean intends to lead these changes with the expertise, integrity and knowledge gained from banking in the Caribbean since 1836.

People, Talent Acquisition & Culture leader with 15+ years of experience driving enterprise change through a hospitality mindset—aligning people, process, and performance to embed strategy, opportunity, and belonging into how work gets done. Known for her ability to connect people strategy to business outcomes and enterprise priorities by building and scaling strategic talent platforms that accelerate organizational growth, revenue, and operational excellence with the right people at the
center. Proven leader in recruiting revenue-generating roles within performance-driven, growth-oriented environments, with a sharp eye for identifying hiring risks and talent gaps. Experienced in designing and executing talent-aligned GTM strategies in workforce planning, leadership development, and scaling multi-level recruitment across regional, national, and multi-market operations. Architect of data-driven workforce strategies that have delivered 50%+ gains in retention, productivity, and headcount efficiency—translating to $3.5M+ in measurable business impact—while confidently maintaining high offer standards and closing top performers with a bias for action. Leads with strategic grit and grounded empathy—combining decisive metrics, disciplined execution, and human-centered leadership to drive accountability and sustained results. Known for her infectious energy, sharp intuition, and commitment to excellence, Rachyll creates world-class experiences where professionals feel seen, supported, and inspired to build lasting, comprehensive careers, ensuring
every initiative she touches is both people-centered and results-driven.

Rachyll is also deeply involved in her community, church, and several nonprofit initiatives that reflect her passion for empowering and educating youth and building stability and creating dignified spaces where individuals feel safe and confident in achieving self-sufficiency. Through this work, Rachyll is dedicated to transforming past narratives and helping build multi-generational legacies of strength and opportunity.

Rachyll is the first girl born on her father’s side of the family in over 100 years, growing up unhoused she became the first in her family to graduate college—an experience that shaped her resilience, deepened her empathy, and fuels her passion for helping others build stability and long-term security. Today, Rachyll brings that same determination to family life, raising four amazing boys—including two bonus sons—who are all within four years of one another. Alongside her husband Jon and two rescue pups, she embraces the joyful organized chaos and rewarding challenges of their lively household. She’s passionate about making the world feel smaller by bringing people together in pursuit of meaningful work and purpose—taking risks and having fun along the way. Rachyll is always op en to connecting and believes life is best experienced alongside great people, doing great work, and finding joy along the journey.

Ken is responsible for engaging, supporting, and aligning with business leaders throughout GSF’s global enterprises in collaboration with labor relations and employee relations. Ken works to implement and coordinate human resources strategies, policies, and programs that support the organization’s business objectives and goals. A GSF associate since 2022, Ken’s depth of human resources and labor experience has enabled him to make an immediate impact at GSF. Through his established relationships with key leaders in the field, Ken leads the success of future strategies focused on staffing, retention, and engagement.

Abby Gootkin is the Vice President of Human Resources at rhode, where she leads people strategy and culture for one of the fastest-growing brands in beauty. She brings over a decade of experience building and scaling high-performing teams across private equity, venture-backed, and high-growth consumer companies. Prior to rhode, Abby served as Vice President of People at Ruggable and Vice President of Portfolio Talent & Culture at Transom Capital Group, where she drove organizational transformation across 10+ portfolio companies.

Abby is known for her modern, business-first approach to HR—one that moves beyond traditional playbooks to position People & Culture as a critical driver of company performance. Her work focuses on building high-performance cultures, developing leaders, and creating environments that attract, retain, and grow top talent. She is particularly passionate about ensuring HR has a true seat at the strategy table, directly influencing the outcomes that matter most to executives and boards.

She holds a Master’s degree in Learning and Organizational Change from Northwestern University and is a strong advocate for continuous growth, believing that the right balance of clarity, curiosity, and challenge unlocks potential for individuals and organizations alike.

Stacy Winsett is a senior executive leader, trauma-informed leadership practitioner, and author of From Ashes to Influence: A Leader Forged by Fire. With decades of experience in Human Resources, labor relations, and executive leadership across complex global organizations, Stacy is known for her calm leadership under pressure, ethical clarity, and commitment to stewarding power with integrity.

Her work sits at the intersection of lived experience and leadership responsibility. Having navigated early adversity, high-risk corporate environments, and moments where integrity demanded personal cost, Stacy brings uncommon credibility to conversations about silence, endurance, and influence. Rather than centering resilience as grit alone, her leadership philosophy examines how survival skills—vigilance, emotional control, speed, and hyper-responsibility—can quietly shape decision-making and culture long after danger has passed.

In From Ashes to Influence, Stacy challenges leaders to move beyond endurance and toward stewardship: the disciplined, ethical use of authority in service of people, truth, and long-term impact. Her perspective is grounded in executive practice, trauma-informed awareness, and faith-rooted discernment. She writes and speaks with clarity and restraint, inviting leaders to examine not only what they have survived, but what they are now responsible for becoming.

Stacy has led organizations through labor negotiations, ethical investigations, crisis response, and cultural transformation—often in environments marked by fear, complexity, and competing interests. Her leadership is characterized by steady presence, direct truth-telling, and a refusal to normalize harm.

She is available for keynotes, leadership retreats, executive forums, podcasts, and facilitated conversations where courage, integrity, and responsibility matter.