2026 AI New York Attendee List

June 11, 2026

James Abruzzo
Managing Partner
JGA Partners
New York, NY

Regina Accardo
Director, HR
Berkery Noyes Investment Bank
New York, NY

Rob Adams
Moderator
Hunt Scanlon Media
Greenwich, CT

Abdelkader Ahmed
Vice President
Citigroup
New York, NY

Rajesh Ahuja
VP, Global Talent Management & Talent Acquisition
Johnson Controls
Princeton, NJ

Matt Alexander
Head of Talent Acquisition US
Prudential
New York, NY

Patrick Allen
Senior Operating Executive, Recruiting Practice Leader
Cerberus Capital Management
New York, NY

Denise Amari
Co-Founder & Partner
Integris Search
Lincoln, MA

Julia Amoruso
Associate
Apollo Global Management
New York, NY

Amritanshu Anand
Co-Founder & CPO
Recruiterflow
India

Jeff Anderson
CEO & Managing Partner
The Goodwin Group
Atlanta, GA

John Arbolino
Managing Director
Boothroyd & Co.
New York, NY

Caleb Arias
Assistant Vice President
Citigroup
New York, NY

Sean Armstrong
Consultant
Profound Executive Search
Stamford, CT

Davina Askin
Senior Global Director, Organizational Development
Payoneer
New York, NY

Angela Auz
Head of HR Operations
FanDuel
New York, NY

Janelle Aviado
Vice President, Talent
Major League Soccer
New York, NY

Jamie Baffa
Managing Director
CRA | Admired Leadership
Philadelphia, PA

Rocky Bandara
Founder
FYXO
New York, NY

Shawn Banerji
Managing Partner
Caldwell
New York, NY

Alane Baranello
Executive Search Consultant
Baranello Associates
New York, NY

DK Bartley
Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Hill + Knowlton Strategies
New York, NY

Katherine Batarin
Director, Global Talent Acquisition Client Lead
BlackRock
New York, NY

Alex Bates
CEO
HelloSky
San Diego, CA

Zach Benfanti
Partner, Consumer Practice
True
New York, NY

Natalie Bennett
Chief of Staff
Kingsley Gate
Cleveland, OH

Amanda Bennett
Sr. Dir. of Research and Search Ops. and Managing Assoc.
DSG Global
New York, NY

Danielle Bensignor
Director – Talent and Partnerships
Continental Grain Company
New York, NY

Chris Berger
Managing Director and Co-Practice Leader, Human Resources
DSG Global
New York, NY

Matt Bergevin
Inside Sales Executive
Moov
Chandler, AZ

Pamela Berman
Chief Talent Officer
Publicis Health
New York, NY

Evan Berta
Director, Financial Operations
Hunt Scanlon Media
Greenwich, CT

Deniz Beser
Co-Founder & CTO
Incompass
New York, NY

Joseph Blass
CEO
Ezekia
London, UK

Caroline Blatt
Partner, Product, Data & Technology Practice
True
New York, NY

Emma Bochner
Director of Marketing & Content
Kirk Palmer Associates
New York, NY

Jim Boddy
Talent Engagement Leader
IBM Infrastructure, Research & Shared Services
New York

Sofia Bonnet Hollis
Director of Culture and Inclusion, Engineering
Microsoft
New York, NY

Judy Boreham
Managing Director and Co-Practice Leader, Human Resources
DSG Global
Philadelphia, PA

Lesley Boyd
Managing Partner
Cultivar Search
New York, NY

Tom Bramswig
Executive Search Lead
Pfizer
New York, NY

Heidi Braun
Sales Executive
Cluen
New York, NY

Ryan Brogan
Client Partner, PE
Riviera Partners
New York, NY

Hailey Brown
Search Consultant & Director of Marketing
The Goodwin Group
Atlanta, GA

Katie Brown
Partner, People, Talent & Legal Practice
True
Columbus, OH

John Brown
CEO
Consilium360, owned by Zemantics Global Venture
Rochester, NY

Bianca Buonaguro
Director, Talent
Alpine Investors
New York, NY

David Burch
Director of Recruiting
Do-Recruit Consultants
New York, NY

Lindsey Burton
Global Head of Talent Acquisition
New Fortress Energy
New York, NY

Suzanna Butler
Principal, Strategic Portfolio Talent
FTV Capital
New York, NY

Laura Canfield
Associate Director, People Advisory Services
Genpact
New York

Colleen Capel
CPO
Leap Leadership Solutions
Scarsdale, NY

Regina Caple
Chief People Officer
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
New York, NY

Kim Capogna
VP, Talent Acquisition
5WPR
New York, NY

Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor
Co-Founder, CEO
Artico Search
San Francisco, CA

Surojit Chatterjee
Founder & CEO
Ema
Mountain View, CA

Sanket Chauhan
Co-Founder
Stardex
New York, NY

Brian Cheng
Director, Talent Acquisition, Corporate Functions
PVH Corp.
Bridgewater, NJ

David Chie
Founder
Maple Drive Executive Search
Palo Alto, CA

John Cirullo
Vice President, Human Resources
Blackstone
New York, NY

Jared Cohen
Chief Operating Officer
NU Advisory Partners
New York, NY

Erica Conk
Managing Partner
APA Search
New York, NY

Danielle Coppola
Vice President / Senior Search Associate
DSG Global
New York, NY

Stephanie Cotter
Executive Leadership Recruiter
Google
New York, NY

Kirk Couser
Chief Information Officer
Bespoke Partners
Woodstock, MD

Leo Cummings
VP, Sales & Marketing
Hunt Scanlon Media
Greenwich, CT

Bobbi Dahlstrom
Senior Consultant
ODGERS
New York, NY

Christina Darienzo
Partner, Talent Strategy
Integris Search
New York, NY

Raj Das
Partner
Caldwell
New York, NY

Lisha Davis
Consultant
Egon Zehnder
New York, NY

Tanuja Dehne
Managing Director
DSG Global
New York, NY

Anthony Demaio
Systems Support Specialist
Oxeon
New York, NY

Dina DeMarco
Division President
Hueman
Atlantic Beach, FL

Andy Demesier
Partner
Leathwaite
New York, NY

Canay Deniz
CEO
Ren Systems
Raleigh, NC

Douglas DeSimone
Managing Partner
Talent Builders
Madison, NJ

Drew Desky
Principal Consultant
Do-Right Consultants
Carversville, PA

Amy Dildine
Sr. People Analytics Analyst
VNS Health
New York, NY

Kate Donat
Engagement Manager, Technology Practice
ODGERS
New York, NY

Christi Downes
former SVP, Head of People
Tanger
Westport, CT

Amanda Downy
Managing Director
Blackstone
New York, NY

Luis Duran
Advisor/Consultant
Graphio.ai
New York, NY

Peter Dzwilewski
Senior Vice President
Citi
New York, NY

Jonathan Ehrlich
Head of HR
Wafra
New York, NY

David Epstein
Chief Operating Officer
Morgan Samuels Company
Nashville, TN

Melissa Erchick
Vice President, Human Resources
Crestview
New York, NY

Debra Erder Hirschfeld
President / Consultant
Integrated Executive Strategies
New York, NY

Valeria Escamilla
Advisor
FYXO
Houston, TX

Mark Esposito
Chief Growth Officer
Jackson Lucas
New York, NY

Mike Falagario
VP, Technology, Business & Legal
Caldwell
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cam Fayyazi
Director
Mintz Group
New York, NY

Samantha Florio
Human Resources Associate
Pzena Investment Management
New York, NY

Andrew Ford
Vice President
Blackstone
New York, NY

Dave Fortier
Managing Partner, Global Head of Partner Recruitment
ZRG
Nashville, TN

Michelle Frank
Sr. Director, Global Talent Mgt Strategic Initiatives
Johnson & Johnston
Princeton, NJ

Yael Freimann
Strategic Advisor
IEQ
Bethesda, MD

Nayana Gadkari
Director, Talent Acquisition
Quest Diagnostics
Secaucus, NJ

Jack Gage
Chief Revenue Officer
Riviera Partners
New York, NY

Lauren Gambardella
Head of Talent
Arsenal Capital Partners
New York, NY

Dhruv Gandhi
Director of Sales
Recruiterflow
India

Neel Gandhi
Head of HR
PGIM
New York, NY

Mary Clare Garber
Principal
Princeton Legal Search
Red Bank, NJ

Billy Garneau
Consultant
Egon Zehnder
New York, NY

Milena Gashkevich
VP, Head of L&D
Prudential
New Jersey

Julianne George
Chief of Staff
KHAITE
New York, NY

Rhona Gibson Crockett
Director, Americas Investment Banking & Private Markets
Phoenix Search
New York, NY

Mannie Gill
Partner & Co-Founder
Renovata
New York, NY

Nicholas Goodman
Managing Director, Financial Services
Riviera Partners
New York, NY

Audrey Graber
Executive Director
MSCI
New York, NY

Dennis Grady
Managing Partner
Spire Search Partners
Larchmont, NY

Nicole Grappone
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
VNS Health
New York, NY

Erin Gray
Head of Human Capital
Geller & Co.
New York, NY

Joel Greengrass
Chief People Officer
Precision Neuroscience
New York, NY

Brittany Gregory
Principal, AI, Data & Analytics and Financial Services Practices
Heidrick & Struggles
New York, NY

James Gross
Senior Solutions Consultant
Cluen
New York, NY

Gemma Gucci
Managing Director and Global Head of Talent Acquisition
Apollo Global Management
New York, NY

Susan Gunn
Senior Partner
Bain & Company
Washington, D.C.

Chrissy Gunther
Talent Acquisition Lead, US
Bonhams
New York, NY

Saurabh Gupta
Chief Digital Officer
Kingsley Gate
Boston, MA

Tina Gupta
SVP, Head of Talent Management
New York Life
Brooklyn, NY

Abby Gupta
Vice President
Blackstone
New York, NY

Jay Haines
President
Grace Blue
New York, NY

Adelma Hand
Leadership Consultant & Coach
Hand & Partners
Bedford, NY

Krishnakumar Hariharan
Executive Vice President & Global Head of Talent Acquisition
Fulcrum Digital Inc.
New York, NY

Elaine Harris-Wright
VP of Human Resources
Level Equity
New York, NY

Mike Hartz
President & CEO
Hartz Search
Charlotte, NC

Ryan Hipp
Intern
Hunt Scanlon Media
Greenwich, CT

Caroline Holland
Human Resources
Pzena Investment Management
New York, NY

Paul Holloway
Global Head of Executive Talent Acquisition
Microsoft
Seattle, WA

Andrew Holmes
Chief Executive Officer
Kingsley Gate
San Francisco, CA

Jonathan Hova
New York, NY

Christopher W. Hunt
President
Hunt Scanlon Media
Greenwich, CT

Ralph Huser
Transformation Strategist
Tier1 Performance
Covington, KY

Nausheen Hussain
Fractional CHRO
Hudson and Perry, LLC
New York, NY

Michelle Ilardi
Director, Talent Acquisition
NBCUniversal
New York, NY

Ryan Jankowski
Principal, Human Capital – Talent Acquisition
Apollo Global Management
New York, NY

Jodi Jefferson
Founder, Managing Partner
People Project
New York, NY

Kaitlin Jenkins
Recruiter
Datadog
New York, NY

Laura Kane
Independent Consultant
New York, NY

Rahul Kapur
Managing Director
ZRG Partners
New York, NY

Deb Kaufman
Founder & CEO
KSquared Search
New York, NY

Joanna Kelly
Head of TA
PGIM
New York, NY

Grace Kirchner
Talent Solutions – Offering Specialist
IBM Infrastructure, Research & Shared Services
New York

Vicky Kirsch
VP, Marketing
Riviera Partners
New York, NY

Jonathan Kirschner
CEO
AIIR Consulting
Philadelphia, PA

Erica Kirwin
Chief People Officer
5WPR
New York, NY

Lucy Kloeppel
Principal, CEO and Board Practices
True
New York, NY

Kamillah Knight
Senior Director, Inclusion & Belonging
Danaher
West Orange, NJ

Brad Knueven
Managing Director
Tier1 Performance
Cincinnati, OH

Christine Ko
Founder / HR Advisor
Foundry Partners
New York, NY

Gobhanu Korisepati
Co-Founder & CEO
Vela
San Francisco, CA

Gordon Kramer
COO
Maple Drive Executive Search
San Francisco, CA

Michelle Kristel
Principal
McCormack + Kristel
New York, NY

Jamie Krulewitz
MD, Head of Talent
Fitch Group
New York, NY

Emmeline Kuhn
Partner
Leathwaite
New York, NY

Kislay Kumar
CRO
Zemantics
New York, NY

Allison Kupfer Poteet
Managing Partner
NPAG
New York, NY

Andy Kurtzman
Senior Director, Experienced and Digital Hiring
Boston Consulting Group
Baltimore, MD

Zeynep Kuzu-Sensoy
Senior Vice President – Internal Audit
Citi
New York, NY

Danielle LaBruno
Vice President, Human Resources
Blackstone
New York, NY

Stina Ladd
Partner, Financial Services
True
New York, NY

Kara Landon
Sr. Director, Partnerships & Business Development
Riviera Partners
New York, NY

Lacey Lane
Vice President, Human Resources
Blackstone
New York, NY

Kyle Langworthy
Partner, Head of AI, ML & Data
Riviera Partners
New York, NY

Gabe Lassiter
Business Development Representative
Ren Systems
Charlotte, NC

Veronica Lawrence
Co-Founder
IEQ
Washington, D.C.

Elijah Lawrence
Chief AI Officer
IEQ
Stafford, VA

Masai Lawson
Director, Talent Acquisition & Inclusion
GFT
Mechanicsburg, PA

Mike Lawson
Partner, Chief Information Officer
Corbin Capital Partners
New York, NY

Emanuel Lewis
AI Strategist, AI Center of Excellence Lead
Tier1 Performance
Cincinnati, OH

Tina Linger
Head of HR
GI Partners
New York, NY

Alison Lipman
VP, People
FanDuel
New York, NY

Lorena Lockey
Director – HR M&A
Quest Diagnostics
Secaucus, NJ

Sarah Lockyer
Chief Brand Officer
The Elliott Group
Tarrytown, NY

Miller Long
Managing Investigator
Mintz Group
New York, NY

Laurie Lovett
Global Chief People Officer & Impact Officer
Sol de Janeiro
New York, NY

John Lovig
Director of Recruiting
AC Lion
New York, NY

Ainur Lucas
Consultant
Artico Search
New York, NY

Padget Luetgerath
SVP, Talent
FTV Capital
New York, NY

Kenneth M. Rich
Senior Advisor, US
Boyden
Ridgefield, CT

Michelle Machado
Senior Client Strategist
AIIR Consulting
New York, NY

Yasmin Malhotra
Director, People Operations
Precision Neuroscience
New York, NY

Tess Manderson
Director of Talent
Atomic
Denver, CO

Walker Manning
VP, Media & Data
Hunt Scanlon Media
Greenwich, CT

Archer Manning
Intern
Hunt Scanlon Media
Greenwich, CT

Elise Margol
Principal Consultant
Tier1 Performance
Atlanta, GA

Megan Marshall
Managing Partner
AIIR Consulting
Charlotte, NC

Patrick Martin
Chief Talent Officer
Moody’s Corporation
New York, NY

Jose Martinez
Global HR Program Manager
Google
New York, NY

Kathleen Mattie
Global HR Innovation and Transformation Consultant
Growthspace, Inc
New York, NY

Patrick McAdams
CEO & Co-Founder
Andiamo
New York, NY

Daniel McAdams
President & Co-Founder
Andiamo
New York, NY

Caitlin McClelland
Chief of Staff
AlphaQuest
New York, NY

Gary McCool
Director
Apollo Global Management
New York, NY

Andrew McCormack
Partner
Artico Search
New York, NY

Danielle Mebert
Managing Associate
DSG Global
New York, NY

Manish Mehta
Chairman
Zemantics
Princeton, NJ

Karin Merriam
Chief Human Resources Officer
Cheil USA
New York, NY

Kate Migliaro
Managing Director
Blackstone
New York, NY

Stephanie Milletary
Managing Director
BeckWay
Orlando, FL

Sienna Mills
People Analytics Intern
VNS Health
New York, NY

Elaine Mizer
CHRO
Commonfund
Norwalk, CT

Ashton Moran
General Manager, Executive Search
Invenias by Bullhorn
New York, NY

Rosanna Morey
Program Manager, Executive Search
Northwell Health
Lake Success, NY

Phoebe Myers
Senior Associate, Human Capital
Arsenal Capital Partners
New York, NY

Susan Napolitano
Partner
DHR Global
New York, NY

Christina Neilson
CAO
Corbin Capital Partners
New York, NY

Christina Nguyen
Director, Executive Recruiting
FanDuel
New York, NY

Denise Nichols
CPO
Fortitude Re
Jersey City, NJ

Alia Niwaz
Practice Leader, People Advisory Services
Genpact
London

Marcia O’Connor
CEO
The O’Connor Group
King of Prussia, PA

Monica Okusa
Consultant
Egon Zehnder
New York, NY

Anthony Oland
Chief Administrative Officer
Expert Institute
New York, NY

Tom Oser
CEO & Managing Director
Pipeline Strategy Partners
Jersey City, NJ

Liz Ostow
Senior Recruiting Manager
Oliver Wyman
New York, NY

Marlena Pal
Executive Project Manager
Kingsley Gate
New York, NY

Jessica Palacios
Aladdin Engineering Global Human Resources Business Leader
BlackRock
New York, NY

Jen Passeck
VP, People, Head of Talent Acquisition
FanDuel
New York, NY

Rachelle Peeler
SVP, Human Resources
Protective Life Insurance Company
Birmingham, AL

Brad Phillips
VP of Sales
Ren Systems
Austin, TX

Marian Pond
Talent Partner
Atomic
United States

Meghan Popoleo
President
The O’Connor Group
King of Prussia, PA

Soumya Raja
AI Strategist
Ema
London, UK

Umesh Ramakrishnan
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Kingsley Gate
Cleveland, OH

Rushini Randeniya
Senior Associate
ZRG
Austin, TX

Conor Revello
Intern
TOC-23
Boston, MA

Jon Rivera
Senior Vice President – Internal Audit
Citi
New York, NY

Cynthia Rizzi
Senior Director, HR
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
New York, NY

Susie Robinson
Chief HR Officer (Fractional)
Unison Energy
Greenwich, CT

Nicole Roettele
Leadership Consultant & Coach
Align to Change
New Rochelle, NY

Keum Roling
Director, Global Employer Brand & Communications
PVH Corp.
New York, NY

Meghan Rooney
Manager of Total Rewards & HC Analytics
Geller & Co.
New York, NY

Theo Rosenberg
Research & Data Intern
DMC Partners
New York, NY

Joseph Rosselli
Senior Vice President
Citi
New York, NY

Will Rowlands-Rees
Chief AI Officer
Lionbridge
New Canaan, CT

Jillian Ruggieri
Senior Director, Marketing & Communications
True
Philadelphia, PA

Meredith Sadoulet
CEO & Founder
Profound Executive Search
Philadelphia, PA

Zishan Sajid
Partner, Finance Practice
True
New York, NY

Ali Sanders
Executive Recruiter
Maple Drive Executive Search
San Francisco, CA

Marzena Saternus
Chief Operating Officer
DMC Partners
New York, NY

Scott A. Scanlon
CEO
Hunt Scanlon Ventures
Greenwich, CT

Kurt Scherer
Sr. Director, Client Development, Paragon
Riviera Partners
San Francisco, CA

James Schindler
Senior Vice President
SourceLab Search
New York, NY

Alicia Scully
Director
People Project
New York, NY

Ashley Scully Dickson
Senior Talent Associate
Egon Zehnder
New York, NY

Drew Seaman
Managing Director
Hunt Scanlon Ventures
New York, NY

Suzanne Segur
Managing Director, Human Capital
Hudson and Perry, LLC
New York, NY

Suzanne Segur
Head of Human Capital
Rockwood Capital
New York, NY

Rebecca Seidenstein
Chief People Officer
KHAITE
New York, NY

Harry Senanayake
CISO
FYXO
New York, NY

Manan Shah
Founder & CEO
Recruiterflow
India

Andy Shapiro
Principal
Cluen
New York, NY

Tracey Shi
Head of Product at Incompass
Incompass
New York, NY

Nisha Singh
Senior Manager, Business Development
Recruiterflow
India

Allison Smith
Senior Director, Organizational Development & Culture Transformation
Pfizer
New York, NY

Ketaki Sodhi
Head of AI Workforce Enablement
Moody’s Corporation
United States

Jeannine Sommer
Executive Vice President, Search Operations and Quality, Corporate and Healthcare and Managing Associate
DSG Global
New York, NY

Will Spelman
Client Partner, Product, Data & Technology Practice
True
New York, NY

Stephan Spilkowitz
Director, Engagement & Culture
WJCS
West Orange, NJ

Stephanie Staiano
Director
BrainWorks
New York, NY

Matt Stansky
Head of Finance
Oxeon
Boston, MA

Kathryn Stauss
Managing Director
KSquared Search
New York, NY

Kemp Steib
Managing Partner
Second Shift (A Sinecure, Inc. Company)
New York, NY

Richard Stein
CEO
HSiQ
Westport, CT

Alysia Steinmann
Managing Partner
EY
New York, NY

Matt Stevenson
Managing Director
33Eleven Partners
New York, NY

Lorraine Stomski
Chief Talent Officer
Walmart
Bentonville, AR

Billy Sudiarto
HR AI Acceleration
Microsoft
New York, NY

Saatvik Suryajit Korisepati
President
Vela
San Francisco, CA

Val Suschin
Director, Candidate Experience
Pfizer
Collegeville, PA

Keith Swenson
Operating Partner
BeckWay
Naples, FL

Chanda Tanis
Human Resources Junior Generalist (Temp)
Pzena Investment Management
New York, NY

Kate Taylor
Executive Director, Global Head Technology Talent Development
Morgan Stanley
New York, NY

Craig Termotto
Head of Talent Acquisition
Geller & Company
New York, NY

Menaka Thillaiampalam
Marketing Lead
Ema
Boston, MA

Annelise Thim
Global Lead, Functional Capabilities
ABI
New York, NY

Brooke Tobia
AVP, Talent Management
Blackstone
New York, NY

Sherri Toebe
Talent Acquisition Specialist
GFT
New York, NY

Brian Toland
Senior Director, Global Executive Talent Acquisition
Microsoft
Boston, MA

Julie Travers
Head of Marketing
Cluen
New York, NY

Stacey Tsang
Head of Talent Management
Blackstone
New York, NY

Diane Turek Pire
Managing Partner, US
Boyden
Summit, NJ

Selena Turner
VP, Marketing
Kirk Palmer Associates
New York, NY

Ken Vancini
Founder & CEO
Innova Connect
Boston, MA

Smriti Vicari
Consultant
Egon Zehnder
New York, NY

Tammy Wang
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Simsola AI
Seattle, WA

Maria Warnken
Managing Director, Head of Global Talent Acquisition
Fortress Investment Group
New York, NY

Carmen Warren
SVP, People & Culture
Fortitude Re
Jersey City, NJ

Ashley Watson
Director of People & Operations
AC Lion
New York, NY

Wendy Weiler
Weiler Partners
New York, NY

Orion Welch
Co-Founder
IEQ
Santa Barbara, CA

Jeff Wernecke
Managing Director & Partner
ACLion
New York, NY

Greg Wesseldine
Director, TA Ops
FanDuel
New York, NY

Suzanne Wexler
Managing Partner
APA Search
New York, NY

Nick Williams
Account Executive
Ema
Miami, FL

Lucy Williams
Head of Human Capital
Lightyear Capital
New York, NY

Mike Windham
Director of Account Growth
Ren Systems
Austin, TX

Sola Winley
EVP, Chief Engagement Officer
Major League Soccer
New York, NY

Josh Withers
Co-Founder
True
San Francisco, CA

Christoph Wollersheim
Consultant
Egon Zehnder
Washington, DC

Max Woolger
VP, Revenue
Ezekia
London, UK

Joel Wright
CEO
Sinecure, Inc.
New York, NY

Nick Wynja
Head of Product
Ren Systems
New York, NY

David Yoo
Managing Director
Landing Point
New York, NY

Susan Youngblood
Operating Advisor, AI and Human Capital
Bessemer Venture Partners
New York, NY

Wendy Zang
Principal
KSquared Search
Pittsburgh, PA