Mike Lorenca is the Chief Human Resources Officer for the Honickman Group headquartered in Pennsauken, New Jersey. Mike joined them in 2013 and is responsible for human resources and labor relations for over 5000 employees on the East Coast. The Honickman Group is the second largest Pepsi and the largest Canada Dry franchise bottler and distributor in the U.S. The enterprise also owns investments in beer distribution companies in the Northeast. Previously, Mike spent seven years with the Philadelphia Media Holdings, which owns the Philadelphia Inquirer. He last held the position of Chief Operating Officer and Associate Publisher.

Tim Young is the director, talent acquisition and customer satisfaction at AutoZone, a leading retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the United States. Tim has been with AutoZone for 8 years, and has held various HR roles at AutoZone, including director field human resources, director supply chain HR and divisional HR manager, and has 20 years of Human Resources experience in the retail and restaurant sector.  In addition to AutoZone, Tim has also held Recruiting and HR Business Partner roles at Taco Bell, Target, Cost Plus World Market, and Sonoma State University.

Tim is an inaugural and acting member of the Society for Human Resources Management Certification Commission, participated in the SHRM Competency Criterion Validation Study, and also sat for, and passed the Society for Human Resources Management Certification pilot exam. 

Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice administration from Sonoma State University in Northern California, where he was member of the track and field team and participant in the NCAA Division II National Championships.

Kristen Brown is vice president of Global Talent Acquisition for Kronos Incorporated, the global leader in delivering workforce management solutions in the cloud.  Kronos has over 5,000 employees worldwide and does business in more than 100 countries. Brown is responsible for leading Kronos’ global efforts to attract and hire the best talent in the technology industry. In her time at Kronos, she has led strategic recruitment efforts to support the company’s growth to over $1 billion in annual revenue.

Before joining Kronos in 2011, Brown served as the director of talent acquisition for ULTA Beauty during a significant growth period for the company. Brown’s team successfully supported the 150%+ increase in ULTA’s retail store base during her tenure.  Prior to ULTA, she led recruitment efforts for Staples U.S. Retail organization, which also experienced significant growth at that time.

Brown holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from the School of Management at Simmons College. 

Carol is an executive talent leader and is considered an expert in the Talent acquisition space with an impressive track record of over 20 years in the industry. Her career is characterized by numerous accomplishments in the transformational talent acquisition/management landscape. Throughout her journey, Carol has spearheaded pivotal initiatives, such as implementing enterprise-wide applicant tracking systems, RPOs, and CRMs, building and nurturing high-performing TA teams, and strategically planning the workforce for organizations.

Carol is the Vice President of Talent Acquisition for Providence which supports 51 hospitals, 1,000 clinics, and a comprehensive range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, and Washington. With over 122K employees, she has oversight for all 63 Providence employees and an outsource RPO parner with over 500 recruiters.

As an experienced TA leader, Carol has successfully motivated and guided TA teams large and small, displaying remarkable leadership skills and a talent for bringing out the best in her colleagues. With her exceptional communication abilities, she has also earned a reputation as a sought-after keynote speaker.

Carol has worked and supported many prestigious organizations, including Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Delta Air Lines, Randstad USA, Kinetix LLC, and Bernard Hodes Group. Most recently, she held the role of Senior Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition at Wonder, a food technology startup in NYC. In this role, she was responsible for developing and executing the overarching Talent Acquisition vision and strategy roadmap while leading and empowering a 48-person TA team. She is credited with achieving noteworthy milestones, such as launching the Wonder career site and implementing key performance indicators (KPIs) and talent dashboards for each business line. These metrics facilitated the measurement of crucial aspects like diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), recruiter enablement, and overall position control.

Carol is a United States Air Force veteran and has recently relocated from the Northeast to Atlanta, GA.

Jinhee Kuhl is the Head of Talent Acquisition for the North America Retail team at Amazon.  In her role, she is responsible for developing and executing the talent acquisition strategy.  Her team recruits tech and non-tech talent globally to support Amazon’s growth and innovation agenda.  Prior to her current role, she was the Head of Talent Acquisition for the North America Sellers organization. 

Jinhee has over 20 years of experience in HR, Talent Acquisition, Sales and Finance.  Prior to Amazon, Jinhee spent 10 years at Microsoft leading both HR and Talent Acquisition functions.  She was the HR Director for Microsoft Research and led recruiting for the Office organization, North America Sales and Marketing and the Corporate Business Groups.  During her tenure at Microsoft, Jinhee also worked with Venture Integration on the Yammer acquisition and was part of the initial Microsoft Retail team launching the first stores across the US.  Jinhee spent several years at T-Mobile, a Seattle based startup, recruiting agencies and AIG.  She started her career selling mutual funds and annuities. 

Jinhee holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Puget Sound with a major in International Business and minor in Professional Writing.  Her hobbies include travel, running, cooking and watching sports.  

Heather began her career in the Agency world and quickly sold herself to a Start-Up Client in Silicon Valley as their Corporate Recruiter. Two years later she was recruited away by Cisco’s Talent organization who hired Heather to satisfy a frustrated VP of Information Technology. This new role was funded by the Cisco IT executive team, and during her tenure, she not only reported to the IT executive team, but became a participating member of Sr. Staff. During her tenure, Heather developed a passion and a knack for tying the organizations overall business strategy to their hiring needs..  She was asked to move to Research Triangle Park, NC to continue to execute her hiring strategy and help grow what would become their second largest facility outside of the Silicon Valley . In 2001 after the birth of her first child she left Cisco to raise her son, yet during this time Heather, received her PHR and consulted with a small federal contractor.  That role eventually resulted in Heather becoming their VP of Operations and HR. In 2012 she returned to her passion, High Tech hiring, and was selected as Dimension Data’s America’s region Sales and Pre-Sales Talent Partner. In 2015 she was the only Talent Partner asked to participate as a founding member of a new Global Cloud Talent team. With the empowerment of leadership, the team was trusted to engage clients consultatively. She’s been asked to speak on the strategies Dimension Data implemented to create a consultative approach, what benefits it provides and how it can be implemented into your organization to develop a deeper sense of ownership in the hiring process. She’s a single mom with two boys, 13 and soon to be 15, and a runner who walks faster than she runs.