Teela Jackson has successfully partnered with organizations to identify, attract, engagement and acquire key talent for the past 12 years.  For the past 8 years, she has been with Talent Connections, an Atlanta-based recruitment solutions firm where she is currently Vice President, Talent Delivery.  Teela is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and currently serves as President of SHRM-Atlanta. 

Teela earned a Master of Business Administration degree in Management from Mercer University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources from The University of Tennessee at Martin.

Kim Reese is the Director at Department of Treasury, U.S. Department of Treasury, Washington, D.C.

Denise Bailey Clark, DM, SPHR is the Director, HR Standards at SHRM.

Shari Merrill, SPHR, is a manager on the Educational Products at SHRM where she helped develop and launch the SHRM Competency Assessment Tools. Prior to joining the team in 2013, Shari was a Global Executive Advisor at CEB, working across the London and Washington D.C. offices. She specializes in international product development, program management and HR strategic planning. She received a Masters in International Relations from The London School of Economics and her Bachelor’s Degree from The George Washington University.

Tripp Crosby is most widely known as the taller half of Tripp and Tyler, a world famous YouTube sketch comedy duo with over 25 million views.  Their work has been featured on the Today Show, CNN Headline News, and multiple times on the homepage of YouTube. 

Tripp is also the founder of Green Tricycle Studios in Atlanta, GA, an  award-winning commercial, music video, and branded entertainment production company.  Their work has been seen on multiple television networks and by millions on the world wide web. 

When he's not producing new sketches with Tyler or leading his team at Green Tricycle,  Tripp can be seen across the globe hosting  events and ceremonies for worldwide brands such as GiANT, InComm, and Delta.

Bruce Elliott is Manager of Compensation and Benefits for SHRM. Having held senior C&B roles at the director and VP level, Mr. Elliott came to SHRM with a wealth of domestic and international experience, that includes a 4 year assignment to the United Kingdom. Mr. Elliott’s 20+ year career in Compensation and Benefits has focused on developing, implementing and managing domestic and international compensation and benefit programs for a number of publically listed companies including EADS, North America, Experian, Western Union/First Data Corporation,  Credit Suisse First Boston, UBS and Standard and Poors/McGraw-Hill.

He has a B.S in Business and Psychology from Boston College, a Masters in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Springfield College and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at George Washington University. He also holds CCP and CBP Certifications.

Edie Goldberg, Ph.D., is the president of E.L. Goldberg & Associates in Menlo Park, Calif. She is a nationally recognized expert in HR and talent management strategy and organizational effectiveness. She is the co-author of The Inside Gig: How Sharing Untapped Talent Across Boundaries Unleashes Organizational Capacity. Edie earned her Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Albany, SUNY, and she earned a B.S. and M.S. in psychology from San Diego State University. She serves on the board of the SHRM Foundation, is past chair of HR People + Strategy (HRPS), and is  a fellow of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology. She is the recipient of the HRPS Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions made to the HR profession.

Beth O’Brien, CMP, is the Program Manager, Conferences at SHRM where she helps to manage educational programming and speaker logistics for SHRM conferences as well as the mobile app for annual conference.  Prior to working at SHRM, Beth was the Conference and Meetings Manager at the National Association for College Admission Counseling.  She received her Masters of Tourism Administration with a focus on Event and Meeting Management from The George Washington University (DC) and her Bachelor’s degree from James Madison University (VA).