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.

Dr. Shirley Davis, CSP, President of SDS Global Enterprises, a global workforce solutions firm, is an award-winning Human Resources expert, with over 30 years of business experience in a variety of senior executive roles for several Fortune 100 companies, as well as her last role of Vice President of Global Diversity and Inclusion for the Society for Human Resource Management. She’s also a best-selling author of 5 books, serves on the National Speakers Association and the NSA Foundation Boards, and the Make A Wish Foundation Board. She is a popular facilitator for eight LinkedIn Learning leadership courses.

Gerry Crispin, SPHR is a former practitioner, Co-author of eight books and over 100 articles, and a Life-long student of Staffing. Gerry facilitates the CareerXroads Colloquium – a series of intense, small-group meetings for staffing leaders from some of the world’s largest firms to share staffing best practices.

A long time SHRM volunteer, Gerry currently leads a national standards task force of more than 100 volunteers working to establish standards for recruiting that meet American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

One indicator that Gerry still sees himself as a student and keeps his perspective fresh is his travels around the world to watch, interview and observe recruiters, job seekers and employers. He has been to more than 20 countries in the last decade including China, Japan, Australia, Russia and India.

Follow Gerry on Twitter @GerryCrispin.

Jeremy Eskenazi, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CMC is Managing Principal of Riviera Advisors, Inc., a global Human Resources management consulting and training firm that helps organizations improve, enhance and optimize their internal talent acquisition and recruiting capabilities.

Prior to founding Riviera Advisors in 2001, Jeremy spent almost 20 years leading talent acquisition and recruiting teams at Universal Studios, Amazon.com, and Idealab. A regular SHRM speaker and a member of the SHRM Talent Acquisition Special Expertise Panel, Jeremy is also proud professional member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and the Institute of Management Consultants-USA.

Jeremy is the author of the books, “RecruitCONSULT! Leadership – The Corporate Talent Acquisition Leader’s Field Book”, and “The High-Performance Talent Acquisition Advantage”.

Dr. Debra Cohen is the Senior Vice President, Knowledge Development for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and is responsible for the Society's Knowledge Development Division which includes the SHRM Knowledge Center (including the Society Library), the Research Department, Academic Initiatives, HR Standards and HR Competencies. Dr. Cohen joined SHRM in May of 2000 as the Director of Research. Cohen is a results-oriented, visionary leader with a strong track record of performance in knowledge and content development in higher education and association management. She has more than 25 years of HR management and leadership positions in the profit and non-profit sectors as well as public and private universities. She serves on the Executive Leadership Team of a $100 million, 400 employee organization, representing more than 260 thousand members around the world. The Leadership Team ensures the financial health of the Society and oversees the successful implementation of a strategic plan. Prior to joining SHRM, Dr. Cohen spent 15 years as an academician teaching HRM at George Washington University (10 years) and George Mason University (5 years). Dr. Cohen has published over 40 articles and book chapters and has been published in such journals as Academy of Management Journal, Personnel Psychology, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Journal of Management, Human Resource Management, Journal of Small Business Strategy, Journal of Business and Psychology, Training and Development Journal, Journal of Management Education and the Journal of Business Ethics. Dr. Cohen remains professionally active and has served on the Executive Board of the HRM Division of the Academy of Management, and formerly on the Board of the Academic Partnership Network of the American Compensation Association (now WorldatWork). She recently served as the chair of the Professional Practice Committee for SIOP, the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology and was the co-chair of their 2010 Leading Edge Consortium. She is currently an Advisory Editor for Human Resource Management journal, serves on the editorial review boards of Human Resource Management Review, The Journal of Management, and the Academy of Management Learning and Education journal and does ad hoc reviewing for Human Resource Development Quarterly. Dr. Cohen also oversees the Michael R. Losey HR Research Award – an award for $50,000 given out annually to a premier researcher in the field of HR. She has also served as a judge for AARP's 50 Best Places to work for workers over 50 since 2006. Dr. Cohen received her Ph.D. in Management and Human Resources in 1987 and her Master's Degree in Labor and Human Resources (MLHR) in 1982, both from The Ohio State University. She received her Bachelor of Science (in Communications) from Ohio University. She is a frequent presenter at both national and regional conferences and has spoken to a wide variety of audiences. Prior to her academic career, she was a practicing Human Resources Manager (in Training and Development).

Rue Dooley has been an HR Knowledge Advisor for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) for over 16 years and has over 25 years of HR experience.

In college, as an accounting major, Rue interned with major corporations and worked his way through school from fast food, to dorm RA, to payroll assistant with a state agency. After receiving his B.S., he worked as an accountant, a budget analyst, a meeting planner, payroll specialist, benefits coordinator, and an HR Generalist…mostly all at the same company! 

After managing the HR function for a growing government contractor (from 13 to 100+ employees while he was there), Rue went on to hire school teachers at a major school district. In his current position as an HR Knowledge Advisor for SHRM, Rue has daily direct contact with HR professionals around the world, helping them to create solutions, to improve systems, and to find and use resources that improve the delivery of the HR function. 

Rue has authored and co-authored numerous articles; Designed systems and policies; Created practical tools (including forms, letters, toolkits, and other resources); Conducted webcasts and videos; and has been quoted in various media outlets on a number of HR topics. Rue is SHRM-SCP certified.