Meet Our Panel!
We're thrilled to present our amazing lineup of panelists. Please find their bios below:
Sarah Braver, VP of People, Graphika
Sarah Braver is the VP of People for Graphika, Inc., a network analysis firm that creates the world's most detailed maps of social media landscapes. Sarah's career spans more than 15 years and multiple industries, all with one focus: transform work into a place where people can succeed by being themselves and leading with their strengths. Sarah also serves as a pro-bono career coach and serves on the boards of two arts and education institutions in NYC and in her home state of South Carolina.
Sherry Almasi, Head of People & Recruiting, Gro Intelligence
Sherry currently leads HR & Recruiting at Gro Intelligence, an agricultural data and analytics company. Prior to Gro, she spent several years in a myriad of HR and Recruiting roles at startups, most notably Tumblr. She is passionate about people and helping mission driven companies grow and scale thoughtfully, retaining their culture and vision in the process. Sherry received her M.A. in Social Organizational Psychology from Columbia University and her B.A. in Political Science and Communications from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!).
Allie Riley-Murphey, Lead Recruiter, Lukka
Allie currently leads Recruiting at Lukka, a SaaS company that makes crypto assets accountable. Before Lukka, she spent the past few years in building out Recruiting functions from the ground up at early-stage tech startups, both internally and in a consulting role. Before helping individuals find their dream jobs, Allie had a successful career in client services and sales, also in the tech world. Throughout both fields, her passion for people and creating spaces for inclusive culture and innovative vision to thrive has never waivered. Allie received her dual B.A. in Media, Society & Arts / Economics from SUNY Purchase College and is proud NYC native.
Jocelyn Simons, CoFounder and COO, Blackbox
Jocelyn is co-founder of Hello Blackbox: the easiest way to find software for your business. Previously, Jocelyn headed development of a credit program for Simple, the first digital bank in the US. Jocelyn’s background before that was focused in management consulting and finance with RSM, PwC, and Goldman Sachs. While not at work, you can find her cuddling her cat Mushka and exploring on road trips.
Alexis Skinner, Associate Director, Talent Acquisition, Axios
Alexis works as a recruiter on the People Operations team, helping Axios scale efficiently and carefully by building a best-in-class hiring process and recruiting top talent to build exceptional teams.
Chandana Kanaglekar, Technical Recruiting Manager, Latch
Chandana works as a technical recruiting manager at Latch, a series b startup. She graduated from Berkeley and started her career at Google as a coordinator and then moved to a specialist role. From there, she went to Uber which at the time was under 4,000 people - when she left three years later they had grown to 20,000! Now, she manages the technical recruiting function at Latch and have a small team of three under her.
Olivia Ottaviano, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Reonomy
Olivia graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Biology from Niagara University. She entered the world of recruitment at Goldman Sachs where she supported the Operations New Analyst Program. Since joining Reonomy, she's been helping to double the company in the last year!
