Whether focused on a client, employee or colleague, Amy Bush finds ways to help those around her flourish.

Amy’s strategic leadership guided Sevenstep’s RPO and MSP service lines to 30 and 50 percent growth, respectively. Her attention is always on cultivating client relationships. Her hands-on approach includes building strong relationships with client stakeholders so that client needs always inform her business choices. In her ongoing effort to make fact-based decisions informed by client experiences, Amy championed the development of Sevenstep’s proprietary data aggregator, Sevayo® Insights, which gathers historical data to produce intelligent, predictive analytics. Sevenstep combines this powerful tool with a team of data experts who accurately analyze and interpret client data and help predict outcomes and formulate strategies for reaching goals based on current and historical performance metrics. The results of Amy’s data-based, client-centric approach are clear: Sevenstep has an exceptional ninety-two percent RPO and MSP Enterprise client renewal rate.


Sevenstep’s increasing growth has fueled unparalleled hiring;in 2021, headcount increased by 105 percent. Even during this era of the “Great Recession,” Sevenstep’s employee retention rate remains a steady ninety-four percent, in part thanks to Amy’s commitment to a culture of work-life balance. Because she embraced remote work well before the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, Sevenstep was well-positioned to pivot quickly when the pandemic necessitated a dramatic shift in the workplace paradigm.


Amy does not just increase headcount;she builds teams and mentors emerging leaders. She has an exceptional ability to identify someone’s strengths and skills, even when they have not identified these things for themselves. Once she does so, she encourages them to expand into new professional spaces. She finds unexpected opportunities for individuals working at Sevenstep. Finding opportunity does not always mean matching a person with a job. Sometimes it means creating a job where none existed before. Amy has vision, and she is generous with that vision. She shares it with those who report to her, and that feeling of opportunity, that encouragement to grow “trickles down” across all strata at Sevenstep.

Amy’s vision is also her talent as a leader. Where someone else would see chaos, Amy is able to see order. She looks at a situation and breaks it down into smaller pieces, creating 5- and 10-year plans that she communicates not just to leadership but to all employees. Her visionary plans have changed how we operate as a business, and the results evidence this change.

Under Amy’s stewardship, Sevenstep consistently wins industry accolades. Based on feedback from clients in some of the world’s leading brands in Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Logistics, Manufacturing, Technology, Engineering, Financial Services, Retail and Travel & Leisure, HRO Today awarded Sevenstep a place on multiple Baker’s Dozen lists for the past ten years. Everest Group designated Sevenstep as a “Star Performer” on their 2021 PEAK Matrix™ Assessment of Global Managed Service Providers, as well as a “Major Contender” on their 2021 PEAK Matrix™ Assessment of Global RPO Providers, while NelsonHall designated Sevenstep as a “Leader” in their 2020 Annual NEAT Vendor Evaluation for RPO.

Amy is a visionary leader, creating and achieving Sevenstep’s business objectives and leading Sevenstep toward more growth each year. At the same time, she never fails to stay in sync with the needs, aspirations and talents of the employees and clients vital to that growth and Sevenstep’s ongoing success. It’s a rare combination, and we at Sevenstep are grateful for it.

As Senior Vice President, Recruitment Solutions, Andrea Shepherd, is a forward-thinking Talent Acquisition Leader with expertise in RPO strategy and execution, contingent staffing, and onsite and remote delivery models. She brings over 20 years of success in cultivating highly engaged global teams of Talent Acquisition professionals. She has built candidate generation and total talent programs that deliver a higher quality of hire. Andrea’s approach to building connections, advocating for employees, nurturing talent and careers, and building processes that center around value, impact and efficiencies have made her an indispensable part of Engage2Excel’s mission to create a unique candidate and employee experience throughout the entire career spectrum. By balancing employee engagement and development (as evidenced with an 84% engagement score vs a 68% industry average), with business demands and profitability (30%+ annual growth rate), Andrea has created the perfect reflection of our exterior mission internally, while also serving as a skilled strategic business partner to clients. Andrea demonstrates her influence as a global RPO leader everyday and provides a great role model for other women and men in our organization.

Angelina has a unique perspective that results in actions with outsized impact. Because she has responsibility for both overseeing new technology for Wilson HCG, and she is directly responsible for the overall account management of many large accounts, she brings a practical and grounded approach to technology initiatives. Understanding the technology that will actually help clients, and differentiating between the shinny objects that just sound cool, and the productivity improvements that make the industry more agile is a rare combination. Obviously, to do both jobs requires a tremendous work ethic and strategic skills. She handles all of it with enthusiasm and professionalism. She is an outstanding woman.

Ashley has been a leader in RPO for 7+ years and is currently a Director for one of Hueman RPO’s largest partnerships. She is responsible for a team of 20+ recruiters and recruitment managers and has developed strategic relationships with our partner that has led to a successful relationship of 10+ years. Ashley is collaborative, supportive, and a driving force of motivation for her team. She is always willing to jump in to help no matter the request. Ashley is a quality leader that truly cares about doing the right thing to support here people and our partner’s organization.

As president of Brunel Americas, Beth Bowen spun up the RPO program a few short years ago, beginning from nothing. In that brief time Brunel has become a forced to be reckoned with in RPO, taking on several RPO projects across the USA, Canada and Brazil in industries like pharmaceuticals and oil & gas. Beth Bowen has created several million dollars in new revenue for the company with a rapidly expanding RPO pipeline for the future.

Cherice is an inspiring and creative leader who’s committed to designing and supporting superior Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions. She leads a global team that spans across North America, Europe and Asia, providing oversight of product, operations, and delivery for RPO offerings across KellyOCG. Her broad experience in the talent industry, combined with a skill for bringing ideas to life, has helped her team create industry-leading RPO programs with a people-first approach that are tailored to an organization’s unique talent needs. Under Cherice’s expert leadership, KellyOCG’s global RPO practice more than doubled its growth last year with nearly a 100% client retention rate. In the midst of the “Great Resignation,” she has had zero turnover on her direct leadership team while doubling the overall team size and building new infrastructure to support a fast and agile approach to client delivery.

Cherice’s passion for working with people began in college. After graduation, she discovered the talent industry and a career that offered the chance to make a positive difference in people’s lives. She went on to earn an MBA and work with one of the early creators of RPO solutions. Cherice has held several prominent talent leadership roles, joining Kelly® in 2016 as RPO Practice Lead in the Americas before moving into her current global role.

She’s still driven by the excitement and pride she felt when placing her first-ever hire—a feeling that inspires her positive and encouraging leadership style. Cherice is known for bringing new solutions to the market, including KellyOCG GO RPO in 2021 – a tailored RPO solution for hires in the hundreds – and helping organizations solve their complex recruitment and workforce challenges. These successes continue to shape her approach to customer service and delivery.

Cherice leads by example, always doing the right thing for her clients and team. She takes pride in helping others grow their careers and regularly promotes her team’s skills and achievements. She believes surrounding herself with great people is key to her ongoing success.

Cindy Cutaia built her experience over 2 decades of recruitment and TA leadership before moving to Aon Hewitt to be their Global Recruitment Delivery Lead for TA Solutions, and eventually becoming their Global Business Operations Leader. As the "right hand" to the RPO GM, Cindy helped build the infrastructure and financial models required to serve 23 clients, hiring more than 75,000 people annually. She was instrumental in the transition when PeopleScout acquired Aon Hewitt's RPO team, and joined them as SVP, Global Business Operations. As PeopleScout grew and were eventually acquired by TrueBlue, Cindy has been an important part of their growth story. She now serves as the Chief Business Operations Officer for PeopleReady, TrueBlue's largest division. Cindy is the epitome of grace, grit, and professionalism. She deserves to be recognized for her contribution to our industry.

Over the last 16 years, Colleen Whiteside single-handedly grew the marketing department at Orion Talent from one person to the 10-person department it is today. This growth has meant expanding with recruiting. Starting with traditional military recruiting, Colleen quickly embraced RPO with Orion Talent’s purchase of Novotus in 2016 and integrated it into the core of our marketing functions. As the recruiting environment continues to evolve, Colleen works hard every day to ensure our RPO team has all the marketing support they need to provide optimal service to the clients and candidates.

Dawn Whitney, Senior Vice President at LevelUP HCS, oversees the expansion of the company’s Healthcare IT division. Throughout the past 27 years, Dawn has paved an impressive path within the talent industry. In 2005, she had founded EmPower HealthIT from her dining room table with one employee that is still an active recruiter today. Each year, the company grew exponentially due to Dawn’s business development, leadership, and results-oriented philosophy. Between 2011 and 2012, EmPower HealthIT grew 47%, fueled by long-term clients that used her team to staff for new consulting engagements across the US. In May of 2021, LevelUP HCS acquired EmPower HealthIT.

Dawn is passionate about uplifting fellow women professionals, especially within the healthcare technology industry. She utilizes her vast network to connect women to pursue careers within technology. In 2021, she united influential women within the healthcare IT space for a candid conversation about the future of the industry.

Outside of work, Dawn hosts her own podcast and advocates for mindfulness and meditation to achieve a healthy lifestyle. Here personal passions have crossed into her work life, and she is now leading workplace mindfulness programs at LevelUP.

Dawn is a graduate of Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA. She and her husband Ryan live in Portland, Oregon and LaQuinta, California.

Dee has been a leader in Talent Acquisition for 15 years. She started her career as a recruiter and has been in a leadership role for the last 12 years.
Dee is currently managing a team of 130 and has been instrumental in the success of three organizations. While continuously delivering results with her team, she always looks for opportunities to develop her team members.
In talking with her team, I've heard words like ‘respected’, ‘honest’, ‘ethical’, ‘compassionate’, ‘a great mentor’ and more to describe Dee.
While Dee focuses on developing her team and helping them reach their goals, she always delivers results every day with all her clients. She does an excellent job balancing her team’s development with delivering results for our clients. Dee always puts the best interest of our clients, team members and company at the top of her list every day.

Elizabeth (Bitsy) Johnston is a rising star at endevis as an Account Manager. Prior to joining the endevis team, she worked for 3 years as an RPO Team Leader on various client accounts. Bitsy, as she is affectionately known, works diligently to provide outstanding client success while also leading multiple strategic projects across endevis RPO.

"Ellen Gregory is currently the Principal Analyst for ADP RPO’s Strategic Solutions where she provides strategic consultation to both internal and external clients on labor market and economic trends impacting the full employee lifecycle. She has been with ADP RPO for eight years with over 13 years of experience in talent consulting across a comprehensive range of industries, geographies, and organizational sizes. Ellen is a passionate Thought Leader on labor market, economic and talent management trends, and shares her insights through client consultations, speaking engagements, blogs and webinars. Her research and partnership is widely used across ADP’s RPO client portfolio. Utilizing a data driven approach, she excels at consulting with client stakeholders to facilitate leadership grasp of the current market and build successful talent strategies to address client specific needs. Her work brings immense value to client challenges, on topics including employee engagement and retention, maximizing talent pipelines, employer value proposition, remote work, geographic expansions, streamlining TA processes, future employment trends, and competitive compensation. In addition, she has created an automated exit survey outsourcing program offering actionable insights to increasing our clients’ retention rates. Ellen’s leadership has been key to influencing client success in this uniquely challenging labor market. Ellen holds her Bachelor in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, Master in Human Resources Management and a Human Resource Business Partner Certificate from Villanova. In addition, she is a SHRM Senior Certified Professional."

Eman Aboulkhier is a rare breed indeed. She is a Middle Eastern Female operating in a region where RPO is still not well established. She has risen against the odds to be a highly trusted and credible partner to her client, a Fortune 200 company, and a leader that her multi-region teams respect and look up to. She is incredibly solutions driven and has proven that her exceptional skills and delivery mindset transcends service streams, having successfully delivered both RPO and MSP functions, and regions, managing both Middle East and Asia Pacific regions. She is a great influencer of people, both client and internal team members, and an inspiration for many who have seen Eman at work.

"Winning Clearly Rated’s Best of RPO award three years in a row and achieving a 93.3% Net Promoter Score this year from surveyed clients, Xelerate’s Founder and CEO, Emily V. Biscardi, is transforming the RPO experience in the middle market. As first-time buyers of RPO services, Emily has introduced this market to the concepts of active sourcing and pipelining, exceptional candidate experiences, swift recruiting cycles and the power of data capture and analysis. A surveyed client commented, “Extremely happy with their contributions to our team. They are an extension of our internal recruiters. Integrity in data reporting and strong solution orientation.” Proof of her success is also evident in Xelerate’s growing dominance and incomparable results in the Behavioral Health industry, one hit hardest by current recruiting challenges and the pandemic. Xelerate is quickly becoming known as the go-to RPO in this industry. Emily is transforming the RPO experience for middle market customers and for her employees alike, teaching her team the effects of a consultative approach that enable clients to reach their full potential in the recruitment of top talent. To meet the demands of this market, she has adapted her services to include a thorough and detailed training program for new Xelerate hires, and a new client onboarding process that supports a robust and quick ramp up."

She deserves to be recognized because her client orientation and permanent enthusiasm in generating a cultural fit beyond the technical aspects of an RPO.

Jackie Podgorski is a veteran RPO Account Manager with more than 15 years of experience. After arriving at endevis in 2012, she has led multiple enterprise RPO solutions in both healthcare and manufacturing. Skilled in process management and launching projects, Jackie plays a role within the RPO Leadership as a strategic advisor and accomplished leader.

As a pioneer in the RPO industry for nearly 20 years, Jamie Minier is well-known for her steadfast leadership and unwavering commitment to delighting clients, producing results, and inspiring employees and colleagues around her.

Her current role at NXTThing RPO as Chief Operating Officer, ensures that her talent for operational excellence and service innovation is central to the NXTThing RPO offering. She is extremely passionate in her ability to deliver strategic recruitment programs, drive innovative, programmatic recruiting solutions, and genuinely listen to customer needs — all while investing in the team of people working alongside her.

Under her direction, NXTThing RPO has seen unprecedented revenue growth year over year, and expanded its footprint and reach to support organizations in multiple industries and of all sizes. Since joining forces with JazzHR and Jobvite, Jamie continues to lead NXTThing RPO into its next chapter, delivering on the promise of unique purpose-built technologies and recruitment services, expanding the breadth and depth of offerings all the way from SMB to enterprise-level companies.

As a thought leader, Jamie has been featured in multiple publications and is well-known in the RPO industry. She has a unique ability to anticipate market trends, while adapting to dynamic changes within the industry. Her capacity for developing talent internally, while optimizing processes, people, and technology is what makes her an incredible leader in this space.

Prior to joining NXTThing RPO, Jamie held senior leadership positions, serving as Chief Operating Officer at TheRightThing starting in 2004, and later as President of the organization through March 2011. She also served as Vice President of Global Human Resources for The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, gaining invaluable experience for building high-impact teams focused on maximizing talent.

Jayme has been a leader in RPO for just over 7 years and is currently Director of RPO for one of Hueman RPO’s largest partnerships. She is known by her colleagues and clients to be a dedicated and positive professional who excels in providing world-class customer service. Jayme consistently goes above and beyond in her role to coach and mentor new RPO recruiters and is a trusted strategic advisor to leaders in the partnership she supports. The CHRO of the organization we support said, “I would not be where I am without our Hueman partnership.” This is a direct tribute to the hard work, dedication, and strategy provided under Jayme’s leadership.

Jen Spicher, LevelUP’s Chief Revenue Officer, has built a 25-year long history of creating results-driven teams and designed customers solutions within the talent market. She is a Certified Outsourcing Professional, from the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals. With Jen’s leadership and experience, partnering organizations have amassed an impressive year-over-year revenue growth and significant expansion of their Recruitment Process Outsourcing for client portfolios. Specifically, during her time at KellyOCG, Jen and team had doubled their RPO practice in revenue and profitability.

Jen has also been a committed benefactor of amazing women leaders. As a result of being taught and inspired during her career, Jen has ensured to do the same for others. Shortly after joining LevelUp, she initiated a mentorship program aimed to help rising talent thrive within their careers. Jen is a mentor to women around the globe to coach, support, and nurture their professional pursuits. Outside of work, Jen not only coaches her daughter’s volleyball team but helps them build confidence to achieve their dreams.

She is an RPO consultant who really understands the landscape of RPO, is good at determining and showcasing the value of RPO, and sets realistic expectations for what a partnership should look like and what should come out of it. She is a big picture thinker and knows that RPO is not just plug and play but must work with the overall talent strategy.

“Jenna is an exceptional leader for our organization and a recognized thought leader in the RPO industry.
She has partnered with many of the industry’s leading experts and has created innovative solutions utilizing both external and proprietary tools that she has developed with her team.
Jenna is on the cutting edge of recruiting and is a contributing member of the Forbes Human Resource Council and the Newsweek Expert Forum. In 2021, she wrote and contributed to more than 40 articles.
At Advanced RPO, she drives our recruitment strategy and collaborates with our leaders and recruiters to develop successful recruitment strategies for our clients. Even in the most challenging markets, her team consistently delivers results for our clients.”

Julia has been instrumental in cross functional alignment for ManpowerGroup’s global Talent Solutions division. She has been a thought leader in RPO for over 15 years. Julia has a passion for solving complex client markets and continues to expand her knowledge on emerging trends and technology. She is truly a gem in the RPO space and has made a lasting impact not only within ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions but to our global clients as well.

Kaitlin is a passionate advocate for RPO to improve business outcomes with incredible dedication to her clients, her team, and all of the candidates who interact with her organization.

As Vice President for PrincetonOne’s Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) division, Kaitlin helps drive the success of all its RPO recruitment and placement functions. Prior to joining PrincetonOne in 2014, Kaitlin had been in Staffing and Talent Acquisition since 2010. She began her career in IT Contract Staffing and gained exposure through multiple boutique firms before moving into RPO Delivery and Operational Management. Over the past two years, Kaitlin has been responsible for overhauling the approach to PrincetonOne’s client business – putting recruiting first to deliver top talent in a tight market. She has evaluated and enhanced PrincetonOne’s internal TA process to ensure consistent recruiting and delivery, designed and built their inaugural DEI program and supported Sales and Marketing Strategy. Her work as Director and then VP has contributed to a revenue growth of 46% over the course of four years. Kaitlin loves people, leadership, and finding the best ways to motivate. She works with PrincetonOne’s leadership team to ensure they have the right resources – talent, tools, technology – and the appropriate recruitment strategy and program plan. She is solutions- and goal-oriented, always moving forward to get where she needs to go!

Kathleen Dysert is a dynamic leader on our Advanced RPO team. Kathleen has been in the RPO industry for the past 10 years and has a very diverse set of skills she brings to the team. Kathleen is a very patient and calm problem solver, who always puts the needs of her clients and her team ahead of herself. Kathleen’s team raves about working with such a supportive leader, and her clients appreciate her pragmatic approach and ability to lead successful recruiting programs and deliver in stressful times. Kathleen does all of this while not breaking a sweat and bring calm confidence to everyone she works with.

Kathy’s ability to see through the noise to the core of a customer’s need, goals, values is second to none. She brings empathy, a consultative approach and over a decade of recruitment experience into her role to help customers achieve their business outcomes. These attributes, paired with her technology prowess, has advanced Pontoon’s ability to compete and win in today’s competitive global RPO market.

As Pontoon launches its Digital RXO product suite this year, we’re excited for the world to see her vision and how Pontoon can help our customers achieve strategic goals with the best talent solution. Her aspirational yet practical approach is an industry gamechanger for customers across the globe.

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Keri has developed the most amazing RPO staff at DISHER, a staff that just received the Best in RPO 2022. Keri is an outstanding leader, a strong RPO advocate, and someone who cares deeply about companies and the talent they look for. Keri has grown her RPO team in just a few short years and the impact she has made in the industry is notable and our DISHER team is so very proud of her.

During Kris’ 3+ years with Hueman RPO, she has been instrumental in managing the operational support related to implementing new technology and operational efficiencies to support our RPO partnerships. For the last year, she has successfully led our partner implementations across various sized organizations and multiple industries. Kris is well-known in the organization as someone who is diligent, caring and always willing to go the extra mile for her co-workers and our partners. She takes pride in providing consultation and support that drives successful implementations and ultimately successful partnerships. We look forward to seeing how Kris will continue to evolve her role and our partnership implementations!

Kristan has been a leader in RPO for 10+ years and currently leads Hueman RPO’s employee development initiatives through creative training events and educational programs. She is a dynamic leader who is highly respected by her colleagues, management, and our partners. Kristan has been instrumental in our mentorship program and providing guidance to new recruiters, and she is consistently thinking of new and innovative ways to support our partners. Her ability to manage multiple tasks, remain successful, and drive towards goals is top notch!

Lauren Helm is the Director of Operations of RPO for endevis. As a member of the endevis Executive Leadership team, she plays a critical role in the growth and development of the RPO group. As a Job.com company, endevis is experiencing tremendous growth and Lauren's experience in various roles within the staffing industry for the past 12 years prepares her for continued success.

Lauren has been influential in shaping Insight Global's thought process around leadership in the direct placement and RPO Industry. Her passion to build phenomenal partnerships with Talent Acquisition leaders, understand what makes them tick, and strive to be a wholistic, value added partner driving together towards key business initiatives has catapulted Insight Global's direct placement division to 112% growth. Thanks to Lauren's leadership, Insight Global has been able to form meaningful external and internal cross divisional partnerships to grow our RPO practice from less than $500k in revenue in 2017 to a projected $14mm in 2022. Care, quality, sense of urgency, and value-add are at the forefront of Lauren's leadership in the RPO space. Today, she is one of two female Vice President's in Insight Global's sales organization. I am honored to know her, learn from her, and nominate her for this award.

As President and CEO of Broadleaf Results—a member of the Aleron Group of companies—Lynne is intimately involved in overseeing the delivery of exceptional recruiting results that drive customer satisfaction. She has spearheaded Broadleaf’s strategic growth and business development initiatives to enable the organization’s continued expansion. Lynne's positive mindset and strategic approach have championed our employer brand to attract and retain top talent that has propelled our company forward. As a WBENC certified women-owned business, Broadleaf understands the value of maintaining a strong diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B) plan. Under Lynne's guidance, our organization has long been committed to making a difference in the workplace by providing valuable employment opportunities to both direct staff and candidates. With Lynne at the helm, Broadleaf will continue to make a positive difference in the world—one job placement at a time.

Maintaining her role as a prominent businesswoman, Lynne has long been inspired to give back to the women’s business community and organizations that support them. She currently serves on the Board and as Secretary of the Committee of 200 (C200)—an invitation-only international women’s organization. She is also the Vice-Chair of the Women Business Enterprise Council New York (WBEC-NY) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Burchfield Penney Art Center and the Buffalo Niagara Partnership. Lynne remains actively involved in the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), which is dedicated to certifying and supporting the growth of women-owned businesses. These organizations provide the philanthropic vehicle for Lynne to promote opportunities for historically overlooked populations.

Lynne has also been acknowledged as an influencer and thought leader within the workforce solutions industry. Not only has she been recognized on SIA’s “Staffing 100” and “Global Power 150 Women” lists, but she has been selected as a WBENC Woman of Distinction and honored as a Provider Superstar by HRO Today. She was awarded the "Businesswoman of the Year" distinction from Business First and has been a five-time honoree on its annual Power 200 Women list. Lynne is a member of Forbes’ Human Resources Council which enables her to share her industry experience, expertise, and enthusiasm with other eminent executives in the HR community. Lynne’s article, “How Recruitment Process Outsourcing Can Help Businesses Address The Great Rehire of 2021” was published in June of 2021.

Over the past 30 years, Lynne has shepherded Broadleaf to become a successful RPO provider throughout the United States. Her leadership and influence have been critical in cultivating our client service philosophy—the A+ Experience. After the acquisition of TalentRise in 2019, Broadleaf has benefitted from an expanded line of business outsourcing opportunities. Our organization is committed to revolutionizing how work gets done and empowering the workforce through our RPO and other workforce solutions.

Maria has had an amazing career, she had her own recruiting firm and then moved to IBM, where she managed several regional accounts for LATAM directly leading teams of over 20+ people. Her teams and clients have always spoken very highly of her and she has left a mark wherever she worked. She has been working for Manpower for the past 2 years, overseeing operations for global and regional programs as well as identifying and designing customized HR solutions for potential clients. She works together with regional leaders, and is responsible for the expansion and growth of the ManpowerGroup RPO.

eadership and dedication with passion

Maygan is an exceptional leader who is passionate about everything RPO. She's extremely knowledgeable, a fantastic leader, and an inspiration to her team at Orion Talent.

Michelle "Mac" Berman has been with GDH since 2014 and has been instrumental in designing GDH’s RPO solution. She has ensured GDH can quickly provide a customized plan to serve any hiring challenge regardless of skillset, timeline, location(s) or volume of hiring needs. Mac and her team work closely with Talent Acquisition departments to give them needed support to ensure they shine and outperform their competition. GDH’s white glove approach to client service and our ability to be nimble based on our client’s needs is what sets GDH apart from other RPOs. In just three (3) plus years Mac has not only grown the RPO department, team and client base;she has been an exceptional mentor.

Natalie got her start in RPO ten years ago, in 2012, as an entry-level office coordinator at Alexander Mann Solutions. She was just out of college and loved this new industry. She put maximum effort into her first job and made herself indispensable to everyone she encountered. Leadership noticed. They gave her more and more responsibility and soon promoted her to project management work. Natalie was curious about every aspect of RPO and vocal about expanding her job description. She explored employer branding and implementation.

In 2015, we welcomed Natalie to Sevenstep as a Manager on our Transformation Team, responsible for running new client implementations and continuous improvement projects for existing clients. Her exceptional skill was evident, and within six months, she was promoted to Senior Manager, in charge of project managing multiple global implementations. Sevenstep leadership was impressed with every aspect of Natalie’s accomplishments, especially since she began these simultaneous worldwide projects as soon as she started her new position. Natalie continued to meet and exceed goals. Her unending desire to grow and explore different aspects of the RPO business enabled her to transition into learning and development in 2018.

In December of 2019, Natalie was promoted to Director of Global Transformation Services. Natalie flourished in this role and, only eighteen months later, became Head of Transformation and a member of our senior leadership team. Supported by nine employees, Natalie now leads the way in defining and implementing the processes Sevenstep follows to support new clients. Natalie is in close and frequent consultation with clients, continually evaluating, customizing and improving implementation to suit their evolving needs. As they begin their partnerships with us, she chooses the members of Sevenstep’s transformation teams that will support them day-to-day, designing and refining their training.

In addition to her Transformation leadership, Natalie oversees the strategic direction of our Learning and Development program and all of its content creation and execution.
This content consists of 160 proprietary training courses and four role-specific recruitment certifications (each Sevenstep employee participates in an average of 60 hours of annual training each year). Within the last year, Natalie’s team has facilitated some 500 classroom trainings, 70 of which have taken place in the first quarter of 2021. As Head of Transformation, Natalie has trained hundreds of internal Sevenstep employees and Sevenstep clients. Of particular note, with the onset of COVID-19, Natalie quickly pivoted, redesigning in-person Sevenstep trainings into engaging virtual e-learning experiences around the globe.

Natalie’s responsibilities extend even further. She oversees all of Sevenstep’s internal new hiring, including recruiting, screening and onboarding. Learning and Development education was a monumental task in 2021. Last year, Sevenstep’s headcount grew exponentially at an increase of 105%. Natalie took on this challenge with seeming ease.
Natalie is the internal and client communications team lead for Sevayo® Insights, Sevenstep’s proprietary HR analytics platform, and runs implementations for that technology for external clients,
Since she joined Sevenstep in 2015, Natalie has successfully led more than 15 new global client implementations. Additionally, she has acted as the executive presence in half a dozen ATS projects that have included implementing new systems for clients and optimizing existing ATS’s.
Here is a highlight of Natalie’s recent critical projects:
• The rollout of Sevayo® Insights to a Fortune 10 Healthcare Company, including employee training
• Installation of Sevayo® Insights custom build for a Fortune 100 Manufacturing Company
• Three RPO and one MSP implementation (Sevenstep’s first global MSP relationship)
• DEIB thought leadership, consultation, reporting and support to Sevenstep and key clients
• Design and execution of Sevenstep’s proprietary toolkit and approach to virtually deliver multiple RPO and MSP implementations. In total, Natalie has helped launch over half a dozen new virtual programs.

Natalie has led “transformational” programming at Sevenstep in every sense of the word. Her expertise and input for large-scale, high-impact initiatives is indispensable. Her colleagues trust her expertise and guidance, and our clients trust her knowledge and judgment. Natalie has built strong relationships with multiple client stakeholders, and because of that, they are always eager to see her name as part of any project with Sevenstep.
Natalie’s professional growth has been exceptionally fast, and her accomplishments are remarkable. We are impressed by her constant curiosity and desire to grow and master new areas of expertise. We cannot wait to see what the next ten years hold in what is proving to be an exceptional career in RPO.

Nicole Camper is a passionate RPO veteran with over 15 years of RPO industry experience. Nicole is a very energetic leader who is very good at solving problems that her team faces with quick decisions and strong consensus. Nicole has worked on every kind of client an RPO would have and is incredible at blending this expertise into creative solutions. The team that works with Nicole raves about her energy, supportiveness and passion for successfully filling jobs for her clients. Nicole is an outside of the box thinker, who always drives to align client goals with those of her team, and creates strong programs that always deliver.

"Noelle began her career in the RPO industry as an entry-level recruiter with Sevenstep in 2010. Her supervisors immediately recognized her talent. She excelled — with ease —at filling a wide range of high-volume positions and noted her “soft skills” as she interacted with colleagues and candidates. Over the course of nine years, her talent, hard work and commitment earned her regular promotions: Lead Recruiter, Team Manager, Senior Manager, Director, Executive Director, and finally, Vice President of Client Services and a member of the senior leadership team at Sevenstep.

In her role as Vice President, Noelle ensures that all of Sevenstep’s healthcare clients receive comprehensive and creative solutions to their business challenges. She manages relationships with Fortune 10 clients and their executive leaders, communicating their needs and concerns to the Sevenstep delivery teams.

Noelle develops and manages these programs, assigning key positions and building the teams that will work with our clients. This delegation requires critical knowledge of Sevenstep employee strengths and necessitates an acute understanding of our clients’ ongoing, evolving needs. Noelle also ensures that Sevenstep’s intangible resources — including Sevenstep’s technology platform, Sevayo®, and proprietary data and analytics tool, Sevayo® Insights, — are fully used in service of Sevenstep’s healthcare clients. She is additionally well-versed in utilizing all such human resources, including offshoring options.

Indirectly, nearly 150 people report to Noelle. She is a data-driven leader who gets to the facts of any concern quickly, in part by being so intellectually astute and also because she is an active listener who builds trust with each individual involved, whether internal or external. Noelle not only knows how to manage people, but she also knows how to lead and inspire them. In addition to her interpersonal and communication skills, Noelle knows to distribute tasks to the right people, which is how she can serve Sevenstep’s clients so well.

Noelle has distinguished herself in her career at Sevenstep by being a proactive, engaged leader across all client delivery and corporate development dimensions. Notably, she has successfully led the fulfillment of outsourced recruitment services for several key Sevenstep clients, including:

• A Fortune 10 healthcare and retail client with over 4,000 hires per year across multiple U.S. shared services locations. Noelle’s team has driven valuable business results, including a significantly accelerated candidate pipeline for critical roles and streamlined candidate screening and assessment processes for front-line, hourly hires. As a result of her team’s efforts, the company has seen attrition fall from 50% to 10%, time-to-hire has decreased by 25%, and 100% of agency spend has been eliminated for salaried hires.

• A second Fortune 10 healthcare client with over 7,000 hires per year and more than 50 profile types in nursing, social work, case management, claims benefit analysis, customer service, benefits specialists, administrative support and service operations. By optimizing standard talent acquisition processes and enhancing recruitment tools, the company has seen its present-to-hire ratio decrease by 20% and new hire retention (90-days or more) improve to 97%.



Noelle is continually educating herself and is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt. She is also at ease at a podium and is a frequent guest trainer and speaker for internal events and external analysts, with expertise in healthcare talent acquisition.


Not just anyone could enter an industry in an entry-level position and sit as a member of a senior leadership team only twelve years later. Noelle is that extraordinary and inspiring woman, and what is so exciting is that she is only at the very beginning of her career."

For three decades, Pam Verhoff has been making her mark in the RPO industry with hundreds of successful RPO programs under her belt. Pam has such a deep understanding of every facet of talent acquisition, and RPO, that she could go head-to-head with anyone in this space. As President of Advanced RPO, her clients value her analytical insight and high business acumen and her employees see her as approachable, and caring, and trust in her ability to lead and grow the company the right way. This validates her 100% ‘Approve of CEO’ rating on Glassdoor. Last year was a year of recognition for Pam who received the following awards: SIA’s 2021 Global Power 150 – Women in Staffing, HRO Today’s HR Superstar and RPOA’s Women in RPO. Pam also led Advanced RPO to achieve a record-breaking client satisfaction NPS score of 93.8%, winning The Best of RPO award three years in a row. Pam continues to play an integral role in maintaining and advocating for the integrity of RPO as it has evolved throughout the years. With her contribution to numerous blogs, articles, webinars, and panel discussions, she is an outstanding influence to the industry. Pam has done it all, as a woman, a wife, a mother, and as our fearless leader - we want to celebrate her!

She is a woman who is dedicated to making the RPO offering valuable to clients of Aspirant with white glove service. And, she is a strong advocate for implementing DEI&B in the RPO process.

Paula is widely recognized as a SME in our industry, providing innovation and a perspective that includes key elements such as an agile approach and DE&I. Actually her DE&I focus is one of the reasons for my nomination. Thank you

Quincy is the smartest, most buttoned-up woman I have had the pleasure of working with. She is completely focused on making the recruiting process better for candidates and employers, drives innovation, supports and inspires others and is professional at all times. She is a case-study in leadership. You want to do your best work and work hard when you are working with her. She gets things done!

Rachel Nunley-Ward, Director of Recruiting at Orion Talent, is an innovative Talent Acquisition leader with over 10 years RPO experience. She’s been with Orion Talent since 2012, where she served as both a Senior Recruiter and Recruiting Manager before promoting to Director of Talent Acquisition in January 2021. Prior to this, Rachel worked in talent acquisition at Volt Technical Resources, CB Richard Ellis, and Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. Rachel continues to inspire her team daily and makes a significant impact within the RPO world.

Rachel is the first one to jump in and help source when needed. Rachel is an energetic leader that inspires all around her to achieve their best. She has an acute ability to understand her clients and teams operational reality that leads to successful partnerships. Building strong client relationships is important to her and she’s simply an amazing team member.

Roxanne is a visionary and a powerhouse. She has amazing clarity on how all the pieces of the RPO business come together and the steps necessary to move the business forward. Not surprisingly, she is recruited for multiple internal teams because of her ability to produce results. In addition to this exceptional level of competence, she brings a professionalism and forthrightness that makes everyone want to be on her team.

Sarah is Advanced RPO’s Manager of Client Services and brings 17 years of experience in RPO Talent Acquisition. She is a results-oriented leader with exceptional ability to deliver high-value, proactive and positive client relations. Her steadfast focus on engagement, collaboration and people continuously ensures the delivery of best-in-class talent acquisition programs for our clients.

Sarah’s passion for helping each client elevate their hiring and commitment to excellence earned her the President’s Club Award.

Sarah Murphy, a strategic female leader with deep RPO expertise, serves as PeopleScout’s Vice President of Client Delivery and has been with the company for 13 years and has spent a total of 22 years in recruitment and human resources. Murphy is responsible for partnering with our internal team and our clients – primarily in the hospitality sector – to lead innovation, growth, transformation and strategy.

In Murphy’s extensive experience with RPO, she has developed complex solutions in the global economy, including support for a major client going through an expansion from the U.S. to 69 countries within a 10-year partnership. This was an incredible experience for her to learn cultural nuances and to work with a diverse and talented team. She has successfully lead niche engagements of 5,000 hires as well as high volume solutions with up to 55,000 hires per year.

Murphy is a passionate leader and takes pride in mentoring and developing fellow female leaders. Some of the proudest moments in her career are empowering and supporting individual contributors by growing them into director level leaders.

And as one of PeopleScout’s first virtual employees, Murphy is no stranger to working from home. Today, she leads a 98% remote team, and is skilled in balancing work and personal life and ensuring her team feels connected across regions and time zones.

Sarah Peiker is a widely respected RPO/talent industry veteran with admirable expertise and achievements in workforce strategy, recruitment management and consulting, and talent solution design.
A take charge leader who has been on the RPO front lines for over two decades, Sarah is known for asking tough but thoughtful questions and building credibility with senior-level executives. She’s viewed by her clients as a valued business partner who can help determine priorities and design solutions that address immediate pain points as well sustain growth and profitability.
Sarah joined Manpower Group Solutions (now North America Talent Solutions) in 2000, leading the company’s RPO Practice in increasingly senior leadership roles within the company’s North American, European, Middle Eastern, and African region practices. As Sr. VP RPO and Global Practice Leader, Sarah established a strong and consistently growing RPO business. Her work resulted in a 200% growth rate of Manpower's European/Africa RPO practice, a significant increase in hiring manager satisfaction, and a decrease in days-to-fill by an average of 45%.
After over two decades at ManPower, Sarah took over the helm at Orion Talent in 2021. As CEO, she aims to use her significant workforce experience to scale the company's strong RPO offering, technology, and reputation in military and diversity hiring to fill thousands of jobs worldwide. We can be sure that Sarah will be asking her clients those thoughtful questions as she helps them leverage technology to upskill and diversify their workforces, and remain agile and profitable in spite of changing market conditions.
Sarah coaches up-and-coming business women to always "stay curious and be prepared to constantly change" and "keep looking up on your journey – don’t just look down, and do not be afraid to ask for help and advice along the way."
In recognition of her role as an accomplished industry leader, Sarah received the Stevie Award in 2019 for Female Executive of the Year. Additionally, Sarah has written several position papers which have been published by leading industry magazines, websites and newspapers, and was awarded the Jaspar Award Gold Medal for Excellence in Writing, Feature Story.

Sena recently transitioned to RPO after 5 successful years in Agency recruiting. Her business acumen, recruiting expertise, incredible attention to detail, and complete dedication to client success ensures the clients who partner with her are better off as a result!

Shalena heads up our largest Global Account within NES Fircroft, employing over 130 dedicated account personnel, supplying both RPO and MSP services across 73 countries in 6 regions. Shalena has over 17 years of international recruitment experience. She began her career at NES out of Singapore, then moved to Perth, Dubai and most recently, Houston as she gained deserved recognition and a reputation for excellence. Her industry expertise spans Fullstream Oil & Gas, Energy Transition, Digital Technology, Corporate Functions, Supply Chain and Manufacturing. She has led highly successful, multi-functional and geographical teams in program exploration, design, implementation, and performance delivery, in complex matrix environments. Her track record includes exceeding client performance metric goals related to diversity, delivery timescales, customer satisfaction and compliance. Having started as a recruiter with NES, Shalena has recently been promoted to become our first female Managing Director. She is a fantastic example of a woman leading from the front and is a driving force for women in energy.

Shawna is one of the most exceptional Talent Acquisition leaders I know. Since starting at DISHER as an intern she has grown her craft so well. She serves her customers so well with an exceptional understanding of the Engineering industry, phenomenal customer service, but the best part is that she gets the job done. She is a new leader and is stepping up to guide and coach an amazing team. I don't know what we would do without Shawna on our team.

Talee is a results-oriented professional and builds strong client relationships. She listens and understands the clients needs when building an RPO programs. She demonstrates strengths in leadership, teamwork, projects, and sales. Talee is a team player and always goes the extra mile for the customer.

Because she has position MPG/RPO Business as leader in the mexican market (AMECH Figures); she has also implemented revolucionary tech to all the recruitment Process, using RPA, Chatbots and AI in general, that many of our competitors are copying right now.

Tanya is a high-performing Business Development Representative for Advanced RPO and has done outstanding work in educating first-time RPO buyers by taking a disciplined approach to: understanding their business, their corporate initiatives and their current approach to hiring. Tanya provides insights for prospective companies on hiring solution(s) they can consider to drive speed, improve results, eliminate agency spend, possess better control and for most clients own a hiring program that's aligned to the business. Tanya takes pride in truly partnering with prospective companies to inform them the power of a high-performing hiring program while meeting them where they are and gaining trust from all client stakeholders.