From the business case, to the employee experience; how do you make a fast and meaningful impact for employees when events in the world make personal health more difficult? How can HR leaders move from a compelling business case to implementation of inclusive policies that shape a more positive working culture? Beyond policies, our panelists will share personal experience of how to make implementation work in practice: from management training to monitoring (without “tracking”) the employee experience.

Courtney is a culturally sensitive leader with two decades of experience leading complex change management initiatives that define and shift company culture and empower diverse and distributed workforces.

Having started her career in consulting at Towers Perrin, she has held roles of increased global responsibility at Avon, AXA, SAIC and most recently at Twitter as the former Head of People Experience. During her time at Twitter, she led the organization through the design and implementation of global pay transparency and focused on advocacy of inclusive benefits such as Twitter’s first global medical mobility travel allowance for Tweeps and their families and sponsored the creation of Twitter’s global LGBTQ+ travel resource to support communities navigating local LGBTQ+ legislation that impact travel.

Courtney brings a global perspective to her work having lived in France as an expat while working at AXA and working in multiple countries throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and South America in various roles. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics and is a member of Forbes HR Council.

Carly Pierpoint is an Executive Director and Head of Talent Acquisition for the Global Private Bank and Wealth Management Solutions. In her senior leadership role, Carly oversees all hiring channels of the Talent Acquisition organization to manage an integrated recruitment strategy for the firm’s sizable growth initiative. She is dedicated to bringing top talent into the fold and ensuring a seamless candidate and client experience.

Carly sits on the U.S. Private Bank Operating Committee and partners closely with the executive teams to drive innovative hiring synergies across lateral and campus recruitment, onboarding, training and development. She takes a big-picture approach to identify shifts in the competitive landscape and establish tools and best practices to bring a strategic edge. Candidate acquisition is integral for the firm, and Carly ensures her team employs proactive measures to network and build relationships with key players in the space who can make an impact and be an asset to the growing Private Bank. A subject matter expert in this field, she couples a passionate nature with trusted decisiveness to deliver dynamic results.

Most recently, Carly was the Head of Talent Acquisition and Growth Strategy for J.P. Morgan Private Bank in the U.S. Previously, she was the Head of J.P. Morgan Private Bank Recruitment, Americas, after spending four years running Private Bank Recruitment at Goldman Sachs. Before these roles, Carly ran her own desk at CitiStaffing, a comprehensive recruitment agency. Carly started her career in sales and business development almost 15 years ago. She has a strong track record of attracting the best and brightest talent in the industry and ensuring these candidates are ramped-up for success.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Carly holds a B.A. with dual majors in Business and Musical Theater from Penn State University. She is a longtime resident of New York City, where she lives with her husband, two children and Maltipoo.

Carly gives her time and resources to organizations that have meaning for her family and friends. She ran the New York City Marathon to support mental health awareness. Carly continues to enjoy musical theater and enjoys cooking, sports and travel.

Ray Rhodes joined RX Global (Reed Exhibitions) in 2007 as a Director of Human Resources for the US business and became the Director of Learning and Talent Development in 2014. After several years of intensive engagement with Inclusion and Diversity programming, he was appointed the Head of Inclusion and Diversity for the global business in April 2021. Ray has launched a number of important initiatives across RX, including forming the RX Global Inclusion Council, an I&D advisory board comprised of RX colleagues from 19 countries, representing many cultures and diversity dimensions. He has developed and implemented the Global I&D strategy for the business and oversees the delivery of programs that promote unconscious bias awareness, team psychological safety, equality allyship and inclusive leadership.

Prior to joining RX, Ray served as Vice President of Human Resources for The Bank of New York for thirteen years. He, his partner Joseph, and their daughter Samantha, reside in Connecticut.

Jessica is an agenda-setting and award-winning editor who's spent 19 years atop mastheads at premium digital publications with millions of viewers.

As the Executive Editor and SVP Content at The News Movement, Jessica runs the US newsroom for The News Movement and The Recount, driving daily and long-term coverage around news, politics, and current events for Gen Z audiences on social platforms.

Previously, Jessica was the chief content officer at Morning Brew, where she oversaw their flagship newsletter brands and directed the company’s expansion into multimedia. She’s held top editorial roles at New York Magazine and Vanity Fair, and served as a long-running editor in chief at both Mashable and Jezebel.