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Daytona Beach, Fl, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Serve as advisor and board member for venture capital firm focused on overlooked, but formidable entrepreneurs nationally.

Provide human capital consulting, executive coaching and training facilitation services for leaders, boards and teams alike.

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Sam led the People & Culture strategy, efforts, department and P&L for ~1,300 full-time and part-time employees based in San Antonio & Austin at Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E). She oversaw workforce planning, performance management, employee engagement, onboarding, people analytics, recruiting, HRIS administration, benefits and more in her role. SS&E, as an entity, owns and operates the San Antonio Spurs (NBA), Austin Spurs (NBA G League), and San Antonio FC (United Soccer League), while also managing all day to day operations and events for Frost Bank Center, The Rock at La Cantera (including Victory Capital Performance Center), and Toyota Field and STAR Complex.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Led a team of 11 that drove and collaborated on the initiatives listed below at the intersection of strategy, operations and people, along with other projects:• Oversaw global expansion selection + enablement process with executive leadership team, managing research of key criteria (i.e., SaaS metrics, talent availability, employment law, tax regulations, product enablement) with diligence team, final proposal and approval from the CEO. Performed cost and talent availability analyses across countries to inform current portfolio and future selections. Drove expansion implementation across ~100 person project team - expanded to UK, Ontario, Spain, the Netherlands and Quebec. • Developed and implemented HubSpot’s first decision-making frameworks, including all company-wide and executive communications, drafting and facilitating trainings content, additional resources, and developing a global advisory group for a year-long campaign to embed them.•Led development of first-ever 3-year employee experience strategy focused on key priorities for HubSpot’s people, places, and culture, aligned closely with business focus areas through 2025 and hybrid work. • Served on the COVID-19 response team, aligning on key decisions and developing policies while monitoring government mandates, cases, and vaccination rates across 13 countries.• Drove process to operationalize hybrid work globally with cross-functional team, including developing annual selection process, conditional policies, manager enablement efforts and ongoing data + trend analyses to iterate and increase effectiveness over time. • Spearheaded the development and articulation of People Ops' annual departmental priorities and omissions. • Managed crisis mitigation and strategic response initiatives as they arose for department in partnership with People Ops Leadership. • Facilitated numerous sessions and offsites for company’s leadership teams including C-Suite, VP+ and People Operations Leadership.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Newly created role focused on leading and delivering results on global, company-wide strategic initiatives such as HubSpot’s Hybrid transition, COVID-19 Response efforts, Employee Experience strategy, Global Expansion process and strategy (expanded to the UK and Ontario), and more. Grew from team of 1 to 6 globally in that time to support in above initiatives and efforts.

Roxbury, Ma, Us

Served as working board member and advisor for Boston arm of a national nonprofit focused on youth literacy and creative writing.

Boston, Ma, Us

Newly created role, served as trusted partner and chief people officer for three executives and their teams (B2B, Proprietary Offering, & Brand, Creative & Curated Merchandise) within the Global Retail business, totaling ~1,200 full-time employees globally. Core work included (but was not limited to): owned people strategy & advised on critical business initiatives; optimized organizational design and development to increase speed to value and reduce latency; proactively identified skill and leadership gaps within the organization and proposed and implemented initiatives to address these gaps; developed company-wide diversity, equity and inclusion resources and programming in close partnership with Global Head of Culture & Inclusion; led and iterated on headcount and workforce planning strategy and process quarterly; contributed to and at times led OKR and strategic planning processes and offsites; reviewed and assessed department compensation annually, partnered with Global Compensation in developing comp education resources and further assessing competitiveness of bands; led strategy and implementation for performance calibration and worked in partnership with Talent Relations on development processes for employees in relevant functional areas; identify, track and analyze key people metrics; and provided strategic business partnership and coaching to executive and senior leadership on day-to-day management and performance developmental areas. Teams/business lines include (but were not limited to): B2B, 3D/Imagery, Promotions, Creative, Brand Development, Private Label Brands, Specialty Retail Brands, Physical Retail Merchandising and Supplier Acquisition & Onboarding.

Boston, Ma, Us

- Led a team of recruiters and sourcers in the hiring of 40+ exceptional senior leaders nationally for our Merchandising, Category Management, Lifestyle Brands, Creative, Brand Development, Private Brands, Promotions, 3D/Imagery, Analytics and Canada teams. - Built holistic and successful recruiting strategy across multiple pipelines - Acted as trusted advisor to executive and senior level stakeholders across the business- Led strategy for and co-facilitated unconscious bias in hiring training series for 150+ leaders - Implemented and created resources on hiring bias, diversity sourcing, stakeholder management and job description best practices materials for the global Talent Acquisition organization (300+ employees)- Established first-ever DEI Working Group for TA leaders’ coordination across diversity hiring goals, trainings and initiatives - Recipient of the 2018 Wayfair Values Award (We Bring Top Talent to the Table - Corporate)

Boston, Ma, Us

Founded, staffed and led a team focused on recruiting, developing partnerships and sourcing for entry to senior leadership level roles within Wayfair’s in-house Creative agency and Brand Development team, disciplines included: Graphic Design, Copy, Motion Design, Videography, Video Editing, Styling, Production, Project Management, Exclusive Brands, Consumer Insights, Brand Strategy & Brand Experience. Hired 90+ roles across all levels and functions in FY2018.

Boston, Ma, Us

In this newly created role, led internal recruitment efforts, revamped our new hire onboarding program, developed team trainings and offsites, administered employee benefits, managed our search post-mortem process for the firm and provided support on two mergers and acquisitions.

Boston, Ma, Us

As a Principal, Executive Search at Koya, served as search leader and partnered with clients throughout all search stages, including business development responsibilities in growing Koya's client portfolio. Managed search consultants who worked on both my and other search leaders’ pipelines.

Boston, Ma, Us

As a Senior Manager, focused on partnering with clients to best fill their talent needs and build a robust pipeline of executive candidates.

Boston, Ma, Us

As a Manager of Executive Search, led candidate generation and assessment to develop a pipeline of candidates for a wide portfolio of searches.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

o Developed and launched recruitment sourcing strategy for mid-level analyst roles (consulting, strategy, technology, finance) in 14+ cities for 41% planned cohort growth o Increased candidate referrals by 162% by implementing a robust campaign and contest with program Fellows and alumni throughout the six month cycleo Managed two consultants in Fellowship recruitment support work throughout the year (i.e. event planning, inbox management, LinkedIn outreach, content creation)o Achieved successful FY2014 Priority Round talent pool resulting in 47% increase in candidate progression to interviews; highest Priority Round results in program’s historyo Implemented high-touch conversion plan for leads and candidates for duration of nine month applicant and offer cycle (i.e. office hours, call campaigns, e-mail outreach)o Built and maintained external relationships with Analyst Fellowship professional recruitment partners (i.e. non-profits – Teach For America, private sector consulting firms – McKinsey, Bain, Deloitte)o Managed relationships with key vendors such as LinkedIn Recruiter and the Muse

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

o Recruited and sourced high-caliber data-savvy professionals for 2013-14 cohort of Education Pioneers' Analyst Fellowship through national strategy and outreach resulting in 37% cohort growth for FY2013 o Spearheaded first ever social media sourcing strategy for Analyst Fellowship (Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn); LinkedIn company page follower-ship increased by 50% o Conducted screening and behavioral interviews with candidates for both the Analyst and Graduate School Fellowshipso Executed recruitment events in eight cities, coordinating logistics and attendee communicationso Served as Interim Analyst Fellowship Recruiting Manager February 2013 - July 2013

Deland, Fl, Us

o Successfully obtained 2012-2013 academic year enrollment goals for assigned territory by 139%o Represented the University on- and off-campus via presentations and college fair attendance traveling up to 15% throughout the yearo Assisted in the planning of Admission events, including event logistics (menus, facilities & space reservation, programming) and meeting frequently with other departments to promote cross collaborative effortso Compiled data and reports on student information, reviewing status and progression rates, and calculated statistics on school academic rigor to inform Stetson’s relationship with that institution

Daytona Beach, Florida, Us

o Assisted full-time in the day to day operations within indoor arena and outdoor sports complexo Served as event manager/coordinator for various external, internal on-campus and multi-sport athletic eventso Supervised student staff in the management of on-site events throughout the year

Orlando, Fl, Us

o Supervised group of 23+ attendants to staff over 113 hours a week, seven days a week, in three Recreation & Wellness Center facilities (fitness and aquatics) year roundo Recruited, interviewed and onboarded member services staff, in addition to assistance with new hire paperwork procedureso Served as intern for Basketball Officiating Class September thru October of 2008 and 2009

Bachelor’S Degree, Radio And Television

Managing To Change The World: 2-Day Crash Course & People Of Color Cohort