The HigherHer Podcast by Talent Collective

Community in Recruiting w. Lusely Martinez - HigherHer ep 21

Lusely Martinez has over 8 years of HR and recruiting experience and currently serves as Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Syndio, a workplace equity SaaS platform. She is also the Founder and Principal Consultant at FirstGen Lab, supporting the careers of first-generation professionals. Lusely's expertise includes building early-stage start-up teams, optimizing talent acquisition through technology, and strategic workforce planning. In addition to her corporate roles, Lusely shares her insights on hiring trends and best practices on Linkedin, podcasts and other platforms. Her commitment to empowering diverse talent continues to shape her career journey.

Career-Minded with Stephanie Lyman - HigherHer Ep 20

As a leader with experience focused on Talent Management in Silicon Valley startups and Fortune 500 companies, Stephanie leverages her expertise to help organizations thrive by improving employee engagement, retaining top talent, and elevating leadership effectiveness.
Stephanie also recognizes that our world is changing faster than we can adapt. That change is constant, and burnout is rampant. She works with leaders to empower them to lead and live with greater purpose, presence, and impact. Helping them elevate their leadership and expand their influence.

Building Impactful Relationships w. Brooke Wheeler - HigherHer Ep 19

Brooke Wheeler is an executive Talent Acquisition leader known for transforming recruitment strategies and building high-performing teams. Most recently, as Vice President of Talent Acquisition at MerchantE, she led the hiring of over 500 employees in just four years, saving significant costs through innovative in-house strategies. Her dedication to business partnership was recognized at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, where she received the Golden Puck Award from the CEO for being an exceptional partner.
Now, as the founder of Restoration Talent Solutions, Brooke provides Fractional Talent Acquisition services to high-growth companies in industries such as Technology, FinTech and Data Analytics, helping them develop effective recruiting processes during pivotal growth phases. She’s loves to share her career insights on elevating your Talent Acquisition career and building impactful, scalable recruiting practices.

From Retail to Recruiting w. Sylvanna Berkowitz

Sylvanna is a recruiter with 9 years' experience, specializing in sourcing talent across diverse industries from O&G, semiconductor, hospitality, and energy sector.

Finding Your Voice with Jana Salamanca - HigherHer Ep 17

Jana is a strategic and inclusive Talent Acquisition Leader with over 15 years of recruiting experience in high-growth, fast-paced companies, and over 8 years of proven leadership in directly managing, coaching, and mentoring high-performing teams. Her passion lies in building talent strategies that not only drive business success but also cultivate diverse, engaged, and thriving teams. She is currently serving as the Head of Talent at Logic20/20, where she's been committed to achieving exceptional outcomes while fostering a culture of collaboration and success across all levels of the organization. Before joining Logic20/20, she spent four years at West Monroe, a global business and technology consulting firm, where she led global talent acquisition efforts across Digital and Technology. Prior to West Monroe, she spent four years at EY, where she led talent acquisition efforts within Technology Consulting. She was recently recognized as a Talent100 Awardee (by Higher Community), which recognizes the top leaders in Talent Acquisition worldwide. 

Finding Your Authentic Voice with Kasi Riley - HigherHer Ep 16

Kasi is a visionary talent acquisition and HR leader with 15 years of experience in scaling companies' talent strategies across Tech, FinTech, and Retail, including at Block (formerly Square), Stitch Fix, Wells Fargo, and Target. She has a proven track record of guiding teams through growth stages, IPOs, and revolutionizing recruiting strategies to drive unprecedented business expansion. Inspired by a passion for providing accelerative talent solutions for high growth companies, she founded Moxii Talent Solutions. Moxii Talent Solutions focuses on infusing the essence of moxie in every partnership through courage, determination, and innovation — specializing in crafting scalable, innovative talent solutions that empower businesses to achieve long-term success through strategic talent investments.

Navigating Career Changes with Anne Muscarella - HigherHer ep 15

Anne is the Chief of Staff, Head of Marketing at Braintrust, the largest user owned talent network revolutionizing hiring with Braintrust AIR, the world's first and only end-to-end AI recruiting platform . Anne was hired as employee number one and was instrumental in building the company from the ground up, leading various elements of the business from go-to market strategy,  to recruiting and setting up the operational infrastructure  to support a company with 30 employees, thousands of customers, and  hundreds of thousands of talent around the globe.
Prior to joining Braintrust, Anne served as Director of Communications and then Chief of Staff at OZY Media. There Anne served as an extension of the CEO, tasked with the highest priority and visibility projects, from multimillion dollar partnerships to a Festival with over 20,000 attendees in Central Park, in addition to being responsible for all media placements.
Before OZY, Anne worked for four years at High10 Media, a PR agency with clients such as Smithsonian, the New York Daily News, National Geographic, and prior to High10, Anne cut her teeth in the FOX Business Network PR department.
Anne is a proud graduate of Boston College and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, 2 year old son, and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

Empowering Women with Jaidin McCann - HigherHer Ep 14

Guest Jaidin McCann is CEO at Jasper Consultancy and specializes in executive search & human capital strategy, transforming cultures, and optimizing Growth. She's an advisor, speaker and board member and was named top 100 innovators & entrepreneurs.

Connecting on a Higher Level with Danielle Mathis - HigherHer Ep 13

Danielle Mathis's loves nothing more than mentoring and growing people- helping connect great talent to great places, watching them succeed and make an impact. She has managed recruiting and HRBP teams of up to 20+ globally and is experienced in consulting through thought partnerships with executive leadership to plan headcount equitably. She always strives to improve processes, recruiting best practices, and customer experience for hiring managers and candidates.

Unlocking Early-Stage Success with Katy Stover Fox - HigherHer Ep 12

Katy is a learner, teacher, problem solver, hustler, networker, and entrepreneur. 
She started her career teaching Geometry in South East Washington D.C. as a Teach for America Corps Member. After seeing the inequities in education, she became passionate about teaching students and adults real world skills necessary for the workforce. She worked at Pearson and then General Assembly running massive educational programs.
While at GA, she partnered with Fortune 500 companies, including Booz Allen, Bloomberg, Capital One, The Department of Defense, and Disney, to up-skill and re-skill their teams. After realizing that GA was only solving one piece of the talent puzzle, she sought to learn more about recruiting. 
She then spent 2 years learning the ins and outs of recruiting at an executive search firm. Seeing a need to help companies in a 360 fashion, Katy founded Higher People.
While still an all-star recruiter, she also believes you have to find ways to motivate, re-skill, and retain your top talent. 
When she’s not helping companies, she’s rock climbing, hiking with her dogs Johnny Cash & Bleu, re-exploring LA, listening to live music, and working on her "adulting skills."