SUSAN BAKER: A Project Manager with HCA's Talent Acquisition Group. She consults in the areas of recruiting, workforce development and organizational management. Previously, Susan was Vice President of Workforce Development for the Northern Virginia Technology Council where she coordinated initiatives to address the workforce challenges of our region, and for 10 years, she was an executive in a regional recruiting firm. Susan served on Governor Warner’s Advisory Council on career and technical education. She holds a B.A. degree from Duke University and volunteers with the local Meals-On-Wheels program.
MARGARET BURKE: A Project Manager in our Talent Acquisition service group. She has more than twenty years experience in human capital management. Margaret has provided talent acquisition services to clients in a wide range of industries including Government Contracting, e-commerce, Healthcare, Financial Services, Technology and Non-Profit, with functional specialties in consulting, finance, IT, project management, HR management, sales, and fundraising. Margaret has also provided human capital management services to corporate and individual clients including training; individual and group coaching and career management. Margaret is active in social and professional organizations and has been honored for her efforts providing vocational and rehabilitative support to individuals with disabilities.
CAROLE CHANDLER: An experienced recruiter with more than 20 years in retained search. She has been a partner or director in three prominent regional firms and recently served with Stratford Group, a top 15 national search firm. She has led and conducted retained searches for a wide range of organizations, both locally and nationally, from Fortune 500 to entrepreneurial start-ups, across industry lines. Areas of particular expertise include hospitals and health care, biomedical, construction, real estate, professional services, technology, government contracting, retail and non-profit. From a functional perspective, she has recruited executives and managers in general management, sales and marketing, business development, human resources, finance and accounting, operations and consulting.
NAN FREMONT: With 15+ years of professional recruitment experience, she leads recruiting and staffing projects. She provides the needed strategic input then manages all phases of the project. Previously, Nan provided executive search services to a wide range of organizations. She has a particular expertise in biomedical and biopharmaceutical where she worked with four major firms over a five- year period. Nan has also conducted scores of searches for global consulting firms and for major corporations such as First Union Bank, Sears, American Airlines (Sabre system) and Fujitsu. Prior to executive search, Nan spent over 15 years in sales and product management in the Bioscience industry, where she serviced research laboratory clients.
KATHARINE GIACALONE: Kathy has a distinguished career as an executive in Fortune 100 companies. She was VP Human Resources for Celera Genomics where she led the effort to create the human resources infrastructure to support the rapid start up as it sequenced the human genome. Previously Kathy managed various aspects of human resources for Marriott International and was an operations executive and consultant for Frick Company, a leading consulting firm, which provided services to large multinational organizations. Kathy possesses a wide range of skills with particular expertise in training, organizational development and acquisitions.
S. JOSEPH HOROWITZ: An expert in organizational development, Joe has over 30 years experience in enhancing the profitable growth of business enterprises. With a particular expertise in sales force development, he has a demonstrated track record of achieving significant sustained increases in sales and margin levels for companies in a wide range of industries. Joe assists companies in developing a planning methodology/ process, creating strategic goals and business plans and developing a systematic way to monitor progress and success against the plans. Joe employs sophisticated employee assessment tools to help company acquire and best deploy talent.
SHEILA McKENNA: Sheila is a recognized leader in performance management, learning and development and leadership assessments. Her background includes working with organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, Network Solutions, NewBridge Networks (Alcantel), and EDS. Most recently, as the Chief Learning Officer and Director of Talent Management of the Nature Conservancy, Sheila was challenged to create recruitment and retention strategies for an organization located in 50 states and 21 countries.
SUE O'ROURKE has over 38 years experience as a consultant training and developing individuals, teams and organizations in both UK and US public and private sectors. Having founded and led three companies and served as the Chair of an acute hospital and Well Women Center, she brings extensive experience to her executive coaching engagements, helping leaders build expertise in people skills, maintain relationships and teams, and develop emotional intelligence skills. Sue holds an Ed.D in Human and Organizational Learning from George Washington University and has four years of therapeutic training. She is certified to use the Hay McBer Emotional and Social Intelligence competence feedback inventory.
JAY SCHNEIDER. Jay’s business career has included a wide range of responsibilities in management, finance, sales and human capital services. Most recently he was the Washington DC area Director of Career Placement Services for PricewaterhouseCoopers where he had responsibilities for career counseling, outplacement, alumni relations, business development, and recruiting. Previously Jay managed the Washington Regional office of a premier national search/recruiting firm where he provided services to many of the area’s leading organizations from major public companies to entrepreneurial startups and nonprofits. Jay, who holds an MBA from the Wharton School, has held financial management positions with both public and private corporations including Fortune 100 companies MCI and Schlumberger Ltd.
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