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Sabrina Kelly
Sabrina Kelly is a people and talent leader who rose from technology recruiting to become President of Techstars, one of the world's largest startup accelerator and investment platforms. Over roughly a decade at Techstars she led People Operations globally, served as Chief People Officer, and built scalable HR functions across markets in the US and Europe. Earlier she recruited technical talent for names like Spotify, IAC, and Etsy in New York, and founded the HR function at CustomMade in Boston. She is known for an empathetic, direct, and pragmatic approach to building culture and managing distributed teams.
Emily Mikailli
Emily Mikailli is the CHRO and Chief of Staff to the CEO at Signifyd, the commerce protection platform based in San Jose, California. A former lawyer who traded the bar for the tech industry, she has led People and Culture at Signifyd since 2016, scaling the company's global workforce nearly 5X in headcount and over 25X in annual recurring revenue across offices in San Jose, London, Belfast and New York. Born and raised in Silicon Valley, she is known for a candid, human-centric approach to building teams and serves as Vice Chair of the board at Parisi House on the Hill, a nonprofit supporting mothers and children affected by addiction.
Karen Bennett
Karen Bennett is Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Cox Enterprises, the privately held Atlanta conglomerate with nearly 50,000 employees across automotive, communications, and media. She oversees talent, benefits, HR technology, inclusion, and corporate brand. A Terry College of Business alumna twice over, she spent nearly 14 years at Turner Broadcasting before climbing through Cox Media Group and Cox Communications to the parent company's top people role in January 2023.
CPOHQ + Knoetic AI
CPOHQ + Knoetic AI is a New York-based company building an AI-powered 'second brain' for Chief People Officers. It pairs a people analytics platform that integrates with 60+ HR systems - surfacing insights on attrition, DEI, performance, compensation and headcount - with CPOHQ, a private community of 2,000+ Chief People Officers and CHROs. Founded in 2020 by Joseph Quan (originally as Twine Labs), the company combines hard workforce data with the collective judgment of top people leaders so HR executives can make faster, more strategic decisions.
Joseph Quan
Joseph Quan is the founder and CEO of Knoetic, the people-analytics platform and CPOHQ community that bills itself as the AI 'Second Brain' for Chief People Officers. He started the company in March 2020 with 25 HR leaders trading notes through the COVID crisis, then turned that group into a 2,000+ member network and a software business backed by $54M+ from Accel, Menlo, EQT and 150+ angels including Adam Grant. A two-time founder, Wharton/Berkeley graduate and Inc. 30 Under 30 alum, he returned as CEO to build Knoetic's AI product suite.