DCA Live’s
2025 HR Leaders of the Year
Alethia Baggett, ABA
Alicia Romero Schoshinski, Nonprofit HR
Ann Wang, Solar Energy Industries Association
Asha Pinkney Gillus, American Geophysical Union
Aylia Naqvi, Sayari Labs
Bernetta Conner, The International Council on Clean Transportation
Carolyn Penn, So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.)
Colleen Wood, Level Access
Debbie Pollock-Berry, PLEZI
Denise Haselhorst, ChargeBee
Doral Whisman, Wyndham Destinations
Eduardo Maia, Jose Andres Group
Elizabeth Perry, NRECA – National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Evert Orinion, American Society of Association Executives
Fatoumata Diabate, National Housing Trust
Frederick Owusu, American Dental Education Association (ADEA)
Holly Cannon, Mortgage Bankers Association
Jen Fisher, Biotechnology Innovation Organization
Jen Swensson, Casepoint
Julie Coolbaugh, McDonough Bolyard Peck
Ken Kovach, BF Saul
Krista Kirk, Endocrine Society
Kristin Mullins, Integral Federal
Krystal Gutierrez, Human Rights Campaign
Laura Gianguli, CALIBRE Systems
Melissa LoCrasto, ST Engineering
Michelle Egan, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
Nicole (Eisenstat) Breit, Fors Marsh
Patricia Scott, InterAction
Renuka Iyer, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
Shannon Wolfe, American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Sheila Thomas, Phoenix International Holdings, Inc.
Tony Butler-Sims, CIPE
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