Reach: The importance of employer branding for a healthy talent pipeline

Christine Temple, Chief Consulting Officer at exaqueo, brings deep expertise in workforce planning, talent strategy, and organizational design. Her career began at Booz Allen Hamilton advising government and military leaders, then expanded across hospitality and automotive industries with impactful roles at Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Audi of America, and Volkswagen Credit, Inc.. Returning to her consulting roots at exaqueo, Christine now helps redefine the employee-employer relationship with a perspective she once valued as a client.

Cecily is a dynamic leader in talent acquisition innovation, heading a specialized team that delivers market-leading Employer Brand & Recruitment Marketing solutions. With over a decade of experience transforming talent acquisition strategies for high-profile organizations, she architects comprehensive talent attraction frameworks that drive measurable business outcomes through the perfect blend of technology and human expertise.

As a strategic partner to organizations across the Healthcare, Life Sciences, Tech, Government, Consumer Products, and Non-profit sectors, Cecily brings unique insight from both agency and client-side perspectives. Her expertise was shaped through pivotal roles, including leading teams for Nike, the Small Business Administration, Becton Dickinson, and multiple major healthcare networks.

Sienna J. Brown is a visionary Leadership Strategist and Global Speaker with over a decade of experience partnering with global leaders and institutions. As the Head of Growth at PowerToFly, a scaling Series-B start-up, Brown drives innovation and expansion.

Throughout her career, Brown has been instrumental in helping organizations gain investment while prioritizing diverse talent. Her expertise lies in developing strategic programming to enable, elevate, and re-energize leaders to guide organizational transformation. Brown's approach focuses on redefining work through inclusion, impact, influence, and integrity.

Previously, as Sr. Director of DEIB at PowerToFly, Brown built a department from the ground up, delivering strategic learning and development programs that increased employee engagement and advocacy in over 50+ global organizations.

Her work has gained recognition on platforms such as Forbes, TedX, Insider, CNN, and NPR. Brown collaborates with organizations to create transformative strategies that secure employee, consumer, and financial investment while staying true to their vision and values.

Robert Ribar is a New York based professional with over fifteen years of experience in programming diverse content, community engagement, executing dynamic events and comprehensive marketing campaigns. He currently leads PowerToFly’s B2C and B2B events, including the Diversity Reboot virtual summit series, the biggest conference in DEIB. Rob also oversees the company’s dual marketplace marketing strategy as well as playing a key role in community growth and partnership programs. At PowerToFly, Rob has produced events for American Express, Meta, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft and Slack, just to name a few. Prior to joining PowerToFly, Rob served as Production Coordinator at DKC/Hangar4, working on events for Pixar, Jaguar LandRover, FanDuel, L’Oreal and producing the reopening of the Hudson Theatre on Broadway. He also worked as the Associate Producer for the Tony Award winning production company Triptyk Studios developing works for film, television and the stage with such artists as Stevie Wonder, Linda Perry and James Gandolfini. In his spare time, he co-hosts the Dear Watchers comic book podcast, writes scary stories and programs film screenings under the Sleepover Trading Company banner.