Kerry Puglisi, Head of People and Culture, Joybird. Kerry is a Human Resources leader passionate about working with progressive organizations to create and sustain dynamic cultures. She has experience driving strategic growth and people operations initiatives for emergent organizations with diverse populations. Kerry is highly creative, persuasive, and articulate. She and her team are able to achieve results by leveraging data and facilitating relationships between employees and the organization's top leaders. She is a able to negotiate complex information to different work groups while maintaining approachability. She has been in HR for 19 years and has experience in all aspects of human resources, talent acquisition, employee relations, and strategic partnership building. She specializes in helping start-ups put processes and initiatives in place that align with their culture. Her educational background of Masters of Science in Management assists in balancing business needs with HR best practices.

<Amos Marvel, SHRM-SCP, is the Vice President of People Operations and a member of the executive team at Thrive Market. With more than two decades of experience working in organizations ranging from entrepreneurial starts ups to Fortune 100 companies, Amos’ experience in human resources is broad. As a collaborator, strategic thinker and innovative leader, he leverages his passion for people, systems, and processes with a consistent track record of building high-performance cultures that drive impactful business outcomes. Amos holds a master's degree in Executive Human Resources Management from Cornell University and is a former Chair of the Emerging/Young Professionals committee of the PIHRA Burbank/Glendale chapter.