Advisory Board
Guided by 450 years of combined HR leadership wisdom, SucceedSmart’s diverse Advisory Board brings unmatched expertise and strategic partnership.
Josh Bersin
Global Industry Analyst
CEO, The Josh Bersin Company
Kathy Waller
ex-EVP/CFO, The Coca-Cola Company
Board of Director – Delta Airlines
Ian Ziskin
President, EXec EXcel Group
ex-CHRO, Northrop Grumman
Elizabeth Adefioye
ex-Chief People Officer, Emerson
John Murabito
ex-EVP/CHRO – CIGNA & Monsanto
ex-GVP HR – PepsiCo
Kairus Tarapore
HR Advisor – Chief People Officer, Type One Energy Group
ex-CHRO, Xylem ex-CHRO, Babcock & Wilcox (BWXT), and Ceridian
Ravi Srivastava
ex-Global Head of Customer Engagement, NetApp
ex-Egon Zehnder
Sachit Kamat
Chief Product Officer, eightfold.ai
ex-Head of Product, LinkedIn Profile
Lisa Buckingham
CHRO, U.S. Soccer Federation
ex-President, Ellig Group, ex-EVP, Chief People, Place & Brand Officer, Lincoln Financial
Dermot O’Brien
ex-CHRO & Chief Transformation Officer, ADP
ex-CHRO, TIAA
Edie Goldberg
Future of Work Expert, Author,
Talent Management Strategist
Deb Bubb
Co-Founder and President, The Institute for Moral Imagination
ex-EVP & Chief People Officer, Optum
Garry Randall
CHRO, Klöckner Pentaplast
ex-Head of Global Organization & Talent Solutions, Disney
Prasad Gune
Chief Product Officer, Egnyte
ex-SVP Product, Udemy
Bala Sathyanarayanan
EVP & CHRO, Greif
Jill B. Smart
ex-Global CHRO Accenture
President Emeritus NAHR
Jenny Dearborn
Chief People Strategy Officer at BTS
ex-CPO, ProductBoard, Chief People Officer, Board Director, Advisor HP, Sun/Oracle, Docent/SumTotal, SuccessFactors/SAP, Klaviyo
Founding Advisory Board
SucceedSmart is privileged to have the support, expertise, and strategic thought partnership of our Founding Advisory Board.
Jim Fowler
Founder & ex-CEO, Owler & Jigsaw
Bill Rowe
Chairman & CEO, Rowe Global
Elaine Davis
ex-CHRO, HealthComp
China Gorman
ex-CEO, Great Places to Work Institute
ex-COO, SHRM
Padma Thiruvengadam
ex-CHRO, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
ex-CPO, Lego
Amit Shah
Founder & CEO, Instalily
ex-President, 1-800-Flowers
Phil Schneidermeyer
Managing Director, CIO Search Group
ex-Partner, Heidrick & Korn Ferry
Steve Pollock
Chief Product Officer, Boatsetter
ex-Chief Product Officer, CoffeeMeetsBagel
Ranjan Wadhwa
Head of Global Services, First Citizens Bank
ex-Change Leader, Fidelity US, ex-Head HR, Fidelity India
Gary Swart
General Partner, Polaris Ventures
ex-CEO, oDesk (Upwork)
Julie Currie
ex-Chief People Officer, GRAIL