Erica Briody

Culture Index

Executive Advisor

Erica Perry Briody is the epitome of strategic excellence in executive advisory, renowned for her unparalleled expertise in shaping high-performance cultures through precision talent acquisition strategies, incisive leadership assessments, and visionary succession planning, all meticulously aligned with organizational values and objectives. With a distinguished track record as Global SVP of Talent at industry-leading firms, including Reef, OYO, Quintiles, General Electric, and Novartis, Erica has consistently elevated organizational performance through transformative leadership interventions. As a seasoned entrepreneur, she has not only founded but also successfully guided multiple Global Executive Search enterprises, testament to her innate ability to navigate complex business landscapes with finesse and foresight. Erica's intuitive grasp of communication dynamics across diverse generational cohorts, including the dynamic Generation AI, ensures seamless alignment between leadership vision and organizational strategy. Collaborating closely with C-suite executives, she facilitates cultivating leadership teams imbued with the requisite traits, behaviors, and values to drive sustained growth and competitive advantage. At the forefront of innovation, Erica spearheaded the pioneering C-Hire initiative in partnership with Culture Index, offering C-suite leaders’ exclusive access to transformative workshops designed to attract and onboard culturally aligned top talent. Leveraging data-driven insights and analytics, she consistently delivers impressive 20% increases in top-line revenue metrics, positioning organizations for unparalleled success in today's dynamic marketplace. A distinguished MBA alumna of London’s prestigious Henley Business School, Erica's academic credentials are augmented by Six Sigma certification and fluency in multiple languages, reflecting her global perspective and cross-cultural acumen honed across five continents. Erica's trailblazing contributions to the HR landscape have earned her widespread acclaim and a host of prestigious accolades, cementing her reputation as an indispensable partner in driving organizational excellence and C-suite success.

Kat Zacharia

JPMorganChase

Head of Organizational Effectiveness, Consumer and Community Bank

Kat Zacharia is the Global HRBP head for Legal supporting the General Counsel and the department of attorneys across all lines of business. Previously, she was the Head of Senior Team Effectiveness leading a global team to support senior leadership teams across the firm in their development into high performing and value creating teams. In her role, she also delivered executive development programs serving the top 1000 leaders at the firm. 

Prior to joining JP Morgan in 2018, Kat worked at Korn Ferry Hay Group, where she was a Client Partner, helping global clients in Healthcare, Media and Entertainment, Technology and Non-Profit with executive and organizational development.  A social cultural anthropologist, she brings with her deep experience in culture transformation, organizational assessment, high-performing teams and diversity, equity and inclusion. She embeds storytelling in everything she designs and delivers. 

Kat holds an M.B.A from Tulane University and Master of Arts, in Social Anthropology from York University in Toronto. She did her doctoral studies in Education, Culture and Society at the University of Pennsylvania before she made a career pivot and moved into media and entertainment to lead an industry-wide diversity and inclusion initiative focused on leadership acceleration and workforce development. 

She lives in Montclair, New Jersey with her husband and two children.  She has been an advocate and volunteer for youth and microenterprise development throughout her career. She is a hot yoga instructor and is feeding an emerging love for gardening and improv.

Angela Cheng-Cimini

Harvard Business Publishing

Senior Vice President, Talent and Chief Human Resources Officer

Angela joined Harvard Business Publishing as Senior Vice President, Talent & Chief Human Resources Officer in 2021. In this role, Cheng-Cimini leads the Human Resources and Facilities & Administration units, spearheading efforts to develop a talent roadmap that supports the business strategy and creates a deeply engaged and diverse workforce.

Angela brings 30 years of both generalist and specialist Human Resources experience, having worked across consumer product goods, professional services, and high-tech as well as nonprofits. She has shepherded businesses through start-up, growth, and maturity with key responsibility for helping organizations identify and build the necessary organizational capabilities. Prior to joining Harvard Business Publishing, Angela was at ClearMotion, Inc. an automotive technology startup where she accelerated the evolution of the HR function from administrative to strategic. She also served as the Global Head of Human Resources for Crabtree & Evelyn, where she led an international team spanning four continents and prepared the brick-and-mortar business to go completely digital. Angela sits on the Alumni Board of Directors for Cornell University; serves as an HR Venture Adviser for SemperVirens, an early-stage venture fund that invests in technology transforming healthcare, work, and financial wellness; and is Board Director for the T. Howard Foundation, a mission-driven organization dedicated to increasing diversity in the media industry.

Lily Benjamin, Ph.D.

Global Talent & Organization Optimization Leader

Dr. Lily Benjamin is a business psychologist with experience optimizing organizational health to increase engagement, productivity, and safety through high -impact large-scale change management strategies. She integrates DEI in all people and processes, specializing in organization diagnosis, organizational design, cost-effectiveness, disputes mediation, negotiation, leadership development, talent management, succession planning, performance management, and executive coaching. Dr. Benjamin is recognized as a strategic, decisive, and visionary leader who motivates multicultural teams to perform at their peak. She attributes her success in navigating through change-intensive business environments to being a keen assessor of risk and opportunity with tested business judgment. 

Jane Datta

NASA

Former Chief Human Capital Officer

Jane Datta is a human resources leader with over thirty years of experience. She recently retired from NASA, where she was the chief human capital officer, responsible for building the talent for supporting the agency’s mission, delivering out-of-this-world human resources services, and shaping NASA’s culture to maintain high employee engagement. Jane embraced that “we are people leaders in the people business,” which guided her oversight of NASA’s human capital policies, practices, and operations. One of her most rewarding achievements at NASA was overseeing the transformation of decentralized human capital services across ten centers to a centralized line of business. Prior to NASA, Jane was a human resources consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, and held multiple human resources roles at United Technologies Corporation. Jane currently provides consulting services through JCD Advisory, LLC, and is a senior fellow for human capital with The Conference Board, serving on their steering committee for the Federal Government Council. 

Jane holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BA in music from Yale University. She was a 2022 Presidential Rank Award recipient – Meritorious Executive, the highest award for federal government employees, bestowed on a select group of the Senior Executive Service for exceptional performance.

Martin Barner

Sandoz AG

Head People & Organization Operations and Digital Solutions

Martin Barner is the Head HR Operations & Digital Solutions at Sandoz. He joined Novartis in 2014 (former parent company of Sandoz) as part of the Corporate Strategy team in Basel, and moved into HR for the first time in 2016 as Sandoz Head HR Strategy & Program Management Office. Prior to Novartis, Martin started his career in McKinsey & Company and have since worked for several companies in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries in both global, regional and local roles across a variety of functions, including strategy, marketing, sales and finance. Martin holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Copenhagen, doing part of his studies at the California Institute of Technology.

Clarice Colón

Suvida Healthcare

Senior Vice President, People & Culture

Clarice Colon is the Senior Vice President of People and Culture and the Head of HR at Suvida Healthcare. She oversees the strategy and execution of HR programs for all Suvida Neighborhood Center Operations and Clinical and Corporate Support Team Members.

In her role, Clarice leads initiatives to leverage new ways of working, builds programs to develop a more diverse and inclusive workplace, and drives strategies to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of Team Members. Before her current role, Clarice served as Vice President of Talent, OD & OE for Whole Foods Market where she oversaw all aspects of the Team Member Experience and Talent Programs.  

Clarice began her career over 30 years ago as an hourly associate in the Health and Fitness Industry.  She worked her way from hourly associate to leadership, multi-unit operations leadership, and ultimately Human Resources in 2003.  Along the way, she further developed her passion for helping companies like (Bally Total Fitness, T-Mobile, Carter’s & Osh Kosh, and Whole Foods Market) build “critical moments that matter” in the Team Member experience, ultimately leading to higher-performing organizations with higher levels of Team Member engagement and retention.  Her passion is to ensure people feel informed, empowered, and enabled to achieve their career goals and dreams!

Pamela Lipp-Hendricks

T. Rowe Price

Head of Talent

Pamela Lipp-Hendricks is the head of Talent in Human Resources, where she has built a successful track record in introducing, implementing, and sustaining key talent initiatives to achieve business strategy. She is responsible for talent acquisition, leadership and career development, organizational development and succession planning.   
Prior to joining T. Rowe Price in 2021, she was head of Executive Talent Management at JPMorgan Chase (JPMC). Pam spent over 20 years at JPMC, holding progressively more responsible leadership roles in learning and development, executive development, and talent management. She also served as the company’s Chief Diversity Officer. Early in her career, she held consulting roles at American Express and AT&T and spent time teaching undergraduate psychology courses at Fashion Institute of technology and Baruch College in New York.
Pam earned a Doctor of Philosophy in industrial/organizational psychology from the City University of New York and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Georgetown University.
She serves as Board Chair for Neighborhood Defender Services, a nonprofit community-based organization that strives to provide holistic public defense and high-quality legal representation to residents of Harlem, New York. 
Pam lives in Maryland with her husband Jason and their two children.
 

Seth Williams

Lucid Motors

Talent Acquisition Leader

Seth Williams is a Technical Recruiting Manager at Lucid Motors who brings a wealth of expertise in developing and implementing innovative talent strategies.  Prior to Lucid Motors, Seth spent 18 years at Google, where he was the former Global Head of Recruiting Channels, leading teams across 15 locations worldwide and driving initiatives to attract top talent during Google’s early hyper growth phase.  Additionally, Seth played a pivotal role developing early career rotational programs for software engineers, serving as a coach, mentor, and curriculum developer for six years.

Throughout his career, Seth has demonstrated a strategic vision for creating data-driven talent programs, encompassing workforce planning, candidate sourcing and recruiting, onboarding, and first-year development. His approach has consistently focused on leveraging data and creativity to enhance the effectiveness of talent teams.

Beyond his professional achievements, Seth is an active advisor for Internship on Demand and Starcircle, contributing his insights to help shape future talent pipelines.

When he’s not at work, Seth enjoys spending time with his two boys in San Jose, CA.