Vetted People & HR Professionals in New York

Danielle Henry

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director of Project Management specializing in enterprise transformation and culture strategy

New York, NY12y exp

“Implementation/project management leader with experience in Weight Watchers' business solutions division managing ~44 strategic client accounts across marketing, tech, business ops, and executive leadership. As Director of Project Management at Tier One Solutions Group, proactively implemented Microsoft Project to improve executive visibility and deadline adherence; brings a leadership psychology lens to driving clarity, accountability, and discretion as a Chief of Staff-style partner.”

“People leader with experience spanning both large enterprises and smaller companies, partnering closely with executives on high-impact workforce decisions. Stands out for combining strategic HR judgment with analytical rigor across M&A integration, compensation design, workforce planning, and rapid scaling, including 55% headcount growth in a year.”

“Talent acquisition leader with experience at Grey, Publicis, and Taylored Search who specializes in building and restructuring recruiting teams and embedding TA into strategic business planning (including new business/RFP pipelines). Known for bringing market data and candidate sentiment into executive org-design decisions to improve hiring outcomes, speed offer approvals, and increase acceptance rates.”

“Recruiting leader who managed a team of 4 and stays hands-on with executive search and analytics. Partnered closely with a CRO to run a quality-of-hire analysis for sales hires and used the findings to shift hiring toward consultative profiles; also implemented candidate surveys to shorten overly long interview processes and improve candidate experience.”

“HR/people leader with experience partnering directly with firm partners and C-suite leaders to drive culture and retention initiatives, including launching a Partner Connectivity Program to rebuild community during/after remote-pandemic work. Strong in people analytics (Workday/Aderant) and executive dashboards, and experienced handling complex employee relations cases and accommodations in collaboration with in-house counsel.”

Stephanie Kaplar

Screened

Director-level Human Resources leader specializing in global HR operations and employee relations

New York, NY11y exp

“People leader with experience managing globally distributed teams across the US, Canada, and Brazil, including product/design/analytics functions. Partnered directly with executives to plan org restructures during multiple layoff rounds—owning future org design, role impact mapping, and company-wide communication planning to maintain clarity through change.”

Rachel Kravit

Screened

Senior HR Business Partner specializing in employee relations and people strategy

Remote, NY10y exp

“Cross-functional change leader with experience partnering with senior product/engineering/marketing leaders to revamp product development processes, delivering a 30% reduction in time-to-market. Combines systems thinking, executive coaching, and people analytics (engagement/turnover analysis, KPI dashboards) to resolve complex org and employee-relations challenges and improve culture.”

Althea Harvey

Screened

Senior HR Business Partner specializing in People & Culture strategy

New York, NY23y exp

“Senior HR Business Partner with deep experience partnering with product/engineering, design, and analytics organizations (including Justworks and consulting), specializing in performance management, org design, and manager coaching. Led a major Workday implementation at Urban Resource Institute across multiple HR workstreams, delivering an on-time/on-budget launch with improved process speed and accuracy, and brings strong global, cross-cultural leadership practices across NA/EU/APAC.”

Margaux Pelli

Screened

Director-level Talent Development & HR Business Partner specializing in L&D and performance management

New York, NY9y exp

“HR/People leader with 10+ years of experience, including fractional Head of People and consulting work, who builds executive operating systems and cross-functional structure. Has led a performance management rollout and implemented Slack-based communication architecture (decision channels, SLAs, SOP/FAQ knowledge base) to improve executive alignment, accountability, and operational cadence.”

“People operations and HR leader with experience spanning hospitality, nonprofit, retail, and startup environments, including leadership roles at Avra Group, American Ballet Theatre, Hotel Barriere Fouquets, and The Travel Agency. Particularly compelling for growth-stage companies: she helped scale a regulated cannabis retailer from roughly 50 to 300+ employees while building the HR infrastructure, compliance processes, and leadership support needed for multi-location expansion.”