Jenny Molyneaux is the VP of People Operations at Even, where she oversees recruiting, human resources, facilities, and customer service. She first joined Even in June 2017 and was drawn to the company’s responsible approach to earned wage access. Even’s on-demand pay platform is provided as a benefit by forward-thinking employers who want to improve the financial health of their employees while boosting productivity and retention. Prior to joining Even, Jenny helped accelerate the growth of two well-regarded startups,  Pocket Gems and MasterClass, and also worked at Google. Jenny received her M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and her B.A. in Economics from Brown University.

Mathian Osicki holds a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (I/O PSyc) from the University of Tulsa.  Since graduating Mathian has been a professor in the graduate school at New York University for a couple of year before focusing her attention on the applied setting.  Mathian is currently the Sr. Director of Talent Management at Beckton Dickenson (BD), a multinational 120- year old medical technology company based headquartered in the US.  Mathian leads the succession management efforts globally for BD.  Prior to BD Mathian was with IBM for 18 years where she held multiple position within HR including: Survey Analytics, HR generalist, leadership development, compensation and multinational roles located in places such as Nigeria in African and Bangalore, India.  Mathian is also one of 5 Industrial Organizational Psychologists (I/O) nominated to the I/O UN NGO providing I/O consultation to United Nations.  Mathian has written a number of books chapters on International Surveying as well Corporate Social responsibility linked to Leadership Development.

Miguel handles the Total Rewards for Bekaert North America, along with a team of six professionals and report to the Total Rewards VP in Belgium and to the VP NA HR.

Duties includes compensation, payroll, human resources, benefits, health plans, pensions, life insurance and disability benefits. We currently have over 1,600 employees in North America and pride ourselves on offering a robust benefits package and competitive wages.

The majority of our employees are blue collar workers.  We have plants in Georgia, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Ohio and the corporate office in Marietta, GA.  Bekaert is a manufacturing firm and has over 23k employees on a Global basis.

Miguel has been with Bekaert since 1986 and will be retiring later this year.

Morgan Bridges has more than 15-years experience in HR roles supporting global organizations in Benefits, Compensation and Employee Relations. Currently, she Director of Global Benefits and Wellbeing at Expedia Group.  Morgan is passionate about fueling enterprise business performance via the integrated People agenda and programs.

Jackie Tomaselli is a Director of Human Resources at Epsilon, part of Publicis Groupe, and based in Wakefield, MA.  Jackie has worked in the HR field for over a decade and brings expertise on manager and leadership development, team building and engagement, and culture initiatives.  When she isn’t working, Jackie enjoys doing anything outdoors, singing, and spending quality time with her family.

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza is a freelance journalist and From Day One contributing editor who writes about work, the job market, and women’s experiences in the workplace. Her work has appeared in the BBC, The Washington Post, Quartz at Work, Fast Company, and Digiday’s Worklife.