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Bucaro is a supervisor of education programs at McDonald’s, specializing in the development and execution of education solutions to enhance workforce capability, the employee talent pipeline, and McDonald’s employment image. She graduated from Colorado Technical University with a bachelor’s degree in organizational behavior in 2017 and is currently finishing her master’s degree in science in business administration. She has extensive experience in higher education and is skilled in learning and development. She has a passion for education and has worked in the higher education industry for the past 18 years. Currently, Bucaro is managing and developing strategic college partnerships and apprenticeship programs at McDonald's. ​

Bryant Camp graduated from Greensboro College in North Carolina in 2007 with a degree in business administration. Camp gained his human resources experience over five years in the food and beverage industry overseeing human resources responsibilities for up to 70 locations at any given time. He moved on to his current position at Matcor Metal Fabrication. Camp has been with Matcor now for just two years. He is responsible for recruiting, employee relations, time, and attendance. Camp is married with two children ages four and one.​

Location: Asheville, North Carolina, and Washington, DC​

Current Role: Workforce development strategist at Lockheed Martin. Responsible for leading a strategy to increase collaboration and partnership between Lockheed Martin facilities across the United States and two-year colleges in addition to our $35 million STEM and vocational scholarship investment. ​

Past Roles: Digital skills program manager, AWS; senior analyst, U.S. Department of Labor; director, strategic partnerships, Koch Industries; program manager, National Association of Manufacturers.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration from American University; master’s degree in business administration from Washington State University (in progress).

Fun Facts: Chairman of Lockheed Martin Enterprise Operations PRIDE BRG, advisory board member at Northern Virginia Community College’s E&T Division, father to two four-legged kiddos, partner to Emily. ​

Ryan Ellis has worked in the talent acquisition space for almost 15 years and has experience in manufacturing, health care, and IT. Currently, Ellis is leading the U.S. recruitment team at Lincoln Electric and is focused on keeping professional, production, and university relations staffed appropriately. In addition, his team handles the onboarding and training for all new hires who start in the Cleveland operations business.​

Entrepreneurial talent acquisition leader that loves to be a deeply integrated partner to the business.​

Johnson was born in Ukraine and moved to the United States after graduating from National Aviation University with a bachelor’s degree in international relations.​

Johnson started her career in the hospitality industry by working at the most beautiful National Parks: Grand Canyon, Death Valley, and Grand Teton. She completed her human resources internship with Allstar Security Co in New York City. After her traveling adventures, Johnson decided to move to Tucson, Arizona, and join Canyon Ranch as talent manager. Johnson has five years of experience recruiting for a wide range of positions in IT, HR, engineering, executive, medical, and customer service fields. Johnson successfully developed and led the company's first marketing internship program. Recently, she created a program with Caridad Community Kitchen that allowed the organization to hire great talent from low-income communities. ​

Lucia currently leads the U.S. college deployment and implementation strategy for IBM’s EdTech platform, SkillsBuild. She also managed P-TECH Brooklyn, IBM’s flagship school, for two and a half years. Prior to IBM, Lucia taught high school English for six years. ​

Merola is the manager of education programs at McDonald’s. Along with the rest of her team, she works on Archways to Opportunity, which is McDonald’s education strategy. The team focuses on everything from providing ESL classes to college tuition assistance, to workforce development and beyond. Marianne has a master’s degree in human resources and industrial relations from Loyola University Chicago. She loves to engage an audience, provide expert advice, and explore avenues for employee success.

Temkin is the recruiting lead for Accenture’s North America apprenticeship program, for which she leads recruiting efforts and works with local and national partners to promote opportunities for employment and advancement to close the opportunity divide. Temkin also serves as the entry-level technology talent pool lead, where she supports the team and the business as it hires recent four-year graduates into Accenture.

During Temkin’s time at Accenture, she has had the opportunity to work with a variety of teams and across several areas of the business in a recruiting capacity. She has worked across both entry-level and experienced recruiting, and for the past several years has been focused on the entry-level recruiting program for technology. Temkin has continued to grow her career within the entry-level recruiting organization, and the apprenticeship program has been a highlight of her career.

Vazquez joined Walmart in August 2020 as the head of early career talent. In her role, Vazquez leads a team of over 30 talent professionals that are focused on recruiting Walmart’s pipeline of high-potential, early-career talent, expanding opportunities to enable, source, and hire diverse talent into the enterprise, and developing dynamic intern and associate programs aligned to the company’s most strategic business needs.​

Prior to Walmart, Vazquez spent 11 years in a variety of human resources roles at JPMorgan Chase and BNY Mellon. A proud alumna of Fordham University, Vazquez is a steadfast champion of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a frequent volunteer with local community organizations that support professional growth for underrepresented students