The Speakers

Ellen Gilmore, SPHR is a business and skilled human resources leader with comprehensive experience in providing leadership and solutions to many organizations. 

Ellen’s background includes in depth experience in all aspects of Human Resources including change management, talent management, executive coaching, and HR metrics.  Her ability to: see it, own it, solve it and do it has served her in many organizations. In addition,  she has assisted executive leadership in attracting and retaining high quality talent, ensuring that staff are engaged, and guiding their performance in organizations across the manufacturing, academia, high-tech and healthcare sectors. She is responsible for building world-class talent in order to support academic and healthcare strategic objectives.  Also, Ellen has a passion for developing young talent.

Prior to founding Strategic Talent Management, Ellen served as Executive Director of Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for Resource Development and Alumni Association, where she was responsible for setting and implementing a strategic plan for all talent. She previously led HR at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (formerly Partners) and served as Director of Talent Management Strategy at Harvard University, enabling her to bring superior skills in coaching, culture, and diversity, equity and inclusion. She is currently a Senior Visiting Faculty at Framingham State University teaching in their HR Master’s program. Ellen holds a Master’s Degree in Training and Development from Lesley University and Bachelors of Arts degree in Mathematics from Regis College.

Organizational Development Consultant in MIT's Vice President for Human Resources.

Libby Mahaffy is a seasoned trainer, coach, and facilitator. She is an Organization Development Consultant on the Strategic Talent Management team in central Human Resources, supporting upskilling and change management within Departments, Labs and Centers across MIT. Libby provides training, leadership coaching, and process facilitation to further strategic efforts across MIT. 

Assistant Director, Career Development for MIT's Career Advising & Professional Development.

Tianna is the Assistant Director of Career Exploration at MIT Career Advising & Professional Development (CAPD). In this role, she works with first-year undergraduate through PhD students and recent alumni to help them explore and achieve their career goals. She supports the Social Impact, Policy, and Law Career Pathway, supervises the student Career Exploration Leaders, and collaborates with departments, programs, alumni, and employers to provide career exploration events and resources that allow students to learn about diverse career paths. Tianna received her BA from Boston College and her MSW from Columbia University. In 2021 Tianna won the Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) award and in 2022 she was selected for the DAAD German Academic Exchange Service tour for higher education leaders.