People Strategy Summit

People Strategy Summit

December 10, 2025

One day, countless insights — People Strategy built for scale, not theory.

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THE virtual People Strategy Summit

A one-day virtual event built for founders, People Team leaders, and operators at early-stage and scaling companies.

Unlike traditional HR conferences designed for Fortune 500s, this summit delivers operator-led insights, real playbooks, and candid stories from the trenches.

You’ll walk away with practical strategies to build People Operations that scale — without the fluff, theory, or enterprise bloat.

December 10, 2025

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Sinye Tang

Sinye is an operations leader and startup advisor with hands-on experience building technology companies. Sinye has led finance and operations teams at Series A -F and publicly traded technology companies. She has a track record of excellence working with established C-suite executives and first-time founders, building new leadership teams, and working with investors. Sinye takes a pragmatic approach to high-growth initiatives, business model shifts, M&A, and scaling missions with a focus on driving thoughtful, clear decision making.

Amee Parekh

Amee is a seasoned HR executive with deep expertise scaling people operations in high-growth, global organizations. She most recently served as SVP of Human Resources at Hims & Hers, where she led the full people organization through rapid expansion. Previously, she led HR for UberEats US & Canada and held leadership roles at Expedia Group and IBM. Amee holds a Master’s from Cornell’s ILR School and brings a pragmatic, growth-oriented approach to building resilient teams.

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Kristina Karcic

Kristina is the Founder of Karcic Partners, a firm redefining HR as a capital protector—not a cost center. She partners with founders and executives to prevent toxic culture creep, strengthen operating models, and embed people strategies that drive valuation and scale. With over 20 years of leadership experience at HUMAN Security and Sisense, Kristina is recognized for aligning human capital with business performance, guiding complex transformations, and advising high-growth companies on building resilient organizations in the era of AI.

Jen Fox

Jen is an executive coach and resilience strategist who works with high-growth companies to strengthen leadership, team effectiveness, and adaptability. She is a certified PR6 Resilience Coach and DiSC expert with 25 years of experience helping organizations navigate pressure, change, and organizational complexity. Jen equips leaders with practical tools they can apply immediately to maximize performance under pressure, translate intention into action, and lead effectively in environments defined by uncertainty and rapid growth.

Amy Pagett, SPHR

Amy is a People Ops leader turned fractional CHRO and project-based consultant. After 12 years in senior HR roles, she founded HR Insight Consulting and LeaveAssist to support growing companies with practical, scalable People Operations. She specializes in employer branding, workforce planning, and culture development, drawing on hands-on experience with teams from early stage to 500 employees. Amy brings a thoughtful, collaborative approach grounded in clarity, communication, and real-world execution.

Julia Velloso

Julia is a People leader, executive coach, and facilitator who helps fast-growing startups build “all-in cultures” rooted in connection and accountability. She draws on her time at Airbnb during hyper-growth, two CPO roles, and years coaching founders through their toughest inflection points. With operational depth and L&D expertise, Julia brings a human-forward approach to scaling leadership and culture.

Jena Booher, Ph.D.

Jena is a business psychologist and startup advisor who helps executives build high-performing, psychologically healthy cultures. Drawing on her Ph.D. in Psychology, a decade on Wall Street, and research on courage, she guides high-growth companies through critical inflection points. Jena blends behavioral science with business strategy to strengthen leadership alignment, improve engagement, and reduce turnover, resulting in resilient organizations built for sustainable success.

Elliot Epstein

Elliot Epstein is the Founder of Luminary People Advisors, where he advises CEOs and senior leaders and builds scalable people systems, confident managers, and high-trust cultures. He has led People and Talent work across mission-driven organizations including Teach For America, Success Academy, Galileo Health, and Redesign Health. A graduate of Brown University, Elliot brings a warm, practical, and collaborative approach to his work. He lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his husband and two young daughters.

Stephanie Lemek

Stephanie is the Founder and CEO of The Wounded Workforce, a consultancy helping organizations build healthier, more human workplaces. With 16+ years in HR, organizational development, and leadership coaching, she specializes in trauma-informed leadership, culture repair, and practical mental-health strategy. Stephanie translates complex behavioral science into clear, actionable tools that strengthen trust, reduce burnout, and improve performance. She’s a nationally recognized speaker on resilient leadership and psychological safety.

Sophie Malik

Sophie has spent over a decade building people systems and leading teams across the US, UK, and EU, supporting organizations from early-stage startups to companies approaching public listing. Shaped by her global upbringing and mission-driven focus, she helps leaders navigate change without losing themselves. Sophie has guided teams through funding rounds, international M&A, and performance reviews that genuinely develop people. Today, she coaches professionals through relocation and performance management, believing great leadership starts with people—not systems.

Jes Osrow

Jes is a people operations leader dedicated to building inclusive, sustainable workplace cultures. As Co-Founder and COO of The Rise Journey and an expert in Employee Resource Groups, she operationalizes DEIBA strategies that strengthen organizational foundations. With experience across international tech and mental health startups, she brings a grounded, practical approach to culture-building. Jes focuses on career development, disability advocacy, combating imposter syndrome, diversity recruitment, ERG development, and supporting women in tech.

Lissy Alden

Lissy is CEO + Founder of MYNDY, a pioneering Organizational + Mental Fitness company built to beat employee burnout. Recognizing stress as a multifaceted challenge, she's engineered two proven frameworks addressing psychological, physiological, and organizational factors that simultaneously empower organizations to achieve ambitious goals while maintaining employee wellbeing. She went to Cornell and has her graduate degree from MIT, where she began the foundational research for MYNDY.

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 FAQs

  • The People Strategy Summit is a one-day virtual event designed for HR and People leaders who want real, tactical tools to support fast-moving, high-growth companies. No fluff. No theory. Just practical guidance from operators who’ve actually built and scaled teams.

  • If you’re leading People Ops, building HR from scratch, supporting a scaling team, or trying to bring more structure to a growing organization — this summit is for you. It’s also great for founders and business leaders who want a clearer, stronger approach to building and supporting their teams.

  • This summit focuses on early-stage realities, not enterprise problems. Every session is grounded in what actually works inside resource-lean, fast-changing environments. Expect checklists, templates, frameworks, and “do this tomorrow” guidance — not ideas you can only implement with a 20-person HR team.

  • The People Strategy Summit takes place virtually on December 10, 2025.

  • It’s 100% virtual, so teams across all time zones can join.

  • The summit covers the core areas today’s People leaders need to navigate growth with confidence, including:

    • Aligning leaders and founders around a clear People strategy

    • Making fast, effective decisions during scaling

    • Building foundational systems: leveling, compensation, performance reviews

    • Strengthening culture and trust using trauma-informed practices

    • Designing compensation structures that support fairness and growth

    • How HR leads (not chases) the future in an AI-driven world

    • Practical resilience tools for teams operating under constant change

    • Employer branding for companies with limited time, people, and budget

    • Designing an “all-in” culture with shared ownership and clear ways of working

    • Building early-stage DEI and ESG practices that are actionable and sustainable

    • Performance management that develops people (without unnecessary HR overhead)

    • Mental fitness frameworks that support HR teams and prevent burnouttion

  • Our speakers are operators — HR leaders, psychologists, advisors, and founders — who have built teams from the ground up. They bring experience from fast-growing startups, complex transformations, and real-world People strategy implementation.

  • Yes. All sessions will be recorded and you can get access to them through an all access pass after the day of the summit.

  • Free to have access to the summit day of if you register before December 10. There are options to purchase all access pass that give you access to the full summit and exclusive content after December 10. We are offering early-bird pricing and standard registration options. Speakers and partners may share discount codes as well. Check our registration page for most up to date pricing

  • You can register directly on the People Strategy Summit acess page. We’ll keep the page updated with speakers, schedule, pricing, and announcements.

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