Janet Darden Gipson

Head of Talent Acquisition at Yale University leading talent strategy, alongside Co-Founder of Parhelion Career Accelerator, Principal at Absolutely Balanced focusing on change management, and former Vice President of Talent Acquisition at Global Medical Response. Also serves as Founder of Vegan Wedding Planners, Founder & CEO of Spire, former Event Producer at Vegan Women Summit, former Events Manager at Mercy For Animals, and Cofounder & Chief Brand Officer of the Academy of Fashion Arts and Sciences. Director of Operations at Towneley Capital Management, Inc., Founder and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Your Life's Well, LLC, and Disaster Recovery Compliance Manager at Pinellas County Government. Former Senior Administrative Coordinator at The Johns Hopkins University. Also serves as Director of Sales and Marketing at AB Studios, Project Manager at Clear Construction, Medical Science Liaison at bioMérieux, Enterprise Account Manager at AWS, and former Demand Generation Manager at The Social Institute. Former Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellow at Elon University. Holds BA, MA, MBA, and multiple AWS certifications. Brings talent acquisition expertise, event production, clinical therapy, federal compliance knowledge, strategic vision, and a people-centric focus to every endeavor.