Lilly Apostolou

She is an accomplished talent optimization consultant, human resources leader, and organizational strategist based in Chicago, Illinois. She currently serves as a Senior Consultant within Wipfli's Talent Optimization practice, where she helps clients align their people strategy with their business strategy using the Predictive Index and behavioral science, leading client engagements across healthcare, behavioral health, and mission-driven organizations, advising on hiring, retention, manager enablement, and organizational culture, implementing the Predictive Index platform, facilitating workshops on leadership development and team dynamics, and collaborating with HR and talent acquisition leaders to enhance role design, assessment usage, and interview consistency. Her earlier career includes serving as a Senior Consultant at Talent Growth Advisors, where she specialized in talent acquisition strategy, process design, and technology integration, and as Senior Manager of Talent Management and People and Culture at Howard Brown Health, where she oversaw learning and development for a staff of over 700, managed talent acquisition operations, led executive-level recruiting, created a comprehensive new hire orientation process, implemented agency-wide performance management and DEI training programs, oversaw the rollout of the Press Ganey employee engagement survey, spearheaded the migration of ATS, LMS, and performance management systems from Paycom to UKG Ultipro, supported compensation strategy, and led compliance initiatives including HIPAA, OSHA, and crisis prevention training with a trauma-informed approach. She also served as a Corporate Recruiter at City Staffing and as a Senior Business Operations Administrator at New Mexico Highlands University. She holds a Talent Optimization Consultant Certificate from the Predictive Index. Her career reflects a deep commitment to helping organizations build cohesive, high-performing teams through data-driven talent strategy and human-centered leadership.