Lever Talent, Inc.

Head of Professional Services

At Lever Talent, our mission is to help leaders realize they are capable of more than they could ever imagine. We believe individuals make a business, not the other way around, and all business is personal.

The employee-employer relationship is broken. Thankfully, employees are gaining leverage, and the power dynamic with employers is shifting. We’re flipping the script by helping businesses lean into this shift - bringing humanity back to business.

We help leaders find leverage in themselves, their teams, and their strategies.

We help companies find leverage by identifying their superpowers and developing complementary processes to spur growth at scale.

We help with:

Talent Strategy: We help leaders align their people strategy to their business strategy and accelerate growth with talent optimization.

Career Development: We give people the training and coaching they need crush their current job and achieve their goals.

Leadership Communities: We bring growth-minded leaders together to share ideas, learn from each other, and grow.

Detailed Services Overview:
- Team Design & Strategy Alignment Consulting
- Hiring Process and Strategy Consulting
- Management Training
- Leadership Coaching
- Team Building Workshops
- Career Development Communities
- Employee Engagement / Performance 
- The Predictive Index Software sales and client service - we are a PI Certified Partner.

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Leverage Seeker. Talent Concierge. Executive Coach.

I am Head of Professional Services at Lever Talent, a talent strategy agency. We help people find their leverage so they can achieve more than they could have ever imagined for themselves.

Meg Patel

Epic Special Education Staffing (formerly known as TherapyTravelers)

At Epic Special Education Staffing (formerly TherapyTravelers), our mission is to attract, empower, and retain the most dedicated special education professionals so that every student can reach their full potential. We are committed to making a meaningful impact on the lives of those who shape the future. By providing unparalleled support to educators facing the high demands of their roles, we ensure that they can focus on what matters most, helping students thrive.

As a Talent Acquisition Leader, I drive the strategy behind sourcing, recruiting, and retaining top-tier special education clinicians and educators. My role involves leading high-impact initiatives, optimizing recruitment processes, and fostering strong partnerships across Marketing, Business Development, and Client/Candidate Services to ensure sustainable growth.

A key part of my work is analyzing labor market trends on both a regional and national level to identify opportunities for talent acquisition and business expansion. I am responsible for ensuring that strategic goals align with our company’s annual budget and long-term objectives. Additionally, I oversee the Leads Management, Sourcing, Jr Recruitment, Campus Recruitment, Regional and National Recruitment Programs, ensuring our team remains innovative, agile, and aligned with the evolving needs of the education sector.

I am passionate about building strong teams, driving recruitment excellence, and creating opportunities for professionals who are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of students. Let’s connect and collaborate to elevate the future of special education staffing!

Vice President of Talent Acquisition Strategy & Recruitment 

Senior leader over recruitment, Registry, Banner Travel, New Nurse Experience (NNE), Onboarding, Center for Healthcare Careers (student programs to include Interns), for one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the country.  My team supports the entire enterprise of over 40,000 employees across six states, 28 acute-care hospitals, Health Network, Academic Division, Medical Group, long-term care centers and an array of other services including Banner Physical Therapy, Banner Urgent Care, Banner Imaging, Homecare & Hospice, Banner Pharmacy, Outpatient Surgery Centers, Telehealth, Laboratories, Behavioral Health, Banner Staffing Services Registry and Banner Travel. 

Expert level knowledge and accountable for planning, organizing and managing system-wide recruitment plans, projects and professionals. Continually assess workforce needs at all system levels and provide innovative recommendations to attract hires for the organizations hard-to-fill vacancies while accomplishing organizational goals. Engage, research and understand local, regional and national labor market trends, integrate ideas, listen and collect suggestions while developing corresponding sourcing and recruitment solutions to drive down volumes. 

Collaborate closely to build and execute diverse recruitment marketing strategies for all recruitment divisions at Banner considering unique specialties, regional and enterprise challenges. Hiring events, fairs, industry activities, campus recruitment, marketing & sourcing campaigns through targeted mixed media platforms. Focused hiring blitzes to include onboarding hires for Registry, New Grads, and high volume in a remote environment.  

Strong utilization and understanding of data analytics to tell the entire recruitment story. Ability to decipher data, create reports, and communicate by data visualization for complex recruitment and workforce trends. Scorecards, auditing tools, and training resources to support metrics and deliver top results.

Senior Director, Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Operations

What began as a stretch assignment, turned into my becoming the recruitment SME (Subject Matter Expert) for the Enterprise and Talent Acquisition of all merger and acquisitions between 2014 - 2021. This work was completed in tandem with my primary assignment.

Successfully supported over 18 mergers & acquisitions during this timeframe. Varied sizes from 10 team members in smaller medical practices to over 9,000 employees in the Academic & UAHN division acquisition. 

Navigated the recruitment, onboarding/preboarding, student affiliations, aspects of the conversions of Applicant Tracking System (ATS), internal transfer process & exceptions, creative primary source verification developments, Career Transition Program (CTP) collaborations, one of the original co-creators of 'Banner HR Days' concept for Banner Health, creator of the standardized recruitment process for the HR Playbook. 

Primary trainer and responsible for recruitment process training to all new stakeholders, Leadership, HR Business Partners, & Recruitment teams. Mentor, trainer & communicator to current Banner Health Team Members on exception processes for acquisition & mergers. Introductions, Mentor, and Recruitment Buddy to new recruitment team members to ensure success and education of the Banner processes and understanding the complexities of the Banner Health Network.

Team Lead, Mergers & Acquisitions, Talent Acquisition

Lead top performing recruitment team, managing the recruiting efforts across 3 Divisions, 7 Service Lines, Health Plan, and Medical Group for both Arizona and Academic Regions at Banner Health supporting 40,000 employees. Supporting our Academic Division, Homecare & Hospice, Behavioral Health Hospital, Care Transition Division, Banner Pharmacy, Banner Medical Group & Banner University Medical Group, Banner Health Network & Health Plan, University Physicians Health Network and Casa Grande Medical Center. 

	Develop & execute recruitment strategies to drive down high vacancy volumes across organization 
	Provide operational leadership for company-wide recruitment activities 
	Continuous quality improvement to standardize the recruitment process 
	Collaboration with Stakeholders, Leaders, & Business Partners to execute strategies    
	Create & monitor metrics reports that measure recruitment activity & productivity for enterprise
	Mentor recruitment team on recruitment standardizations and recruitment processes

Director of Recruitment, Integration & Community Delivery

Responsible for the recruitment of leadership, clinical (Life Sciences, Ancillary and Nursing), and administrative positions ranging from entry level employees, RN’s, Mid-Level Providers and Director level positions.  Service Line Recruiter: Pharmacy, Therapy (Physical, Speech, Occupational), WIS/NICU/PICU/Peds 

Accomplishments: 
	'New Grad 100' Event, June 2013 & June 2014.  Our amazing recruitment team successfully exceeded our new graduate RN hiring goals each year. I was awarded the opportunity to plan, organize and ultimately lead this exciting event for Banner Health. It began as an opportunity to support, and then I ended up leading the events. 
	Influenced change while we centralized and standardized recruitment process. Collaborated with Leaders and hiring teams to identify qualified and professional applicants to fill their open vacancies. Creative strategic planner for future growth and needs. 
	Team Trainer, Mentor & Recruiter Buddy. Responsible for training newly hired and promoted Recruiters to our Talent Acquisition Team. Trained 16 new Recruiters, all successful in the role. Some Recruiters promoted to leadership roles within our team, as well as outside of the organization. 

Theresa’s Recruitment Statistics (Banner Health):
2014: 579 Filled Vacancies 	          2011: 306 Filled Vacancies
2013: 549 Filled Vacancies	          2010: 245 Filled Vacancies
2012: 491 Filled Vacancies 	          2009: 162 Filled Vacancies

Healthcare Recruiter

As a stretch assignment, I managed & lead projects of process improvement delegated by the Vice President of Talent Acquisition. Collaborated with cross-functional teams within Banner Health. 

Accomplished Projects: 
o	Implemented & Executed Exit Interviews for Enterprise
o	Internal Transfer Process Improvement
o	Job Screening Question Standardization
o	Employee Referral Program Refresh & Blitz
o	Interview Notes Storage Solution & Repository
o	Training & Education for Talent Acquisition Recruiters
o	Interview Process Improvement & Standardization for Enterprise

Project Manager & Process Improvement, Talent Acquisition

Recruiter, Healthcare & Corporate (Formerly Sun Health, Boswell & Del Webb Medical Center)

IASIS Healthcare

Recruiter, Healthcare & Corporate

A strategic, innovative, and collaborative Executive Leader in Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Strategy, Sourcing, Marketing, HR Compliance, Operations, and Student Affiliations & Programs, with over 25 years of diverse experience spanning Healthcare, Human Resources, Leadership, and Recruitment.

A trusted business partner and influencer, I lead with integrity, customer focus, and operational efficiency. My expertise includes strategic workforce planning, project management, process optimization, and employer branding, with a proven track record of implementing successful recruiting and sourcing initiatives.

As a versatile leader, I am passionate about mentoring, coaching, and building high-performing teams. I specialize in developing and executing forward-thinking talent strategies, leveraging data-driven insights to attract and retain top talent. I am responsible for planning, organizing, and managing large-scale recruitment initiatives, while fostering strong, collaborative relationships with stakeholders at all levels, both nationally and globally.

Let’s connect and explore how we can drive talent acquisition excellence together!

Theresa M.

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