Again this year, we've invited Pinnacle Society members to share their tips and tricks for becoming the very best in the business. Young professionals and seasoned recruiters alike will benefit from attending this panel discussion. This is one of our best training events--hope to see you there!

An Afternoon With Pinnacle Society

November 7, 2024  -  3:00PM-6:00PM

Cost to Attend: Members $25, Nonmembers $50

Ticket includes food and beverage

Meet the Panelists

Rich Bradley, Executive Recruiter, Pinnacle Society, TeamBradley Inc.

Rich Bradley has been in the recruiting industry for over 41 years as a recruiter, mentor, trainer, & leader. He’s also been a member of the Pinnacle Society for 26 of those years. He was a past board member with ISSA for many years prior to moving to Florida 10 years ago. He specializes in IT recruitment for clients mostly in the Chicagoland area in both the contingency and retained marketplaces. Consistently personally billing over $1 million each year, Rich credits his success to a detailed plan, hard work, and surrounding himself with an awesome team. He believes the key to long-term success is the art of building lasting business relationships. By keeping an eye on the marketplace for changing trends and focusing on making excellent culture matches, he consistently delivers top-quality candidates to his clients.

With deep roots in the Chicago area and an extensive candidate network, Rich works on IT opportunities at all levels from support to executive roles and everything in between. Organically, over the last few years, Rich has moved towards a heavier focus on leadership and executive-level roles. 

Rich is a sought-after speaker and training facilitator in the recruiting field, and his passion to give back to an industry that has given him so much has him regularly on the road and online sharing his expertise.

Brooke Ziolo, President/Executive Recruiter, Egret Consuting Group

Brooke Ziolo joined Egret Consulting in 2008 as an Executive Recruiter and excelled. She became a Partner in the firm in 2013 and the Managing Director in 2016. In 2019 Brooke purchased Egret from Ted Konnerth and is now the President & CEO. Brooke was also inducted into the Pinnacle Society, the top 80 industry leading recruiters in North America, in 2016. Brooke holds a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Illinois.

Brooke is exclusively a Lighting Recruiter who works with manufacturers and distributors of lighting and LED fixtures, lamps, ballasts, drivers and lighting controls; as well as lighting design firms, MEP firms, architectural engineering firms, consulting engineering firms, independent rep firms, and ESCOs. Brooke’s experience in all facets of the lighting industry allows her to quickly assess her clients’ needs and identify the right talent.

Brooke recruits for individual contributor roles to VP and C-Suite level positions in functional disciplines including Sales (calling on specifiers, contractors, distributors, OEM’s, ESCOs, end users, national accounts, showrooms, etc.), Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, Operations, Branch Management, Quotations, Project Management and more. Additionally, Brooke is responsible for all of Egret’s lighting design clients and has an extensive network of Lighting Designers (junior, senior, associate and principal level), project managers and management professionals.

Kris Holmes, Best Selling Author, Executive Recruiter, Pinnacle Society, Partner, O'Connell Group

Kris Holmes is an executive recruiter and partner at O’Connell Group, a leading executive search firm in consumer marketing and market research. With more than twenty-five years of experience, she is also a member of the Pinnacle Society, the premier consortium of industry-leading recruiters in North America.

Kris has counseled tens of thousands of candidates in setting goals and leveraging their strengths. Before shifting to recruiting, Kris worked for a decade in consumer marketing with major corporations like Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods, and Ralston Purina. She’s a graduate of Tufts University and has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern.

In 2020 she also became the author of a bestselling book, Ignite Your Career! Strategies and Tactics to Unleash Your Potential. It has helped thousands of professionals figure out how to align their careers with their strengths and how to attain the jobs they want. She is currently working on her 2nd book, Reignite Your Career! which will be very relevant in today’s marketplace.