Introducing the Amplify Academy Golf Cohort Guest Instructors (Feb 2023)
The Golf Cohort will include a collection of world-class global people leaders from Spotify, The Lego Group, Reddit, and Patreon.
I’m thrilled to introduce the next class of guest instructors for the upcoming Golf Cohort (February 2023) of the Amplify Academy!
About the Amplify Academy Cohorts
Traditional HR education and learning systems are largely rooted in legacy mindsets and practices. They’re not equipped to keep pace with the dynamic times we’ve experienced since the events of 2020 and beyond.
The Amplify Academy cohorts are a new approach to building readiness for modern HR and people operators through peer-based learning. They’re designed to build capability and connections through synchronous and asynchronous courses, resources, and a global community of peers working together to move the field of HR and people operations forward.
You can learn more about the cohort program here.
The Golf Cohort will be capped at 40 students, so be sure to secure your seat below before it sells out.
Get to Know Your Golf Cohort Guest Instructors
Katarina Berg - CHRO, Spotify
Katarina Berg joined Spotify as Chief HR Officer in 2013. She heads up the company’s global HR, Strategy Operations, and Workplace Solutions departments, leading the people strategy development and execution in the transition from startup to a mature international company.
Before Spotify, Katarina held high-profile HR roles in various multinational companies, such as Preem, Swedbank, Kanal 5 (SBS Broadcasting) and 3 (Hi3G Access)
As well as catering to the people needs of a diverse, nimble and ever-changing organization, Katarina is also focused on building teams and reinventing processes to establish an environment where creative and passionate people can be their very best, have fun and develop great careers.
Katarina also serves on the board of directors of recruitment tech startup Sqore, and the advisory board of directors for Swedish fitness magazine Topp Hälsa.
Outside work Katarina loves to spend time in the archipelago. When she is not eating her way into new cultures or cooking for friends and family, she dreams of the days back when she traveled the world whitewater rafting.
Loren I. Shuster - Chief People Officer & Head of Corporate Affairs
Loren joined the LEGO Group in 2014 as Chief Commercial Officer, bringing with him a range of experience including commercial, marketing, and general management. In 2017, Loren stepped into his current role as Chief People Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs of the LEGO Group. He brings to the role a unique blend of global commercial and marketing experience and a track record of building high-performing, global teams. In this role, Loren is responsible for the LEGO Group’s people agenda, environmental sustainability, social responsibility, government affairs, and corporate brand communications. He is also a Board Trustee of the Institute of Business Ethics in the UK. Before joining the LEGO Group, he held senior leadership positions within commercial and marketing at Google, and previous to that at Nokia and others. Loren holds an MBA and Executive Masters in Organisational Psychology from INSEAD and a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University.
Nellie Peshkov - Chief People Officer, Reddit
Nellie Peshkov is the Chief People Officer at Reddit overseeing People & Culture teams including Recruiting, HR, and Experience. Peshkov has more than 20 years of experience leading progressive HR organizations with a special emphasis on talent acquisition, HR business partnership, inclusion, talent management, and leadership development. She most recently served as the Vice President of Talent at Netflix where she led the company through massive growth over the course of five years and built workforces in more than 20 offices around the world. Prior to Netflix, Peshkov led HR and Global Talent Acquisition for Electronic Arts and Symantec.
Tiffany Stevenson - Chief People Officer, Patreon
Tiffany Stevenson is the Chief People Officer at Patreon. Over the last 15+ years, Tiffany has led talent management, D&I, learning, and community at Sephora and Box. Her drive to find what it takes to mobilize talent to come together and achieve a company strategy is what ultimately kick-started her career and it’s what has kept her motivated to this day. As our team continues to grow worldwide, we couldn’t be happier to have Tiffany on board to lead the way.
In her previous roles, Tiffany worked on expanding global teams while focusing on talent development, engagement, and culture. Her mission has always been to create healthy, thriving communities and now she’s bringing that energy to Patreon. “I am excited to take my experience thinking about community more holistically to see what we can build to help scale our mission in new ways,” she says.
Tiffany is invested in, and committed to, building better workplaces, and helping others do the same. She even launched a D&I tech community for Chief Diversity Officers to open up the conversation and support leaders in similar positions. Tiffany was also recently appointed Chair of the Advisory Board at Hitch (a talent mobility platform) and previously served on the National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the U.S. Department of Commerce, leading a Workforce Development task force.
I can’t wait for the Golf Cohort students to learn from these incredible leaders. If you want to secure your seat for the Golf Cohort, you can do so via the button below.
You can also learn more about the cohort program, including the curriculum, format, alumni reviews, and more here.