Meet the Team
Jill Katz
Founder, Chief CandorCourageAndCare™ Officer
- My favorite music: Broadway, all the way!
- My proudest accomplishment: My kids. Every single day. Boy, am I proud.
- My fave four-legged creature: Callie Magnolia, my Beagle-huahua
- My zones of genius are: Connecting with people, writing silly jingles, and really cheesy puns
Jami Delaney
Chief Care Officer, People Strategy & Client Experience
- Unofficial title: The Doctor
- My retail therapy: Organization tools (pads, bins, labels!) and candles
- My idea of the perfect day: Organizing a few cabinets, shopping at Target, and then heading to the beach with a gourmet picnic that I prepared with friends and family
- My favorite part of working at Assemble: The swag! And #itsallaboutrelationships
Zamena Ladak
Vice President, Head of DEI & Business Development
- My go-to exercise: Spinning on my Peloton bike
- My proudeset accomplishment: being a Hijabi Vice President of a company that is bringing people focused leadership to the forefront of the workplace
- My favorite part of working at Assemble: The impact we have on our clients
Evie Suarez
Chief of Staff and Talent Strategist
- Unofficial title: Catch-All
- An unusual talent I have: I write upside-down
- Fun fact: I love creative writing, specifically sci-fi and poetry
- My zones of genius: Strategic problem solving, working with a team to create solutions, anticipating future issues to mitigate risks
Lauren Schept
Director, Human Resources & Talent Strategy
- My favorite type of music: Pop
- My proudest accomplishment: Becoming a mom
- My fave four-legged creature: My mini Bernedoodle, Quinn
- My zones of genius: Building relationships, helping people see their full potential, taking ownership for the things that matter most to me, spending time with family and friends, and planning vacations
Kelley O'Grady
Director, Talent Strategy
- My idea of the perfect day: Being somewhere new with my family.
- My retail therapy: Home decor
- Fun fact: We are UNC fanatics and love college basketball
- My favorite part of working at Assemble: Learning from the most talented leaders
Deb Josephs
Consultant
- My favorite type of music: Anything but country
- My retail therapy: Designer handbags
- My favorite junk food: Chocolate
- My favorite part of working at Assemble: The great energy from the team
Jenn Yee
Director of Learning & Development Experiences
- My proudest accomplishment: Raising good humans; becoming the first passport holder in my family
- An unusual talent I have: 100% of the time choose the exact right-sized Tupperware container for leftovers
- My favorite part of working for Assemble: Getting to shape my work-life integration
Priya Sodha
Learning and Development Facilitator
- Unofficial title: The Zumba Instructor
- My favorite music: Soca music, dancehall, reggae, Latin music, and afrobeats!
- My proudest accomplishment: Quitting a full time job to launch my own business in the pandemic
- My perfect day: Dancing on the beach on a Caribbean island
Kyle Elliott
Executive Coach
- Unofficial title: #AssembleNetwork Co-Pilot
- My idea of the perfect day: Spending the day at Disneyland
- My proudest accomplishment is: Being quoted in The New York Times
- My zone of genius: Connecting the dots between where you are and where you want to go
Jodi Remer
Manager, Human Resources & Talent Acquisition
- My proudest accomplishment: My two boys, Brady and Jackson
- My favorite music: Anything I can belt out my singing with!
- An unusual talent I have: Holding my sneezes in
- My favorite part of working at Assemble is: Working alongside such brilliant people
Kirsten Kalemba
Manager, People Operations
- My go-to exercise Running
- My proudest accomplishment: Being a mom and being a collegiate scholarship athlete
- My zones of genius: Investigating and strategic problem solving
- My favorite part of working at Assemble: Engaging with such amazing, dynamic team members
Julia Silva
Exec & Ops Admin
- Unofficial title: Master of Multitasking
- My retail therapy: I can’t stop buying throw pillows
- My go-to exercise: F45!!!
- My zones of genius: Supporting others. Organization. And soaking up all the vitamin D at the beach… does that count?
