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Minneapolis (August 23, 2024) –Training magazine named the winners of its 2024 Emerging Training Leaders awards, recognizing 25 learning and development (L&D) professionals who empowered and engaged their organizations with exceptional leadership, business acumen, and game-changing training. The winners have been in the industry for two to 10 years and have demonstrated stellar leadership skills, teambuilding, strategic thinking, and training instincts.
These professionals will be profiled in the March 2025 issue of Training magazine and online at www.trainingmag.com. They also will be honored at an awards ceremony on February 18, 2025, at Disney World’s Coronado Springs Resort during the Training 2025 Conference & Expo in Orlando, FL.
All Emerging Training Leader candidates had to be nominated by co-workers or industry peers. TrainingEditorial Advisory Board members and the editor/publisher judged the 55 nominations and chose the 25 winners based on the following factors:
- Has been in the training industry for a minimum of two years but no more than 10 years
- Took on at least one new responsibility in the last year
- Successfully led a large-scale training/learning and development initiative within the last year that required management/leadership of a group of people and resulted in the achievement of a business/business unit goal (with results provided for Kirkpatrick Levels 3 or 4)
- Demonstrates specific leadership qualities
- Has the potential to lead the Training or L&D function at an organization in the next one to 10 years
In addition, Training created an “Emerging Training Leaders to Watch” list, which features five up-and-coming professionals who didn’t receive an award this year, but who are well on their way to becoming future Emerging Training Leaders.
The judges included:
Diane August, Chief Learning Architect, Nationwide
Brent Bloom, President, Consulting Service Solutions inc
Douglas Bryant, VP, Training, Sonic Automotive
Alison Bundgaard, AVP, Training, United Wholesale Mortgage
Tina Claure, Senior Learning Strategist and Curriculum Manager, Booz Allen Hamilton
Judy Claybrook, Senior Manager, Training and Development, Dollar General Corporation
Vicente Gonzalez, CLO/Director, Enterprise L&D, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Bruce I. Jones, former Senior Cast Development and QA Director, Disney Institute
Sarah Leddon, Senior Learning & Development Specialist, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World
Michael Orth, Senior Director, KPMG Business School – U.S.
Robin Renschen, Director, Learning and Development, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Catherine Rickelman, former Manager, IBM Learning
Stephanie Roldan, VP, Learning and Development, Rosendin
Debra Ross, AVP, Learning & Development, BNSF Railway
Lou Tedrick, VP, Global Learning & Development, Verizon
Marilyn Vertison, Assistant Manager, Learning & Development, Birmingham Water Works Board
Chris Werling, Senior Director, Transformation L&D Leader, PwC
Breanna White, Systems and Technology Trainer Team Lead, Medical Solutions
Lorri Freifeld, Editor/Publisher, Training magazine
“We salute the 2024 Emerging Training Leaders! They provide the spark for their organization’s growth and success—and their colleagues’ passion for continuous learning,” says Lorri Freifeld, editor/publisher of Training magazine. “They fearlessly tackle new projects; mix innovation and creativity; and empower their learners, direct reports, teammates, and colleagues to be their very best. We are proud to recognize these leaders and their stellar accomplishments.”
Training magazine’s 2024 Emerging Training Leaders are:
2024 TOP 5 WINNERS
Marielle Carroll, Training Manager, Huntington Learning Center
Jackie Clifford, L&D Manager – GTM Enablement, Indeed
Amanda Fullbright, Senior Vice President, Learning and Performance Development, Blue Sprig Pediatrics
Lauren Hoag, iLEAD Education Team Leader, ChristianaCare
Aly Kelsall Klein, Manager, Talent Development, Inspirato
2024 20 WINNERS
Maura Ayres, Director Learning & Development, JLL
Jennifer Baloun, Vice President, Sales/Marketing – Sales Manager, BankWest, Inc.
Jacquelynn Danek, L&D/FRU Manager, Frank, Rimerman + Co, LLP
Jill Donston, Sales Enablement Manager, Hayes Locums
Allison Dougherty, Lead Learning & Development Project Manager, LPW Training Services, LLC
Travis G. Evans, Manager Customer and Field Facilitation, Lowe’s Home Improvement
Lauren Fleming, Director, Global Enablement Programs, Veeam Software
Julie Larivee, Training Specialist II, AAA Northeast
Brian Long, Senior Manager – Instructional Design, Verizon
Tsvetanka Mavrodieva, Principal Learning Specialist, PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Tessa Miles, Learning and Development Coordinator, American Residential Services
Holly Peters, Senior Learning Experience Designer, Merck
Deborah Petru, Director, Talent Development, Heritage Communities
Joseph Pollard, Associate Director Training & Development, PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Elizabeth Powell, Manager, Leadership Development, The Haskell Company
Gabriela St Amand, GTM Lead, Multiplier
Sharon Thomas, Training Manager, CareMetx
Latricia Thompson, Circulation Supervisor, Downers Grove Public Library
Maria Jose Toro, Development Specialist II, Learning, Development & Engagement, The Haskell Company
Brian Ward, Senior Trainer – Training Delivery, Verizon
2024 EMERGING TRAINING LEADERS TO WATCH
Jessica Daly, Senior Instructional Designer, Credit Union of Texas
Katie P. Desiderio, Managing Partner, Proximal Development, LLC
Michelle Futo, Learning Strategy and Design Leader, Johnson & Johnson
Lisa McClure, Senior Manager Restaurant Training, Jack in the Box Inc.
Chris Von Helmst, Training and Development Specialist, Intek Plastics
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Training is a 60-year-old professional development magazine written for training, Human Resources and business management professionals in all industries that advocate training and workforce development as a business tool. Training also produces world-class conferences, expositions, and digital products that focus on job-related, employer-sponsored training and education in the working world. Training is published by Lakewood Media Group.
