Stacey Bossard, Abe Taleb & Marcos Salazar

Teaches at Be Social Change

Stacey Bossard, Chief Operating Officer, Hirepurpose

Stacey Bossard is Chief Operating Officer of Hirepurpose, a NY-based B Corp that helps transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses find careers they love. Stacey has a background in marketing at both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, including The Wall Street Journal Digital Network and The College Board. She holds an MBA from NYU Stern with specializations in Marketing and Social Impact & Innovation.


Abe Taleb, Chief Executive Officer, ReWork

Abe Taleb co-founded ReWork to put the best talent to work on the world's biggest issues. In the past four years, he has overseen over 300 searches and interviewed over 2,000 people. He realized his knack for recruiting when he was tasked with Collegiate Recruiting for an internet company; it helped that this recruiting took place at his alma mater, R.I.T. He loves working with talent. When he is not on the phone with clients or candidates, you can find him on the soccer field or home with his wife Jane and their cat Beets.


Marcos Salazar, Co-Founder + Executive Director, Be Social Change

Marcos Salazar is a social entrepreneur, career + life coach, consultant, speaker, and community builder. His passion is working with professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives to help them pursue work they are passionate about, build authentic personal brands, become financially successful, and create lives that make the world a better place. He does this through 1-on-1 coaching, nonprofit and businesses consulting, and on a larger scale as Co-founder + Executive Director of Be Social Change where he’s built the largest social impact community and professional development hub in New York City. Marcos earned a B.A. in Psychology from Amherst College as well as a Masters in Organizational Management and an Executive Leadership Coaching certificate from The George Washington University. Marcos is a board member of the Young Professionals Nonprofit Network and an American Express Leadership Academy Fellow. You can learn more about him at www.MarcosSalazar.com.