CHRO Panel: Human Centric. Future Ready
Turning Signature Insights into Action
Thursday, January 29, at 1:00 PM ET | 10:00 AM PT
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Panel Summary
As HR leaders continue to navigate complexity, transformation, and the evolving expectations of the workforce, Signature offered a powerful lens into what it means to lead with humanity. This CHRO panel will reflect on the most resonant themes, insights, and strategies shared during the conference, from AI adoption and leadership development to wellbeing, culture, and collaboration.
Join senior HR executives as they revisit the moments that mattered most, share how they’re applying learnings from the conference in their organizations, and explore what it truly means to build a human-centric, future-ready HR function. Whether you attended Signature or are looking to catch up on what you missed, this panel will recap the highlights and offer practical takeaways for your own HR journey.
Our panel of senior HR executives will:
Meet the panelists
Vernetta Purcell-Morrow
Chief Operating Officer
The Mecklenburg County Alcoholic Beverage Control
Vernetta Purcell-Morrow is a values driven, people focused leader who builds trust through empathy and quiet strength. She currently serves as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer for the Mecklenburg County ABC Board, where she oversees a $280M budget and leads cross-functional teams across 31 retail locations, Human Resources, warehousing and logistics.
View LinkedInTracy Pingel
Vice President Human Resources (Head of HR)
UniGroup
Tracy Pingel is a trusted Human Resources executive, strategic advisor, and leadership coach known for transforming people operations, elevating organizational performance, and guiding leaders through complex business change. With a career spanning global healthcare, logistics, private equity–backed, and Fortune 100 organizations, she brings deep expertise across HR business partnering, talent strategy, organizational design, culture transformation, and leadership effectiveness. Her hallmark is a collaborative, influential style that builds trust at every level—from Board members and CEOs to emerging leaders and front-line employees —while delivering practical, business-aligned solutions.
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Shazia Mazhar
Managing Partner
McLean & Company
Shazia is an accomplished leader with a powerful blend of business leadership and human capital expertise. As Managing Partner, Executive Services at McLean & Company, she partners with senior leaders to unlock organizational performance through strategic people practices that align with core business objectives.
View BioMatt Drappel
Senior Sales Director
McLean & Company
Matt Drappel brings a dynamic background to his role at McLean & Company. A former classically trained actor, Matt has spent the last 20 years building a diverse career — from performing around the world with his own theatre company to producing and hosting a nationally televised late-night talk show, even winning a reality TV competition along the way. His path eventually led him to sales, where he now channels his creativity, curiosity, and love of storytelling into helping HR leaders achieve their goals.
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