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Barbara Strother is a talent acquisition professional with ten+ years of experience, including corporate recruiting, agency recruiting, and executive placement. She serves as Corporate Recruiting Manager for Aleron Group, a global workforce and business solutions company that builds relationships to empower the workplace. In addition, Barbara is a Talent Consultant with TalentRise, an Aleron company focused on executive search, organizational and talent effectiveness consulting, and leadership development. She is a member of Aleron’s DEI&B Steering Committee, which strives to advance a culture of inclusion and cultivate an environment that invites team members to bring their whole selves to work. As the Corporate Recruiting Manager, she partners with organizational leadership to integrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging behavioral expectations into recruitment, hiring, and workforce planning efforts.  

A graduate of Chatham University, Barbara holds a bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in African American studies. She completed a brain-based learning program on equity and social justice and continues to pursue self-awareness and DEI&B-related knowledge. Barbara believes that by educating yourself on your own identities, biases, and cultural practices, you can advance inclusivity in the spaces we occupy—including the home, the workplace, and most importantly, within ourselves. She lives in Clarence, NY, and she keeps busy with her three children and two dogs outside of work.