Jessica Lee is a senior employment manager for APCO Worldwide, a privately held, global communications and management consultancy based in Washington, D.C. She serves as an internal strategic human resources business partner, provides consultative advice to all levels of staff and manages APCO’s recruitment activities ranging from university relations to employment branding initiatives. Prior to joining APCO, Jessica held progressively responsible human resources roles in both the public and private sectors. In addition to recruiting, her experience includes benefits administration, harassment investigations, application tracking system implementations and HR policy development making her a true generalist.

Jessica is also an active member of the human resources and recruiting social media community as editor of the blog Fistful of Talent where she and her colleagues write on a variety of topics related to talent management. She is a sought after speaker delivering talks at both national and local HR conferences and was recently named one of the top 100 influencers in HR and recruiting by recruitingblogs.com.

Jessica is an alumni of the University of Washington where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a concentration in Labor Studies. She has previously been certified as a professional in human resources certification by the Human Resources Certification Institute.