Welcome to DisruptHR/Charlottesville 2025!
Since 2018, DisruptHR/Charlottesville has inspired and united our community with visionary speaking events about the future of work.
The past five years' talks are posted here: https://disrupthr.co/vimeo-tag/disrupthrcville/
All ticket and concession sales benefit the positive changemakers of Computers4Kids as they combine mentoring and technology to prepare youth from low income families for brighter futures.
Join us on October 7th at Live Arts as we bring another unforgettable evening of mind-expanding, perspective-shifting ignite format talks to Charlottesville.
Doors open at 5:00 p.m. for a networking reception (the cost of each ticket includes open bar and heavy and hors d'oeuvres). Presentations will begin at 6:00 p.m. and conclude by 7:30 p.m., at which point we will adjourn to a post-event speaker meet and greet.
Our speaker lineup is:
- Denise Stewart, Writer/Actor/Speaker/Coach, Denise Stewart Coaching, Emcee
- Price Thomas, Executive Director, City of Promise
- Ameer Shakeel, Founder and CTO, Agropheres
- Wilson McLean, Director of Program Development, Culinary Concepts AB LLC
- Courtney Valladares, Human Resources Manager, UVA Foundation
- John Elder, Founder, Elder Research
- Johnny Jackson, Asistant Clubhouse Coordinator, C4K
- Allison Linney, Owner and President, Allison Partners, LLC
- Jorge Gutierrez-Luthe, Founder & CEO, Better Storytelling at Work
- Kimberlyn McDonald, Chief People Officer, Hospice of the Piedmont
- Sonny Abramson, Founder, wYrks collaborative
- Rachel Schnorr, US Director, Ad Net Zero
