KRISTEN HALLBERG REAVIS
Charleston
Summary
Dynamic talent acquisition executive with extensive experience in scaling organizations through strategic recruitment and workforce planning. Successfully led end-to-end hiring processes, enhancing candidate experience and retention, while directing a remote team to support agency growth and operational excellence.
Overview
1
1
Certification
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President, Talent, Culture & Growth
Megawatt
01.2020 - 01.2023
- Co-founded agency and led talent acquisition, people operations, and organizational growth initiatives, driving overall agency strategy.
- Led full-cycle recruitment for 26 W-2 employees and 14 contractors across 11 states and four countries.
- Built and maintained diverse talent pipelines while partnering with executives on workforce planning, recruiting forecasts and hiring budgets.
- Managed end-to-end hiring process encompassing sourcing, screening, structured interviews, candidate communications, offer management, onboarding, and retention to enhance candidate experience.
- Designed interviewer certification and hiring manager training that improved consistency, fairness and candidate experience.
- Directed a remote cross-functional team of 15+ supporting recruiting, onboarding, professional development and culture initiatives.
- Implemented performance management and retention systems that facilitated agency growth during acquisition phase.
- Facilitated acquisition transition to LaunchSquad.
Senior Director of Advancement
Teach For America South Carolina
01.2017 - 12.2017
- Collaborated with executive leadership to drive organizational growth and enhance stakeholder engagement through cross-functional initiatives.
- Contributed to talent strategy and operational planning within mission-driven nonprofit, aligning resources with organizational goals.
- Developed strategic partnerships with local organizations to enhance educational opportunities.
Director of Advancement
YES Prep Public Schools
01.2012 - 12.2017
- Led a team responsible for a $5M annual fundraising portfolio while supporting a $75M capital campaign.
- Managed complex projects and events, collaborating cross-functionally to serve over 15,000 participants.
- Implemented Salesforce CRM and trained staff, enhancing reporting and operational workflows.
- Recruited, hired, onboarded, and developed five full-time employees to enhance team capabilities.
Interim Director of Communications & Marketing
YES Prep Public Schools
- Led communications during executive transition, developing organization-wide initiatives for training and engagement.
- Coordinated press releases to share important updates with local media.
- Coordinated press releases to share important updates with local media.
Project Engineer
ExxonMobil Development Company
- Engaged international stakeholders and coordinated cross-functional engineering initiatives to align project goals.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure project alignment.
- Coordinated project schedules and resources for engineering initiatives.
- Analyzed technical specifications to support engineering decisions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Civil & Environmental Engineering
Rice University
Houston05-2010
Skills
- Talent acquisition strategy
- Full-cycle recruitment
- Executive hiring partnerships
- Diverse talent pipelines
- Candidate experience
- Structured interviewing
- Workforce planning
- Recruiting budget forecasting
- Remote team leadership
- Performance management
- Applicant tracking systems: Greenhouse, BambooHR, JazzHR, Workday
- CRM implementation
- Fundraising strategy
- Capital campaigns
- Stakeholder engagement
- Event planning
- Nonprofit leadership
Leadership And Community Engagement
- Board Member, Bloomsbury Farm School (Co-founder)
- Board Member, Buist Foundation
- Rice University Annual Fund Advisory Board
- CCSD Public Schools Substitute Teacher
Certification
- Certified Orton-Gillingham Reading & Academic Math Practitioner
- Fierce Conversations Facilitator
- Racial Equity Institute (REI) Phase I
Additional Leadership Experience
- Interim Director of Communications & Marketing, YES Prep Public Schools, Directed communications during executive transition and developed organization-wide communications and training initiatives.
- Project Engineer, ExxonMobil Development Company, Led international stakeholder engagement and coordinated cross-functional engineering initiatives.
Executive Competencies
- Full-Cycle Recruitment
- Talent Acquisition Strategy
- Executive Hiring Partnership
- Diverse Talent Pipelines
- Candidate Experience
- Structured Interviewing
- Hiring Manager Training
- Workforce Planning
- Recruiting Budgets & Forecasting
- Remote Team Leadership
- Performance Management
- Change Management
- ATS: Greenhouse, BambooHR, JazzHR, Workday
- Salesforce
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft Excel
Timeline
Vice President, Talent, Culture & Growth
Megawatt
01.2020 - 01.2023
Senior Director of Advancement
Teach For America South Carolina
01.2017 - 12.2017
Director of Advancement
YES Prep Public Schools
01.2012 - 12.2017
Project Engineer
ExxonMobil Development Company
Interim Director of Communications & Marketing
YES Prep Public Schools
Bachelor of Science - Civil & Environmental Engineering
Rice University