Khalisha Greenlaw, Director, Recruiting Services

Khalisha joined Stanford Medicine Talent Acquisition Team in June 2022.  Khalisha brings 16 years of Talent Acquisition and HR experience in the healthcare industry.  She was recently at Humana, a Fortune 50 company for over 10 years where she grew her TA and HR career from Senior Clinical Recruiter to Talent Acquisition Manager to Lead HR Business Partner.  She also worked for the largest health system in Indiana, IU Health as a Physician Recruiter.

Currently, Khalisha manages the Recruiting Services team at Stanford Medicine that focuses on attracting top talent in Research, Finance, and Administration.  Khalisha received her Master's in Healthcare Administration from George Washington University and a Bachelor's in Business Administration from Marian University.  Additionally, Khalisha is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). 

Contact: kgreenla@stanford.edu

Deborah Valchar, Recruiting Business Partner

Deborah Valchar joined Stanford’s Talent Acquisition team in February 2021 where she has been the Recruiting Business Partner for the Cancer Clinical Trials Organization (CCTO). Prior to joining the Stanford School of Medicine, Deborah’s career spans more than three decades in both Executive Search Consulting and Corporate HR. She held positions in Corporate Staffing with Huron Consulting Group for 8 years and prior to that, North Highland Consulting, Deloitte, JPMorgan Chase and special consulting to Wells Fargo/Wachovia. Her focus has been to recruit for various industries such as Health Care, Corporate Finance, and Global Wealth Management. In 1992 Deborah also founded her own search firm servicing the global markets for 10 years. 

Her academic grounding includes a BA degree in Business Administration from The University of Wisconsin along with various courses in Banking from the Strobel School of Finance. 

Contact: dvalchar@stanford.edu

Jenny Chen, Talent Business Partner

Jenny Chen joined the Talent Acquisition Team in February 2019.  She brings more than 20 years of experience in human resources and project management.  Prior to Stanford, School of Medicine, Jenny spent several years as a consultant to various high-tech companies in California.  In her current role as a Talent Business Partner, Jenny enjoys building relationships with departments, facilitating training, leading/supporting operational programs, and being actively involved in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.  She holds a B.S. in Human Development from the University of California, Davis. 

Contact: jennyjchen@stanford.edu

Casey Kipple, Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Casey joined the Recruiting Services team with the School of Medicine in June 2022. She brings over 12 years of experience in recruiting and started her career in the aerospace industry in 2010, where she led the college recruiting and internship program for Orbital Sciences Corporation. She then took the next step in her career and joined the University of Colorado Boulder Talent Acquisition team in 2016. During her time at CU, she supported a variety of departments with full life cycle recruiting support for staff and research faculty roles as well as executive recruitments. Additionally, she led DEI training for faculty and staff on best practices during the recruitment process. 

Casey has a BA in English with a Minor in Theatre, from McDaniel College. She has experience with full life cycle recruiting, executive, engineering, research faculty, technical, business operations, finance, human resources, clinical research, and administrative roles. In her free time, she enjoys gardening and fly fishing.

Contact: caki0214@stanford.edu

Darcye Cole, Talent Acquisition Sourcing Specialist

Darcye has extensive recruiting experience directly related to Healthcare. She graduated from Spelman College with a Bachelor's in Political Science and Public Health. She also earned a Masters's in Public Health from the University of Texas, Houston. Darcye started gaining experience in Public Health by working for Booz Allen Hamilton, the CDC, and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. With a healthcare industry background, she transitioned into a  recruiting role with a small boutique firm, sourcing and recruiting in IT, Pharma and Biotechnology. 

Contact: darcyec@stanford.edu