About Converge HR
Excellence.
We develop innovative solutions that foster business agility in a competitive marketplace.
Teamwork.
We build productive, long-term relationships with our clients, our staff, and our partners founded upon mutual respect and collaboration.
Integrity.
We deliver services with courage, care, compassion, and commitment.
Meet Our Team
Mark Izzo
Jennifer Adams
Jennifer has been working with Converge for 10 years now and in HR for over 20 years. She is an experienced generalist, she especially enjoys working with clients to help them procedurally align with their culture and values. She also has a rich history of helping organizations forge healthy relationships with their staff through implementing effective employee relations strategies. When not at work, Jennifer enjoys juggling the life of her three children while spending time with them and her hubby.
Anna Ehlenberger
Kara Peiffer
Kristina Kubach
This experience was foundational to her moving to Penn Medicine’s HR team. Kristina quickly became the lead for onboarding for this large healthcare system. During this time, she was also point on HR inquiries via phone and email for over 3,000 employees, as well as involved in major HR initiatives such as Diversity and Inclusion and the transition of their HRIS system.
Kristina graduated from Temple University with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management. In Kristina’s free time, she enjoys spending time with her dog, family and friends, cooking, outdoor activities, and exploring Philadelphia.
Dave Forbes
Dave has a deep recruiting background with both corporate and agency environments. He has hired positions from front-line workers to C-suite executives. Dave holds certificates in Certified PI Analysis, and DDI Behavioral-Based Interviewing. He has managed as many as 70 open positions at once, and filling over 280 positions in a single year He graduated from the University of Rochester with Bachelor’s degrees in History and Russian. In his free time he enjoys cooking, gardening, hiking and amateur photography.
Erika Portolese
Erika graduated from the State University of New York at Albany, where she received a degree in both Marketing and Finance. She began her career in finance, and then moved into sales at a Fortune 500 company. It was there that she spent 8 years in progressively responsible positions from Territory Sales Manager, to Unit Manager, Operations Manager, and Recruiting Lead. She also spent time raising her family and getting involved in things like leading her daughter’s Girl Scout troop. While she enjoyed her time with her family, Erika is passionate about working in the business field. In her free time, Erika loves to cook, garden, and read.
Megan D'Ariano
Megan is an HR Associate at Converge HR Solutions. Before joining Converge, Megan worked with Federally Qualified Health Centers throughout the state of New Jersey, helping their HR Directors achieve their workforce goals and initiatives by assisting in writing comprehensive workforce plans, expanding their current workforces, and assessing their future workforce needs through strategic planning. Before that, Megan worked with the federal Ticket to Work Program. This program assisted individuals receiving SSI & SSDI to write individual work plans, address and overcome personal barriers, and secure employment. Through working with the beneficiaries, local employers, and the Social Security Administration, Megan assisted more than a hundred individuals with disabilities to gain full and part-time employment to become on the path to financial independence. She also provided training, coordinated career fairs, and worked with the Board of Social Services to coordinate and provide resources to those in acute situations. Megan has met with Members of Congress, Assemblymen and women, Senators, and other key community figures to address various community and individual needs for the clients and organizations she has served.
Megan also has prior experience working with member organizations and professional trade associations, nonprofit organizations, and traditionally disenfranchised individuals. She has a proven track record of acting with empathy and responsiveness, with an emphasis on building personal capacity.
Megan has an MPA and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Urban Studies, both from Rutgers University.
In Megan’s free time, she enjoys running full and half marathons, spending time with her nieces and nephew, family, and friends, and trying out local restaurants with her fiancé.
