Transform your workforce into your competitive edge
By focusing on strategic alignment, talent optimization and leadership development, we cultivate a people-first environment where innovation thrives and productivity soars. Partner with us to unlock the potential within your organization, fostering a culture of excellence and resilience that propels you to the forefront of your field.
Every federal agency has a unique workforce that strives to accomplish their missions daily. We specialize in sculpting a future-ready workforce, aligning visionary planning with transformative action to ensure your team is not just prepared, but thriving in the evolving federal landscape.
Embark on a strategic journey to revolutionize your workforce, fostering resilience and excellence at every level of government service.
Not only do we assist federal organizations by recruiting employees and helping individuals find new positions, but we also serve clients and communities through meaningful connections and program management.
We excel in assembling stellar teams by attracting exceptional talent, creating meaningful connections, optimizing staffing processes and crafting retention strategies that encourage enduring engagement. Partner with us for a workforce that is not just equipped for today but inspired for the tomorrows to come.
Spanning diverse populations, geographies and sectors, we bring results-oriented training and technical assistance to our engagements with the federal government and communities across the country. Using collaborative methods and modern technology, we provide you with optimized learning experiences and measurable outcomes.
Our capabilities include custom curriculum design, leadership training and coaching, training delivery and learning community management. We develop, execute and measure best-in-class learning and performance programs that maximize employee talent and produce lasting organizational change.
The new Supervisor Ready program prepared 600 participants for leadership roles in the first 18 months of the program.
READ ARTICLEAptive helps the Department of Veterans Affairs transform information technology (IT) practices.
READ ARTICLEStrengthening mentoring, promoting and hiring processes to develop and secure optimal talent.
READ ARTICLEAptive provides staffing, data analysis and administrative support for research studies.
READ ARTICLEA multi-modal approach attracts top-quality applicants.
READ ARTICLEAptive provides organizational development and engagement support through a changing environment.
READ ARTICLEKathryn (Kat) Dame oversees human resources, talent acquisition, learning and development, employee experience, internal resource management, quality and compliance to design and implement strategies that enhance the 500+ employee workforce’s capabilities, skills and performance. Kat has over 20 years of experience designing and implementing strategies to enhance employee’s experiences, capabilities, skills and performance. She also serves as the executive sponsor and co-founder of the 50+ member Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Group, working together to develop and execute a measurable and thoughtful DEI strategy focused on workforce diversity, workplace inclusion and sustainability and accountability. She is also the executive sponsor to the Aptive Cares program, which focuses on employee volunteers to support community engagement and service activities that align with our corporate values.
Emily is an experienced leader in contingent workforce solutions with robust skills in management, operations and leadership. She leads a nationwide staffing initiative for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) where she oversees a program management office and is responsible for organizing, directing and managing all aspects of contract operations. She also designs and implements innovative approaches to manage the 40+ partners, staffing agencies, clinical associations, credential verification organizations and universities that support the VHA initiative.
With a wealth of expertise spanning more than a decade, she has honed her abilities across several sectors. She has overseen portfolios of strategic workforce solutions clients for national hospitals and health systems made up of 150 hospital facilities. She leads cross-functional teams of client-facing individuals to provide exceptional service delivery to clients and collaborates across service lines to provide optimized workforce solutions.
In prior roles, Emily led Managed Service Programs for major health systems with close to 75 facilities across several states. She has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in contract renewals and grown revenue portfolios by 40% and business portfolios by over 350%. Emily specializes in building strong relationships and fostering long-term partnerships, actively participating in fundamental people and process strategy improvement initiatives.
Amelia Poling serves as the Director of People Operations at Aptive. She is responsible for leading Aptive’s overall Human Resources (HR) strategy, leadership development, cultural development, compensation and benefits, HR operations, employee relations and security. She works with corporate leaders to build and manage a people-first HR organization that reflects and supports their dynamic needs.
Amelia contributes to efforts that have resulted in: more effective and streamlined companywide talent acquisition and onboarding practices that better utilize technology; expanded hiring of Veterans; an initiative to harmonize compensation and benefit programs across the Company to promote efficient internal movement of talent; and more thoughtful, comprehensive talent development programs. One of her major contributions has been opening an important dialogue between Aptive and its employees through a comprehensive survey that engages employees at all levels and serves as the foundation for future change and progress related to people operations.
Amelia has worked with organizations such as the Department of Defense (DOD), Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). She has 12 years of experience building close, collaborative teams through transparent communication and individual empowerment. In prior roles, Amelia oversaw the delivery of risk communications instruction to identify and address concerns, communicate sensitive issues in a public forum and help identify the best formats to share information.
Amelia works to ensure that each department embodies a culture of respect, psychological safety, accountability and engagement across Aptive teams.
Abby Rosenberg helps clients address challenges, implement organizational improvements, communicate effectively and improve health care access and equity. With nearly 15 years of federal consulting experience, Abby leads technical assistance, health education, research and evaluation and program management projects, using data to drive decision-making and impact. She supports projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Defense Health Agency and Department of Health and Human Services.
Marisa Cole is a strategic powerhouse leading a team of creative thinkers and communicators in strategic engagement initiatives. She oversees project delivery, drives service offering maturation and conducts business development activities for a growing portfolio of contracts across the federal government, such as the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DOD). She is a skilled writer and facilitator with 20 years of experience mobilizing change in federal and health care environments. Marisa’s areas of expertise include managing strategic communications efforts and directing change management for large scale enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.
Throughout her career, Marisa has supported a wide variety of government clients, including DOD, VA, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Postal Service (USPS) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). She is highly skilled in cultivating trusting relationships with clients and colleagues and has a passion for clear communication and transformative change. Marisa’s prior roles focused on advising and coaching executive and mid-level leaders on communications and change management skills and techniques; creating innovative approaches to reach diverse, geographically-dispersed populations; and providing trusted guidance on communication, branding and marketing of organizational initiatives, policies and services. She has spent a significant portion of her career implementing and guiding change management strategy to transform large, integrated health care systems into high reliability organizations.
Jennifer Farrell is an innovative learning and development leader who strives to ensure employees have access to the best training and development resources to be successful in their jobs. At Aptive, she leads a team that creates and curates interactive and relevant standardized curricula for 500+ employees and implements learner-centered development initiatives throughout all levels of the organization, collaborating and consulting with business leaders to develop targeted training solutions.
Since her start with Aptive in 2022, Jennifer has established and successfully implemented a Learning Management System (LMS), five communities of practice, an executive coaching program, an internal training academy, administered the employee professional development stipend and managed a comprehensive budget for tools and resources. She also led the Veterans Training Program, comprised of transitioning military service members and Veterans who can pursue project management courses to receive certifications such as PMP, Agile and ITIL.
Throughout her career in government consulting, Jennifer ensured service delivery excellence for global learning and development contracts at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Labor and Department of Defense. She designed and developed a standardized curriculum in alignment with federal guidelines used by 200,000 servicemembers annually and trained hundreds of trainers on the subject matter and adult learning principles. Additionally, as a workshop facilitator, Jennifer coached 6,000 of America’s Veterans through their military to civilian career transition by delivering dynamic and educational planning workshops. She has developed quality assurance programs, prepared contract training infrastructure and materials, built standardized virtual training templates and delivered synchronous onboarding sessions.
Brett Sheats is a tactical leader with over 10 years of experience leading and supporting Veteran and disability initiatives in the consulting, government and non-profit sectors. At Aptive, Brett utilizes his strategic planning and project management skills to create course curricula and weekly materials and conduct classes for health employees.
Since starting with Aptive, Brett has used his expertise to support efforts with the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Labor and FBI. He strives to incorporate leadership and management lessons learned from the military, NGO, consulting, government and private sectors into crafting innovative solutions for his federal government clients.
Brett, a certified professional coach, deeply believes in the power of diverse teams and enjoys the challenge of cultivating and implementing effective workforce development initiatives. Prior to Aptive, he was a finance attorney for the law firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel in New York City and a commercial fisherman in Alaska (ask him about salmon recommendations).
Outside of Aptive, Brett serves on the board of directors for an outdoor recreational therapy non-profit focused on kayak fishing for Veterans, first responders and their families. He is a Veteran of the United States Army, serving as an airborne Field Artillery Officer from 2001 to 2005.
This webinar features a conversation on equality and equality with public health, diversity and inclusivity expert, Michelle Zamperetti. She has over 20 years of experience in the public health sector, provides change management initiatives to help organizations prioritize equity, diversity and inclusion as the Director of Learning and Transformation for CommonHealth ACTION.
Part of creating an equitable environment as an organization, Zamperetti says, is to identify individuals as “champions,” who are trusted and highly regarded by their peers to serve as a liaison between employees and leadership to voice concerns about equity and inclusion in the workplace.
Interested in updating your marketing, communications and advertising practices? We teamed up with Artemis ARC (through our Arrow ARC joint venture) to share key human-centered design principles that will help you build trust and better engage with your customers and clients.
This white paper, “Recruitment for Federal Agencies: How to Meet 21st Century Hiring Demands” takes a deep dive into the federal recruitment space, providing an action plan with carefully curated techniques on how to engage highly qualified candidates and hire top tier talent.
On this episode of Aptive Insights we’re exploring how working with health care staffing agencies offers hospitals the agility to meet fluctuating staffing needs, ensuring patient care remains uninterrupted and of the highest quality. These partnerships enable access to a diverse pool of qualified health care professionals, facilitating seamless integration into hospital teams and enhancing overall care delivery.
