Leaf Group announced the appointment of Ilona Jurkiewicz to the role of Senior Vice President, People. Jurkiewicz will oversee the company's People team, including recruitment, benefits, human resources, and internal communications. She joins a team that was awarded “Best Company Culture” and “Best Company Leadership” by leading workplace culture website Comparably.

As the former Head of Human Resources at Xandr, a business unit within Warner Media and AT&T, Jurkiewicz served as the strategic people strategy partner, handling the full HR lifecycle for a global team. She served as the HR deal lead in the successful sale process of Xandr to Microsoft, including leading the integration of teams as the deal closed in Second Quarter 2022. Prior to Xandr, Jurkiewicz spent over a decade at Thomson Reuters, where her complete redesign of the recruiting process led to the appointment of significantly higher quality candidates.

She also implemented a series of strategic partnerships focused on early career development and retention, delivering a 250% increase in applicant numbers in the UK division by piloting a new school engagement strategy, social media campaign, and targeted recruitment initiatives.