Talent Acquisition

The Talent Acquisition section of Human Resource Management acts as a strategic partner to departments and serves as a resource for recruiting and sourcing top talent at LSU. Through intentional recruiting, consulting, and marketing, this team supports LSU’s vision of being a leading research-extensive university to help solve the state’s economic, environmental and social challenges. 

Talent Acquisition offers several services including: job advertising suggestions, mock interviews, recruitment consultation, and more!

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Filling a Vacancy

RS 17:1826

Departmental Assignments

*Indicates some sub-unit(s) of the department fall under a different Talent Acquisition team member. 

Talent Acquisition Specialists Departments/Colleges Phone Email
Joyce Whitfield
Director

 

 225-578-8396 joycew@lsu.edu
Lauren Hensel
Manager

College of Music & Dramatic Arts
Office of the President
Office of Engagement, Civil Rights, and Title IX
Office of Human Resource Management
Advisor for other LSU Campuses

 225-578-8286 lfoster1@lsu.edu
Charles Phillips
Business Partner

School of Veterinary Medicine

 225-578-4927 cphillips4@lsu.edu
Morgan Bell
Senior Talent Strategy Partner

Campus Safety, Emergency Preparedness & Emergency Response (CSPER)
College of Human Sciences & Education
University Lab School
Exectuive Search Support 

 225-578-7337 mbell20@lsu.edu
Joseph Dunbar
Senior Talent Strategy Partner

Facility and Property Oversight
College of Science
Exectuive Search Support

 225-578-5492 jdunbar@lsu.edu
Dani Escobedo
Talent Operation Specialist 

Office of Academic Affairs/Office of the Provost
Academic Affairs Programs
LSU Online
College of Art & Design
College of Coast & Environment
Office of Communications & University Relations
E.J. Ourso College of Business 
Law Center 
Manship School of Mass Communications

 225-578-4985 descobedo@lsu.edu
Rayana Fisher
Talent Operation Specialist 

College of Agriculture
Athletics
College of Engineering
Office of Research & Economic Development (ORED)
Student Affairs

 225-578-3597 rfisher@lsu.edu
Gabrielle Hutchinson
Talent Operation Specialist 

Office of Enrollment Management
Finance & Administrative Services (other than FPO)
College of Humanities & Social Sciences

 225-578-8779 ghutch7@lsu.edu
Makayla Holden
Talent Acquisition Analyst 

Workday Transactions
NextSource
Wages as Earned Transient Employees
Co – SME Role 
Data Support

 225-578-2064 mholden1@lsu.edu
Sydney Outen
Comp/Talent Analyst 

Workday Transactions
Data Support

 225-578-1726 sydney.outen@lsu.edu