Breakout

Jaclyn Renner

Director of Employee Experience, Mortgage Connect

Jaclyn Renner is the Director of Employee Experience at Mortgage Connect, where she is redefining how organizations connect, recognize, and engage their people—especially in a remote-first world.

She leads the strategy behind Connect+ (hosted on the Workhuman Platform!), a company-wide recognition and performance platform that reinforces culture through everyday moments of appreciation and feedback. Jaclyn is known for turning big ideas into actionable programs that drive engagement, strengthen culture, and improve retention.

Passionate about the intersection of recognition, leadership, and employee experience, Jaclyn partners with executives to build workplaces where people feel seen, valued, and inspired to do their best work.

Why attend

Sessions

Panel discussion

Wednesday, April 29, 2:00PM - 2:30PM

Designing Recognition That Scales: Real Stories from Organizations Getting It Right

SHOWCASE

For mid-sized and growing organizations, culture is shaped quickly and visibly. This panel brings together leaders from organizations that made a deliberate decision to introduce recognition as a way to strengthen connection, reinforce values, and guide their teams through change.

Panelists will share what prompted them to invest in recognition, how they approached getting it right from the start, and why embedding recognition into everyday leadership behaviors mattered more than one-off programs. Through real examples, the conversation will explore how recognition done right can create clarity, momentum, and meaningful impact across the organization, even with lean teams and limited resources.

Speakers to be announced.