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We don't hire trainers. We hire experts in human capital management who happen to be phenomenal teachers.

AIRS® Trainers are all seasoned recruitment professionals with hands-on experience and cutting-edge technical skills. Our trainers are full-time AIRS staffers who contribute to research and course development in addition to teaching public seminars, corporate training events and e-learning classes. If you have attended AIRS training or a sponsored recruiting event, you may already know some of them!

Our Trainers are a knowledgeable and valuable continuing resource for our alumni and friends. They are available by email or phone if you have questions or need help before or after your AIRS training

Lisa Brusack
Senior Trainer and Learning Specialist
Lisa Brusack comes to AIRS with a strong background in Human Resources, Training and Development, Recruitment and Operations. She has been in Human Resources Management on a national level for over 15 years. Her recruiting career began with Carlson Wagonlit Travel where she implemented and standardized the recruiting process in their corporate call centers across the United States.

Since joining AIRS, Lisa has delivered over 40 different courses across the nation in addition to conducting e-learning sessions. She has been a featured presenter at several regional and national recruiting and staffing organization events. With an energy and passion for people and learning, Lisa facilitates AIRS training with both public and private organizations to maximize recruitment processes and organizational effectiveness.

Lisa is the Corporate Outplacement Program expert where she develops and delivers training for managers administering transitions and is a career counselor for employees who are transitioning.

Lisa currently resides in St. Charles, Missouri and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Resources Management from Lindenwood University.

Kevin Crews
AIRS Trainer and Recruiting Specialist
Kevin Crews joins AIRS as a highly respected recruiter and trainer with over 20 years in the training and recruiting profession. Kevin brings a hands-on perspective of how to find purple squirrels in today's talent acquisition environment. Kevin attended Purdue University where he earned two undergraduate degrees, one in Education and one in Management. He also holds an MBA from Kent State University.

Beginning his career in computer programming, Kevin soon found himself working to build a training department and developing and teaching technical courses to an IT staff. Transitioning from training to recruiting for the IT team, Kevin found his passion for recruiting talent. As a recruiter, Kevin has hired and trained for Fortune 500 companies including Aon Hewitt, Discover, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Sears, OfficeMax, ALLTEL as well as the University of Chicago (NORC).

Kevin currently resides in Plainfield, IL (suburb of Chicago).

Tricia Gonzales
National Trainer and Recruiting Specialist
Tricia Gonzales comes to AIRS after spending five years with one of the fastest growing non-profits in the United States. Tricia started with the nonprofit, THINK Together as a Recruiting Manager and was quickly promoted to Recruiting Operations. Most recently Tricia served as the Director of Staffing where she was responsible for strategic planning, training and mentoring hiring managers and recruiters, social media strategy, and executive level searching. 

Prior to her time in the non-profit sector Tricia worked in the staffing agency environment for over five years. She started in the mid 1990’s with a small staffing firm and after one year she was recruited to work for Manpower Int’l, Inc. where she hired and placed candidates with large scale clients. After taking some time off to raise her family Tricia came back into the industry and was excited to utilize and develop recruiting methods that combined her educational background and recruiting experience with technology. 

Tricia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and a minor in Anthropology from Cal State Fullerton. She firmly believes in an anthropological approach to recruiting and in AIRS search techniques. Tricia took the AIRS Recruiting Academy during her time with THINK Together and immediately realized that she wanted to share this knowledge with other recruiters and be part of the AIRS team.
Laura Stoker
Executive Director of Global Training
Laura Stoker began her recruiting career as a researcher for executive search firms working on international and domestic projects. She has also worked as a Recruiter for J.D. Edwards in Denver, Colorado and as a Technical Recruiter for EMDS in Brussels, Belgium. She has been using AIRS techniques since she attended one of our first training classes in 1997 and now enjoys teaching the same knowledge to a new generation of Internet Recruiters.

Laura joined AIRS in August 2000, and is our international search expert and course developer. Since joining AIRS, she has trained numerous attendees and corporate clients from many different industries. She has also presented AIRS courses to attendees in a number of countries, including the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and Asia. She spent a year studying at the University of Tubingen in Germany and received her degree from the University of Southern Colorado.

Shannon Van CurenAIRS Trainer and Recruitment Specialist
Shannon Van Curen comes to AIRS with a strong background in technical recruiting and advanced sourcing.  Shannon brings a wealth of experience in sourcing, social recruiting, information retrieval, technical and passive candidate recruiting.   Shannon got her start in recruiting at Vanderbilt University as the first assistant swim coach for the reinstated women's swim team. After successfully recruiting many talented scholarship athletes, Shannon pursued recruiting with a local staffing firm and later with T-Mobile USA, Community Health Systems, and finally as Director of Recruiting/Training for Moxy.  Shannon is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she was a member of the varsity swim team and was a three-time Big Ten Champion and four-time NCAA All-American.
Stephanie Weiss
AIRS Trainer and Recruitment Specialist
Stephanie Weiss started her recruitment career at Lockheed Martin as the Intern Program Manager who recruited entry level candidates of all specialties and across the spectrum from non-technical to technical. She eventually moved over to experienced professional recruitment where she took great pleasure in finding highly cleared engineers of all disciplines for multiple sites. She discovered true satisfaction through creating the social media strategy for the leadership association within Lockheed Martin, and training her fellow recruiters on the newest technologies and search methodologies. Stephanie holds a BS in Psychology and a MS in Human Resources Management from Texas A&M University.

She is looking forward to working with you on your next search, and connecting with you in class.


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"I've been to many Internet recruiting courses and have had some great trainers. I truly believe AIRS has the best in the world! Thanks again for a great course. I always manage to learn something new." Bob Corbin, Verizon

"The AIRS Trainer had such great recommendations. It's obvious she knows her subject matter very thoroughly and works hard to stay current!" Jessica Donovan, Wonder Ware

"The SearchLab instructor, Lisa, was very easy to understand and follow. Things made sense!" - Julie MacFarland, Trinity Health

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