Dr. Stephanie Hodge, SPHR, is CEO and Principal Consultant for Essex Consulting, LLC; a certified woman owned-small business, providing executive coaching, human resource, and business consulting for small and mid-sized companies. She has over 24 years of global HR experience leading teams in North America, Canada, and South America, in the financial services, software/technology, and non-profit industries.

Stephanie is known as a transformational leader with experience facilitating change and growth in performance management, talent development and succession planning, and strategic HR management. Stephanie serves as a trusted advisor and coach to CEOs and senior leadership. Under her leadership, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta was the proud recipient of the “2016’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” award.

Stephanie’s philosophy is to help businesses develop and execute strategies that achieve organizational success through the development of their people. Stephanie enjoys aligning people with strategies that support business goals, adding a personal touch by utilizing her HR expertise to resolve business challenges.