Aligning People and Purpose: A Framework for Assessing and Improving Your Talent Strategy

Zoe Burrow is Director of Partner Development at Seramount. In her role, she partners with organizations to develop and implement creative solutions that enhance employee experience, engagement, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

Before joining Seramount, Zoe spent most of her career in the healthcare industry, including 4.5 years at the Advisory Board, where she specialized in delivering strategy, operations, and HR research solutions to large hospitals and health systems.

Zoe holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Richmond. She lives in Richmond, VA, with her husband and enjoys reading, running, and discovering new restaurants.

Zsofia Duarte is a Director of Consulting at Seramount, bringing a rich background in social research, policy, and advocacy with a focus on contemporary social issues. During her tenure at Seramount, she has led numerous high-impact global workplace assessments, aimed at evaluating and enhancing workplace equity across private, public, and governmental sectors. Zsofia excels at identifying cultural challenges within organizations and providing actionable, transformative solutions.

Prior to joining Seramount, Zsofia worked at JUST Capital. There, she worked on the human rights research team developing innovative research plans and generating dynamic research insights on how the U.S.’ top 1,000 companies are managing the human rights and community impacts of their business operations, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Prior to her time at JUST Capital, Zsofia was selected for a graduate placement at the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, a leading research center committed to disrupting generational poverty through research, policy, and action. There, she harnessed both research findings and a community collaborative approach to help develop and implement services grounded in evidence-based practices and stakeholder investment.

Zsofia was awarded an MS from Columbia University and a BA with Honors from Bates College. She currently lives in NYC and finds any excuse to travel, try a new sport, or find live music.

Rumbi Petrozzello is the Head of Strategy, Consulting at Seramount. Previously Rumbi was the principal of Rock Consulting and with Aon’s Cyber Solutions. At Aon, she directed the career-development arm of the company’s Women in Cyber program, also serving as a leader in the organization’s Asian and Pacific Islander employee resource group. Leveraging training on building racial equity, through Race Forward, Rumbi led Courageous Conversations on antiracism and racial equity and, as a certified facilitator, led sessions on activating allyship and leading inclusively. Rumbi is certified in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion though Cornell University.

A Past President of the New York State Society of CPAs, in 2021, Rumbi became the first woman of color elected to serve in that role in the organization’s 125-year history. In 2024, Rumbi joined the board of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (the Association), thus also joining the board of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). The Association is the world’s leading professional accounting associations, serving over 600,000 members.

Rumbi has been recognized and honored for her DEI work and has been on countless panels. She has also been interviewed by numerous news outlets such as The New York Times, New York Post, CBS, and The Rachel Maddow Show.

A graduate of Mount Holyoke College, in Massachusetts, Rumbi received a BA in economics, and then went on to the University of South Africa, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting science. She is a certified public accountant, is certified in financial forensics, and is a certified fraud examiner. Rumbi and her husband live in Arverne, New York, where he surfs and she runs. She also loves reading, podcasts, all manner of sport, and traveling. Rumbi dreams of becoming a Double Dutch skipper one day.