The Team
Lauren Ovans, SPHR
Founder and Principal Consultant
Lauren Ovans is a seasoned HR and operations strategist with 15+ years of experience turning people challenges into growth opportunities.
She’s empowered Fortune 500 companies, innovative startups, and mission-driven organizations by bringing clarity, structure, and results to every engagement.
What She Does:
Founded ALO Perspective to deliver executive-level HR support to small and mid-sized businesses—without the overhead.
Her expertise includes:
Employee relations
Performance management
Organizational design
Strategic workforce planning
Why You’ll Love Working With Her:
Empathy meets business insight: Lauren skillfully blends a caring approach with sharp business acumen.
Trusted by leaders across industries to build strong teams and empower confident talent decisions.
Fun Facts:
Currently completing her MBA at Purdue University – always leveling up!
Fitness junkie and Dave Matthews Band fan.
Amy McDuffie-Blackett, PCC
Gallup Certified Strengths Coach | Certified Confidence Coach
Amy McDuffie-Blackett is a seasoned Career & Strengths Coach with 25+ years of experience turning talent challenges into growth opportunities.
She’s empowered diverse organizations—from technology and healthcare to government—by designing impactful coaching programs and facilitating strengths workshops that drive engagement and performance.
What She Does:
Designed and delivered high-impact coaching programs, including one-on-one coaching, Early Career Kick Start, and Career Advantage, to help individuals achieve their career aspirations.
Her expertise includes:
Career coaching and development
Employee engagement
Team performance facilitation
HR business partnership
Why You’ll Love Working With Her:
Empowering approach meets strategic insight: Amy skillfully combines her deep HR expertise with practical coaching techniques to help clients build confidence and achieve their goals.
Trusted by organizations to transform talent into growth and success.
Fun Fact:
Continuously growing her expertise—Amy holds multiple certifications in emotional intelligence, accountability, and dialogue facilitation.
Whitney Connelly, MBA, HCS
Talent & HR Strategy Consultant | 1: 1 Resume & Career Coach
Whitney Connelly is a seasoned Talent/HR consultant with 16+ years of experience identifying talent challenges and transforming them into opportunities for growth and development.
She’s empowered a diverse set of organizations – from Fortune 500 to healthcare to Big 4 accounting – by offering insights for organizations to optimize the unique strengths of their workforce enabling positive impact to team culture and operational success.
What She Does:
Builds teams’ culture and engagement by identifying the right skillsets and proficiencies needed to deliver high-impact work. Supports both business leaders and staff alike via one-on-one coaching, competency assessments, performance management, HR business partnership to achieve both individual career aspirations while driving business success.
Her expertise includes:
Competency modeling
Performance management
1:1 Career coaching and development
Onboarding and Training facilitation
HR Business Partnership
SOP and Handbook documentation
Why You’ll Love Working with Her:
Energy meets empathy meets talent insights: Whitney artfully brings her unique blend of energy and a “people first” approach to developing insightful recommendations to business leaders.
Builds personal, trusting relationships with both staff and leaders across industries to build strong partnerships leading to individual and business success.
Fun Facts:
Completed both her undergraduate and her MBA program each more than a semester early. (Why she was in such a rush for the “real world”, we still aren’t sure…)
She is a strong advocate of prioritizing mental health; for Whitney, that means you’ll often find her in the bootcamp-style workouts she loves, connecting with friends, or spending quality time with her family.
