Welcome to People Architects
HR Support That Grows With You
As your business grows, so do HR needs—more questions, more compliance, and more complexity. That’s where we come in.
People Architects provides fractional HR support for small and mid-sized businesses that need expert help without hiring full-time.
We handle the day-to-day and help plan for the future, so you can focus on growing your business.
Founded by Meg Mayhugh, we’re a proudly women-founded, woman owned and women-led team with over 300 years of combined experience.
From employee issues to strategic planning, we make HR simple, smart, and scalable.
Let’s take HR off your plate—affordably and effectively.
People Architects is EOS®-Aligned
We proudly run on the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®) to better serve every day, and to encourage focus, discipline, and accountability in our team.
EOS is a set of tools and principles that helps organizations stay aligned toward a common vision. It's a people-oriented operating system.
Like the creators of the EOS Model and the 100,000+ companies who have implemented it, People Architects believes it's possible to strengthen your business by strengthening your team and surrounding yourself with good people from top to bottom.
Impact Architects is our sister company. They exist to create infinite impact by delivering advisory services in executive coaching, people, finance, admin, data and revenue for small medium growth organizations. Their specialty is implementing business operating systems that help entrepreneurs accelerate their time to realizing results and multiply the good they do in the world. Learn more about Impact Architects here.
A Team Focused on Your Needs
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Megan Mayhugh, Managing Director
Megan Mayhugh has decades of experience attracting, engaging, and managing a business's greatest asset - people. In roles as a McKinsey consultant, bond trader, Chief People Officer, Chief Growth Officer and Chief of Staff and HR department head at Bridgewater Associates, she has always helped companies strategically navigate and adapt to enterprise-wide change while focusing on employee engagement, driving business results, and improving the bottom line.
Meg is passionate about recruiting, compensation, and employee engagement and launched People Architects, an HR, Talent, and Recruiting consulting firm to help growing small and mid-size companies win the war on talent.
She earned a Psychology degree from Amherst College and an MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.
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Nikki Schiro, Chief Operating Officer, Partner
Nikki Schiro leads operations at People Architects, bringing over 20 years of experience in business management with a background in human resources, marketing, and finance. She has led impactful initiatives at organizations such as Nestlé, Bank of America, PNC Bank, and National City, where she managed national advertising campaigns and critical hiring strategies.
Nikki ensures that People Architects delivers practical, people-first solutions through its Fractional HR services for growing businesses. A former small business owner of Tremont Scoops and a passionate foster care advocate, Nikki brings a grounded, real-world perspective to her work with clients.
She holds an MBA from Case Western Reserve University and a BSBA from John Carroll University.
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Natalie Worcester, Leader of Talent Development, Partner
Natalie began her career in sales leadership and business development, transitioned into learning and development and evolved into talent management, organizational effectiveness and executive coaching. Given her experience, she’s honed her ability to identify business and talent opportunities and provide impactful solutions with sustained results. She’s a strategic partner passionate about growing business through developing people.
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Sarah Binderberger, Head of Talent Acquisition, Partner
Sarah is a natural matchmaker. She always knew she wanted to pursue a career in Human Resources. Since graduating with a Bachelors of Arts in Human Resources at Pace University, Sarah has been a recruitment matchmaker within corporate, fractional, and staffing environments. She has successfully hired for start-ups, scale-ups, enterprise and executive clients.
For over 25 years, her expertise and skills reside in building strong relationships, writing job descriptions and conducting in-depth intake sessions to create strong candidate mapping strategies and delivering the results that matter. Sarah is an expert at career coaching, interview preparation, resume review, sourcing, recruiting, hiring, and retention strategy.
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Hyle White, Business Development Manager
Hyle has over 25 years of professional experience in business development, recruiting, marketing, promotions and coaching around the US from Cleveland to Los Angeles to Denver and Vail. Her focus has always been on people. She thrives on connecting, engaging, cultivating relationships and building strategic partnerships.
Hyle uses her network, energy and drive to connect the right people to the right company and to help companies thrive in their growth with support. She brings a win-win attitude of ‘let’s solve this together’.
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Peggy Grospitch
Peggy is a seasoned HR leader with expertise in executive coaching, organizational design, leadership development, and HR strategy. She brings a strong generalist background across industries and a proven ability to build and scale HR functions that drive business growth.
Previously VP of HR at Lumitex, Inc., Peggy built the HR department from the ground up and later focused on culture and talent development. She has led cross-functional teams, guided organizational change initiatives, and served as a trusted advisor to senior leadership. She partners with leaders to design effective policies and processes in recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and career planning.
Peggy holds a BA from The Ohio State University and a Master’s in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Radford University
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Mona LaMar
Mona is a seasoned Human Resources Consultant at People Architects, specializing in employee engagement, culture change, talent assessment, and diversity & inclusion. She is passionate about asking powerful questions that inspire accountability, productivity and personal growth.
With over 20 years of experience in professional services, financial services, and telecommunications industries, Mona excels in aligning business strategy with talent management to drive engagement and retention.
Prior to joining People Architects, Mona held leadership roles at Ernst & Young and served in various capacities at PNC Financial Services, National City Bank, and AT&T. As a human capital consultant, coach, and facilitator, Mona is dedicated to inspiring growth aligned with organizational priorities.
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Phyllis Webb
Phyllis is an experienced Executive Recruiter with a previous career history as a Director of Information Technology. Most recently, she has worked as an executive recruiter for Dise & Company, a well-known executive recruiting organization located in Cleveland, Ohio. In that role, Phyllis worked across industries, with nonprofit organizations and search committees, and hundreds of candidates to find the perfect fit for both the clients and candidates.
Prior to her work as an Executive Recruiter, Phyllis had a long career in Information Technology. As a long-term IT Director at Progressive Insurance, she was responsible for managing large organizations and directing the implementation of many large, multi-year, multi-million-dollar projects. Phyllis brings overall business experience as an IT leader in insurance, manufacturing, and banking.
Phyllis has a B.S. from Ohio University and an MBA from the Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management. She is a certified DDI facilitator. Phyllis is a member of the Board of Directors for Stella Maris.
As an organizational business partner and leader, a manager of large teams, and mentor to others, Phyllis has found a natural fit in the world of search, learning over the years that technologies can come and go, it’s people that make the difference.”
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Marcel Garcia
Marcel is an experienced Data Analyst with over 13 years of experience in multinational companies and an “everything is possible” attitude.
He has served in prominent roles in Customer Service, Logistics, and Marketing and Business Development, which has allowed him to develop a broader scope and a more holistic view of business.
Driven by precision and excellent delivery, Marcel takes pride in providing the best analysis and data insights to determine needs, modify processes and help improve overall revenue. He helps our clients find the best solutions for their businesses, backed by proven data models and optimized processes.
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Katie Wehner
Katie is an experienced people-centered professional with a leadership style rooted in empathy. She brings to PeopleArchitects her diverse background spanning the non-profit, education, and corporate sectors which have led to specializations in recruiting, compliance, policy writing, career coaching and workplace accommodations.
Katie is passionate about cultivating authentic relationships with organizations and individuals. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Wright State University and a Master’s degree from Indiana University.
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Jim Sweet
Jim is a results-oriented Senior Recruiter who strives to build long-term relationships with clients. Named People Architects Recruiter of the Year in 2024, 2023, and 2022 Jim is highly skilled at identifying top talent and at delivering a white-glove candidate experience.
Jim has over 30 years of experience in managing, mentoring, recruiting and is a proud Alumni of Missouri State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science and studied Marketing.
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Joy Pollak
Joy has over 30 years of HR Generalist experience in a variety of industries. She is a highly effective communicator with a strong ability to collaborate, influence and build relationships at all levels of an organization. She has extensive experience in employee relations, performance management, process improvement, talent development, compensation administration, and coaching and mentoring. Joy has a Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources from The Ohio State University and has a passion for helping employees grow in their careers, as well as assisting clients in handling day-to-day HR challenges.
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Allyson Baird
Allyson brings over 15 years of experience in delivering recruiting, onboarding, performance management, and creating positive, people-centered workplaces. She is passionate about building strategic processes that promote accountability, support growth, and drive continuous improvement.
Allyson is committed to listening deeply, addressing client needs, and delivering thoughtful, customized solutions. She has worked with major brands like Disney On Ice, Monster Jam, and lululemon athletica, but in the past seven years, her heart has been with small, local businesses, where her skills have the greatest impact.
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Chelsea Whitehead
Chelsea offers fractional human resources and talent acquisition support to our clients. She has experience in recruiting and interviewing, employee relations, employee handbook building, and conducting audits and assessments.
Chelsea’s detail-oriented approach is a great asset for businesses seeking to optimize their HR functions and succeed in their talent acquisition goals.
