Ryan Stafford

Ryan Stafford brings significant operations experience and human resource expertise to the classroom. For the past 25 years, Ryan has held numerous leadership positions at AT&T. Over the past decade he has turned his attention to Human Resources unbridling his passion for leadership development, culture, and talent strategy. He currently serves as AVP – Human Resources serving the AT&T Network Organization as the HR executive overseeing 30K employees. Ryan also has significant labor relations and learning and development experience.

Ryan holds an MBA from the University of Dallas and Masters in Human Resource Management from Colorado State University. He holds the SHRM-Senior Certified Professional certification. Ryan enjoys developing the next generation of leaders teaching: leadership foundations, talent development, coaching, communication, conflict management, and change management, at Collin Corporate College and Texas Christian University.

Ryan and his wife live in Dallas.  Their son is attending Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. Ryan and Brandy love to travel and go on bike adventures with their favorite rescue dog, Bella.