Meet some of the women leaders in HR who are influencing positive changes to the future HR function
As you are probably aware from some of our other articles, we love to showcase lists of HR influencers for our readers to follow, such as our quarterly HR Gurus feature and 89+ HR Analytics Influencers post. This is largely because we believe it’s a great resource for business owners (and others working within the HR function) to gather ideas from the insights and articles they share, enabling followers to improve their own business practices.
However, on this occasion we decided to focus on the women leaders in HR as part of our mission to #PressforProgress, to forge positive visibility of the women in HR and celebrate their achievements of breaking barriers and influencing others in the HR sector.
“Companies that have women in leadership roles have traditionally fared better than their counterparts,” – The Benefit of More Women in Leadership Roles, www.womenofhr.com
Even though HR is known to be a female dominated profession, there’s still much room for improvement in the top C-suite positions, especially when it comes to closing the gender pay gap (something we will know in more detail following data received from the Equal Pay Day 2018 deadline).
With some huge HR challenges ahead, 2018 is said to be the break-through year for some of these issues to finally be tackled and it’s thanks to the strong female leaders that are empowering others to challenge these types of issues with their employers.
International Women’s Day 2018 campaign theme: #PressforProgress
The HR women in this list include numerous leaders across a number of different industries and organization sizes, who have a great wealth of experience in developing and executing strategies, managing talent and improving how HR is operating alongside regularly sharing articles, insights and open discussions into best practices.
So here we have our current list of women leaders in HR. Have a browse and be sure to follow them for updates via the links we have included to their LinkedIn pages!
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Anta Praņēviča, Member of the board/Survey team leader, Fontes Vadības Konsultācijas
Allison O’Kelly, Executive Search and Staffing Executive • CEO/Founder Corps Team / Mom Corps
Allison Kruse, Director of Social Media | Employer Branding | Content Strategy | Talent Acquisition | Digital Strategy
Alli Baker, Co-Founder & CEO of JobGetter (formerly Workible)
Ane Ohm, Co-Founder and CEO at LeaseCrunch
Agita Kalviņa, Director at Latvian School of Public Adminsitration
Amy Richman, SPHR, CIR, Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Pitney Bowes | We’re hiring!
Amy Noah, President at JobsInLogistics.com, Inc. Recruitment Advertising Network – Search Engines for Jobs
Amy Miller, Recruiter at Microsoft – hiring ML engineering and science talent for AI+R
Ann Schulte, Global Leader, Learning & Leadership Development, Procter & Gamble
Angela Lockman, Innovative thinker, motivational communicator, execution leader a.k.a Paints the Picture – Tells the Story- Gets it Done!
Anne Nimke, CEO, Founder, The Good Jobs…and… RPO Senior Executive, EG Workforce Solutions
Anne Fulton, We are hiring!! Inside Sales, Regional Sales and a Career Program Evangelist. Join Fuel50 to create a great careers.
Andzelika Berga, Group People and Culture Luminor (Banking, Finance&Tech, Employer Branding, Talent Acquisition, Change Management, HR)
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Beth Carvin, Co-Founder, Chairman, Interim CEO and Investor at JamBios
Bianca E. McCann, MHRIR, CHRO | Speaker | Mentor | HR Tech Evangelist | Women in Tech Advocate
Brianna Foulds, Looking for smart, cool, dependable and visionary individuals to join our team and realize their purpose and potential!
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Carrie Corbin, Global Head of Employer Brand for American Airlines | Culture |Diversity | Recruitment Marketing | HR Tech
Claire Schooley, Independent Consultant on Learning, Recruiting, and Employee Engagement
Cindy Songne, Vice President, Talent Attraction Solutions : TAtech Board Advisor
Christine Nichlos, Founder & CEO, People Science- Student and Teacher of all things Talent Acquisition
Christine Dover, Lead Analyst, Competitive Market Insights and Corporate Strategy at SAP
Christa Degnan Manning, Vice President, Technology and Solution Provider Research, Bersin, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Chris Havrilla, Global Human Capital Management, Technology & Analytics Strategist and Consultant
Crystal Miller Lay, CEO, Branded Strategies ♦ Employer Branding, Recruitment Marketing, Speaker, Advisor, Forbes Agency Council | #TheCandEs
Coretha Rushing, Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer, Equifax – SHRM, SCP Board Member, – 2U, Inc. Board Chair, SHRM
Celinda Appleby, Global Employer Brand + Talent Attraction Marketing @ Nike, Inc. #swooshlife #WeAreNike
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Dawn Lyon, Communications and Marketing Executive | Advisor | Speaker | Equal Pay Advocate | Angel Investor
Deb Muller, CEO & Founder, HR Acuity – The Employee Relations Case Management Solution
Deirdre Pelrin, Director of Marketing – Demand Generation, Content, Marketing Operations
Dani Johnson, Co-founder & Principal Analyst at RedThread Research
Dawn Hrdlica-Burke, Founder / Advisor at Dawn Burke HR specializing in HR, Leadership, Workplace Culture
Dorothy Dalton, Global Executive Search | CEO 3Plus International | Coach |Trainer| Diversity & Bias Conscious Recruitment
Dianne Mills, Salire Consulting LLC – Executive and Performance Coach, Digital Transformation Leader
Deb Maher, J.D., VP Employee Relations | HRTech | Shared Services at Adtalem
Donna Wells, Board Director, Tech CEO, F500 Marketing Leader
Dominique Rodgers, SPHR, Seeking HR and Operations opportunities in the Portland area
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Elaine Morgan, Working with organizations to introduce cool and innovative ways to make employees smarter!
Elaine (Michaels) Orler, Chairperson, Recruiting Trends and Talent Tech Conference and CEO/Founder of Talent Function
Elena Valentine, Helping Recruitment Teams Attract Talent Through Workplace Media
Elita Kazaine, HR Professional | Recruiter | Executive & Team Coach | Business Trainer
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Folia Grace, VP, Marketing at Talkdesk – Visionary in 2017 Gartner CCaaS Magic Quadrant!
Fiona Anson, JobGetter Co-Founder & Co-CEO | Entrepreneur | Speaker | Author
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Gen George, Founder / Managing Director at tamme, Skilld, Like Minded Bitches Drinking Wine
Gita Meldere, Team Development Expert & Coach | Lumina Learning | ICF Latvia | SmartHR
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Holly Simmons, Global Product Marketing, Customer Service Management at ServiceNow – The Enterprise Cloud Company
Heidi Spirgi, Strategic Advisor, Thought Leader, Keynote Speaker, Consultant
Heide Abelli, Senior Vice President, Content Product Management at Skillsoft
Heather Kinzie, SHRM-SCP, Improving my community, one business and one leader at a time.
Heather Huhman, HR Tech Writer | Workplace Expert | Media Relations & Content Marketing | Infertility Advocate & Podcaster
Heidi Capozzi, VP, Leadership Talent Management and Organization Effectiveness at Boeing
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Ilze Indrēvica, Your daily source in Leadership, Career development, HR and management
Inga Sikle, Director Administration @Miele Baltics
Iveta Sakne, HR Business Partner at Schneider Electric Lexel fabrika
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J.T. O’Donnell, CEO – WorkItDaily.com | HR | Recruiting | Professional Development | Speaker | Trainer | Career Coach | Job Search
Jacki Bassani, Managing Director, Talent and Rewards, North America
Jackye Clayton ♕, Director of Customer Success ~ Named Time’s Person of the Year 2006
Jacqueline Kuhn, HRIP, Executive Vice President HCM Consulting Services at HRchitect
Jamie Gilpin, Chief Marketing Officer at Sprout Social, Inc.
Janet Clarey, Providing research-based information and tools you need to make decisions and transform enterprise learning.
Janet Dwyer, CEO/Co-founder at DataScava (Unstructured Data Miner) and TalentBrowser (Skills Analytics and Job Matching).
Jennifer McClure, CEO of Unbridled Talent & DisruptHR | Keynote Speaker | I help leaders build careers that they love & lives that matter
Jennifer Payne, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Manager, Talent Management & Engagement at Tops Markets
Jennifer Jones Newbill, Global Director with Dell – Amazing virtual team – Passion for brand, recruitment marketing, digital/social #iwork4dell
Janine Truitt, Chief Innovations Officer at Talent Think Innovations, LLC , Founder of The Aristocracy of HR, Entrepreneur, Speaker
Dr. Janice Presser, CEO, The Gabriel Institute – Teamwork has an operating system: Teamability®
Jessica Lee, Partner to Marriott’s 30 brands in leveraging talent + culture to express brand identity and fulfill brand promises.
Jo Weech, People: Attraction and Engagement | Award Winning Speaker | Career Transition SME
JoAnn Corley-Schwarzkopf, We help Sr. leaders understand human behavior to increase profitable decision-making & operations | Business Speaker
Jonna Ward, CEO of Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP) and CEO of Meridian Knowledge Solutions
Joyce Maroney, High Technology Executive with Focus on Delivering Great Customer Experiences
Julie Dodd, Chief Services Officer at Ultimate Software
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Kathy Rapp, Managing Partner, hrQ : kathy@hrQinc.com
Kathryn Minshew, Founder & CEO at The Muse; Author of “The New Rules of Work”
Karen Caruso, Industrial Psychologist, Human Resources Technology Leader, and Co-Founder viaPeople, Inc.
Karin Bootsma, ► Vice President, Marketing at RiseSmart, a Randstad company
Karlie Jessop, Vice President, Talent Activation at The Marcus Buckingham Company
Kate Donovan, President Global Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO); SVP ManpowerGroup Solutions including RPO and TAPFIN.
Krista Rozina, Marketing and Communications Manager at CV-Online Latvia
Katrina Collier, Social Recruiting Trainer & Keynote | Sourcing & Candidate Engagement Training – Onsite & Online Globally
Katrina Kibben, Recruitment Marketing Consultant at Three Ears Media| @katrinakibben
Katy (Connor) Anquetil, General Manager – Specialising in Executive Search & HR Consulting with Global Strategic Workforce Planning Expertise.
Kelly Dingee, SHRM-CP, Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition at Marriott
Kelly Long, HR Leader I Business Innovator I Disruptor
Kelly Renz, SHRM-SCP, CEO, Novo Group. Novo finds, recruits and retains top talent. We know better people mean better business.
Kerry Noone, Director, CVS Health Recruitment Marketing and Advertising
Khalda De Souza, Research Director, Cyber Security and SaaS Services, HfS Research
Kim Lamoureux, Vice President, Product Management at Bersin by Deloitte
Kimberly Pope, Executive Vice President of Global Client Solutions at WilsonHCG
Kirsten Smith, Expert Advisor – GLG and Coleman Research, Previous: VP of Marketing, Glassdoor, Work4, Saba
Kristen Hamilton, CEO and co-founder at Koru. Helping employers predict better fit hires using data science.
Kristi Jones, Results Oriented Talent Acquisition Manager, Respected Talent Advisor and Ambitious Leader at H&R Block.
Kristina Cleary, Tech CMO committed to developing & growing highly engaged teams and companies
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Leena Nair, LinkedIn Top Voice 2018 | Chief HR Officer at Unilever
Laurie Zaucha, VP Human Resources and Organizational Development at Paychex
Laci Loew, Principal, Laci Loew & Company LLC
Linda Brenner, Changing the Model to Improve Talent Results; Business Leader, Author, Speaker
Linda Ginac, 2018 Beacon Award by IBM, 2017 & 2016 HRO Baker’s Dozen, CIO Review-2015 Top 20 HR Tech, 2016 Leadership Excellence Top Corp. Award, CloudAward Finalist
Linda Jonas, Director of Brand and Community at Small Improvements
Linda Mougalian, Division Vice President, Product Marketing and Strategy at ADP
Lindsay Euller, Passionate service design leader driving impactful client experiences
Lisa Guérin Cervenka, Brand Architect/Product Development/Creating Technology Solutions to Build & Iterate Integrated Employer Brandss
Linda Hyman, EVP Global Human Resources at Korn/Ferry International
Liz Ryan, Founder and CEO, Human Workplace; Author, “Reinvention Roadmap”
Lisa Rowan, Research Vice President, HR software & services Research at IDC
Liz D’Aloia, Turbocharging Hourly Recruiting | Mobile Recruiting Solutions | Your ATS Or Ours | How Can I Help You?
Lisa Sterling, HCS, Executive Vice President, Chief People & Culture Officer at Ceridian
Liz Ryan, Founder and CEO, Human Workplace; Author, “Reinvention Roadmap”
Liz Wessel, Co-Founder & CEO at WayUp (Hire students & recent grads @ wayup.com)
Lucinda Carney, CEO, Founder Actus Performance Management Software, 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year; Everywoman in Tech Awards
Lucy English, PhD, Managing Director of Institutional Research at Horizons Workforce Consulting
Lucy Suros, Chief Of Staff and Chief Marketing Officer at Articulate Greater San Diego Area
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Mandy Schaniel, Independent Consultant, Intry Advisory Board Member, TAtech Board Advisor, Founder of Women in TAtech (a Lean In Circle)
Maren Hogan, CEO and Founder of Red Branch Media, a full-service marketing and advertising agency with a focus on B2B, HR and FINtech
Marie Burns, Building Legendary Startup Teams Faster | @marieburns | @untapptgrowth
Marie Schneegans, We are hiring at Workwell – On a mission to make employees happier and more connected at work.
Madhavi Lall, Managing Director, Head – HR, India at Deutsche Bank
Marnie Larson, CEO at StarGarden Corporation, an HCM, Payroll and Time and Attendance Software Solution provider
Mary Delaney, Chairman of CareerBuilder Employment Screening (Formerly Aurico)
Mary Faulkner, SHRM-SCP, Talent Strategist & Business Leader | Author of Surviving Leadership Blog | Speaker | Facilitator | @mfaulkner43
Meghan M. Biro, Entrepreneur | CEO | Speaker | Author | HR and Tech Evangelist | @MeghanMBiro
Melissa Fairman, SPHR, Senior Manager Human Resources at Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels
Ms. Michael M. Moon, PhD, Helping create data-driven HR functions through the application of evidenced-based practices.
Michelle Haworth, Senior Director, Marketing Communications at Cornerstone OnDemand
Mira Greenland, SVP Strategic Accounts, SaaS Social Recruiting Sales at CareerArc
Miranda Nash, VP Product Strategy at Oracle (Hiring in AI/ML)
Mara Swan, EVP Global Strategy and Talent at ManpowerGroup, powering the future of work
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NISHA RAGHAVAN – Your HR Buddy, Talent Acquisition | Employer Branding | Digital/Social Engagement. Tweets @TheHRbuddy
Nancy Sansom, Chief Marketing Officer at PlanSource Charleston, South Carolina Area
Naomi Bloom, Artist/writer/traveler/philanthopist/#EnSW opinions/professional theater sponsor/so much more.
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Olga Dzene, Leadership Development Expert, Consultant, Coach
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Pamela Harding, sHRBP, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CEO, Metzano / HR Executive / Online Community Management
Pat Wadors, Chief Talent Officer – CHRO at ServiceNow
Pamela Webb, Global HCM & Payroll Strategist – Collaborating with Clients on Strategies to Support Its People Worldwide
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Qi Fu, MS, PHR, Design thinker • Organizational Development Enthusiast • People Analytics Professional
Qi Bao, Hiring: English<>Japanese and English->Chinese translators; Contact: qi-bao@to-in.co.jp
Queen Sullo, IT & Finance Candidate Recruitment | Outsourced HR Management | Payroll Solutions | Graduate IT & Finance Recruitment
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Rosaleen Blair, CBE, Entrepreneurial global CEO. Passionate about talent, and committed to improving diversity and youth employability.
Rebecca McKenna, Vice President Global Events and Publisher at LRP Publications
Robin Schooling, Human Resources Leader / VP | Driving Business Results through HR Strategies | Writer | Speaker | @RobinSchooling
Ronda Grimsley, CEO / HCM Pundit / Roadmap-Selection-Implementation-Support
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Sommer Kehrli, Executive Director at The Centre for Organization Effectiveness
Stacy Donovan Zapar, Founder, The Talent Agency (Recruiting for Recruiting) & Tenfold (Talent Acquisition Strategy & Training) | @StacyZapar
Sabrina Baker, SHRM-CP, PHR, HR Outsourcing | HR Consulting | Speaker | Writer | Founder, Acacia HR Solutions | Small Biz | California HR Consultant
Sandy Perlman, Passionate Marketer, focused on delivering the right business results. Surprise and Delight
Sara Pollock, Head of Marketing at ClearCompany Talent Management Software
Sarah (White) Brennan, Talent Acquisition & Engagement Strategist | HCM Technology Analyst | SaaS Advisor | Future of Work | Speaker | #HRTech
Sarah B Doughty, VP, Client Success at Montage Talent – Driving customer success through deployment, change management & delivering value
Sarah Morgan, HR Professional, Practitioner, Blogger and Speaker … Let’s work together to add value and win!
Shannon Russo, CEO, Kinetix | Wishing I could run more… | Talent Scout
Shannon Seery, Senior Vice President, Strategy at Symphony Talent
Sharlyn Lauby, Human Resources Management: author, writer, speaker, consultant
Shawna Berthold, Marketing, Candidate Experience, HR Technology, Talent Experience Management, User Experience, Talent Management
Shoa Appelman, VP Client Services & Co-founder at HR Avatar, Inc.
Stacy Chapman, CEO and Co-founder at SwoopTalent – talent data awesomeness
Susan Hanold, PhD, HCM Strategic Advisory Services | Talent Strategist | M&A | Coach | HR Transformation
Susan LaMotte,CEO, exaqueo, an Employer Brand Firm | Talent Acquisition, HR, Recruitment Marketing, Communications, Employment Brand
Susan Van Klink, In Active Job Search for an opportunity running a sales focused / product-based business.
Sandra Lāce, Head of Swedbank Academy Baltics/Latvia, Supervisor, CBT psychotherapist
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Tawni L. Nazario-Cranz, Chief People Officer @ Cruise | Former CHRO @ Netflix | Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Tech
Teri McClure, Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President Human Resources, Labor and Employee Communications.
Tracy Burns, CEO Northeast HR Association, Co-Founder Hytched
Tiffany Pham, Founder & CEO of Mogul. Author of YOU ARE A MOGUL and GIRL MOGUL. Judge on TLC TV Show “Girl Starter.”
Tiffany Kuehl, SHRM-CP, PHR, Director, HR Search at Versique | Connecting HR leaders with meaningful career opportunities!
Tatyana Odineca, Payroll and Benefits Administrator at Alzheimer Society of Ontario
Tacy Byham, Chief Executive Officer at DDI | Development Dimensions International
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Ulla Heikkilä, Core HR | Change Management | Leadership | Well-being | HR Systems | Projects
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Violetta Stemasova, PHR, Helping Companies to Establish Software Development Centers | Global Talent Acquisition | Microsoft Dynamics Recruitment
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Xi Zhu, HR BP at Continental Group
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Yscaira J., Economic Justice Activist and Entrepreneur
Yunita Anggraeni, Co-Founder & COO GeekHunter, IT Recruitment Consultant. Linkedin Power Profiles 2017
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Zane Culkstena, Founder of ERDA & UpMatched / Employer Branding & Recruiting
Zainab Iqbal, Recruitment Specialist | Key Account Manager at HRSG Recruiting
Zara Ali, Global HR Director at Oasis Welfare Organization
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These women in HR bring a ‘unique blend of people and strategic skills’ to the industry and we would like to continue to see more balance and gender equality in the corporate world going forward.
“Whether it is marketing jobs or healthcare, the industry hardly matters as long as it is working towards better gender diversity.” – The Benefit of More Women in Leadership Roles, by Saurabh Tyagi
Is there anyone you think should be included on our HR Guru list? If so, we would love to know who and find out why, so leave us a comment below!
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