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Cathy Welsh, HRLF President
Cathy Welsh is the Vice President of Talent Optimization at Peak Performance Group, Inc. Cathy helps clients maximize business and career results through executive coaching and leadership and organization development. She is uniquely skilled at guiding individuals and organizations in aligning actions with core purpose and goals. Cathy draws upon over 20 years of experience in leading and consulting with global businesses at various stages of start-up, rapid change, turnaround, acquisition, global expansion and outsourcing. Her clients achieve aggressive growth, strategic change, lower turnover, stronger customer relationships, improved morale and a pipeline of retained leadership talent.
As a trusted business partner to senior executives and boards, Cathy has contributed to business success in a wide range of high technology, retail and medical enterprises. At Akamai Technologies, where she was Chief Human Resources Officer, Cathy developed the HR team and infrastructure that supported the company’s rapid global growth. She was also the Chief Learning Officer at Sun Microsystems, Inc. responsible for performance improvement solutions and leadership development globally.
Earlier in her career, at both Sun and Digital Equipment Corporation, Cathy led global HR organizations and consulted with executives on complex, strategic projects including acquisition integration, succession planning and implementation, change management to install new business models, and global implementation of new performance management systems. Clients particularly value Cathy’s coaching and leadership development at times of expanded responsibilities, organizational change and disruptive business conditions.
Cathy is President of the Human Resource Leadership Forum, the leading professional association for advanced HR practitioners in New England and an affiliate of the international Human Resource Planning Society. She has served on both the Business Council for the Human Rights Campaign and a regional board for Bank Boston. She is a frequent speaker at business conferences.
Cathy holds an MBA in organizational studies from Boston College and a BA in psychology from Barnard College. She is certified through the International Coaching Federation and holds certification in assessment tools including Meyers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Emotional Quotient Index (EQI) and Leadership Versatility Index (LVI).
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Donna Bonaparte
Donna M. Bonaparte is the Senior Director of Human Resources for Cambridge Health Alliance, an award winning integrated healthcare system comprised of three acute hospitals and more than twenty primary care sites in the Cambridge, Somerville and Metro North region. In this role Donna is responsible for the direction of talent acquisition, total rewards/compensation/benefits, workforce development, diversity, and the creation of an internal temporary staffing agency.
As a senior business partner she provides strategic alignment and tactical implementation of organizational goals and directions. During the past twenty years as a senior HR Leader, she has gained expertise in all aspects of workforce management. As a recognized diversity leader Donna has been a presenter at many national conferences, including the National Academy of Health and was a featured article in the magazine “Profiles in Diversity, Three National Top Diversity Executives”. Donna also serves on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Healthcare Human Resources Association and received the 2006 American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Association Outstanding Chapter Achievement Award. Prior to joining Cambridge Health Alliance Donna held senior HR and operational positions in the public and private sector.
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Regina Corrao
Regina Corrao is the Director of Human Resources/Organizational Development and Training at Tufts University supporting the mission and goals on three campuses in Boston, Grafton and Medford Massachusetts. As the senior learning executive, she partners with university administrative and academic leaders on a wide range of initiatives that include strategic planning, strategic talent development, academic leadership development, and executive consulting and coaching.
The guiding principles behind Regina’s work focus on creating work environments where:
individual aspirations can be realized and individuals can fully contribute
on-going learning and development are integral to the way work is done
alignment between organizational needs and individual goals is understood by all employees
diversity in all its forms is understood, supported and valued
people value authenticity and transparency in their communications and understand their role in creating better business and organizational results
Prior to joining Tufts University, Regina was an independent consultant whose clients included Keystone Consulting, Fidelity Investments, Liberty Mutual, Ocean Spray and Ibis Consulting. Additionally, Regina held increasingly responsible positions in Organizational and Employee Effectiveness at Digital Equipment for thirteen years and was a lecturer in the MBA program at Rivier College in New Hampshire teaching courses in Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Communications.
Most recently, Regina participated in the “Foundations for Leadership,” and “Presencing” workshops and “The SoL Global Forum “a conference for world-wide organizational learning leaders held in Oman, all sponsored through the Society for Organizational Learning. Her formal education includes a program in Advanced Organizational Development through Columbia University, an M.Ed in Higher Education Administration, and a B.A in Communications.
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Steve Frigand
Steve Frigand, founder of MetaView Consulting & Coaching, is a process consultant and coach with more than twenty years of leadership and consulting experience. Steve specializes in focusing in on the core elements of complex issues and places them in a systemic context that enables their resolution.
Through his experience with a variety of methods that engage individuals and groups, Steve draws out key information as well as opinions and feelings that could shape the outcome. He has found that clarity, humor and openness to experimentation help groups move forward and enable them to tackle even the most daunting issues.
Steve has experience with organizations in many different industries including high-tech hardware and software, service organizations, Internet security, transportation, health care, environment, financial services, government agencies and non-profits. He has a Master of Science in Management from the Sloan School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Tufts University. Steve is a member of the Mass Bay Organizational Development Learning Group, the International Coach Federation and the Boston Facilitator Roundtable. He has taught courses in the Coaching Certification Program at Cambridge College and continues to be the Distler Family Endowed Lecturer and designer of the Tufts University Course "Ethical Leadership in Business".
Steve has initiated and co-founded the NorthStar Alliance, one of New England's premier coaching centers, located in Arlington Center Massachusetts. Steve also partners with Performance Change Initiatives, the McAloon Group, International Coaching, Millennium Learning, Inc., and other leading providers of organizational support services.
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Trudy Hanes
Trudy Hanes is a Senior Human Resource Manager for Cisco's engineering technology groups. Cisco is a leading provider of communication and networking solutions. In this role, Trudy is responsible as a business partner to align business and leadership/talent strategies, implement change thereby increasing organizational effectiveness and top line results. She has also delivered scalable and sustainable bottom line improvements in HR process' to enhance productivity.
Trudy's background includes over 25 years' experience in Human Resource management both in the domestic and international fronts in the high technology environment. She has linked organizations human resource strategies with business goals to achieve competitive advantage. Her experience encompasses businesses in rapid growth situations, acquisitions, divestitures, downsizing, financial turnaround and in developing global partnerships and joint ventures in both Asia and the Middle East. She has held various leadership positions, such as: Vice President, Human Resources; Director, Human Resources; Manager, Manager of Human Resources. She has also consulted to several Fortune 500 technology firms with multi national businesses and to US companies with non-US majority ownership.
Over the course of her career Trudy has led organizations and played HR business partner roles, with Senior Executives at companies such as Cisco Systems; Loral Corporation; Honeywell; Quantum Corporation; Matsushita, Inc and its US companies ( MECA, Panasonic, MKQC) , Industrial Relations Associates, Inc. She has served as director on the board of the Massachusetts Business Group on Health, is past president of the Minneapolis Personnel Association and is currently involved in the Human Resource Leadership Forum. She was recognized with a WYCA Women's Leadership Award and as Volunteer of the Year for her leadership in the New England Human Resource Association in 2001.
A graduate of the University of Minnesota with an M.A. in Industrial Relations and an M.S. in Nursing Administration, she has also completed the Managing Organizational Effectiveness Program at the Harvard Business School.
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Lisa Kelly-Croswell
Lisa Kelly is the Vice President of Human Resources at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Ms. Kelly was most recently the VP of Human Resources at Nitromed Inc in Lexington. Previous to Nitormed, Ms Kelly was Senior Vice President of Healthcare and Service Operations at CIGNA where she led the human resources function supporting a 20,000-employee business unit.
Ms. Kelly has been associated with other world-class human resource organizations including Monsanto Company and Frito-Lay.
A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she earned a B.S. in Finance and a M.A. in Arts in Labor and Industrial Relations, she was recently the recipient of the Hartford Business
Journal's "Top 40 Under 40" Award.
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Mary Jane Knudson
Mary Jane Knudson is Vice President, Human Resources at Fidelity Investments. She is the HR business partner to Fidelity's CFO and leads the human resources agenda for the Finance function across the firm. Her previous roles at Fidelity were in the field of Leadership and Organizational Development.
Prior to joining Fidelity Investments in 1999, Mary Jane was with Digital Equipment Corporation for 14 years. After years of successive assignments in survey design and research, management and leadership development, and Human Resources Development leadership roles, in her last four years at Digital she served as Director, Worldwide Executive Leadership Development and Succession Planning. Mary Jane has had additional professional experience in teaching and administration roles in higher education. She has served on the Board Nominating committee of the American Society of Training and Development as well as the Advisory Board of Executive Development Associates.
Mary Jane holds a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and bachelor's degree from Wheaton College, Illinois.
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Louise Mallette
Louise founded The Telic Group in 2003 and has been an internal and external coach and consultant for more than 25 years working with healthcare, pharmaceutical, technology, financial services, manufacturing, higher education, and non-profit organizations. The word telic means “purposeful,” which is the guiding principle of her practice. Her current work is focused on catalyzing leadership, team, and organizational development in the context of the “new normal.”
At Chase Manhattan Bank, Hewlett-Packard Company, 3Com Corporation, Honeywell Information Systems, and Wang Laboratories, she integrated human resources initiatives with business planning. As the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Pioneer Investment Management, she focused on global post-acquisition transition and integration. Earlier in her career, Louise completed the Employee Relations Training Program at General Electric, built and ran a career planning program for Skidmore College, and worked for the City of Boston in labor relations.
Louise is also on the Board of Directors for the Laboratory Safety Institute and is co-chair of the strategic planning committee. She was recently appointed to the Skidmore Alumni Association Board of Directors to lead career and professional development.
She has a B.A. in English and Government from Skidmore College and is a Certified Coach from the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara.
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Laurie Margolies
Laurie Margolies is Principal of LAM & Associates, a management and organizational consulting firm that helps organizations get from where they are to where they want to be. Laurie brings extensive experience to her consulting practice. Her expertise in strategic analysis, facilitation and athletics gives her a unique perspective and allows her to identify, explore, and find consensus resolutions for problems. Known for her ability to communicate about serious and delicate issues clearly and objectively, Laurie is able to guide her clients to find long-lasting solutions among themselves.
Laurie focuses on team and organizational effectiveness, executive coaching, and diversity and inclusion. Laurie’s clients come from various industries and sectors. Examples are: Acunet, Boston University, Bowditch & Dewey, LLP, Community Health Charities, DeCordova Museum, Digital Equipment Corporation, Draper Laboratory, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Russell’s Garden Center, Sun Microsystems, Triumph Modular, and The Union for Reform Judaism.
Prior to consulting, Laurie held various roles at Digital Equipment Corporation, culminating with Corporate Employee Relations Program Manager, responsible among other things, for the company’s Life Balance initiatives. Laurie’s work experience before Digital were in Higher Education teaching and administration. She was an Assistant Dean of Students at Wheaton College, Norton, MA, and Dean of Student Affairs at Wheelock College.
Laurie has a Masters’ Degree from Boston University and a Bachelors Degree from Tufts University. She is a member of the Northeast Human Resources Association, and continues to serve on non-profit boards.
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Pilar Pueyo
Pilar Pueyo is a Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Boston Private Bank & Trust Company. She joined the Bank in 1999. Pilar has over 15 years of Human Resources experience. Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Pueyo worked at a number of not-for-profits in general administration and Human Resources. She is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources.
Ms. Pueyo received a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from the University a Puerto Rico in 1982. In 1984, she received her MBA from the University of Cincinnati.
Ms. Pueyo serves as a volunteer for the Personnel Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board of Directors of the North Shore ARC. She is also an active member of the New England Human Resources Association and the Society for Human Resources Management.
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Marcie Schorr Hirsch
Marcie Schorr Hirsch is the Immediate Past President of HRLF, is a principal in Hirsch/Hills Associates, a consulting firm focused on issues of organizational change, workforce development and strategic planning, based in Newton, Massachusetts.
With over 20 years of experience focused on the interplay of organizations and employees in the workplace, Hirsch consults, writes and lectures on management issues. She has held administrative and faculty positions at Wellesley College and Brandeis University and consulted for an array of clients ranging from Fortune 1000 corporations to start-ups. She regularly keynotes major conferences and is the co-author of 3 books on workplace issues. Marcie has written for an array of magazines, including Glamour, Savvy, Ms. and Working Woman, and is a frequent commentator on management issues on local and national radio and television.
Marcie holds a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Pat Moquin
Pat most recently was Vice President, Human Resources for Kronos Incorporated, headquartered in Chelmsford Massachusetts. Kronos is a world leader in Human Capital Management products and services. Having joined Kronos in 2006, Pat's role was to upgrade the HR service delivery model in order for the Human Resources function to play a key role in assisting Kronos to achieve the bold aspiration of becoming the first billion dollar software company exclusively focused HCM needs of customers on a global basis.
Pat is a seasoned Human Resources professional who has held executive and senior level positions with such companies as Unitrode Corporation, Sun Microsystems and Analog Devices. An attorney, Pat also founded HR Legal Group, LLC, an employment law and human resources consulting practice, in 2002. Clients included H.P. Hood and National Life Group.
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Eileen Sweeney
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