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HR LEADERSHIP AWARD Recognize outstanding HR leaders in New England who have positively impacted their organizations and elevated the HR function with guidance, leadership and inspiration, and have helped their HR teams contribute to the continued development, growth and operations of organizations globally. |
RISING HR STARS AWARDS Recognize the many talented New England based HR professionals, who are on the path to becoming the next inspirational leaders within the HR community. These awards acknowledge the contributions, growth and development mid-career HR talent who’ve had a profound impact on their organization or others in the HR community. |
Nominate an HR leader who elevates individuals, teams and organizations by supporting, motivating and mentoring.
Employers, titles, and bios of past winners were timely to their award year and may have since changed.
Allison EricksonChief Administrative Officer
New England Donor Services
2024 Winner
Allison Erickson was the recipient of the 6th annual HR Leadership Award, in honor of Bob Gatti.
Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
Thermo Fisher Scientific
2023 Winner
Lisa Britt was the recipient of the 5th annual HR Leadership Award, in honor of Bob Gatti. Strong leadership requires calculated risk and bold actions – Lisa Britt represents both. Her ability to challenge the status quo and strengthen the
organization’s change agility muscles are in part why she has played such an essential role in the company’s success since 2017. Lisa has shifted the HR function to drive the company forward, evolved the role of CHRO on the executive leadership
team to truly enable the business and has established herself as a trusted expert with the company’s board of directors. Lisa leads through a business lens and does this by leaning on her deep, diverse experience in both large public and nimble
private equity companies, adding credibility to the critical leadership decisions she makes daily. She is a thoughtful, values-driven, highly accountable leader who chooses transparency, personal accessibility and relentless communication
as anchors for moving her decisions to action.
Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer
TripAdvisor
2022 Winner
Beth Grous was the recipient of the 4th annual Bob Gatti HR Leadership Excellence Award. She has also been a board member of the TripAdvisor Foundation, the company’s philanthropic arm, for over 6 years and is a key driver for where the
company invests their donations. She has an impressive list of accomplishments including working for several companies, in a variety of industries, from Macy’s to Reebok, to Perot Systems to Genzyme to Nuance. She was promoted
quickly, sometimes in roles that seemed beyond her skill set, yet she always exceeded expectations. Beth also spoke at the Massachusetts Conference for Women and was named 2017 Top 100 HR Influencers.
Beth is always looking for new ways of moving people and the business forward. She speaks at conferences on workforce topics and is always passionately working to make the HR community better practitioners. Beth has led with courage, compassion and commitment during these past two years. It’s rare for a leader to be so valued across multiple levels.
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Eastern Bank
2019 Winner
Nancy Stager was the recipient of the 3rd annual Bob Gatti HR Leadership Excellence Award. At the time, Nancy led areas of Human Resources including talent acquisition, talent management, diversity & inclusion, learning & development, total rewards, and human capital systems. In addition, she led workforce development, economic development, philanthropy, employee volunteerism (over 50,000 hours annually and recognition by the Boston Business Journal as having the highest gross number of volunteer hours) and community advocacy. Her expansive leadership impacts a range of issues across Eastern Bank and community that few leaders—male or female—deliver.
Nancy is now the CEO and President of the Eastern Bank Foundation.
Chief Human Resources officer
Teradata
2018 Winner
Kathy Cullen-Cote was the recipient of the 2nd annual Bob Gatti HR Leadership Excellence Award when she was the Chief Human Resources Officer for PTC. Currently, at Teradata, Cullen-Cote leads the workforce planning, talent management, learning and development, and experience operations. She has over 30 years of experience in human resources and is known in the community as a “bold, reliable initiator”.
Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Corporate Communications
iRobot
2017 Winner
Russ Campanello was the first recipient of the Bob Gatti HR Leadership Excellence Award. He has served as iRobot’s Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications since February 2014 and has been with the organization since 2010. He has the reputation of being a “world-class” human resources executive and is an inspiration to many iRoboteers.
