20 People and Culture Chiefs at US Listed Companies

Last updated: August 2026

The people and culture role now sits close to the centre of business strategy. It can cover leadership, workforce capability, employee experience, safety, learning, inclusion, communications and the systems that help people do good work.

This is a practical directory of 20 people and culture chiefs at large US listed companies. It is designed for leaders, researchers and event organisers who want a useful starting point for seeing how the people function is shaped at enterprise scale.

Melissa Kremer

Melissa Kremer is Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Target Corporation. Her path from recruiting into the top people role is a useful example of deep organisational context becoming an enterprise advantage.

Target says she joined the company in 2004 as a recruiter and now leads human resources for a workforce of more than 400,000. Read the current company profile.

Kelly Mahon Tullier

Kelly Mahon Tullier is Vice Chair, Chief People and Corporate Affairs Officer, and Corporate Secretary at Visa Inc. The breadth of that brief shows how people leadership can sit alongside reputation, governance and the company’s relationship with the outside world.

Visa lists her people, corporate affairs, government engagement, inclusion, sustainability and corporate secretary responsibilities together. Read the current company profile.

Tracey Cook

Tracey Cook is Chief Human Resources Officer at Fluor Corporation. The scale of that workforce makes the people brief a practical operating responsibility, not a programme that can sit apart from delivery.

Fluor says she leads human resources for a global workforce of nearly 23,500 people. Read the current company profile.

Arden Hoffman

Arden Hoffman is Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at General Motors. Her remit places talent strategy directly alongside the decisions that shape a complex industrial company’s future workforce.

General Motors says she is responsible for the company's overall talent strategy. Read the current company profile.

Sonia Coleman

Sonia Coleman is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at The Walt Disney Company. That combination connects the employee experience with the creative, operational and commercial systems behind a global entertainment business.

Disney says she leads global people and culture, talent, compensation and benefits, inclusion, and employee systems. Read the current company profile.

Donna Morris

Donna Morris is Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Walmart Inc. At that scale, people strategy has to become understandable and usable for millions of people working in very different roles.

Walmart says she leads global people strategy for more than two million associates, including career pathways and skills. Read the current company profile.

Nathalie Scardino

Nathalie Scardino is President and Chief People Officer at Salesforce. The reskilling lens is especially relevant for organisations asking how employees can keep growing as technology changes the work.

Salesforce says she leads Global Employee Success and has worked on Career Connect, a reskilling initiative for employees. Read the current company profile.

Darrell Ford

Darrell Ford is Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at UPS. The combination of people and safety makes the role a clear reminder that workforce care is part of operational leadership.

UPS says he leads people, health and safety strategies for a workforce of about 460,000 and chairs the UPS Foundation. Read the current company profile.

Nickle LaMoreaux

Nickle LaMoreaux is Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at IBM. The global reach of IBM’s workforce gives the role a wide lens on capability, leadership and the practical experience of work.

IBM lists her as both a senior vice president and its chief human resources officer in its executive biographies. Read the current company profile.

Ellyn Shook

Ellyn Shook is Chief Leadership and Human Resources Officer at Accenture. The title itself makes the connection between leadership quality and human resources unusually explicit.

Accenture gives its top people role the distinctive title Chief Leadership and Human Resources Officer. Read the current company profile.

Isabel Cruz

Isabel Cruz is Chief People Officer at PayPal Holdings. The combination of people and real estate shows how the employee environment can be treated as part of the operating system.

PayPal says she leads global human resources and real estate. Read the current company profile.

Tapaswee Chandele

Tapaswee Chandele is Executive Vice President and Global Chief People Officer at The Coca-Cola Company. The global remit makes the role a useful case study in translating one people strategy across many markets and cultures.

Coca-Cola says she was appointed in May 2026 and leads enterprise human resources strategy across more than 200 countries and territories. Read the current company profile.

Bala Purushothaman

Bala Purushothaman is Chief Human Resources Officer at The Procter & Gamble Company. His remit brings culture, talent and organisation strategy together, which is where people work becomes business work.

P&G says he has served as chief human resources officer since 2023, covering people and organisation strategy, culture and talent. Read the current company profile.

Tiffanie Boyd

Tiffanie Boyd is Executive Vice President and Global Chief People Officer at McDonald's Corporation. Her background also illustrates how experience from a large consumer organisation can inform a global people brief.

McDonald's lists her as global chief people officer and notes her previous leadership experience at General Mills. Read the current company profile.

Sheri Bronstein

Sheri Bronstein is Chief People Officer at Bank of America. The combination of people, security, communications and workforce development puts trust and resilience close to the centre of the role.

Bank of America says she leads about 4,800 professionals across 26 countries, spanning human resources, security, communications and workforce development. Read the current company profile.

Treasure Heinle

Treasure Heinle is Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Nike Inc. The brief connects the employee experience with the systems that support learning, inclusion and a global culture.

Nike says she leads global human resources and the company’s people vision, including culture, inclusion and learning. Read the current company profile.

Sara Wechter

Sara Wechter is Chief Human Resources Officer at Citigroup Inc. The long tenure in the role gives her work a clear focus on the systems that move people from recruitment through to development and retention.

Citi says she has been chief human resources officer since July 2018 and oversees talent strategy, recruiting, learning, rewards and employee relations. Read the current company profile.

Amy Coleman

Amy Coleman is Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Microsoft Corporation. At that scale, people leadership has to make a very large organisation feel coherent enough for teams to do their best work.

Microsoft says she leads people strategy for a workforce of more than 220,000 employees. Read the current company profile.

Francine Katsoudas

Francine Katsoudas is Executive Vice President and Chief People, Policy and Purpose Officer at Cisco Systems Inc. The remit shows how people leadership can connect internal culture with public purpose, sustainability and the organisation’s wider responsibilities.

Cisco gives her responsibility for People and Communities alongside sustainability, social impact, inclusion and government affairs. Read the current company profile.

Helen Russell

Helen Russell is Chief People Officer at HubSpot Inc. The breadth of the brief links people operations with culture, inclusion and the company’s responsibilities beyond its immediate workforce.

HubSpot says she brings more than 25 years of people leadership experience and oversees recruiting, talent, rewards, culture, ESG and inclusion. Read the current company profile.

What these roles have in common

Across the list, the strongest pattern is that people leadership is not one narrow speciality. The work touches strategy, workforce systems, leadership quality, safety, learning, inclusion, communication and the everyday conditions that help teams perform.

The most useful question for a leadership team is not which title sounds most impressive. It is whether the people brief is connected to the decisions the organisation is already making about growth, capability, culture and execution.

Where to take the next step

If you are thinking about the conditions that make people want to stay and do their best work, read How to Build a Company Culture Employees Will Move Cities to Join. If the work is more immediate and your leadership team needs shared direction, 11 Proven Ways to Get Your Leadership Team Aligned is a practical place to continue.

The names in this directory are a starting point for better questions. The real work is turning those questions into leadership habits, team systems and decisions people can trust.

About the author

Jonno White helps leaders build organisations people would move cities to work at. His work is practical rather than motivational: something leaders can use on Monday morning, not a feeling that fades by Friday.