North American HR Executive Summit - Spring Edition

Fiona Cicconi started her career at General Electric where she held various human resources

roles within the Oil & Gas business, which included experience in major global acquisitions and

driving change.

Subsequently, Fiona spent a number of years at Cisco, overseeing human resources in seven

countries in Europe, latterly handling employee relations in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Fiona joined Roche in 2006 where she was most recently responsible for global human

resources for Pharma Technical Operations when her primary focus was to identify and

develop a sustainable supply of leadership and talent from within the organization.

Fiona then worked at AstraZeneca where she was CHRO up until December 2020.

She then joined Google & Alphabet in January 2021 as Senior Vice-President, People

Operations & Chief People Officer where her journey continues.

Tami is a transformational human capital leader who architects high-impact strategies that accelerate business success. Throughout her career, she has held top global HR roles at industry giants including Mars Inc. and Danone and served as CHRO and CPO at private equity-backed companies like 24-Hour Fitness and National Veterinary Associates, overseeing workforces ranging from 1,000 to 45,000 employees.

As a strategic change agent, Tami excels at creating winning cultures, building high-performance teams, and driving talent development that directly aligns with business objectives. She has successfully led large-scale organizational transformations while developing strategies that support rapid growth and value creation.

In October 2024, Tami joined LA28 as Chief People Officer, leading the comprehensive people strategy for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games. In this role, she’s building and preparing a dynamic workforce of employees and volunteers as the city of LA welcomes the world to the largest global sporting event.

Betty Larson joined Merck in April 2024 as the executive vice president and chief human resources officer. She is responsible for global human resources and diversity, equity and inclusion for the company.

She has extensive domain expertise with more than two decades in the health care industry. She most recently served as chief people officer of GE HealthCare, a leading global medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics and digital solutions innovator. She provided strategy and leadership for GE HealthCare’s human resources and corporate marketing and communications teams.

Betty also served as executive vice president and chief human resources officer of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) from 2018 to 2022, a global medical technology company, where work responsibilities also included strategy and leadership for communications and social investing. Betty joined BD through the acquisition of C.R. Bard Inc., a medtech company focused on vascular, urology and surgical specialty products. She served as C.R. Bard’s chief human resources officer responsible for human resources and communications from 2014 until the acquisition in 2017.

Betty spent the first 16 years of her career at Baxter International, a global medtech company. She was in human resources leadership roles of increasing responsibility in their pharmaceuticals, renal therapies, vaccines, bio pharmaceuticals and hospital products businesses.

She is on the board of directors for Baxter Credit Union. She has served on the board of Fortrea, contributing as a member of the nominating, corporate governance and compliance committee. Betty also served on the board for the Overlook Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises funds to support the New Jersey-based Overlook Medical Center in its mission to provide high-quality care to patients. She earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Illinois, and a master’s degree in business administration from Northwestern University.

Katharyne Gabriel leads HR for Coca‑Cola’s North America Operating Unit, overseeing people strategies that support 6,200 employees across plants, warehouses, and offices—driving over $17 billion in revenue. With a reputation as a transformative HR leader, she has guided global organization design and talent strategy initiatives across corporate functions in more than 200 countries.

Prior to her current role at Coca‑Cola, Katharyne held senior HR leadership positions at several industry giants:

• Led global transformation efforts in operating model optimization.
• Advanced people strategies across vast networks during her time with IHG Hotels & Resorts and YUM! Brands, where she supported thousands of employees.
• Began her impactful HR journey at The Home Depot, contributing to M&A integration, employee relations, supply chain, and operations, and ultimately serving as Chief of Staff to the CHRO.

Katharyne is a respected voice in HR, frequently invited to speak on leadership and talent development—including guest lectures at Texas A&M’s Master of Engineering Leadership Series.

Mark is a passionate leader who brings more than 20 years of experience leading, mentoring and developing diverse teams.

At Starbucks, Mark is responsible for leading global strategies inclusive of performance and partner development, talent management, learning, talent acquisition, while guiding Starbucks to create opportunities for growth and career advancement for Starbucks partners (employees). By bringing talent and inclusion together as one system, Mark’s team is focused on building talent as a true competitive advantage for Starbucks.

Prior to joining Starbucks in 2021, Mark worked as an auditor at EY and held leadership roles in talent acquisition at Comcast Cable, Nordstrom, and Microsoft.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Sam Houston State University. Based in Seattle, he enjoys spending his free time unwinding by a lake or stream, as well as traveling and exploring diverse cultures.

Eric Dozier (he/him/his) is executive vice president and chief people officer of Eli Lilly and Company.

Since joining Lilly in 1998, Eric has had a diverse career of assignments across the organization and the globe. Prior to his current role, Eric served as vice president, ethics and compliance and most recently as chief commercial officer for Loxo@Lilly. He has held assignments within Lilly’s Diabetes, Neuroscience and Oncology business units and was chief marketing officer and a neuroscience business leader in Japan. He also served as general manager for Lilly Puerto Rico.

Eric earned a Bachelor of Science degree from The Ohio State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Indiana University.

Eric also serves on several civic boards within greater Indianapolis, as well as the IndianapolisAirport Authority Board.

From Saskatoon, Canada, Morris studied law and after graduating and working with several international law firms, she started her own firm. Kimberly specialised in various areas of the law, across Commercial, IP, Media, Investigation and Compliance.

She then moved to London before finally settling in Zurich, where she joined FIFA Transfer Matching System in 2012. Initially working as Head of Integrity & Compliance before moving into the General Manager role, she oversaw the governance and regulation of the international football transfer market, and recommended reforms of the transfer system.

Soon after, Morris was responsible for the integration of the company – a Swiss subsidiary – into the parent organisation FIFA, before moving in-house at the global governing body as Head of Global Player Transfers & Compliance.

Morris has been Chief People, Technology & Operations Officer at FIFA since 2019 – leading a global, multi-faceted and multinational team that is tasked with providing operational services and support across the FIFA business and supporting its people worldwide.

Neena Potenza is the Global Strategic Initiatives Manager, People and Culture, at Ingka Group. In her role, Neena is responsible for the roll out and development of the Ingka Group people strategy that defines the global approach the company takes for its over 174,000 coworkers in 32 countries. In addition, she drives the culture and values work between Ingka and its franchisor, Inter IKEA. Neena has over 25 years of experience from various human resources roles within IKEA, starting in the UK in 1993. Potenza’s passion is people, and she truly believes IKEA co-workers to be the greatest asset of the company. She brings togetherness at the core of her leadership and fundamentally believes that all co-workers come to work to do the best they can. As a leader, Potenza is inclusive, open and passionate to move people and the business forward.

Theresita Richard (she/her)  is a visionary and purpose-driven leader fiercely committed to expansive liberation, humanity, and possibility. She is on a mission to transform the world of work, cultivating environments where humans can flourish in their fullness. She is the Chief People & Culture Officer and Global Head of Justice & Belonging for Patagonia and brings over 20 years of experience in diversity, equity & inclusion, organizational effectiveness, experience design, operations leadership, and human resources. Previously Theresita led Capital One’s Global Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, where she drove the work to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging across the company. She currently serves on the board of Out & Equal, a global convener, thought leader, and catalyst actively working to embed equity and achieve workplaces of equality and belonging.

Theresita’s career has spanned the consumer goods, retail, and fintech industries and she has positively impacted the full range of organizations from building anew to broad-scale transformation. She is known for propelling organizations forward with a deep focus on talent, culture, and innovation. Theresita is adept at delivering holistic people strategies that ensure businesses are equipped and enabled to achieve their mission while unlocking thriving customer and employee experiences. She sees problems as opportunities and her goal is to always approach with curiosity, creating sustainable solutions for the future and challenging the status quo to solve needs in new and meaningful ways.

Theresita started her career in operations after earning her B.S. in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from Cornell University. It was there that she discovered her passion for creating experiences around people and went on to pursue her M.A. in Human Resource Development from George Washington University. Over the years, she has worked with various Fortune 500 companies including Procter & Gamble, Target, Home Depot and Starbucks.

On a personal note, she loves great quotes, all things creative, impromptu dance breaks and real live books (there’s nothing like the smell of a new book). Her family is one of the best parts of her and they inspire her to be better every day. She is fueled by coffee and rich conversations (even better when those things come together) and is a lover of movement, color, texture, and depth…cue her deep passion for the arts and finding inspiration all around her.

One of her favorite quotes that she strives to live by is “As you think about your own path to daring leadership, remember Joseph Campbell’s wisdom: ‘The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.’ Own the fear, find the cave, and write a new ending for yourself, for the people you’re meant to serve and support, and for your culture. Choose courage over comfort. Choose whole hearts over armor. And choose the great adventure of being brave and afraid. At the exact same time.” – Brené Brown, Dare to Lead.

Tracey Franklin is Moderna’s Chief People and Digital Technology Officer, responsible for connecting people and technology to spark new ways of operating.

Since joining Moderna in 2019 as Chief Human Resources Officer, Tracey has been instrumental in shaping the company’s people strategy and culture, notably leading the company to scale from 800 to nearly 6,000 employees globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under her leadership, Moderna has been consistently recognized as a top employer by Science.

In 2024, Tracey’s responsibilities expanded to include Digital Technology, emphasizing the vital integration of people, culture, and digital innovation, and recognizing the profound ways in which AI and digital platforms will reshape ways of working and delivering on Moderna’s Mission.

She joined Moderna following 15 years at Merck & Co., Inc., where she led Merck’s global talent strategy as Vice President, HR Chief Talent and Strategy Officer, and served on Merck’s HR Leadership Team. Tracey’s previous leadership roles included responsibility for HR for all divisions in the European region, head of HR for the UK and Ireland subsidiaries of Merck, and HR Operations leader responsible for HR program implementation across Merck’s global footprint. She was based in Switzerland, the UK and the U.S.

Tracey holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts and Sciences from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University.