Scottsdale, Ariz. (PRWEB) September 27, 2006 -- WorldatWork has elected its 2007 board of directors to guide the association through its next year of operations.
Margaret "Maggie" Gagliardi, CCP, Senior Vice President of Global Compensation & Benefits for the American Express Company, will serve as chairman in 2007. Gagliardi succeeds Mike Davis, VP of HR for US Retail and Corporate for General Mills, Inc, as chair.
"I am looking forward to working with such an impressive pool of talent and being able to draw from the expertise of such world class companies to direct and guide WorldatWork," said Anne Ruddy, president of WorldatWork.
The following executives were elected by WorldatWork members to the full Board of Directors for a term of one year beginning in January 2007:
- Chair: Margaret "Maggie" Gagliardi, CCP, Senior Vice President of Global Compensation & Benefits for the American Express Company
- Vice Chair: Tracy J. O. Kofski, CCP, Vice President, Total Compensation, Target Corporation
- Secretary/Treasurer: Sara R. McAuley, CCP, Vice President, Human Resources, Standard & Poor's
- John Boudreau, Ph.D., Professor and Research Director, University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business and Center for Effective Organizations
- Jenny Machak, CCP, General Director, Global Compensation, General Motors
- Leslie M. Stevens, CCP, CEBS, Director of Compensation, Starbucks
- Laura Thanasse, CCP, CBP, GRP, CHRP, Vice President, Compensation Strategy, Sun Life Financial Inc.
- Leslie Thornton, Division Vice President, Nordstrom Inc.
- David Smith, CCP, Managing Director, Compensation and Benefits, AGL Resources
- Desiree Isabelle Klein-Wagner, GRP, Vice President, Total Rewards, BP plc.
- David Ayre, CCP, Senior Vice President, Compensation and Benefits, PepsiCo
- Jeff Chambers, Vice President, Human Resources, SAS
- Mark Wainger, Senior Vice President, Global Compensation and Benefits, Time Warner Inc.
- Karen Ickes, Senior Vice President, Human Resource Services, Wendy's International
- James Otieno, Vice President, Executive Compensation and Services, Hewlett Packard
About WorldatWork ®
The Total Rewards Association
WorldatWork (www.worldatwork.org) is the association for human resources professionals focused on attracting, motivating and retaining employees. Founded in 1955, WorldatWork provides practitioners with knowledge leadership to effectively implement total rewards - compensation, benefits, work-life, performance and recognition, development and career opportunities - by connecting employee engagement to business performance. WorldatWork supports its 30,000 members and customers in 30 countries with thought leadership, education, publications, research and certification.
The WorldatWork group of registered marks includes: WorldatWork ®, workspan ®, Certified Compensation Professional or CCP ®, Certified Benefits Professional ® or CBP, Global Remuneration Professional or GRP ®, Work-Life Certified Professional or WLCPTM, WorldatWork Society of Certified Professionals ®, and Alliance for Work-Life Progress ® or AWLP ®.
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