Who Will Be the 2018
HR Executive of the Year?
TIME TO MAKE YOUR NOMINATION! NOMINATION DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2018
The nation’s businesses and government
agencies employ tens of thousands of human
resource executives. Yet only a handful of these
professionals can be considered the best in
their ;eld.
To recognize those who have demonstrated
their excellence, Human Resource
Executive®established 30 years ago the
HR Executive of the Year and HR Honor Roll
competition.
We’re now inviting you, our readers, to nominate
executives for our 2018 selection process. If
you know of a senior HR professional who excels
in his or her job, we’d like to hear from you. To
be considered, a candidate must have overall
responsibility for the entire HR function in his
To nominate an HR executive, please visit the Awards section of HRExecutive.com and click on HR Executive
of the Year. Requests for nomination forms can also be emailed to hreletters@lrp.com.
or her organization and ;ve or more years of
experience in the HR ;eld. Only one individual
will be named HR Executive of the Year; up to
four people can be named to the HR Honor Roll.
Candidates for the HR Honor Roll will be divided
into two categories based on their organizations'
sizes: those that have fewer than 7,500 employees
and those that have 7,500 or more employees.
A panel of distinguished judges will review the
nominations and select the winners. The 2018
HR Executive of the Year and those professionals
joining the Honor Roll will be featured in a future
issue of Human Resource Executive®.
2017 HR Executive of the Year
LISA BUCKINGHAM
Executive Vice President and Chief
Human Resources, Brand and Enterprise
Communications Officer
Lincoln Financial Group
2016 HR Executive of the Year
BARRY MELNKOVIC
Executive Vice President,
Chief Human Capital Officer
Amtrak
2015 HR Executive of the Year
TRACY KEOGH
Executive Vice President
of Human Resources
Hewlett-Packard Co.