Dr. Eileen Timmins is a widely respected global Chief Human Resources Officer with extensive professional experience working with private equity, private company boards, and serving as a company fiduciary. She is a highly skilled business partner with expertise in talent, leadership, and strategy development; succession planning; executive and board compensation; diversity; benefits planning and oversight; and global expansion strategies, including M&A, roll-ups, and enterprise talent development. With global responsibilities, Eileen provides strategic counsel to the CEOs and Boards she has served and has established a reputation for building highly motivated teams. She has developed and continues to oversee key corporate structures and processes to facilitate organizational growth and transformation and improve business operations.

People drive innovation, create and implement change, and move the world forward. Eileen believes that talent is developed in many ways. As a strategic thinker, creative problem solver, and talent developer, she shares the mantra that when you give the people who drive organizations the tools they need to be better every day, the organizations they contribute to also become better. This is achieved by designing, developing, and delivering solutions that enable organizations to maximize the performance of their people.

Eileen is actively involved in working with C-Suite and Board-level executives in a capacity as an advisor and coach, and has extensive experience serving on various boards. Eileen has a Ph.D. in Business and Organizational Management, an M.S. in Organizational Development, and a B.A. in Communications.

Over the past 17 years, Eileen has worked for organizations at the forefront of leveraging technology to drive business differentiation and growth. Each company has been a leader in its field with first-to-market products.

Eileen is a frequent source for the Wall Street Journal and other media outlets. From 2002 to 2019, Eileen was an Adjunct Professor at DePaul University, the Department of Management, the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, and the School for New Learning.

BOARD EXPERIENCE

Friends of Prentice, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Grant Committee Co-Chair, 2015-Present, Brennan School of Business at Dominican University, Advisory Board Member, 2011-2015

Victoria Court Reporting Services, Inc., Advisory Board Member, 2011-2013

National Directors Institute (NDI), Corporate Governance Seminar-2013

Athletes Against Drugs, Advisory Board Member, 2008-2011

Chicago Meals on Wheels, Board Member, Development Chair Committee, 2008-2010

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Women’s Director Development Program, 2008

EDUCATION

Capella University, Minneapolis, MN, Ph.D., Business and Organizational Management, 2008

Loyola University, Chicago, IL, M.S., Organizational Development, 1997

DePaul University, Chicago, IL, B.A., Communications, 1994