Kathy Schaaf

Kathy Schaaf is a strategic, hands-on leader with experience across diverse industries like Pharmaceutical, Technology, Service, and Manufacturing.

She has a proven track record of success in Fortune 500, Start-up, and Turnaround organizations, focusing on building and leading scalable and sustainable business environments.

Kathy excels in aligning strategic business objectives, creating value through human capital initiatives, and serving as a trusted advisor and coach to Senior Leadership teams.

Her expertise spans areas such as Cultural Transformation, Change Management, Organizational Design, Mergers & Acquisitions, Organizational Effectiveness, Leadership Development, Strategy Deployment, Compensation, Talent Management, and Workforce Planning.

Kathy holds an Executive MBA in Business with a stellar 4.0 GPA from Grand Canyon University, a Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources Management with a 4.0 GPA from Ottawa University-Phoenix, and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Purdue University.

She has held key leadership roles including Chief People Officer at Caregiver, Inc., Chief Human Resources Officer at Sport Clips Haircuts, Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer at CTI Foods, and Vice President, Human Resources at Advanced Integration Technology, among others.

Kathy's extensive experience includes positions such as Director, Human Resources, Business Partner at Flowserve Corporation, Sr. Leader, Human Resources at The Timken Company, and Head of Human Resources at iCrossing.

She has also served in roles like Human Resources Manager & Interim General Manager at Neiman Marcus and Human Resource Consultant at various organizations like Medicis Pharmaceutical, AON Consulting, and American Valet Company.