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Libby Sartain
Libby Sartain has a distinguished 30 year career in human resources
having served as the CHRO of both Yahoo! Inc. and Southwest Airlines. In
these roles she led significant business transformation initiatives,
served as a member of the executive leadership teams, and led global
human resources efforts focusing on attracting, retaining, and
developing employees. Libby's sweet spot is growth companies where she
has developed employer branding and talent management strategies to grow
the workforce exponentially while establishing company reputation as a
leading employer of choice for top talent. Both Yahoo and Southwest were
listed on the Fortune 100 Best Companies To Work For in America and the
Fortune 500 during her tenure.
Sartain serves on the Board of Directors of Peet's
Coffee & Tea, Inc., (Nasdaq: PEET), the leading super-premium coffee
company, dedicated to artisan roasting, distributing and marketing the
highest quality coffee available to coffee lovers throughout the United
States. She is an adviser/board member to several start-up companies and
is writing a new book, Brand for Talent, to be published in early 2009
by Josey-Bass.
Sartain also served as chairman of the board of the
Society for Human Resource Management in 2001 and was named fellow of
the National Academy of Human Resources in 1998. She holds an MBA from
the University of North Texas and a BBA from Southern Methodist
University. She was named by Human Resources Executive as one of the 25
most powerful women in HR in 2005.
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