The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago recently announced the promotion of Kathryn Medina to senior vice president of People & Culture and chief human resources officer. In her new role, Medina has oversight of human resources, diversity and inclusion and internal communications. Medina will become the first Latina member of the Bank’s Executive Committee. Medina joined the Chicago Fed in 2016 as vice president of talent management. In that role she managed the areas of talent acquisition, leadership and organizational development, compensation and employee relations. She was promoted to vice president of human resources in 2017, overseeing the additional functions of HR operations and people analytics. Medina holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration and a Master of Education in global human resource development from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also earned a Lean Six Sigma certificate from Villanova University.

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