Board Advisors

Donna Hamlin is the Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair for Hamlin Harkins, Ltd., which she founded in 1982. Dr. Hamlin is a corporate executive with twenty years of experience and a successful track record in strategy, change management and human performance management for a range of companies from Fortune 500 global enterprises to start-up companies in more than 30 countries.

Examples of her work include: facilitating strategic planning retreats for senior executive teams in more than thirty companies spanning two dozen industries, coaching senior executives to help them exercise thought leadership and improve personal performance, developing marketing and global positioning plans for corporate and product brands, and redesigning human resource functions to meet strategic shifts of companies. She’s designed and managed major culture change processes for three corporate mergers and a global integration plan for Philips International, BV.

In the past, Dr. Hamlin has served as Senior Vice-President of Human Resources and Professional Services for the information technology company, siteROCK Corporation. Additionally, she served as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Change, Executive Planning and Leadership Development for CitiGroup’s Associates First Capital Corporation, and as Vice President for Human and Organizational Performance for Texaco, Inc. As the senior executive strategist there, she was responsible for the design and deployment of systems and strategies to improve individual and team performance within key business units for 27,000 employees.

Dr. Hamlin has a Ph.D. and M.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She has a B.A. from Siena College and has studied at the University of London. She serves as a Board trustee for the San Jose Cleveland Ballet, the United Way, the San Jose Stage Company and Girls, Inc. Donna also serves as a volunteer consultant in Russia for the Center for Citizens Initiative. She is certified by the National Association of Corporate Directors and is the recipient of awards from the International Communication Association and General Electric. A published author, she writes management articles in the area of human performance management.