LEADERS IN MANAGEMENT AWARD HONOREE

Shaun E. Smith ’96, JD ’02

Group SVP and Chief People and Culture Officer

NewYork-Presbyterian

Shaun

E. Smith, JD is the Group Senior Vice President & Chief People and Culture Officer for NewYork-Presbyterian. In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of the organization’s people strategy and leadership of human resources operations, including talent acquisition, training and organizational development, total rewards, employee and labor relations, workforce health and safety, and diversity & inclusion. Mr. Smith joined NewYork-Presbyterian in 2012 as Vice President of Human Resources, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. As NewYork-Presbyterian evolved, he took on the responsibility of providing strategic direction and oversight of human resources across NewYork-Presbyterian for NYP’s 47,000 employees who provide care at 10 hospital campuses and more than 200 primary and specialty care clinics in New York City and the surrounding communities

Mr. Smith has over 25 years of human resources, legal, and health care management experience, including leadership roles at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh, New York, where he served as the Chief Human Resource Officer. Mr. Smith received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration and his law degree from Pace University. He was an adjunct professor of Human Resources Management at the State University of New York in Plattsburgh and currently serves as the Associate Dean for the NewYorkPresbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences. Mr. Smith is a member of the Executive Leadership Council. He is a member of the Boards of Trustees of Pace University, The Center of Community Alternatives, and The Rogosin Institute. Mr. Smith has also served on other health care industry boards, including his past role as Chair of START Treatment and Recovery Centers in New York City.

About the Leaders in Management Award

The Leaders in Management Award is one of the highest honors bestowed by Pace University upon industry leaders whose momentous accomplishments have added to the rich civic and cultural tapestry of New York and the United States as a whole. For half a century, Pace has recognized a wide array of the nation’s top executives, entrepreneurs, and innovators. We hold these men and women up as living symbols of excellence and achievement for our students to follow.