Experts & Advisors
Jerilyn Iacovetto
Managing Director

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Jerilyn Iacovetto serves as the Managing Director at Ankura. She brings extensive expertise across the full spectrum of human resource functions, strategy, and execution. Her areas of specialization include comprehensive evaluation of human capital practices and organizational structures, fostering organizational culture, optimizing talent practices and succession planning, and leading vendor selection and implementation processes. She is adept at measuring and enhancing engagement and steering organizational change initiatives on a global scale.
Experience
Jerilyn’s experience spans diverse industries including manufacturing, supply chain, software, healthcare, education, and e-commerce, where she has effectively applied her knowledge to both public, private, and equity-owned companies. Her career includes pivotal roles as head of human resources (HR) at global corporations such as Bell and Howell, ModusLink, and Nomaco. Additionally, she has contributed her expertise through Board service and support and served as an instructor for HR content at Duke University. Through her experience, she is able to leverage insights to address unique regional challenges and opportunities in human resource management.
Representative engagements include:
- Interim HR Leadership/Advisory
- Merger and Acquisition Diligence/Execution
- HR Functional Diagnostics/Optimization
- Strategic Talent Management/Succession Plans
- Organizational Transformation/Structure/Development
- Employee Engagement/Culture Transformation
- Workforce Planning and Analytics
- Education
- MS, Labor and Human Resources, The Ohio State University
- BS, Organizational Communications (Minor-Psycology), Ohio University
- Certifications
- Society for Human Resource Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)
- Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)
- Prosci Certified Change Management Practitioner
- University of Georgia Certified Business/Executive Coach