Donna DeGrande - Managing Partner
Phone: (888) 774-1117 x 707
Email: donna.degrande@solutionspi.com
Donna DeGrande has over 25 years of experience in the field of human resources and has worked in a number of diverse organizations, including high technology, manufacturing, public and private sector, and service industries. She also built a successful Silicon Valley management-consulting firm.
Donna is SVP and Practice Leader for Solutions Partners HR, providing outsourced human resources services to clients on a national basis. Before joining Solutions Partners HR, Donna was SVP of Willis' HR Consulting Services division. Donna joined Willis from a predecessor company, PRIMARY Worldwide, where she had executive responsibility for the development and administration of the HR Consulting and Outsourcing Services division.
As Sr. Vice-President of Human Resources for FutureNext, her executive role encompassed national responsibility for all aspects of human resources to include all administrative, compensation, benefits, training, recruitment, merger and acquisition activity, HRIS, organizational development, internal communications and reward and recognition processes and systems.
Ms. DeGrande joined FutureNext from a predecessor company, Core Technology where she held the executive position of Vice-President of Human Resources. Prior to Core, she built a successful Silicon Valley consulting practice that focused on executive coaching and team building.
Ms. DeGrande's other experience incorporates executive management positions with SCVTA, County of Santa Clara, and Kaiser as well as various positions with Ford Motor Company. Her previous employee relations/management roles encompassed responsibility for workforces of up to 14,000 employees.
Ms. DeGrande has served as a member of several board of directors, was a finalist for Woman of Achievement of Santa Clara County and received national recognition for her development of employee training programs. Ms. DeGrande received her B.S. degree from the University of San Francisco.