Heather Laychak

Chief People Officer

Heather R. Laychak has more than 20 years of experience in human resources (HR) in both for‑profit and nonprofit companies across multiple industries, including aerospace and defense, academia, retail, and entertainment.She is currently the vice president and chief people officer at The Aerospace Corporation, an independent, nonprofit corporation based in El Segundo, California. The only federally funded research and development center for national security space, Aerospace performs objective technical analyses and assessments for a variety of U.S. government, civil, and commercial customers.As a strategic advisor to the chief executive officer and executive leadership team, Laychak is responsible for developing and executing the corporation’s HR strategy to achieve business, people, and organizational objectives. She has oversight for all areas of human resources, including talent acquisition; diversity, equity, and inclusion; people learning and development; employee and labor relations; workforce planning and analytics; total rewards; people strategy and management; and organizational development. Laychak also serves as the management liaison for the Compensation and Personnel Committee of the Board of Trustees, responsible for trustee, corporate officer, and company-wide compensation and benefits, executive incentive plan management, officer succession planning, workforce engagement, and cultural climate.

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#SuccessionPlanning #PerformanceManagement #Onboarding

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#UnitedStates