Lifespan names senior vice president for human resources

Lisa Abbott joined Lifespan as its new senior vice president for human resources on March 1. / COURTESY LIFESPAN
Lisa Abbott joined Lifespan as its new senior vice president for human resources on March 1. / COURTESY LIFESPAN

PROVIDENCE – Lisa Abbott has been appointed senior vice president for human resources for Lifespan. With some 12,000 employees, it is Rhode Island’s largest private employer and largest health care system. Abbott, who started on March 1, came from Penn State Hershey Medical Center, in Hershey, Pa., where she served as associate vice president for health affairs for human resources and chief human resources officer. Penn State Hershey has approximately 10,000 employees, including 1,100 clinicians and scientists, and consists of a 550-bed adult and children’s hospital, rehabilitation hospital and psychiatric hospital.

“Lisa is a dynamic, energetic executive leader who possesses the drive and relevant experience so critical to meeting the needs of Lifespan and our workforce,” Dr. Timothy J. Babineau, president and CEO of Lifespan, said in a statement. “We strongly believe that under Lisa’s direction, [human resources] will continue to support Lifespan’s integrated health care delivery system by further incorporating contemporary, value-added [human resources] practices.”

“We have the opportunity to leverage human capital talent to significantly impact our patients by providing quality health care. What we do directly impacts our community,” Abbott said in a Lifespan statement.

Abbott, who holds an MBA in international business from Binghamton University in Binghamton, N.Y., noted the extremely competitive health care jobs market within Rhode Island and to the north.

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“In such a competitive market, it is critical that we create an employee experience that attracts and retains the best talent for every role in this organization,” she said. “We need to be actively sourcing talent to grow this organization and be in constant competition for the very best.”

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