Boston CHRO Community
Inner Circle
September 4, 2025 | Davio's
September 4, 2025
Davio's
Collaborate with your peers
Join Boston's top CHROs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CHROs today:
Leading the workforce and serving the business through disruption
Showing HR’s strategic impact while mitigating change fatigue
Boston CHRO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CHROs, For CHROs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Mary Beth DeNooyer
Keurig Dr Pepper
CHRO
Sarah Evans
Ocean Spray
CHRO
Brendan Reidy
Acushnet Company
CPO
Agenda
September 4, 2025
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
The Evolving Role of the CHRO
Mike Gutner
Chief People Officer
Toast
Denise Lowsley
EVP & CHRO
Hanover Insurance Group
Debra Vasques Bruneau
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
JSR
Alexandre-Pierre Mery
CHRO
PerkinElmer
Stephanie Soto
CHRO
Breakthru Beverage Group
In 2025, executives are pulling from the lessons they learned during Covid, as they work to lead through disruption. In today's volatile business landscape, HR leaders face challenges relating to the dynamic economy, rapid technological advancements, a race for talent, generational turnover and employee activism. While following these trends CHROs must balance expectations from key business stakeholders while maintaining a culture that retains the workforce. It's critical that HR leaders mitigate change fatigue while responding to the needs of the business.
In this session, join fellow HR leaders to explore ways to address these challenges strategically and impactfully.
Discussion Questions:
- How has the geopolitical landscape affected your HR initiatives?
- Is your business being impacted by tariffs? How are you addressing this?
- How has the AI boom influenced your talent strategy?
- How are you working to mitigate change fatigue?
- With many HR leaders facing budget cuts, are you having to do more with less?
- How are you showing HR's strategic impact on the workforce?
6:30pm - 7:00pm Networking Break
7:00pm - 8:00pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Boston CHRO Community Inner Circle.
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Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
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