Yvonne Wolf

Yvonne Wolf is a Global, 4-time Chief People Officer, interim HR Leader, Board contributor, and Founder of YourTalentMatters LLC with 25+ years working across various industries and full organizational cycles - from start-ups to divestitures, helping organizations innovate and grow, especially during times of uncertainty and change.   

Prior to consulting, Yvonne contributed to strategic and cultural transformations and double-digit growth for organizations, including the National Restaurant Association and Educational Foundation, Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR), Denny’s Restaurants (NASDAQ: DENN), PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP), Triarc Restaurant Group, GlaxoSmithKline/ Novartis Vaccines (NASDAQ: GSK), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Partners In Health Gates Medical Research Institute, and Trust for Public Land.  

Yvonne partners with leaders and boards to enable better strategy, governance, talent, and culture decisions. In addition to developing HR strategies and strengthening and leading team teams, she brings expertise in developing and leading C-suite succession, leadership pipeline development and talent management, values alignment, goal setting, performance, scorecard, and metrics, organization structure and design, and cultures of well-being, equity, and inclusion across North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Yvonne graduated from Northern Illinois University and is a certified Senior Human Resources Professional and certified in Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), Unconscious Bias Mitigation, Leadership Assessment & Development, Organization Structure & Design, Six-Sigma Process Improvement, and Change Management.  

Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, after discovering her ancestral roots in Sierra Leone, West Africa, she became a dual citizen and paved the way for 100s of African Americans to do so since. Yvonne lives in East Boston, Massachusetts, and is the proud mother of an adult son.