In her role as executive vice president and CHRO at Boston Children’s, Ms. Abbott leads human capital strategy and human resources operations for more than 17,500 employees. Over the past year, she has been preparing the rollout of a best-in-class leadership capability model to strengthen effectiveness and succession planning across the organization. She is positioning Boston Children’s for a major business technology transformation, aligning workforce strategy, governance and change leadership to support enterprise readiness. Ms. Abbott’s talent acquisition team recently supported the successful opening of Boston Children’s new ambulatory care hospital in Needham, Mass., ensuring workforce planning and leadership support for this significant expansion of care delivery. Her team supports a robust community of employee-led groups, open to every colleague, to support and celebrate the entire workforce. These groups strengthen the organization’s commitment to an inclusive, respectful and kind work environment for all employees, and recognize the meaningful impact that a diverse workforce has on teamwork, innovation, employee engagement and patient care. Some recent awards honoring the workforce environment include being named “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” in the 2015 Disability Index and 2025 “Top 10 Enterprise-Wide ERGs and Councils.” Ms. Abbott joined Boston Children’s in 2023 and previously served as senior vice president of human resources and community affairs at Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan, now named Brown University Health.
