Dr. Klar, senior vice president and CHRO at Memorial Health, has led transformative human resources strategies that directly impact talent acquisition, workforce development and cost efficiency. Under her leadership, the system launched a new career website, boosting user traffic and engagement, and implemented a direct hire program that cut time-to-hire by 24 days. She oversaw the streamlining of compensation structures, reducing pay structures from 29 disparate structures to six and pay ranges from 1,500 to just 95. Dr. Klar also helped reduce contract labor costs by $15 million and partnered on a pay premium dashboard that saved $1.5 million year-over-year. Her team developed specialized clinical courses for new graduate nurses and expanded childcare facilities to support staff. Dr. Klar brings over two decades of human resources experience, including time spent at Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health and Cleveland Clinic.
