Ms. Sherer leads human capital strategy for more than 24,000 colleagues at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, with oversight spanning talent management, employee relations, recruitment, compensation and human resources operations. Since joining in 2023, she has advanced a “workplace of choice” strategy grounded in listening, data and colleague experience. She launched the “Buckeye Experience,” a continuous listening model that integrates the annual engagement survey, leader rounding, professional development and other feedback loops to translate insights into action. Her team reimagined the new team member experience by transforming all-staff virtual orientation, reinstating in-person business-unit orientations and moving from a biweekly to a weekly hiring cycle. She also introduced the Buckeye Team Center, a one-stop pre-hire hub designed to streamline background checks, I-9 verification and health screenings into a single appointment and location. To strengthen leader decision-making, Ms. Sherer created a manager-facing dashboard providing real-time access to turnover, vacancy and hiring analytics. She rolled out a new performance management philosophy and web-based tool built around ongoing dialogue and real-time coaching notes. Ms. Sherer also expanded career pathways through English as a second language and mentorship programs, as well as K-12 partnerships that have reached more than 2,000 high school students, while supporting the recruitment of 2,000-plus team members for the medical center’s new University Hospital opening in 2026, with a large majority hired from outside Columbus.
