KAR Auction Services Inc. d/b/a KAR Global announced Lisa Price, KAR’s executive vice president of human resources, will take on the expanded role of chief people officer. Price is the first to hold this title and will increase her focus on KAR’s company culture, its employer brand and employees’ safety and security.
Prior to taking on her new role as chief people officer, Price was charged with bringing human resources, payroll, benefits and compensation departments enterprise-wide into alignment with KAR’s strategic and operational goals. As part of her expanded 360°-view of people and employees, Price will also assume leadership of KAR’s safety and security teams.
Price initially joined ADESA, a business unit of KAR, in 2005 as corporate counsel, responsible for everything from employment litigation to compliance risk management. In 2007, she was promoted to vice president of litigation and employment counsel for KAR. She assumed the role of executive vice president of human resources for the company in 2013, making the leap from a successful 14 year legal career.
Prior to joining ADESA, Price spent six years in private practice at Stewart & Irwin focusing on employment law, litigation and compliance. Price holds a bachelor’s degree cum laude from Ball State University and earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University School of Law.
Published in the March 2020 Edition