Barb Runyon
Barb Runyon is Gentherm’s Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, reporting to Bill Presley.
Barb leads the overall human resources strategy, including total rewards, talent acquisition and talent management, employee engagement and human resources. She is also responsible for leading global Marketing and Corporate Communications.
Prior to joining Gentherm, Barb worked as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at La-Z-Boy Incorporated, a global leader in residential furniture, from 2015 through 2018. Prior to that, she held roles of increasing responsibility at PepsiCo/The Pepsi Bottling Group for over 14 years.
Barb graduated with a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Organizational Development from Wayne State University and a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources from Michigan State University.
Barb is the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for Loyola High School in Detroit, the Vice President of the Advisory Board for the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations at Michigan State University, and serves on the Board of the Michigan Colleges Alliance.