Hickok & Boardman

Katrina joined Hickok & Boardman HR Intelligence in March of 2022 as the Director of HR Consulting Services. Katrina is a dynamic, hands-on HR practitioner with over 20 years of HR management experience in higher education, healthcare, and private industry. She is a strategic business partner to senior organizational leaders and provides expertise in policy design, compensation analysis and program management, performance management, recruiting and retention programs, compliance reporting, HRIS implementations, HR workflow development, training and development, and benefits administration.

Katrina comes to H&B HR Consulting team from the Vermont State Colleges System where she served as System Director of Human Resources and Benefits Administration. There, she led the VSCS through a full-scale centralized implementation of an HRIS, consolidating the employee benefits, payroll, and HR functions for five campuses. Katrina’s role provided the VSCS leadership and expertise in HR compliance best practices and addressing employee needs throughout the full employment life cycle, and most recently in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Katrina earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology (BA) from Northern Vermont University (formally Lyndon State College). She recently served for 3 years on the Northern New England Colleges Universities Professional Association Board of Directors as the Vermont Representative lending a strategic view of higher education workplace issues. Katrina resides in St. Johnsbury with her family and 2 dogs and enjoys all activities outdoors.