Christine D. Lovely is a talented lawyer turned higher-education leader with extensive experience in delivering HR services and leading organizations through change. Her appointment as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Cornell University began on August 30, 2022. Lovely’s portfolio includes oversight of the human resources function, the Department of Inclusion and Belonging, and the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX.
Prior to joining Cornell, she was Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Human Resources Officer at University of California, Davis since 2018. Responsible for the central HR teams on both the UC Davis and UC Davis Health campuses, her focus was on building a customer service-oriented people and culture unit that prioritizes the employee experience, transparency, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives.