David Kinard

David Kinard serves as executive vice president, Human Resources for Elanco. Kinard brings valuable leadership experience within the pharmaceutical industry and years of managing human resources programs to this position.

Prior to his current role, Kinard served as the vice president of human resources of Lilly International for Eli Lilly & Company where he created valuable human resources programs in diverse geographies and business units. He also served as vice president of human resources for bio-medics and emerging markets, biomedicines and diabetes, Lilly diabetes and global employee relations and Lilly USA. Kinard joined Eli Lilly & Company in 1997 and the first decade of his career included roles as an organizational effectiveness consultant, a HR manager supporting R&D, and director of workforce research and organizational effectiveness. He began his career as an account manager for Walker Customer Satisfaction Measurement, and later as both an organizational development manager and production manager for AlliedSignal.

Kinard holds a bachelor's degree in social science and broadcast communications and a master’s in organizational behavior from Brigham Young University. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Conner Prairie, a living history museum in Fishers, Indiana.