John Kosky is the Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at University of Virginia. John has over 20 years of experience in human resources and has been with University of Virginia since April 2017. Prior to that, they were with George Washington University for three years, where they served as the Associate Vice President, HR Talent Management.
In their current role, John is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction for key HR functions including compensation, benefits strategy, employee engagement, talent acquisition, work-life, wellness, and organizational development/learning & development. John has played a key role in developing talent programs to enhance the university’s ability to recruit, motivate, engage, develop, and reward employees. John has also developed short- and long-term strategic road maps for talent management programs, including the development of analytical indicators and KPIs, as well as monitoring service-levels to ensure baseline services meet operational service level expectations.
John has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from George Mason University.
John Kosky has a Master of Law from Emory University School of Law, specializing in Employment and Labor Law. John also has an MBA from the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, with a focus on Investments, International Finance, and Strategy. Their undergraduate degree is in Human Resources Management from Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business. In addition, they are certified by Workday in Workday Pro - Integrations, Workday Pro - HCM, Workday Pro - Learning, Workday Pro - Performance & Talent, Workday Pro - Security, and Workday Pro - Reporting & Analytics.
Some of their coworkers include Lily West - President and CEO, University of Virginia Alumni Association, John C. Jeffries - Counselor to President Jim Ryan, and Margaret Grundy - Associate Vice President and Chief of Staff for the President. John Kosky reports to James E. Ryan, President.
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