# Human Resources ## About Our Team We provide strategic HR guidance to support academic and staff leaders, departments, and employees; advise on workplace concerns, performance management, conflict resolution, and labor relations; recruit and support the hiring of talented staff; guide employees and managers through leave requests and return-to-work processes; provide job classification, compensation guidance and workforce insights through data analysis and reporting; develop initiatives that strengthen employee engagement, development, inclusion, and organizational effectiveness; ensure accurate, efficient, and compliant delivery of HR processes and transactions. *Our team is expected to be fully operational under the new model by mid-October.* ## Our Core Services FAS HR supports all staff across the FAS and partners with other supporting offices to provide services to academic populations as needed. Our core services include: - HR Consulting - Employee/Labor Relations - Talent Acquisition - Staff and Researcher Leaves management - Compensation and Data Analytics - HR Programs - HR Operations ## Related Resources A few things fall outside our team, but here is where you can go for help: - [Benefits](mailto:benefits@harvard.edu) (617- 496-4001) - [Payroll](https://finance.fas.harvard.edu/pages/payroll) - [Employment verification requests](https://hr.fas.harvard.edu/pages/employment-verification-procedure) ## How to Work With Us Each department and center has a dedicated HR Partner who is the main point of contact for any HR-related questions and will triage and refer to other support functions as appropriate. The FAS community can find their [assigned HR Partner](https://hr.fas.harvard.edu/node/1564226?search=&f%5B0%5D=hwp_c_peopletaxonomy%3A9821) by filtering on their department. We also have four dedicated email inboxes: - General inquiries: ; - Talent acquisition: - HR Operations: - Leaves: [The FAS HR/Payroll support matrix](https://hr.fas.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum746/files/fas-hr/files/fas_hr-payroll_support_matrix.pdf) is an additional wayfinding tool to help you determine who to call for support. ## Key Contacts & Team Structure Sort**Name** **Title** **Coverage Area** [Nicole Breen](mailto:Nicole_breen@harvard.edu) Chief Human Resources Officer All functions [Bio](https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/new-fas-chief-human-resources-named) To Be Hired Executive Director HR Partners Employee Relations [Jessica Bowne ](mailto:jessica_bowne@fas.harvard.edu%20) Assoc. Director of Programs and Communications HR programs and professional development [Robin Ketterer](mailto:ketterer@fas.harvard.edu) Director of Talent Acquisition Talent Acquisition [Michelle Provost](mailto:Michelle_provost@harvard.edu) Administrative Manager General administration [Mark Seibring ](mailto:mseibrin@fas.harvard.edu) Director, Analytics and Compensation Compensation, HRIS, Analytics [Jiyoung Won](mailto:jiwon@fas.harvard.edu) Sr. HR Operations Manager HR Operations, transactions, and Leaves Visit the [FAS HR](https://hr.fas.harvard.edu/pages/about) website for more information. ## New HR Organizational Design ![Flowchart displaying the new organizational structure for HR](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/2026-09/Screenshot%202026-09-04%20at%201.17.32%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=IjYjxrkZ) Organizational chart displaying the new structure of FAS HR functions.