Opening Keynote: China Miner Gorman

China Miner Gorman
Chief Global Engagement Officer
Society for Human Resource Management

As SHRM’s Chief Global Engagement Officer, China Gorman provides executive leadership to our Member Services, Professional and Business Development, Global Marketing, Professional Knowledge, Publishing/New Media, External Affairs, and Global Marketing Divisions – those divisions providing the exceptional service and value on which our members rely.

For more than 25 years, China has held strategic leadership roles in the human capital services industry.  Her expertise in business strategy, market share growth, and new business development has enabled her to successfully lead organizations through turnarounds and rapid growth cycles, as well as through business slowdowns, with exceptional results.  These experiences have given her a unique platform that draws on her record of success in leading local, regional, national, and worldwide operations.

Most recently, as president of DBM North America, China had overall management responsibility for selling and delivering human capital transition services to DBM clients and customers in the United States and Canada.  Prior to DBM she was president of Lee Hecht Harrison, a global leader in providing career transition, leadership development and career management consulting services.  Under China’s leadership, this $250 million division of Adecco became the performance leader in its industry.  As president, she set LHH’s first global strategy and led the resurgence of European operations.  China also directed the creation of a new global mission that aligned all of the firm’s operations, achieving higher levels of performance during a major industry downturn. 

Prior to this, as LHH’s Chief Operating Officer, China led the organization through a period of rapid growth, increasing its profit margin by 59 percent, far outpacing industry averages.  In addition, she refocused and re-energized the organization’s already industry-leading diversity efforts.

She sits on the boards of the Chicago-based Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, Jobs for America’s Graduates and the SHRM Foundation.  She has traveled the world speaking to business, professional, and corporate groups on a variety of topics related to successful career management, leading organizations through change, and leadership. 

China holds a Bachelor’s degree from Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, and has completed significant post-graduate work in Organizational Development.