Dean's Advisory Council

Kimberly S. Hauer
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
SC Johnson

Kimberly Hauer is Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at SC Johnson.  Kim joined SCJ in December 2016 as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer.  She leads the company’s global HR function and is responsible for human resources policies and workplace practices around the world.

Kim joined SCJ from Caterpillar, where she was Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since 2011. Prior to that, during her nearly 20-year career at Caterpillar, she held a wide array of HR roles including international assignments in Switzerland and Belgium.

Kim has been honored by HRO Today magazine by receiving the 2016 CHRO of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award, recognition of her accomplishments both internally to the company and externally within the HR field.  Kim is a Board member of the HR Policy Association, Core Construction and was a founding member of the American Health Policy Institute. She also serves as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at Purdue University.  She has a bachelor’s degree in management, with emphasis in human resources, from Purdue University and has been certified as a Human Resources Professional.

Kim currently resides in Lake Bluff, Illinois, with her husband, Jason, and their two daughters.