Goodyear successfully recruits recruiter

Nov. 26, 2008

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has hired Sherry Nolan as director of global talent management, development and diversity, effective Dec. 8. Nolan will report directly to Joe Ruocco, senior vice president of human resources.

Nolan, 40, will be responsible for developing and leading the company's business-wide initiatives and programs for executive and associate recruitment and retention, performance management, talent development and succession planning. In addition, she will lead Goodyear's diversity efforts on a global basis.


"Sherry has a proven track record of effectively partnering with operational and functional leaders to impact the business agenda," Ruocco said. "Plus, her experience in developing and driving talent management and diversity initiatives well equips her to enhance Goodyear's leadership pipeline and development."

Nolan brings nearly 20 years of business-related and broad-based HR experience to Goodyear. For the last eight years, she held various human resource leadership positions at The Pepsi Bottling Group in Somers, N.Y.; most recently, she was responsible for worldwide diversity and organizational capability.