12 Facts About Kathleen Hogan

Kathleen Hogan is Executive Vice President for human resources and Chief People Officer at Microsoft.

Kathleen Hogan went to work for Oracle Corporation, first as a software developer, then as a software development manager.

In November 2014, Kathleen Hogan was appointed to executive vice president for Human Resources, replacing Lisa Brummel.

In 2014, as one of her first actions as Chief People Officer, Kathleen Hogan sat down with human resource leads from rival companies, including Laszlo Bock from Google, and Denise Young Smith from Apple, Inc.

In further efforts to expand corporate diversity and inclusion, Kathleen Hogan expanded parental leave benefit to all parents, including fathers, in 2015, and introduced a four-week paid family caregiver leave in 2017, making Microsoft one of the only companies to offer such a benefit worldwide.

Kathleen Hogan says these benefits are personal for her, as she remembers the support she needed from her Services team when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007.

Kathleen Hogan joined the Board of Alaska Airlines in August 2019.

Kathleen Hogan is a former executive board member of the Technology Services Industry Association.

In 2015, Kathleen Hogan was recognized as a "Woman of Influence" by the Puget Sound Business Journal.

In 2021, Kathleen Hogan was named "HR Executive of the Year" by Human Resource Executive magazine for her leadership and people strategy throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kathleen Hogan was born and raised in southeast Wisconsin: Wauwatosa, Brookfield, and Pewaukee.

Kathleen Hogan graduated from Brookfield Central High School in 1984.