KeyAnna Schmiedl

KeyAnna Schmiedl is the Chief Human Experience Officer at Workhuman, where she guides the organization’s entire human experience strategy. Her portfolio spans talent, total rewards, learning and development, culture and employee experience, organizational design, corporate social responsibility, and DEI.

Her path to Workhuman runs through some of the most people-focused roles in the industry. She previously served as VP of Social and Environmental Impact at Mozilla and global head of Culture and Inclusion at Wayfair, and worked with organizations including Harvard University, Santander Bank, and IBIS Consulting.

Human experience strategy that builds open, equitable, and inclusive cultures

KeyAnna is known for navigating complex structures to grow relationships and opportunities, connecting key stakeholders, and assessing organizational readiness so that conversations about DEI and people processes happen at the right level for every audience. Above all, she challenges and equips leaders to move from careful conversations to thoughtful ones.

Her work connects directly to what people leaders care about most. She leads every lever of the employee experience, from rewards to culture to organizational design, under one strategy. That lens makes her a natural fit for leaders working on culture, performance, and retention at the same time.

KeyAnna received the Diversity Journal’s Diversity Leader Award for her work creating an open, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture. She was named to Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list and recognized as a DEI Trailblazer by Business Insider in 2021. She holds an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Organizational Learning and Development from Suffolk University, an MBA in Human Resource Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Human Services from Fitchburg State University. She lives in the Greater Boston area with her husband, two boys, and a growing menagerie of pets.

Topics KeyAnna speaks on

• Designing the human experience: aligning talent, rewards, culture, and organizational design under one strategy.
• Inclusive workplace culture: building organizations that are open, equitable, and inclusive.
• From careful to thoughtful conversations: equipping leaders to engage on DEI and people topics with confidence.
• Organizational readiness: assessing where a company stands and meeting each audience at the right level.

Connect with KeyAnna

• KeyAnna Schmiedl on LinkedIn

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