Jeannette Pugh
Executive Search Lead Cedars-Sinai
Jeannette Pugh is a SHRM-certified global human resources leader with broad experience across HR strategy, organizational development, talent management, and business operations. With a background spanning multiple industries and international organizations, Jeannette partners with leaders to build sustainable people strategies that improve engagement, strengthen retention, and drive organizational performance. Known for leading transformational workforce initiatives and empowering high-performing teams, Jeannette has successfully supported organizations through periods of growth, change, and turnaround. Her expertise includes recruitment and retention, leadership development, succession planning, employee relations, DEI strategy, and merger and acquisition integration across R&D, sales, manufacturing and healthcare environments. Passionate about helping individuals and organizations reach their full potential, she brings a people-centered approach to creating resilient, high-performing workplace cultures.
Seminars
- Learn how Cedars-Sinai piloted video-driven, AI-powered job announcements built around the hiring leader's voice – reducing repetitive recruiting admin and freeing teams to operate at a more strategic level
- Explore how video-led, AI-powered outreach increased candidate engagement, visibility and preparedness before interviews even begin
- Understand the metrics and decision-making behind a 90-day pilot that filled six director-level roles – and what it took to balance automation, authenticity, and employer brand
Go beyond the case study: your chance to ask questions that uncover the decisions, challenges and lessons behind the results
