Joan Troester

Joan M. Troester, MBA, CEBS, SPHR, serves as the Senior Assistant VicePresident and Deputy CHRO at the University of Iowa, where she leadscomprehensive human resources services focused on employee well-being,talent management, and data analytics. Joni oversees teams responsible fortalent acquisition, compensation, health and welfare plans, and well-beingprograms, all aimed at enhancing the employee experience. With extensiveexperience in strategic planning and system-wide service delivery, she integratestotal rewards concepts to support the university's overarching people strategy.Joni is also a board member of the Health Enhancement Research Organization(HERO), promoting employer-based health initiatives. She holds a BS and MA inExercise Science, along with an MBA from the Tippie College of Business at theUniversity of Iowa and is certified as both a Senior Professional in HumanResources and a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist.