Patricia Goodwin-Peters (DBA ’25) | August 2024

Goodwin-Peters (DBA 2025) is Chief Human Resources Officer at Atlas Air. She is responsible for providing strategic leadership through the development of human resources policies and practices that reflect the company’s values and support its strategy.

Goodwin-Peters joined Atlas Air in 2018 with more than 15 years of human resources experience. Before joining Atlas, Goodwin-Peters was the Head of Human Resources North America for Kate Spade & Co. and was responsible for talent identification and management initiatives and served as a liaison to the Board of Directors on topics of talent strategy and executive compensation. Additionally, she led company-wide culture enhancement programs and learning and organization development. Prior to Kate Spade, Goodwin-Peters held senior HR positions with Aeropostale, Inc. and Ralph Lauren where she led global performance management and mobilization programs that facilitated significant company growth.

In response to a recent New York Times article that argues that HR is a source of frustration and dissatisfaction in the workplace, Goodwin-Peters shared her expert insight into why HR professionals enjoy their jobs and why that matters to workers. Read Goodwin-Peter’s post on LinkedIn.