Kristi Pavel
Senior director, ESG Program Management
Kristi joined ADP Research in April 2020 to drive the production of the team's groundbreaking People + Performance research.
In July 2024, she transitioned her program management responsibilities to support ADP's environmental, social, and governance initiatives. She orchestrates ADP's ESG Steering Committee, Operating Committee, and various working groups, collaborating across geographies, business units, and functions in support of translating ADP's ESG efforts into a cohesive, multi-stakeholder engagement strategy.
Prior to joining ADP Research, Kristi spent 10 years as director of client success for the Marcus Buckingham Co., an ADP company. At TMBC, Kristi led cross-functional teams of geographically dispersed resources to deliver technology, training, and coaching solutions on time, to specification, and within budget. She strategically managed the relationships of large, complex corporate clients.
Prior to joining TMBC, Kristi spent 18 years with the Hewlett-Packard Co., providing global project management for multi-million-dollar client projects. During her time at Hewlett-Packard, Kristi implemented numerous improvements to the organization’s planning and processes. Responsible for global record management and customer issue management, she aligned sales and operations teams across regions to a prioritized list of initiatives and resolved complex global customer issues involving product delivery in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Her client accounts included McKinsey & Co., Chevron, Morrison & Foerster, Starbucks, and Franklin Templeton.
Kristi graduated with distinction from the University of Nebraska—Lincoln with a degree in business administration. She received an emphasis in international business, studying abroad at Oxford University in Oxford, England, and Senshu University in Tokyo, Japan.
Kristi was a member of the Project Management Institute and was certified as a project management professional between 2004 and 2010.