HMSHost announced May 9, the appointment of Laura E. FitzRandolph to executive vice president and chief human resources officer, responsible for overseeing all HR functions including associate and labor relations, talent acquisition and development, compensation and benefits for HMSHost’s 31,000-plus associates across North America.
“We are extremely excited to have Laura join our team and lead our associates into the future,” said HMSHost President and CEO Steve Johnson. “I am very confident that Laura’s background and expertise will be a great benefit toward developing our most important resource—our people.”
FitzRandolph joins HMSHost from global hotel management company Interstate Hotels & Resorts, where she was most recently EVP, chief human resources officer, leading all functions of global human resources. She joined Interstate in 2006 and has held roles focusing on talent acquisition, development and learning, compensation and benefits, associate and labor relations, and employment legal matters.
Prior to joining Interstate, FitzRandolph was counsel in the labor and employment group of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. She is a former deputy director of correspondence in the White House Office of Scheduling and Advance, and served on the staff of United States Senator Alan Cranston.
FitzRandolph holds a B.A. in Political Science and Mass Communications from the University of California, Berkley, and a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School. Laura is an active member of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) and its Labor and Human Resources Committees, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations. She has been a panelist and speaker for hospitality conferences including Georgetown Lodging Summit, HR in Hospitality, and ALIS.
