STONY BROOK, NY – August 28, 2025 –- Stony Brook University has appointed Jane Savage as the new vice president for Human Resources (HR) beginning September 2025. She will report to Jed Shivers, senior vice president for Finance and Administration.
As vice president for Human Resources, Savage will be responsible for initiatives to advance human resources services and support the Stony Brook campus community. Her key responsibilities will include developing recruitment, onboarding and engagement practices. She will help implement the HR NOW Transformation Effort, a collaborative campus initiative aimed at enhancing the employee experience and positioning Stony Brook for future success through improved HR systems and practices. She will also ensure that Stony Brook’s total rewards program, including compensation and benefits, is competitive.
Savage is also tasked with advancing efficient and responsive talent acquisition operations by leveraging a new business partner service delivery model to recruit and retain top talent and fully implement a strategic and proactive talent acquisition model to enhance the university’s recruiting capabilities.
“I am particularly excited about what Jane will bring to Stony Brook,” said Shivers. “Jane’s proven track record in leading complex HR transformations, coupled with her deep commitment to fostering a culture of trust and excellence, makes her an exceptional fit for Stony Brook. Her strategic approach to improving structures and her ability to build strong collaborative relationships across diverse communities will be instrumental as we continue to enhance our HR services for all faculty and staff.”
Savage comes to Stony Brook from Yale University, where she most recently served as associate vice president for human resources, organizational effectiveness, learning and strategic initiatives. In this role, she led HR initiatives, including an “Advance HR” program which focuses on improving the community’s experience of HR’s service delivery, talent attraction and retention, and creating a more seamless HR department. Her work also included leading the implementation of Workday Learning and fostering constructive relationships with unions. Jane has also led labor relations and bargaining and helped institute new labor-management practices.
Savage’s career also included experience in organization development consulting on union-management cooperation and other change initiatives with the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University and also at Workplace Systems, Inc., where she advised leaders of Fortune 500 manufacturing locations to implement workplace improvements such as work redesign, process improvement and union-management cooperation.
“I am incredibly honored and excited to step into the role of vice president for Human Resources,” said Savage. “I look forward to collaborating with the entire campus community to build on the strong foundations already in place as well as the opportunity to help enhance our HR practices and ensure that our services truly support the success and well-being of every faculty and staff member.”
Savage holds a master’s degree in public & private management from Yale University’s School of Management and a bachelor’s of science degree in engineering from The Ohio State University.
Jane,
Congratulations on the new position!
Would you update your contact information on the ATD SCC/ATD CT profile? atdscc.org.
I can do that for you if you would like. Just let me know.
Warm regards,
Ross Tartell, PhD
Co-President ATD CT
rtartell@optonline.net
917-544-4016
Congratulations Jane! You probably don’t remember me, but I reached out to you because you had some connections with the 1199SEIU Labor Management Program in NYC and I was doing some networking. You were very helpful and I really appreciated your ideas. Best of luck to you in your new position! Bob DeLauro