Management Team
Name: Kaye Foster-Cheek
Biography: Kaye Foster-Cheek is Vice President, Human Resources, Johnson & Johnson, and a member of the Executive Committee. Ms. Foster-Cheek is responsible for all aspects of the Human Resources and Talent Management functions, including worldwide management succession and organization development, compensation and benefits, education and training, recruiting, equal opportunity, affirmative action, human resources policies and employee & labor relations. She was named to this position in January, 2005. Ms. Foster-Cheek is a member of the Management Compensation Committee and the Pension Committee. In January, 2007, she assumed responsibility for Disability Management, Employee Assistance, Health & Wellness and Corporate Medical.
Ms. Foster-Cheek began her Johnson & Johnson career in May, 2003, as Vice President, Human Resources, for the Johnson & Johnson North American Consumer Products Companies. In March, 2004, she was promoted to the position of Vice President, Human Resources, for the Consumer & Personal Care Group, and she became a member of the Human Resources Leadership Team and the Consumer & Personal Care Group Operating Committee, the position she held until assuming her present responsibilities.
Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Ms. Foster-Cheek held several senior Human Resources executive positions with Pfizer Inc. supporting its pharmaceutical business in Japan, Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America, and she led the integration of both the Warner-Lambert and Pharmacia mergers for these countries. She worked for 10 years at The Yellow Pages in operational roles managing customer service for the Northeast region.
Among her community and professional associations, Ms. Foster-Cheek is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management, a Certified Diversity Trainer/Certified Facilitator for the National Training Lab (NTL) and a Certified Compensation Professional with World at Work. She currently serves as a member of The Executive Leadership Council, an organization that provides African-American executives of Fortune 500 companies with a network and leadership forum that offers perspective and direction for the African-American community and their corporations. She is a past board member of Harlem YMCA Black Achievers in Industry. Ms. Foster-Cheek is an Advisory Board Member of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, a member of the Advisory Council on Human Resources Management of The Conference Board and a Board Member of The Francis E. Parker Memorial Home. Ms. Foster-Cheek was an award winner from Black Achievers in Industry and she was named 2004 Woman of the Year by the Corporate Women's Network.
Born in Bridgetown, Barbados, Ms. Foster-Cheek earned her undergraduate degree at Baruch College of the City University of New York and received an M.B.A. from Columbia University, Graduate School of Business.
Ms. Foster-Cheek is married and the mother of two children.
