Executive Profiles

Sherry Whiteley

Senior Vice President,
Chief Human Resources Officer

Sherry Whiteley is Intuit's senior vice president and the chief human resources officer, leading the team responsible for acquiring, developing, mobilizing and rewarding the company's global workforce. She also leads the company's diversity and inclusion programs, community giving efforts and is responsible for facilities and real estate.

Since joining Intuit in 2000, Whiteley and her team have successfully worked to create programs and offerings that further Intuit's high-commitment, high-performance culture. In 2010, Intuit was named to Fortune Magazine's "Best Companies to Work For" list for the ninth consecutive year. With a passion for employee-driven philanthropy, Whiteley is also president of the Intuit Foundation board of directors.

Whiteley joined intuit after a nine-year career at Silicon Graphics. While at SGI, she held several senior human resources positions, including executive recruiting, employee communications, executive coaching and development, leadership development and technical education.

She earned a bachelor's degree in history from Santa Clara University and is a graduate of the Executive General Management and the Human Resource Executive programs at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.