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Marcia J. Avedon joined Ingersoll Rand in February 2007 as senior vice president human resources and communications. She also was elected an officer of the company.
Marcia came to Ingersoll Rand from Merck & Co. where she had company-wide responsibilities for all human resource strategies programs and policies globally. She served in that role from 2003 - 2006 and prior to that she was vice president talent management and organization effectiveness for Merck.
Over seven years Marcia held a variety of HR and Communications leadership positions with Honeywell (formerly AlliedSignal) including vice president corporate human resources vice president human resources and communications for the Performance Polymers & Chemicals business group and director organization and leadership development for the Engineered Materials sector. Marcia also served as a board member for Lincoln National Corporation and is the board president for a non-profit agency Jersey Battered Women's Services.
Marcia also held corporate and division human resources and organization development roles with Anheuser-Busch Companies from. She began her career with Booz-Allen & Hamilton spending six years as a management consultant specializing in human capital and organizational development practices.
Marcia holds an M.Phil. and a Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from George Washington University as well as a B.A. in psychology from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. She also serves on the advisory boards for Cornell University's Center for Advanced Human Resources Studies and Rutgers' Executive Master in Human Resources Leadership program. | 