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Eileen Whelley joined The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. in December 2006 as executive vice president, global human resources and was named executive vice president for human resources in June 2007.
Prior to joining The Hartford, Whelley spent 17 years at General Electric where she held a number of human resources leadership roles. In 2002, she was named executive vice president of human resources for NBC Universal, responsible for HR and talent negotiations for the NBCU Television Group and corporate staff functions. At NBCU, Whelley also led NBCU's diversity and employer-of-choice programs and was named a company officer of GE, NBCU's parent company, in December 2003.
Before joining NBCU, Whelley was the vice president of human resources excellence for GE Capital in Stamford, Conn., where she oversaw HR for eight GE Capital businesses, HR Six Sigma and HR talent development.
Whelley served as executive vice president of human resources for GE's Employers Reinsurance in Kansas City, Kan. from 1997 to 1999. From 1993 to 1997, she held various HR assignments at GE's corporate headquarters in Fairfield, Conn.
Before joining GE in 1989, Whelley worked for Citicorp and Standard Oil of Ohio in a variety of HR roles. She is a graduate of Potsdam College and has a master's degree from Bowling Green State University.
Whelley is a member of the corporate council for The White House Project and served on the boards of the Emma Bowen Foundation and the 9/11 Fund. She also was a member of the GE Women's Network since its founding in 1997, served as its co-leader from 2001 through 2003, and remained on its executive board until 2006.
She lives in Connecticut with her husband, Don, and their two children. | 