Lisa M. Garland serves as Senior Director of Talent Management in the Office of Human Resources at the University of Pittsburgh. In this role, she provides leadership over two complementary functions, Talent Acquisition and Organizational Development and Learning, unified under a single Talent Management portfolio that supports the full staff employee lifecycle from sourcing and selection through onboarding, development, career growth, and succession.
Garland oversees Talent Acquisition operations including staff recruitment, executive hiring, temporary staffing, student employment, and workforce development programs serving more than 8,000 full and part-time staff positions across the University. She also provides leadership over the Organizational Development and Learning team, which delivers professional development programming, leadership development, organizational consulting, and the University's learning management system to faculty and staff across the institution.
Garland holds a Master of Studies in Law with a specialization in Human Resources from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a Master of Business Administration from Point Park University. She is an active member of the Society for Human Resource Management, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, and the Pittsburgh Human Resources Association.
