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Justine Mitsock
Being Your Authentic Self in HR
Justine Mitsock is currently the VP – Strategic Partnerships & Client Development at Lane Health where she leverages her expertise in developing and executing employee benefits programs as well as her unique global perspective from public and private companies across various industries.
Justine has spent 16+ years in various Human Resources leadership roles with responsibility for the strategy and operations of all employee benefit programs including retirement and health and wellness programs. Previously, Justine was the Head of Global Benefits for IHS Markit covering over 15K employees across almost 40 countries. There she introduced innovative wellness programs and generated significant savings by creating efficiencies, Prior to then, Justine was the Head of Total Rewards and HR Operations at CHANEL where she built compensation, benefits and HRIS functions. Justine also held various roles at Citigroup including SVP of Compensation and VP of International Benefits.
Justine earned a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Stockton University and has passed Exams 1 through 4 of the Society of Actuaries.
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As Justine looks back on her life, she realizes that her background and her authenticity have led to her success.
“I think authenticity is probably one that comes to mind for me. And I didn’t call it then back when I was, was just who I was. But I’ve become very comfortable with who I was from very early in life. I was adopted, I was the only minority in a very homogeneous environment. And kids are mean, right. And I had to deal with that from a very early age.
So, by the time I went to college, I was like, I’m good. I’m good with who I am. I have strengths, I have weaknesses, but I had a sense of confidence and stability that I think other people my age at that point didn’t have. I think that really helped me to be able to tackle some of the things that I tried to tackle. For example, applying for an actuarial internship when I was a sophomore in college. I didn’t have the grades, I was never a really strong academic student. I didn’t have the pedigree. I wasn’t coming from one of these universities that they recruit from, but I was just went to the local Dress Barn and got myself a suit and just said, ‘I’m here, and I’m going to try’ and I ended up getting the internship which led to my first job in the actuarial world.”
