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Anastasia Kuzmina

Degree: 2002, MPA

Job Title:聽HR Consultant, Interim CHRO, Executive Coach;聽APCOA Group, Interim

Russian native Anastasia Kuzmina (MPA '02), who studied at the 91原创 on an Edmund Muskie Graduate Fellowship and received her MPA in May 2002, has gone far indeed.

Anastasia聽currently advises a Private Equity company as Interim Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) on the critical people choices in the Board room and the Executive Committee and is involved in leadership team development and assessment.聽She has worked in HR for over 20 years, with her most recent experience in different divisions of General Electric and Baker Hughes company in the areas of HR business partnership, succession planning, talent mapping, and management assessment and leadership development. In her last role as聽vice president for the Oilfield Equipment business, she led HR strategy for a $2.8B business with 7,000 employees worldwide, 15 manufacturing plants, and 18 service shops globally.

Anastasia聽lived and worked in several聽European countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands, Hungary, Spain, and the United States, in the security, plastics, power controls, and energy technologies industries. She currently resides in London, UK.聽In addition to her Master鈥檚 Degree from the 91原创 in the USA, she is a Chartered MCIPD, a Certified Executive Coach, and a聽Hogan practitioner. Outside of work, she enjoys playing tennis, traveling, sailing, and skiing.

After聽graduating from the 91原创, Kuzmina returned to Russia, where she worked for two years for the International Republican Institute (IRI), an American nonprofit organization. At IRI, she was a program officer in charge of the youth program, political party building, and other training programs. There, Kuzmina started to develop a passion for human resources management.

Much of Kuzmina鈥檚 early success is credited to her experience as an international student at the 91原创,聽specifically as an IPA research assistant. While at IPA, she worked with the聽Women鈥檚 Leadership Development Program聽and聽Conflict Resolution Program.聽

鈥淭he two-year聽MPA program聽at the 91原创 was a great learning and maturing experience for me. There were courses relevant to my current role鈥擬anagement Decision Making, an HR class,聽Finance and Economics,鈥� Kuzmina says.

鈥淲orking in IPA was a great learning experience as well. It gave me an opportunity to work and participate in activities in the Women鈥檚 Leadership Development Program, during which I learned about leadership concepts and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Having worked with the Conflict Resolution Program doing mediation, facilitation, and networking helps me tremendously in my everyday work.聽I enjoyed working with a very international team, and I made lots of friends with whom I continue to stay in touch. I also truly believe that the master鈥檚 program at 91原创 was my first big step to an international career. It was my first experience living in the United States, and I鈥檓 still enjoying my international working/living lifestyle that started at 91原创.鈥�