aosuala26@nul.org
Speaker Bio
Abigail Epane-Osuala is GE HealthCare’s Chief Culture & Belonging Officer, HR Strategy, and President of the GE HealthCare Foundation. Her role as Chief Culture & Belonging Officer promotes an inclusive, people-first environment where we can benefit from the brilliance, experience, and contributions of all our team members.
Abigail’s more than 20-year career in HR includes a breadth of executive leadership experiences across various industries with a focus on culture and belonging throughout. Before joining GE HealthCare, Abby was the Head of HR for Global Supply Chain, Enterprise Functions, and Procurement at Johnson & Johnson. Prior to that, she spent eight years at Integra LifeSciences, where she was the Vice President of HR, supporting a number of businesses, and the Head of Diversity & Inclusion.
Abigail is Six Sigma Black Belt certified and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, and her MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey. She also completed Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program, further strengthening her leadership and executive management expertise.
In 2016 was recognized as “A Woman to Watch” by Diversity Journal; in December 2017, was featured in American Healthcare Leader magazine on the topic of seeing the value of diversity in the workplace; in 2023, was recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD); in 2024 was featured as one of Modern Healthcare’s Diversity Leaders in Healthcare; and in 2025 was recognized as a finalist for World 50 Group’s I&D Leader of the Year and a BlackStars Honoree.