Brenda Brinson
General Manager of Talent Management, Phillips 66
With more than 30 years of business experience across multiple industries including financial services and consumer goods, Brenda Brinson has deep expertise in talent management, organizational effectiveness, culture shaping and large-scale transformation. Before joining Phillips 66, Brinson served as assistant vice president for USAA’s Talent and Organizational Effectiveness functions. She and her team were responsible for designing talent, organizational architecture and employee engagement strategies, preserving and strategically enhancing USAA’s culture, and leading large-scale human capital and organizational transformation efforts. Prior to joining USAA, Brinson served as the global Information Technology transformation and change management thought leader for the Whirlpool Corporation. She led enterprise change initiatives with direct reports on three continents. Before joining Whirlpool, she held roles at Pierre & Associates as well as Allstate Insurance Company. Brinson holds a Bachelor of Science in interpersonal communications from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.