Our Founder — People Strategies Inc.

Creativity. Experience. Leadership.

Rosemarie Bruno, Principal

Founder and President Rosemarie Bruno's career spans more than 30 years at prominent global organizations, where her mission has been to find and achieve alignment between business strategy and people. She achieves this by developing and strengthening human resources and organizational programs to match the organization’s business strategy through the full continuum of change and growth.

Rosemarie's experience includes:

creating and implementing the changes necessary at Goldman Sachs after the 1987 Market Crash;
the integration of Time, Inc. with Warner Communications to form TimeWarner;
the acquisition of the consulting firm Kwasha Lipton by Coopers & Lybrand and the subsequent PriceWaterhouseCoopers merger;
the BlackRock IPO
securing Victim's Compensation Fund benefits for the surviving spouses in the aftermath of 9/11

Her clients have included:

  •  APPLE Bank

  •  Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE)

  •  Baruch College

  •  The Bronx Defenders

  •  Cauldwell Wingate

  •  Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development

  •  Cigna

  •  The Dilenschneider Group

  •  Hadassah

  •  The Henry Luce Foundation

  •  Latina Magazine

  •  The Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board (MMBB)

  •  The Phoenix

  •  The Rockefeller Foundation,

  •  The New York School for Dramatic Arts,

  •  The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund

  •  The Stahl Organization

  •  Stiefel Pharmaceutical

  •  Union Theological Seminary

  •  Upper Manhattan Development Corporation (UMEZ)

  •  USPowerGen

  •  Volunteers for Legal Services (VOLS) and on a pro bono basis

  •  The Thomas Merton Society of NYC

  •  Members of the I Have a Dream Foundation Board of Directors

As trusted advisor to CEOs, Executive Management Teams, and Boards of Directors, Rosemarie and her partners at PSI offer clients specific knowledge, valuable expertise and insightful and actionable recommendations. Rosemarie’s ability to actively and perceptively listen to her clients allows her to provide focused, comprehensive assessments and analysis, and strategic business and organizational solutions.
 
Rosemarie has worked with some of the world's pre-eminent institutions in recruiting, developing and mentoring leaders and mobilizing global teams responsible for developing new markets and products. She has handled mission-critical projects for leaders responsible for strategic growth and change/transformation initiatives, initial public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. Her consulting practice is specialized in financial services, professional services, media and communications, profit and non-profit, higher education, corporate communications and human resources.

Rosemarie completed the Contemplative Formation Program: Awakening the Spiritual Heart at Mariandale, a contemplative community dedicated to seeking truth and informed consciousness, promoting peace and justice, modeling psychological and spiritual health and creating and sustaining inclusive, collaborative and organic systems.

Rosemarie served for many years on the President's Commission of her alma mater, Wheaton College, based in Norton, Massachusetts. For 5 years she was Co-President of her graduating class and organized the most recent reunion of her class. While studying at Wheaton College, Rosemarie majored in Psychobiology, where she received honors for her senior thesis and minored in Art History and Religion. She held various leadership positions at Wheaton including Chairwoman of Student Activities and Head Resident of her dorms for two years. She was also a competitive artistic swimmer and traveled to compete in this sport across the US. 

She is an active member of the Financial Women's Association, the New York Human Resources Planning Society and the Society for Human Resources Management. She also served as a Member of her Coop Board in Tudor City in NYC for 4 years.

She is also a member of the National Association of Professional Women and NOIAW – the National Association of Italian American Women.

A consummate professional, Rosemarie has earned a reputation for integrity, trust, collaboration, creativity and a commitment to her clients.
 
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