Tamla Oates-Forney

Tamla Oates-Forney

Exec VP and Chief HR Officer at USAA
Company Tenure: 1 year
Education:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S.)
Biography:

Tamla Oates-Forney serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at USAA, with a tenure of one year. Based in San Antonio, Texas, she has held prior affiliations with Summit Materials, WM, GE, Laboratory Corporation of America, and Goody’s Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Oates-Forney holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina.

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