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Tracy Peterson

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Head of Human Capital at Optum NJ and CT
📍 Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Tracy Peterson is a business-focused Chief Human Resources Officer with extensive experience in driving human capital strategies in dynamic, global environments. Specializing in organizational design and mergers & acquisitions, she attended Rutgers University–Newark for both her M. P. A. and B. A. Colleagues describe her as strategic, engaged, creative, and highly talented.

Tracy demonstrates a clear passion for the healthcare sector, with a career spanning numerous medical, lab, and managed care companies. Her interests align with industry leaders like Johnson & Johnson and Novartis, and she has publicly expressed support for frontline healthcare workers.

Unique fact: While at BioReference Laboratories, Tracy designed a new benefits program that generated $9 million in savings on health plan costs.

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Current Role
Head of Human Capital
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
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Priorities

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Strategic HR Leadership
As a CHRO, she has a proven record of developing HR strategy, culture, and communications to drive critical business objectives across global environments.
Organizational Redesign
Has led business transformation and structural redesign initiatives, including at a $6 billion managed care company, to enable significant revenue growth and market leadership.
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Career

Work history

Head of Human Capital
Optum NJ and CT
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Ammon Labs
Vice President, Human Resources (CHRO)
BioReference Laboratories
4-2015
Business Transformation Leader
Healthfirst
Vice President of Human Resources
Adtalem Global Education
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Media appearances

Tracy Peterson – Head of Human Capital, Optum NJ and CT – Speaker Biography – Scope Summit 2026. Featured in Scope Summit
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Education
1993 - 1995
M.P.A.
Rutgers University–Newark
1984 - 1989
BA
Rutgers University–Newark
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