As Stagwell’s Chief People Officer, Howley boasts over 20 years of experience leading people operations and strategy. Prior to Stagwell, she was Executive Vice President, Managing Director, People Team, North America for WPP’s BCW Global, which was named Global Agency of the Year by Provoke Media at the 2020 Sabre Awards. In that capacity, she led the successful integration of people operations in North America during the merger of Burson-Marsteller and Cohn & Wolfe.

Previously, she served as EVP, Human Resources for Cohn & Wolfe Group, a tenure during which the agency was consistently listed as a “Best Place to Work” by The Holmes Report, PRWeek, Crain’s NY, Ad Age, and PRNews. Howley was the first human resources professional to win PR Week’s 40 under 40 in 2012.

She currently serves on the board of Iona University LaPenta School of Business and lives in New York.