Kristine Frohman

Kristine A. Frohman is head of the Talent Services Department and chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer (CDEIO) at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). In that role, Frohman provides executive leadership for the people and programs focused on delivering human resources (HR) services to the entire enterprise, including recruiting and hiring, compensation and benefits, training and development, environmental health and safety, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education and outreach. As CDEIO, she provides strategic leadership for the Laboratory’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and teams. 

Ms. Frohman previously served for four years as managing executive of the Talent Services Department, leading diverse teams in support of APL’s more than 8,400 staff members, as well as overseeing department operations and staff development. 

Ms. Frohman joined APL in 2019 after serving as a director of HR for Leidos. She previously held multiple HR director positions at Lockheed Martin and prior to that was a director of HR with General Electric, where she began her professional career as a software engineer before transitioning into HR. 

Ms. Frohman has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Bucknell University.