As a young mother one of my fondest memories was reading to my children each night before they went to bed. We valued this time so much and it was amazing watching them learn to read through the repetition of many of the books we read. Reading at such a young age was helpful in creating a strong foundation for them. Education has always been very important to me; because it creates equality, opens doors, and allows for personal growth.
When my close friend of almost 30 years Ragni Mehta asked me if I would consider joining the Literacy Rochester board I was very interested. Since my children are grown and in college, it had been on my mind to find an opportunity to give back to the community through volunteer work. After researching and learning more about Literacy Rochester, I was excited about the opportunity to help. I’m looking forward to finding ways that I can contribute to help advance the mission of the organization.
Christine Stewart is Vice President, Global Human Resources for Kodak Alaris. In this role, she oversees the worldwide human resources team as well as the people strategy designed to enable Kodak Alaris business objectives. This includes human resources oversight for employees in 22 different countries around the world. She is responsible for attracting, developing and retaining the talent necessary to drive a high performance culture achieving business results.
Previously Christine held executive level roles in human resources, business transformation, general management and engineering at both Conduent and Xerox Corporation. She made a career transition into human resources in 2013 to lead Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives; this continues to be a strong passion of hers. She has over 25 years of experience spanning human resources, business management and technical roles.
Christine holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology, Master of Engineering in Pulp and Paper Science, as well as a Master of Science degree in Applied and Mathematical Statistics. She resides in Penfield, NY with her husband of 25 years Dan they have 3 children- Harper a graduate of Bucknell University now pursuing her PhD in Biomechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California, Morgan in her third year of the Physician Assistant Program at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, and Mitchell a first year Finance major at West Virginia University . Christine enjoys mentoring early career professional women and values what her mentees teach her through these relationships. She also enjoys running and playing golf.
