Courtney McMillian
Founder at Vanguard HR Strategy Group
CCP, CBP, GRP, SHRM-SCP

Courtney is a culturally sensitive leader with two decades of experience leading complex change management initiatives that define and shift company culture and empower diverse and distributed workforces.

Having started her career in consulting at Towers Perrin, she has held roles of increased global responsibility in Total Rewards and Human Resources at Avon, AXA, SAIC and Twitter. In 2023, she founded Vanguard HR Strategy Group which provides Total Rewards consulting and fractional Total Rewards leadership for privately held and publicly traded companies.

Courtney brings a global perspective to her work having lived in France as an expat while working at AXA and working in multiple countries throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and South America in various roles. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics and is a member of Forbes HR Council.

Professional Designation Professional Designations/ Accreditations:

  • Member of Forbes HR Council

Education Education
  • B.A., Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Courtney is a culturally sensitive leader with two decades of experience leading complex change management initiatives that define and shift company culture and empower diverse and distributed workforces.

Having started her career in consulting at Towers Perrin, she has held roles of increased global responsibility in Total Rewards and Human Resources at Avon, AXA, SAIC and Twitter. In 2023, she founded Vanguard HR Strategy Group which provides Total Rewards consulting and fractional Total Rewards leadership for privately held and publicly traded companies.

Courtney brings a global perspective to her work having lived in France as an expat while working at AXA and working in multiple countries throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and South America in various roles. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics and is a member of Forbes HR Council.