Women To Watch Awards 2026 honors Shay Sutton

Shay Sutton is a human resources leader and people strategist with more than 20 years of experience shaping talent systems within Fortune 500 organizations. Her work spans large scale manufacturing and corporate environments, with a focus on workforce strategy, organizational alignment, and long-term performance.

She currently works in HR for a global automotive company, where her work centers on talent planning, role clarity, and strengthening people systems in complex, high demand environments. Her approach reflects a deep understanding of how structure, capacity, and decision-making influence both performance and sustainability.

Alongside her corporate work, Shay leads advisory and thought leadership efforts focused on capacity, alignment, and leadership effectiveness as responsibility expands. Through fractional advisory engagements, she supports organizations in addressing structural gaps that limit clarity, momentum, and execution.

Shay is actively engaged in philanthropic work centered on leadership development and community impact and is developing written works that explore leadership, capacity, and the realities of building durable systems in complex environments.