Natasha Chandler
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Natasha Chandler

Senior Partner
At Modern, I am proud to work alongside the industry’s top executive network to help leaders and organizations shape what’s next rather than follow what’s already been done. This aligns with my passion, which is to advise Executive leaders to make strategic growth happen through their people. It’s a privilege to be part of a fast-growing company that sets the standard for modern leadership.

As a business executive and advisor with 25 years of experience, Natasha helps CEOs and CHROS  achieve ambitious strategies and performance goals through their people. Having advised some of the world's top leaders and companies, she is known for her unique style and skills in aligning people and teams on complex issues, and helping them successfully navigate shifts in business strategy, leadership, talent, organization, and culture. She is a growth-focused advisor, facilitator, executive coach, and expert in strategic change and leadership effectiveness.

Prior to joining Modern, Natasha was with Korn Ferry, where she was a Senior Partner in the North American Industrial practice, spearheading human capital projects across energy, utility, defense, transportation, construction, and manufacturing. Her previous executive roles include CEO of CCG, CHRO for a renewable energy company, VP of Human Resources for Honeywell, and Executive Director at Merck, where she led large-scale change programs impacting 140 countries, including the $42 billion Merck Schering Plough merger.

Natasha is a business organizational psychologist with a graduate degree from Columbia University in Social-Organizational Psychology & Change Leadership, and an MBA and B.S. from Monmouth University. She also lectures at the Wharton School for C-suite leaders focused on Chief Human Resource Officer Executive education, and has also taught graduate classes in business and psychology. She has been recognized as “Top 50 Women in Business” and received the Girl Scout Woman of Achievement award, among other consulting awards. Natasha has worked extensively with boards and is currently the advisory board chair for 3rd-i, which is a technology-enabled safety company.  

Natasha has been married to her husband, Pete, for 25 years. They live in New Jersey and have three daughters. Her interests include family, cooking, traveling, and dedicated foundation work for Type 1 Diabetes, a condition impacting her daughter, that she hopes to see cured in her lifetime.

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