Ipsen is pleased to announce the hiring of Janet Nanni, PHR, SHRM-CP, as its new director of human resources. Nanni stepped into this role after the May 6 retirement of longtime Ipsen HR director Nancy Kolar. 

Nanni is responsible for managing all personnel and human resources programs for Ipsen USA, which includes locations in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Before joining Ipsen, Nanni was the director of human resources at Zenith Cutter in Rockford, accountable for global HR initiatives in two countries. 

Nanni has more than twenty years of human resources experience in the industrial manufacturing and engineering service industries. She received a bachelor of business administration with an emphasis in human resources from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She is also a Society of Human Resources Management Certified Professional. 

Nanni’s talent for transforming workplace culture and aptitude for building trust and accountability make her an ideal fit for the role.