Michele R. Kuhrt Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) Ms. Kuhrt joined Lincoln in 1997 as Director of Taxes and in 2006 was elected as a corporate officer and Senior Vice President, Tax. She was appointed as Chief Information Officer in 2016, and named as Chief Human Resources Officer in February 2019 . Prior to joining Lincoln, she was Group Director of Tax for Elsag Bailey Process Automation (a unit of ABB) and was an international tax manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds a bachelor's and master's degree in accountancy from Case Western Reserve University.