Dawn Pataki is an executive in Human Resources and currently serves as Senior Vice President of People and Culture at Zelis, a heathcare payments firm.  Dawn has 30 plus years of experience in Human Resources.  The majority of this experience was with fortune 500 companies including the Campbell Soup Company and Merck and Company.  Prior to her employment at Zelis, Dawn held an executive leadership role at Vanguard Investments.  Dawn’s work in human capital strategies includes leadership development, succession planning, organizational design, talent attraction, and talent engagement.   

Early in Dawn’s career, she spent four years starting the human resources department for the private, non-profit organization, Archway Programs in Atco, NJ.  Her experience with this organization drives her passion to support non-profit organizations when possible.  

Dawn spent a number of years as a co-chair of the non-profit Methacton Post Prom organization, keeping students safe, drug and alcohol-free, on one of the most dangerous nights of the year in the life of a teenager.  She also spent three years on the board of Valley Forge Educational Services, an organization that support individuals with diverse needs from childhood through adulthood. 

Dawn has a BA in English from Douglass College and an MS in Human Resource Management from Rutgers University.  She and her husband Dave reside in Worcester, PA, have three adult children and two rescue dogs.