Biography:

Lynn Bynum was employed in Human Resources leadership and strategic planning roles for more than 40 years. She retired after 21 years as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Bellarmine University.

In 2021, Lynn was awarded Lifetime Membership by the College University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) in recognition of her decades of leadership as the national board chair and with Kentucky CUPA. TIAA awarded her the Donald D. Dickason Award due to her years of contributions to the TIAA Advisory Board in 2015.

Over the decades, Lynn has served on more than a dozen national and local nonprofit boards. Currently, Lynn is a member of the board of directors of Hosparus Health and EVERENT Health. She is the immediate past chair of the Tuition Exchange Inc., which coordinates reciprocal scholarships for thousands of employees’ students/dependents per year at more than 700 colleges and universities. She recently rotated off of the board of St. Xavier High School after 9 years (three terms).

Lynn earned her bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Criminal Justice at Indiana University and her Juris Doctor at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.