Mr. Ed Oxford, Ed. D has been the Chief Talent Officer and Senior Vice President of Banner Lassen Medical Center Foundation, Inc. and Banner Health since joining in July 2007. Mr. Oxford focuses on leading the development and implementation of key strategies that position Banner Health as an employer of choice. Prior to joining Banner Health, he worked for Motorola, Inc. in Schaumburg, Ill., where he held a number of leadership positions in Organizational Development, Human Resources and Learning. While at Motorola, he ran Motorola University that provided learning opportunities for 65,000 employees, established a global Human Resources strategy and Organizational Development function to support business-wide initiatives. Before working at Motorola, Mr. Oxford was a Principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers focused on organization transformation in the management-consulting business.

Mr. Oxford holds a Doctorate from Columbia University in Organizational Leadership. He also holds a master's degree in education and an undergraduate degree in business. His additional graduate studies include management science at the University of Southern California and counseling psychology at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.