Grace Lee

Chief People Officer

Grace Lee joined Coherent Corp. in 2024 as Chief People Officer. She brings to her role more than 25 years of experience in all disciplines of human capital management in globally diverse industries.

Prior to joining Coherent, Ms. Lee was EVP, Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer, at Lumentum Holdings where she led the company’s global people and culture strategy and management, including HR business partnership; total rewards; employee experience; talent acquisition, development, and management; people operations; transformation office; and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Prior to Lumentum, Ms. Lee held senior leadership roles at Cubic Corporation, Charles River Laboratories, Beckman Coulter (a Danaher company), and TTM Technologies. Her cultural initiatives have garnered awards including Top Workplaces Award, Forbes Best Large Employer, Human Rights Campaign Equality 100, Forbes Best Employer for Diversity, and Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index.

Ms. Lee serves as an independent board director at Asure Software, where she is chair of the Nominating Governance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. She serves on the Dean’s advisory council at Cornell University’s Industrial and Labor Relations School.

Ms. Lee holds an M.S., Human Resources, from Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations; an M.S., Global Leadership, from the University of San Diego School of Business; and a B.A., Communications, from the University of the Philippines.