Brenda Segrue

Brenda Sugrue has over 25 years’ experience leading learning transformation and innovation in large organizations. She was the Global Chief Learning Officer at EY from 2014 to 2024 where she led the transformation of learning processes, technology, and experience, and implemented the industry-leading EY Badges and Degrees program to build future-focused skills. The transformation doubled the hours of learning delivered while cutting costs in half, doubled the impact on business outcomes, and increased learner satisfaction and time spent learning by 20%. Brenda was selected as CLO Magazine’s CLO of the Year in 2018.

Brenda’s career has spanned corporate and academic roles, including Director of Sales Learning at IBM, Vice President of Innovation and Research at Kaplan, and Professor of Instructional Design and Technology at the University of Iowa.

Brenda champions evidence-based practice, translating learning science into scalable processes and systems for designing, delivering, and measuring learning. Brenda now works as a strategic advisor and shares her expertise through writing and teaching.