Nicole Hernandez is the Senior Director of Benefits at Workday, where she leverages over 25 years of strategic leadership to redefine the employee experience and add value. Tasked with overseeing the end-to-end strategy for benefits and wellbeing, Nicole manages everything from strategy, plan design, vendor selection to complex compliance and budgets. An advocate for healthcare innovation, she is known for integrating cutting-edge solutions like Form Health into benefit ecosystems. Before joining Workday, Nicole spent 10 years at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, leading global benefits and wellbeing initiatives. Her career is defined by a single mission: delivering world-class benefits that empower employees to bring their best selves to work every day.