Tracey Franklin

Tracey Franklin

Tracey Franklin Chief People and Digital Technology Officer, Moderna


Tracey Franklin is Chief People and Digital Technology Officer at Moderna.

Ms. Franklin joined Moderna in October 2019 following 15 years at Merck & Co., Inc. where she led Merck’s global talent strategy as Vice President, HR Chief Talent and Strategy Officer. In this role Tracey was responsible for leading the vision, development and execution of the company’s Talent and Workforce Strategy with a focus on evolving the organizational culture and talent for the future. Previous leadership roles included responsibility for HR for all divisions in the European region, head of HR for the U.K. and Ireland subsidiaries of Merck, and HR Operations leader responsible for HR program implementation across Merck’s global footprint. In these various leadership roles, she was based in Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. and served on Merck’s HR Leadership Team.

Ms. Franklin holds a bachelor’s in communication arts and sciences from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s in industrial and organizational psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University.