Leadership
Chief People Officer
With over 10 years’ experience, Paul Winspeare is dedicated to the craft of human resources and people operations and is a results-driven leader who delivers on talent, human capital management, employee and labor relations, and organizational culture strategies to support the organization to harness the power of what Winspeare believes is their most valuable asset, their people. As people, culture, inclusion, data, and technology are the cornerstones of his approach to leading modern human resource practices, Winspeare believes that leadership through continuous learning and stewardship is what feeds the progressive health of business.
Winspeare is a three-time certified professional as a SPHR, PHR, and aPHR through the Human Resources Career Institute (HRCI). He has direct experience in strategic HR management, human capital development, HR technology, talent acquisition and retention, learning and development, civil service compliance, union and labor management, compensation and benefits, employee relations, and HR business science. He possesses an MBA in Strategic Leadership and a Bachelor of Science in HR Management from Fisher College in Boston, Massachusetts. Throughout his career, Winspeare has served in several roles as an advisor and manager of recruitment and personnel for Staffing Network-QPA, in HR leadership in positions such as a HR Generalist, Recruitment Manager, Assistant and Interim Director, and Chief HR Officer for Chicopee, Massachusetts, and as an Interim Director (Consultant) for Georgetown, Massachusetts. Winspeare currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Westfield State University, and Chief People Officer for the City of Providence, RI.
Deputy Chief of People & Culture – Total Compensation
Fioravanti serves as Deputy Chief of People & Culture – Total Compensation and works alongside the CPO to lead strategy and operations for HR functions, including total rewards, workers compensation, equal employment opportunity, DPC performance, and administration. Fioravanti finds the field of human resources inspiring and is focused on making quality improvements to the HR operation. Fioravanti’s work is inspired by her witnessing HR’s involvement throughout the complete employee trajectory with the City, from the moment they are hired through their promotions, benefit changes, and ultimately their departure, and aims to create systems and processes that support their growth and development.
Born and raised in Providence, Fioravanti is a graduate of Providence College, where she majored in psychology, holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from Saint Mary’s University in Minnesota, and is a certified professional in Human Resources through the Society for Human Resource Management. Fioravanti has worked her way up in the City’s Department of Human Resources, from her beginnings in benefits, to workers compensation, personnel, and ultimately being promoted into confidential and management positions in the administrative offices having served as the Acting CHRO, and currently as Deputy Chief People Officer.