Maureen Henson joins Suffolk as Vice-President of People and Culture

FLORIDA –  Suffolk, one of the largest building contractors in Florida, recently hired Maureen Henson as its new Vice President of People & Culture for the Southeast. In this role, Henson will focus on increasing Suffolk’s commitment to the employee experience, project standards, engagement, retention, and the high-performance culture that has made Suffolk a Great Place to Work®.  

Henson is the lead strategic partner to Suffolk’s team in the areas of employee engagement, professional development, and human resources. She joins the expanding leadership team at Suffolk who have created a collaborative, innovative and vibrant work environment that has resulted in the company being Certified™ as a Great Place to Work® for the past three consecutive years.  

Maureen’s passion for building relationships, leadership development, employee engagement, and diversity embody Suffolk’s core values and make her the perfect fit for this position and our award-winning workplace,” said Peter Tuffo, president of Suffolk’s Southeast Region.

Henson has over 20 years of diverse global human resources experience. Prior to joining Suffolk, she served as the Director of Human Resources for The Save Mart Companies in California where she was accountable for human resources leadership across grocery stores, supply chain, distribution centers, and corporate locations for 16,000 team members and 10 union relationships. Henson is a leader in the diversity and inclusion space; in one of her previous roles at Citi, she led the company’s LGBTQ+ delegation at six national conferences and served as a keynote speaker in those forums. Additionally, she was Citi’s representative for the Human Rights Ordinance passed for City of Jacksonville.

Henson received her bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin – Stout. She is certified in Global Human Capital Trends from Columbia University School of Professional Studies.   

About Suffolk 
Suffolk is a national enterprise that invests, innovates, and builds. Suffolk is an end-to-end business that provides value throughout the entire project lifecycle by leveraging its core construction management services with vertical service lines that include real estate capital investment, design, self-perform construction services, technology start-up investment and innovation research/development.  

Suffolk is a national company with $5.0 billion in annual revenue, 2,400 employees and main offices in Boston (headquarters), New York, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. Suffolk serves clients in every major industry sector, including healthcare, science and technology, education, gaming, transportation/aviation, and commercial. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. Suffolk is ranked #23 on the Engineering News Record list of “Top 400 Contractors.” For more information, visit www.suffolk.com and follow Suffolk on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.