Erie Insurance has promoted Dionne Wallace Oakley to executive vice president of human resources and strategy, the carrier said in a press release.

Dionne Wallace Oakley

Wallace Oakley’s role will expand to include oversight of “several strategic functions,” the carrier said.

Wallace Oakley joined Erie Insurance in 2011 as vice president of human resources business partners, following a 22-year career at State Farm where her responsibilities included commercial lines service, personal lines underwriting, auto claims, corporate public affairs, agent recruiting and human resources.

At Erie Insurance, Wallace Oakley led the carrier’s Great Place to Work initiative since 2012 and is the sponsor of Erie’s Workforce of the Future priority initiative.

Wallace Oakley earned a dual bachelor’s degree in marketing and business from Delaware State University, and a master’s in human resource development from Towson University in Baltimore. She has served on the boards of the Erie Community Foundation, Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board, Team Pennsylvania, United Way of Erie County, the Resources Committee and the Erie Zoo.

The appointment is effective Jan. 1.