Sonya Peoples serves as Vice President of Talent Acquisition & Workforce Development at Children’s National Hospital, where she leads enterprise recruitment, workforce development, and talent strategy for one of the nation’s premier pediatric hospitals. With more than 20 years of healthcare talent leadership experience, she builds high-performing recruitment teams, develops workforce pathways, and advances strategies that strengthen talent pipelines, workforce readiness, and organizational capability.

Sonya has held leadership roles across major healthcare and academic medical centers, where she has built scalable recruiting infrastructures, developed workforce programs, expanded internal and external talent pipelines, and partnered with executives to support growth. She is known for driving transformational change through data-informed strategy, operational excellence, and collaborative leadership that delivers sustainable workforce and talent outcomes.