As vice president of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Inclusion and Diversity at
American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Hunsicker leads the company’s philanthropic and
inclusion and diversity practices across the U.S., overseeing the Honda USA Foundation
and community relations programs, and working to advance inclusion and equity both
within the company and society through CSR initiatives.
Hunsicker is passionate about creating environments where people of different
backgrounds can achieve success, having taken a nontraditional path herself from the
manufacturing floor to the executive suite. In 1989, she joined Honda as a welder and
quickly advanced through the company’s manufacturing operations while earning her
bachelor’s degree in business management. Since then, she has held numerous leadership
positions at Honda in manufacturing and Human Resources. In April 2017, Hunsicker took
on the position of assistant vice president of the Office of Inclusion and Diversity and also
led the Human Resources Division, before taking on her current role leading Corporate
Social Responsibility and Inclusion and Diversity.
Hunsicker’s commitment to serving others and society has been a life-long passion, one
she had a chance to pursue during her time on assignment in Japan. Working for Honda
abroad in 1999, a single mother, she founded The Buckeye Tutorial, an international
program to support the educational needs of The Honda Motor Company Inc, expatriate
associates’ children in grades K-12.
Hunsicker currently serves on the boards of the National Diversity Council, the Honda-
operated Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center, the Columbus, Ohio
YWCA, and The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges. Hunsicker is also a member of
The Conference Board’s Corporate Sociate Responsibility Council.
Hunsicker graduated from Urbana University with a B.S. in Business Management and
later earned the designations of Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and
certified Diversity and Inclusion Professional through the National Diversity Council and
Cornell University.
A proud parent, she resides in Bellefontaine, Ohio, with her daughter. Yvette is also the
proud mother of a U.S. Army Veteran, and recently became a grandmother.