Harley-Davidson's HR chief leaving after 26 years
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After more than 26 years at Harley-Davidson, chief human resources officer Tori Termaat is leaving the company, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal. There's no official word on why she's leaving. Termaat shared the news herself on LinkedIn, saying she is taking some time to reflect and is excited to apply what she has learned “in a new setting and with a new challenge.”
Termaat joined Harley back in 2000 and worked her way up through the HR and talent side of the house. She ran human resources starting in 2020, moved up to vice president of HR in 2021, and took the chief human resources officer job at the start of 2022 when Harley brought that role back. Along the way she also served as president of the Harley-Davidson Foundation, the company's charitable arm.
An HR chief might sound a long way from the showroom floor, but that office does the hiring for the people who build the bikes, sell the bikes and run the plants. When somebody with 26 years in the building walks, the culture goes with her.
Her exit is also one more change at the top since Artie Starrs took over as CEO. In the past year Harley has added a new chief operating officer, a new marketing and technology chief, a chief brand officer, and two new board members just last week. The corner offices in Milwaukee are not the same crowd they were a year ago.
Her successor is already lined up. Charlotte Doll announced on November 2 that she is starting as Harley-Davidson's chief people officer, and The Sun reports she takes over the HR division on January 1, 2027, overseeing human resources, the company's internal facilities and the Harley-Davidson Foundation, the same foundation Termaat led. Doll comes to Milwaukee from Ansell, the protective equipment maker, where she was chief human resources officer. Harley has not announced Termaat's last day.
Biker Nation has reached out to Harley-Davidson for official confirmation of the change and has not received a response. We will update this story when the company replies.
Correction and update: an earlier version of this story described Termaat's departure as a retirement and said Harley had not named a successor. Termaat's own announcement describes a move to a new challenge rather than a retirement, and Doll has since been identified as her successor. The story has been updated to reflect both points.
Sources & Further Reading
Milwaukee Business Journal, Nov. 2, 2026
The Sun, Nov. 6, 2026
BizTimes, on Termaat's 2022 move to chief human resources officer
Charlotte Doll, Threads post, Nov. 2, 2026
