Member of the hospital Sr. Leadership team and HR partner supporting the operational needs of our organization. Oversight for all Human Resources areas within Regions Hospital, RHSC and Capitol View as well as Employee Health and Wellness. In addition, participation in the broader HR leadership team across the HealthPartners family of employers including developing policies, procedures and strategic direction in partnership with the Chief People Officer impacting 26,000 colleagues. Lead the Food and Nutrition Services team which includes patient nutrition, cafeteria and coffee shops. Provide operational leadership to Capitol View Transitional Care. Key Accomplishments:· Navigated operational needs and colleague support related to COVID-19 including developing new employee health policies and practices, pay and leave practices across the HealthPartners employers as well as vaccine strategy. · Supported internal team and other departments as the organization navigates a change to achieve long term strategic objectives aligning our internal practices and policies in order to move towards operating as a system. · Created change of thought in how the organization supports the resiliency of our colleagues including support focused on mental health and peer support.· Experience with board communications including executive compensation and incentive plans.

Provide strategic leadership and direction to areas of compensation, benefits, HR technology and partner with other areas in HR within Regions Hospital and across the HealthPartners organization while exhibiting leadership excellence that is aligned with the organization’s mission, vision and values. Responsible for designing benefits and compensation policies and practices, tools and training, leading implementation of programs and providing support for the organization. The programs are developed with the employee value proposition as a key focus while managing costs and ensuring compliance with applicable state and federal laws. Key accomplishments:· Transition retirement plan vendor and implement major changes to the retirement program during transition. Implement change utilizing a multi pronged communication effort in order to improve employee education and reduce anxiety during the transition.· Implement policies and processes related to new city ordinances for Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST). · Design and implement communication tools and branding for the organizations total rewards program which proides our employees with a common look and feel as well as increases the transparency of our programs.

This role built upon the below role and added responsibility of HR Technology. This includes design and implementation of the organization's HRIS and timekeeping systems as well as HR data analytics. Implemented a HR dashboard which is accessible to leaders to aid them in reviewing their employee statistics and make real time review and decisions in an accessible form.

Create an employee experience that unleashes the potential of our talent to create value for our employees and organization. Design, develop, direct and implement total compensation program. Key accomplishments:· Performed full review of retirement plan document and internal processes and corrected over 20 identified retirement plan corrections. Developed and implemented automated processes within our HRIS system to reduce the opportunity for additional errors. · Transitioned all merit eligible employees from an anniversary date merit increase to common anniversary date. Participated in a team which implemented electronic performance evaluations across the organization with Success Factors. · Improved communication materials and increased benefits support providing employees with improved understanding of the benefits offered at the organization. Increased participation in high deductible plans from 5% in 2014 to almost 50% in 2018 with no plan design changes but rather focus on understanding of how the benefits work.

Part of a lean corporate HR team for a decentralized, multi-state construction company. This role encompasses many areas of HR including benefits management and administration, employee relations, FLSA, payroll, training and selectiona and recruitment. Povide daily support and guidance for all human resources questions from branch, regional, and corporate staff. Manage centralized comprehensive health and welfare benefits program as well as 401(k) plan and related questions/issues.