Andy Brantley, Edd Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

With the leadership and guidance of high functioning boards and innovative, collaborative headquarters colleagues, I have had the honor of leading the transformation of CUPA-HR. •Created a vibrant, engaged, diverse, inclusive community of higher education human resources professionals.•Increased member institutions from 1500 to 2000 and institutional representatives from 6600 to over 33,000.•Increased annual revenue from just less than $3 million to over $8 million, and increased net assets from $500,000 to more than $17 million. Increased total assets from $2.8 to over $20 million. •Significantly strengthened partnership of the national board and our four region boards. All boards now share strategic priorities and the four region boards work collaboratively with the national board, the national office and other region boards to plan and implement learning and professional development programs and services.• Serve as the primary spokesperson to the media for higher ed HR professionals, as well as provide frequent leadership-focused keynote presentations and workshops to groups of HR professionals, business officers, boards of trustees, diversity professionals and other leaders within and outside of higher education.•Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is not only a strategic priority, we have emphasized the importance of moving talk to action. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is infused into everything we do.•Significantly strengthened CUPA-HR’s position as the voice of higher education human resources professionals on Capitol Hill. Serve as primary spokesperson on public policy issues on behalf of the profession.•With help and leadership of over 200 higher education leaders, developed a competency/learning framework for higher education HR professionals that now guides all learning and development efforts.•Significantly strengthened CUPA-HR’s position as the preeminent source of higher education workforce data.

Athens, Ga, Us

Served as chief human resources officer for this land and sea grant institution. Direct responsibility for management of HR staff of 54 and an annual fringe benefits budget of $83 million. Significant accomplishments included:• Served as advisor to President, Senior Vice Presidents, the Provost, Deans and leaders across the campus. Also, provided guidance and leadership to campus faculty and staff.• Led process to develop and implement a strategic plan for the Division of Finance and Administration (the first ever developed for this area at UGA).• At the request of the Provost, led faculty committee charged with evaluating gender pay equity of faculty.• Led search committees for chief information officer and chief facilities officer and served on task force that created the Office of Institutional Diversity.• Evaluated/reclassified over 7000 positions and developed more flexible compensation guidelines for staff and tenure-track positions. Presented final report to the Board of Regents.• Worked with colleagues from three other University System of Georgia institutions to develop and implement a new streamlined classification reporting structure for all University System employees that reduced reporting categories from 1,684 to 180.• Implemented significant organization and operational efficiencies in every area of HR. Assisted other areas of campus including facilities and IT with similar organizational assessments.• Renegotiated all benefits contracts and implemented new benefits options. Life insurance renegotiation resulted in better coverage, lower cost for employees and lower cost for the University (savings of over $40,000 per month).• As part of UGA’s International Service and Outreach program, taught a two-week course in China (one week in Beijing and one week in Xi’an). When the Xi’an cohort visited UGA, I hosted dinner in my home for the entire class of 35.

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

Assistant VP title added in 1999. Led human resources for this prestigious liberal arts college. Also assisted Vice President for Business and Finance with other business administration functions including guidance to information technology services and facilities management. Worked closely with President and Vice Presidents on all faculty and staff issues and engaged daily with faculty, staff and students. With help of campus leadership and the campus community, transformed a rudimentary transaction-focused HR operation to an integral partner/collaborator with the President, Vice Presidents and employees across the campus. Significant accomplishments were as follows.• Implementation of: the campus’s first integrated HR information system, a meaningful performance-driven performance management process, uniform campus wide policies and procedures, a substantive training and development program and a significantly improved employee benefits program.• Worked closely with Vice President for Academic Affairs to evaluate faculty pay equity and allocate annual faculty performance increases.• Assisted Chief Facilities Officer and Vice President for Admissions as they restructured their organizations.• Worked with Vice President for Business and Finance to develop and present a new financial model that was adopted and used for institutional priorities planning.• Led and/or participated in numerous campus wide committees and task forces at the request of the President.• Annually served as service learning group leader during Freshman orientation. Led small group book discussion and assisted students with a community service project.• Annually assisted student life and academic affairs staff during graduation.• Served as host for international student from Malaysia during his four years at Davidson.• Significant involvement in the life of the campus and the community.

Asheville, Nc, Us

Very highly ranked public liberal arts college with approximately 800 faculty and staff, 3700 students and an operating budget of $95 million.Led human resources for this public liberal arts university and the North Carolina Arboretum during a very transitional time for UNCA. Significant accomplishments included:• Daily engagement with campus leadership including the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellors.• Daily work and interaction with faculty and staff to strengthen the workforce, improve processes and create a more cohesive campus community. • Significant involvement in the life of the campus and the Asheville community (Leadership Asheville participant 1992-93).• Design and implementation of a performance planning and review process for staff. Task force member to create and implement changes to the UNC System’s approach to performance planning.• Implementation of the campus’s first training and development offerings.• Upgrade of the human resources information system.• Improvement of HR processes and strengthened partnerships with every area of campus.

Doctor Of Education - Edd, Higher Education Management

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Bachelor Of Business Administration