Head of Culture, Talent, and People for Guided by Good’s newest division with 120 employees. Promoted in May of 2021 to lead the new agency as Head Human Resources officer. Managed an HR team of three remote employees.•Directed employee engagement, recruiting, organizational development, performance coaching, talent management, diversity and inclusion, COVID-19/Vaccination policy creation, and employee relations.•Managed talent acquisition and growth strategy at Trade School in conjunction with agency President to realize agency growth from 70 employees to 120 employees. •Created agency’s first Diversity and Inclusion recruiting and retention strategy; led the Trade School D&I Council.•Developed all HR and D&I programs, associated projects, and initiatives to achieve strategic business goals and operational objectives.

Led strategic direction, incorporating HR and D&I strategy for an agency with over 360 employees. Oversaw employee engagement, recruiting organizational development, performance coaching, talent management, D&I leadership, and employee relations.•Designed, executed, and measured both D&I and HR strategies for agency alongside EVP, Chief People Officer, and EVP, Executive Director of Inclusion Strategy.•Promoted and drove adoption of D&I practices, established key initiatives, communicated insights and recommendations to Executive leaders, and rolled out all initiatives to the agency. •Designed and developed a grassroots D&I strategy within the agency led by dynamic programming and brave, collaborative conversations.•Developed and lead creation of first agency D&I Council, two original D&I agency trainings, Manager development training program, and first Annual Diversity Report and resource site. •Collaborated with Chief Creative Officer and other leaders to consult on internal agency campaigns on D&I strategies; clients included Publix, Baskin-Robbins, and Advent Health.•Stewarded agency culture and managed all initiatives to maintain high morale and employee recognition through programs such as “22Life”, “One Week/One Month”, and “Brave Spaces”.

HR Manager for The Art Institute of Tampa, Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami, FL locations.

Facilitate the talent management initiatives of campuses assigned to include the areas of:--On-Boarding and Orientation--Training--Coaching --Performance review planning and execution--Succession and leadership planningEnsure compliance across all assigned campuses with administration of payroll processing, compensation, staffing, training and benefits program. This includes monitoring existing and new hire employees’ salaries and compensation for compliance with corporate policies as well as running monthly benefits, staffing, turnover and other reports. Ensure campus management is trained in all areas of HR Processes that they manage, support or facilitate and monitor compliance. Responsible for driving the recruitment process of candidates to fill vacancies within assigned campuses. This includes ensuring job requisitions are posted, reviewing incoming resumes and applications of various formats, prescreening potential candidates, scheduling interviews, and extending offers of employment.Ensure all personnel records and the campus payroll processing is audited at least 1x per year and can withstand the scrutiny of any internal or external audit. Ensure the coordination special projects and/or events such as training programs, annual benefits enrollment, employee recognition, etc. as needed, within all assigned campuses. Assists in the development and implementation of human resources policies and procedures and their dissemination. Work with Campus HR (where available) Regional VP Human Resources and to manage conflict resolution, resolve employee relations issues, (supported by ER team when appropriate) that may develop as well as ensure that legal and policy matters on those issues are sound.

HR Business Partner for The New England Institute of Art.

Hired top talent and provided HR Business Partner support and training for the New England Region of Verizon Wireless.

Hired top talent and provided HR Generalist support for several areas of the business.