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Hennepin County Library is a medium government organization with 500 employees. Hennepin County Library is a national leader of library service, innovation and excellence. Our 41 libraries, website and outreach services serve 1.2 million county residents over 611 square miles.- Provides leadership and support for department-wide efforts that advance our.

Director of Equity and Inclusion for 600 employees. Oversaw the implementation of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan

• Equity and Inclusion· Serves as project manager and leader for strategic initiatives, managing multiple, concurrent projects of varying size and complexity that advance diversity, equity and inclusion in alignment with.
• Builds manager capabilities in talent assessment, selection, development, coaching and feedback.
• Coaches and guides managers to identify and effectively address employee complaints, workplace issues and facilitate dispute resolution.
• Leads, conducts, and facilitates effective and thorough investigations of employee complaints, concerns, issues of bias and employee relations.
• Facilitates exit interview process and analyzes exit interview data to identify trends and make recommendations for cultural and systemic change.

Minneapolis, MN

• Diversity and Inclusion Internal Consultant for United States Supply Chain Organization & Leader of global flexibility strategy. Reported directly to Chief Diversity Officer.
• Designed and delivered inclusion business strategy training for U.S. manufacturing plant HR managers and associates
• Provided internal consulting on flexible workplace policies and implementation
• Maintained General Mills’ position as one of the Top 10 Best Places for Working Mothers
• Led and organized 100 volunteers to implement a yearly workplace flexibility awareness day

Milwaukee, WI

• Head of Human Resources for 400 hourly, salaried and temporary employees. Managed three direct reports. Managed HR budget and all activities in HR Department which included employee relations, employment law (FLSA.
• Executed cultural change strategy which resulted in: an increase in employee recognition nominations, creation of a competency-based interview and selection process, an increase in “communication” category of the.
• Led plant restructuring efforts
• Led changes to existing compensation strategy to enable the plant to attract, train, and motivate employees
• Led temporary agency change
• Acted as company representative for E.E.O.C. and legal cases

Milwaukee, WI

• Associate Human Resources Manager for 400 non-union hourly, salaried, and temporary employees.
• Coordinated all salaried recruiting efforts including writing and posting job descriptions, reviewing resumes, scheduling and conducting interviews, leading decision making process, determining starting salary.
• Counseled managers and employees regarding employee conflict resolution, complaints, sexual harassment, employee assistance program, and training requirements
• Led all reasonable accommodation discussions resulting in 100% compliance with ADA
• Trained employees on open enrollment process and was a key point of contact for benefits questions
• Fostered a fully inclusive workplace by creating and facilitating inclusive dialogues with new and struggling teams; trained 10 facilitators; collectively facilitated 60+ dialogues

Lodi, CA

• Associate Human Resources Manager for 400 union hourly employees and non-union salaried employees.
• Led campus recruiting at local college for Operations, Quality, and Engineering internships
• Led summer internship program
• Created a detailed six week onboarding plan for new salaried employees
• Created a succession planning process for salaried employees to improve employee development and retention plans
• Improved General Mills associate HR manager retention by developing an U.S. based HR community and steering team and designing a 24-month onboarding process

Mba, Organizational Behavior

Activities and Societies: Extended Reach Scholar

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Theatre: Performance Emphasis

Activities and Societies: Academic Scholarship, University Honor's GraduateStudied - Voice and Speech, Improvisation, Character Mask.