Solo HR practitioner and generalist. Serving 130+ employees at one of the leading privately owned commercial real estate development firms. Also serves as a consultant to two additional entities. Serves on the company senior leadership team; developing and executing company goals and strategies related to all human resources functions.Leads human resource programs including, but not limited to, compensation, benefits, leave, disciplinary matters, disputes and investigations, performance and talent management, productivity, recognition, morale, and occupational health and safety.Identifies staffing and recruiting needs; develops and executes best practices for hiring and talent management. Consistently meets hiring goals, hiring 15+ new employees annually.Monitors and ensures the organization’s compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations. Recommends best practices; and reviews and modifies policies as necessary and practices to maintain compliance. Work with outside counsel as necessary for complex issues.Researches, analyzes, and reviews company policies related to benefits and compensation to remain competitive in the market. Spearheaded expansion of benefits creating parity amongst organizations and developed company-wide communication regarding benefits. This includes expansion of Group Life, Parental Leave, 401k matching, and Long-Term Care benefits across entities.Coordinates and executes company employee appreciation events.

Conducted investigations into allegations of protected class discrimination, sexual violence and retaliation on the University of Missouri campus.Wrote detailed reports and case summaries to be used as a primary source of evidence in formal and informal University resolution processes, and present investigative reports to hearing panels and Administrators.Managed a large case load while adhering to University processes and deadlines.Served as a member of the University Hazing Investigation Team, investigating hazingallegations involving students and student groups on campus. This team is made up of representatives from several campus offices.Conducted presentations and facilitated trainings on campus for students, faculty, and staff on a range of topics related to diversity and inclusion. Served on Chancellor's Status of Women Committee.

Led company recruitment efforts during the company’s largest employee growth period.Developed company-wide processes and programming related to hiring and talent management.Created initiatives to increase employee retention. Including planning company culture events, helping develop our internship program, and developing the company’s new hire orientation. Provided insight to Human Resources regarding compliance with state and federal employment law.

Served as an advocate for my clients and helped them create bylined articles that showcased their expertise and knowledge in their respective industries. I developed topics with my clients with the goal of producing high quality articles that directly speak to issues, concerns and newsworthy events that would be of interest to their target audience.

Worked with in-house legal team to provide insight and analysis to various departments to create strategies to protect company from liability and remain in compliance with all local and federal mortgage lending laws.

Aided indigent clients in family law matters. Includes orders of protection, guardianship, and adoption cases.

Researched adoption statutes and caselaw with an emphasis on issues relating to consent. Researched putative father registry statistics of various states to aid in the proposal of a National Putative Father Registry.Provided assistance and research to the professor during her authorship of an amicus curiae brief to the United States Supreme Court.

Provided information to the students of the University of Missouri School of Law regarding bar preparation and why Kaplan best serves their bar preparation needs.Received recognition and specialized training as a "superstar rep" based on sales performance.

Represented indigent clients in civil landlord tenant matters.Extensive experience counseling clients concerning Missouri landlord tenant law and their rights within the law. Worked with close to thirty clients during the semester.

Prepared home mortgage files for underwriting by packaging documents in a light most favorable to the borrower Received superior ratings from both loan officers and underwriters based on work performance

Worked with a team of trial office attorneys building successful defense strategies for clients. This included legal research, preparing evidence for presentation in court and observering numerious trials, depositions and client counseling sessions.