Dylan Penny Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, Us

Director of People and Culture at Deep South Today, the networked hub of nonprofit newsrooms serving the Southern region of the United States.Deep South Today includes Mississippi Today, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2023 for its investigative series on Mississippi’s sprawling $77 million welfare scandal. The Deep South Today network expanded to New Orleans in 2022 with the launch of the Verite newsroom, which covers inequities facing communities of color, and is seeking to broaden its reach into nearby states.

New Orleans, Us

KIPP New Orleans Schools serves as the city's largest network of open-enrollment, college-preparatory public charter schools, educating over 10% of New Orleans' public school students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12. KIPP’s mission is to empower students with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in college and to lead choice-filled lives. The Director of Human Resources supports over 700 employees across the school support center and 13 schools, and that serves over 5000 students.

Metairie, Louisiana, Us

New Orleans, Louisiana, Us

• Helped transition The Times Picayune LLC newspaper (175 years old) to two newly formed companies, Nola Media Group and ACS-La.• Introduced the Performance Management Process to the organization. Built a culture of feedback where none existed.• Rolled out new and challenging benefits plans to employees that were used to full coverage plan. Worked through the challenges employees had with the plan. • Introduced the progressive discipline process to the local organization and ensured its proper usage.

Purchase, New York, Us

• Contributed to the greater success of the company with challenging responsibilities to support frontline and management.• Responsible for leading the Talent Management and Succession Planning processes• Support all performance management processes• Resolve all employee relations issues at all level in the Market areas.• Assist managers with performance review processes, staffing, and scheduling training. • Conduct FMLA administration and follow up, work on employee insights, conduct employee roundtables to gain feedback to set insight goals

Purchase, New York, Us

• Assisted in the HR transformation process transitioning all Louisiana and Memphis locations from a ‘3’ person ‘go to market’ strategy to a ‘2’ person ‘go to market’ strategy resulting in more positive relationships and increased customer service levels with store managers as well as more efficient inventory management, significantly reducing out-of-stocks and out-of-dates in customer accounts. • Developed the compensation strategy for the new “go to market strategy” as well administered all severance packages for employees that were negatively impacted by change. • Supported management with training for all new processes as the company merged with PepsiCo.• Supported the merge of two Regions to become a new Mega Market area

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Provided HR support for two Alabama Districts that included 24 stores.• Responsible for Staffing all Management positions with experienced and campus hires.• Worked with District teams on Succession Planning and Performance management• Advise employees and management on interpretation of personnel policies and procedures. • Respond to employee relation issues such as employee complaints, and harassment allegations. • Partner with managers to provide effective communication to employees regarding benefit/policy changes, as well as, coordinating workflow and staffing concerns. Interview applicants and provide manager training.• Gave support and direction to Human Resources staff in all stores

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Master’S Degree, Organizational Management

B.S., Business Management

Diploma