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• Organized five (5) student chapters working closely with Long Island colleges/university administrations• Responsible for 49 state-wide student chapters with over 420 students.• Appointed Judge for Area College HR Games held regionally.• Member of New York State planning council• Member of the regional conference strategic planning board• Member of the Workforce Readiness Initiative – speakers bureau & interdisciplinary planning

New York Blood Center, Long Island-Brooklyn / Staten Island Blood Services, Westbury, NY 2003-2007Regional Manager of Human Resources• Contributing player in the strategic Initiative Planning Committee at the corporate level, resulting in establishing short term and long term strategic goals.• Chief regional resource on all HR issues for two organized divisions.• Labor: Grievance hearing and Arbitration preparation, resulting in 90% success in arbitration cases.• Employee Relations: Provided counsel to Executive Director and Department Heads on various policy, performance, disciplinary and strategic issues.• Developed and presented training programs.• Engineered testing program in improving quality of hire, leading to increased internal promotions.• Managed office staff of four (4) direct reports, including the recruitment function.

• Reengineered the HR policies and procedures for this 450 employee manufacturing firm employing ISO-9000 requirements.• Established Sexual Harassment policy and complaint procedure. Conducted investigations regarding complaints. Effort led to significant reduction in complaints.• Initiated and established FMLA policy and procedure.• Counseled Department Heads on all labor and employee relations issues, leading to reduced complaints.• Executed disciplinary actions that withstood the challenge of Union grievance and arbitration.

• Monitored Worker’s Compensation claims achieving a reduction of 30% in claims.• Revised Policy Manual, assuring regulatory compliance.• Developed and implemented an Exit Interview program and reduced turnover by 12%.• Developed a departmental training manual, which improved operations through standardization of procedures