Dr. Jen Donnell Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, integrates people, culture and inclusion strategies across the organization.

New York, Ny, Us

An invitation only network connecting executive level women.

Valhalla, New York, Us

New York, New York, Us

www.italkevents.comiTalk pioneers a new wave of leadership entertainment coined, “motivational nightlife”.By combining leadership content, pop culture, stage drama and a nightlife type atmosphere, iTalk has cultivated a platform that ultimately allows creativity without restraint. Empowering diverse generational leaders of tomorrow across every industry, iTalk provides a way for them to tell their stories in creative, bold and authentic ways. Ultimately, inspiring audiences to push the needle and do the same.

Montclair, New Jersey, Us

• Serve as an integral executive leader with P&L accountability while directing a team of 2 Recruiters and 2 HR Generalist and maintaining a $3M budget, providing strategic direction and guidance for all full-cycle HR activities spanning talent management, succession planning, organizational design and expansion, restructuring, DEI, and cultural stewardship.• Presently leveraging change management expertise to lead and support the YMCA through the process of merging with 2 other YMCAs in the New York Metro, developing a strategic roadmap to support more efficient collaborations and partnerships in 2024.• Actively monitoring the performance of the current location and Newark locations focused on identifying synergistic gaps and redundancy and making a strategic plan to streamline and deliver the highest level of effectiveness and efficiency.• Collaborate regularly with the Board of Directors and all stakeholders, serving as the HR voice and providing guidance to align the talent and processes to support a seamless merger.

Tallahassee, Florida, Us

• Reported to the CHRO and performed as Head of People responsible for maintaining the $800K budget while leading a team of 3 L&D Recruiters, 1 HR Generalist, and 1 HR Manager, serving as an SME and providing critical direction and guidance concerning various organizational initiatives.• Collaborated with the CEO and C-Suite to design and implement a 2-year strategic plan to secure the success of organizational acquisitions, including a retail cannabis dispensary with 4 locations that were assumed by Trulieve, taking largely unskilled labor and converting skilled sales, retail, consulting, and operations labor.• Identified key performance indicators (KPIs) to support HR and talent management and leveraged profiles to identify strategic skills and ensure appropriate placement of staff.• Cultivated a pipeline of skilled talent and trained, developed, and deployed into the original 3 verticals, spanning retail dispensed operations, cultivating operations, and warehousing.• Successfully placed 250 – 300 skilled and high-performing EEs to convert the organization to fully functional, establishing an operational performance viewed as valuable for acquisition.• Performed deep dives and leveraged data to develop and implement competitive compensation, benefits, and employee incentive programs to attract and retain talent.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Recruited to serve as Regional Director of Human Resources and DEI for the Media Ad Sales Division, directing a team of 1 Recruiter and 2 HR Generalists with a dotted line to the SVP of HR for the Northeast and Regional SVP for Advertising Sales, providing strategic talent management direction and support during a company rebrand.• Created and won the company-wide acceptance of an innovative approach for attracting, developing, and pipelining media sales talent and committed cases to media sales SVPs for pharmaceutical sales and retail sales professionals due to transferable skill sets.• Responsible for establishing the annual HR objectives while ensuring alignment with the NE business objectives.• Constructed and launched new talent development and succession strategies linking critical talent to organizational success.• Monitored internal talent concerning digital media experience and recognized a significant lack of understanding among the current workforce and assisted SVPs of Regional Sales in understanding the gaps in skill sets, acumen, and know-how and provided an account of the skills needed to drive sales of new services and products to remain competitive.• Provided multiple strategic approaches to build a top-performing team, spanning hiring EEs from competitors, implementing training around specific skills, introducing layoffs and needed, as well as retooling.

New York, New York, Us

• Hired as the Global Head of People and Cultural Transformation with full accountability for P&L and a $300K budget while leading an international team of 5 HR professionals across New York, Brazil, Nigeria, and Athens, providing full cycle human resources support to the private equity-backed multi-site, international technology start-up organization.• Collaborated regularly with the CFO, CEO, and Board of Directors to create and launch a talent strategy and cultural integration strategy to support the Brazil expansion plan.• Established a team culture that focused on performance, results, and positive relations within the global, fast-paced, digital marketing start-up.• Designed and implemented a global hiring strategy for high-tech talent across the US and LATAM, utilizing knowledge of domestic and international labor laws in legal consultation processes pertaining to employee relations, relocation, VISA attainment, compensation and benefits, as well as employee travel activities.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Developed and implemented strategic talent management plans to focus on supporting managers, general operations managers, district operations managers, and regional operations managers throughout the Amazon fulfillment network.• Recognized as the organizational cultural integration SME for the acquisition of Zappos.com, facilitating role mapping exercises, cultural assessment, and readiness heat map exercises to drive company change.• Oversaw the development of strategic plans concerning union mitigation, developing transparent and fair dispute resolutions.• Performed as an HR member of the Amazon Operations Launch team and served as an SME, directing the HR launch strategy for new fulfillment centers throughout the US and Canada, including high-volume hiring, labor forecasting, and balance.

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

• As Senior HR Generalist in the Leadership Development Rotational Program, delivered full cycle HR for multiple business units over 2 years, including industrial solutions, security technologies, and residential solutions.• Represented HR during various arbitration hearings, managing legacy union contracts and serving as a member of the negotiations team throughout contract negotiations.

Bethesda, Maryland, Us

Valley Forge, Pa, Us

Employer benefit plan set up, maintenance, reporting and general advice.-Answering employee questions regarding Vanguard mutual funds, stocks, bonds and ETF vehicles.

Master Of Science (Ms), Organizational Behavior Studies & Human Resources, Minor: Finance

Doctor Of Education - Edd, Education, Adult Learning, Musicology, Diversity

Bachelor Of Music, Voice, Liberal Arts, Liberal Arts/Music

Vocal Performance

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