Karen Darpel Email and Phone Number

Major Responsibilities;Create and deliver targeted Security awareness education, ensuring compliance with regulations and mitigating cybersecurity-related risks for bank. Conduct annual high-risk compliance courses, cybersecurity awareness seminars, innovation showcases, quarterly lunch and learns. Oversee phishing program, reviewing and addressing user reports of suspicious emails sent to security and risk awareness email box.Anticipate and prepare for audit requests by collecting and storing quality documentation to provide necessary support. Generate standard monthly reports and respond to ad-hoc report requests for analysis by using Tableau and Workday reporting. Deliver cybersecurity tips, tools, and education on Intranet through corporate communication channels. Stay up to date on current and emerging issues.Prepare and maintain procedure documents, aligning with regulatory compliance and supporting audit requests.Key Deliverables;• Assisted users in identifying spam, phishing, and malicious attachments/links by providing education, tips, and tools.• Ensured training alignment with bank policies, standards, and guidelines by collaborating with IT governance, BISOs, cyber threat interdiction, security engineering, business continuity, extended security, access governance, physical security, learning, SLK, corporate communications, legal, privacy, and audit teams.• Reduced regulatory risk under GLBA by ensuring that violators complete required training.• Managed data loss protection training program by partnering with privacy and employee relations departments.

Major Responsibilities;Adept at conducting all types of HR investigations by applying relevant laws, policies and past practice to recommend defensible management while balancing business and employee needs against risk to the organization for best outcome.Provide coaching and support to employees and managers company-wide, spanning performance management, discrimination, ADAAA, complaints, policy violations, fraud, theft, background checks and wage and hour.Demonstrated HR leadership in comprehensive initiative involving partnerships with retail, operations, legal, LOB directors, HR business partners, and compensation. Maintained high employee retention/smooth operations by maintaining visibility and trust throughout process.Served as a subject matter expert for new system rollouts, such as HR hub, Workday and Covid 19 policy. Subject matter expert for ADAAA and LOA. Created LOA and accommodation guidelines. point of contact for questions on the team.Developed and facilitated employee relations 580 supervisor training program. Identified the need for specific ad-hoc training to support business and mitigate risk.

Major Responsibilities;Directed administrative and managerial tasks by developing/executing comprehensive training programs for a diverse group of employees.Managed international J1 student program, front office operations, onboarding and supplemental training, guest volunteer program, employee recognition and events, and staffing for a park.Key Deliverables;• Improved compliance with EEOC, ADA, and FLSA regulations by implementing a training module; led Cedar Fair's initiative to create a job description database for 11 park locations, encompassing 250+ individual job descriptions.• Enhanced internal and external guest service by developing King Island's first leadership training module for supervisory staff, emphasizing a One Team philosophy.• Supervised 13 associates across four divisions with a 90% retention rate.• Accelerated a 30% increase in participation by spearheading orientation training processes.• Oversaw recruitment, onboarding, counseling, and retention of over 4K seasonal positions and 135 full-time positions.

Director of HR solely responsible for all aspects of Human Resources including International and Domestic Recruiting, Hiring, Benefits Administration, Training and Development, Employee Relations, Employee Engagement, Worker's Compensation, Reduction in Force, Unemployment, Employment Law, and Payroll.