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Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Provide legal and HR risk management and compliance guidance to 500 employee critical access hospital and clinics. Key focus: building legal (corporate and provider contracting), risk management and compliance, and HR organizational infrastructure. Eight direct reports in legal and HR organization.

Greater Atlanta Area

Serve as independent HR consultant and employment attorney. Provide HR leadership in best practices development in HR/legal compliance infrastructure (recruiting and talent acquisition, on-boarding and orientation, performance-values matrix development/management, leadership and service excellence training and executive coaching programs, employee benefits and compensation, and dispute resolution); HRIS, organizational development; labor-management communications; performance & workforce accountability systems. Responsible for employment litigation and labor-management counseling. Recent engagements with critical access hospital, multi-site health center, and government entity.

Nipomo, California

Served as HR Leader and provided legal guidance under professional services agreement on corporate and employment law functions for 800+ employee FQHC community health organization. Key focus on building legal and HR organizational infrastructure, and workforce accountability, including employment law risk management, corporate contract and employee grievance issues, and leadership training and coaching programs. Six direct reports in legal and HR organization.

Fresno, California

Provided executive leadership on all HR and employment law functions for 1100+ employee hospital organization. Key focus on talent life cycle, HR organizational infrastructure, and workforce accountability, including employment law risk management, on-boarding and orientation, CNA and SEIU-UHW labor-management contract and grievance issues, leadership training and coaching programs. Two direct and 15 indirect reports in matrix organization.

Merced, California Area

Served as CHRO on executive leadership team for FQHC health center with 800+ employees (115 medical/dental/behavioral health providers) and 26 clinic locations throughout Central California. Key focus on best practices development in HR/legal compliance infrastructure (employee benefits and compensation, recruiting and talent acquisition, on-boarding and orientation, performance-values matrix development/management, leadership and service excellence training and executive coaching programs, and dispute resolution); HRIS, organizational development; labor-management communications; performance & workforce accountability systems, talent life cycle, HR organizational infrastructure, and workforce accountability.

Greater Atlanta Area

Served as independent HR consultant and employment attorney, providing legal, mediation and other conflict resolution services to organizations. Provide HR leadership in best practices development in HR/legal compliance infrastructure (employee benefits and compensation, recruiting and talent acquisition, on-boarding and orientation, performance-values matrix development/management, leadership and service excellence training and executive coaching programs, and dispute resolution); HRIS, organizational development; labor-management communications; performance & workforce accountability systems.Engaged in HR and legal consulting assignment assisting with full range of employment, labor-management and HR cases. Focus on resolving disputes through effective negotiation and mediation process. Guiding current client organizations in best HR policy and procedures (employee handbook, performance management documentation, conflict resolution, etc.) for risk mitigation and reduction of financial costs.2012 consulting assignment with 4200 employee organization in both HRIS conversion project and North American division HR infrastructure transformation and restructuring.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Served as EVP -- CHRO and Employment Counsel on leadership team for holding company offering business services and technology solutions to the insurance and managed care industry. Key focus on talent life cycle, HR organizational infrastructure, and workforce accountability (2200 software developers and call-center personnel).

Served as Chief HR Executive and Employment Counsel on overall leadership team for hospital holding company. Provide HR and legal leadership to 14 LTACH hospital system and newly established 4 STACH hospital group with 3700 employees nationwide; 4 direct and 20 indirect reports in matrix structure; report to President & CEO/Company founder.

Morrow, Ga

Provided HR and Legal leadership and served as Cabinet Member with public university; led policy change initiatives to improve organizational effectiveness and workforce accountability, and counsel Cabinet on all legal issues, as well as coordinated external counsel on all litigation matters.

Alpharetta, Ga

Served as Senior HR and Legal Executive on 8 diverse leadership teams for portfolio of start-up companies, including 3 technology executive teams (Surgical Information Systems, Patient Placement Systems, and StatCom), the software design and development team members, and the software customer service and implementation associates; responsible for 5 direct departmental reports. Reported to Chairman, CEO & Company Founder.

Served as independent contractor providing mediation and other conflict resolution services to educational and commercial organizations. Specialization in employment law, HR infrastructure development, EEO, management training, dispute resolution, internal investigations, and risk avoidance & management.

Fresno, Ca

National employment law firm representing management in all types of private and public sector industries. Handled complaints involving workplace harassment and discrimination and provided legal counseling on employment and labor law issues, including collective bargaining grievance disposition. Focused on developing litigation strategies and problem-solving plans to resolve complaints in fair and effective manner, and educated management teams on best practices in performance management, investigative methods, and problem solving to avoid potential litigation situations. Worked with key management personnel post-settlement to minimize future costs/litigation.

Interdisciplinary J.D./Ph.D., Law, Management, Organizational Effectiveness

Activities and Societies: Managing Editor, Syracuse Law Review

Professional Certificate, Mediation & Conflict Resolution

Master Of Counseling, Counseling Psychology/Organizational Development

B.S., Psychology/Sociology

Activities and Societies: summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi