Lead A1 function and specialized HQ staff to review, improve and execute effective policies and processes impacting thousands of military members to be positioned and developed to fulfill federal and state missions. Primary interface with National Guard Bureau and unit commanders on adhering to Manpower & Personnel policies and strategic partner to navigate nuance within evolving guidance towards optimized solutions. Specialize in systems thinking, strategic communications, process improvement within HR context, candidate assessment, metric analysis, creating collaborative partnership among diverse stakeholders and standing up for my team.

Providing the citizens of the State of Oregon and the United States with a ready force of citizen airmen, equipped and trained to respond to any contingency, natural or man-made.

Provide leadership in initiatives and programs focused on increasing access, awareness and utilization of military educational benefits by service members.Foster partnerships with colleges, universities and other education providers to optimize educational offerings to mutually benefit service members, the educational institutions and the communities we serve.

Responsible for planning, training and readiness for a 11 person team specialized in recovering fatalities of mass casualty events.Integrate into larger Army/Air Force cross functional CBRN Emergency Response Force Package (CERFP) team to actively prepare to respond to CBRN and mass casualty events.Represent Oregon Air National Guard in regional collaborations and training events with military and civilian counterparts,

Provide oversight and guidance to 16+ members of the 142 WG Personnel Flight in support of the overall Force Support Squadron.Coordinate officer promotion programs for the 142 WG and support ORANG officer promotion efforts.Former Company Grade Officer Council President and Community Action Board Co-Chair.Security Forces Augmentee and Type I Handbook initiated Firefighter for OPLAN Smokey.

Promotes an environment where individuals are treated with dignity and worth regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. Provides advice, consultation, education, mediation, and referral services to enhance mission effectiveness. Coordinates with staff agencies to support MEO programs and policies.Advises personnel including Wing leadership on MEO responsibilities, policies, and programs. Provides information to those seeking assistance. Serves as an authoritative program data source for the installation commander. Uses interviews, surveys, and other techniques to provide information and guidance on preventing or eliminating conditions which negatively impact mission effectiveness.

Skilled in content management, information presentation and utilization of collaboration tools to achieve a goal.POC for billeting, recall rosters and assorted Orderly Room duties previously performed by NCO’s.Drafted and updated 142 OG Sponsorship Program and Orientation Manual improving the experience of Airman joining our unit and eliminating wasted time in acclimating to a new environment.BMT: Awarded Honor Graduate recognition (top 10% of class) and Airman Leader (<10% selected).Technical School: As an Airman Leader, lead groups as large as 49 students while overseeing Air Force rules & regulations.

Provide professional and proactive outreach to newly admitted student veterans to ensure they are aware and equipped to excel in their educational pursuits with a keen eye to coach on fully leveraging military educational benefits they have earned.Assess and address concerns of student veterans inhibiting their progression to reach their educational goals.Listen with a holistic ear to intentionally recommend resources and next steps that match a student's path to success.Partner with college and university staff and officials to continuously improve programs, processes and policies that can better serve their institutions' mission and the student veterans admitted or enrolled to their institution. Consult on potential impacts on student veterans of decisions regarding programs, processes and policies that may have a direct or indirect effect on them.

Proficient in Canvas and Moodle while teaching in online, in-person and hybrid instruction modes.

Lead people strategy for a dynamic and evolving organization spread remotely across multiple states comprising of employees, contractors and strategic partnerships focused on sparking a love for reading.Business partner connecting compensation and benefits strategy to align with overall business goals and objectives to remain competitive as an employer of choice. Coordinate and leverage several vendor agreements to optimize employee benefits, process efficiency and ensure compliance with applicable labor laws.Cross functional collaborator to continously improve processes and policies impacting our most valuable resource: our people.Create and maintain accurate position descriptions to assist in stewarding the careers of our current and future teammates.Purveyor of Dad jokes and manager of our Company Culture Committee to keep us grounded in our core values of caring, humility and excellence.

Coordinate full-cycle recruiting efforts for a dynamic market leader while cultivating a "Best Place to Work" company culture.Develop and oversee efficient and effective HR processes impacting pay, compensation and overall benefit packages.Partner with hiring managers for strategic hiring & staffing plans and provide C-level proposals and recommendations regarding long term people development strategy. Ensure compliance with local and federal laws & policies.Have fun with a great team focused on bringing storybooks to life while improving literacy worldwide :)

Provides departmental leadership to develop, deliver, and evolve a career readiness curriculum as a student employment benefit to grow self-awareness, self-efficacy, and self-advocacy around transferable job skills, and to and enhance future employability. Coordinate and oversee a full calendar of student development initiatives for Rec Sports student employees; ensuring accessible learning forums that enable individualized engagement and progression through multiple levels of mastery. Collaborate with department colleagues to define and leverage student employment, practicum, and internships as educational and developmental experiences. Develop, administer and evaluate recreation financial awards/fee waivers to support students with high financial needs, who face barriers to participation, offering assistance to allow them to actively engage in programs to make meaningful participation a reality for all OSU students.Initiate and/or support collaborative Division and University initiatives to advance the student co-curricular experience. Design, deliver and evaluate experiential learning activities to equalize student success for the transition of first-year and transfer students, facilitate a sense of community at OSU, and acquaint them with Rec Sports and other campus resources. Facilitate cooperative challenge course programming and teach personal strengths classes to complement and enhance the co-curricular student experience and to grow self-awareness, self-efficacy, and self-advocacy. Assist with the development and delivery of experiential learning and development opportunities for the OSU community.Monitor and encourage individual and collective progress through timely and constructive feedback, recognition and awards, and mentorship. Measure and document accomplishment for future reference. Leverage digital communications to facilitate and grow a professional resource network between current student employees, mentors, and alums.

Mentor 80+ undergraduate members for personal and professional development. Advise on Chapter operations and provide historical context. Support risk mgmt policies including assisting member accountability and a clean/safe living environment. Liason between and among the undergraduate members, and the Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life (CFSL), the DU Building Assoc. and DU HQ as necessary.

Provides management and leadership to student initiatives and learning within the department while also being an active participant at the divisional level of the Student Affairs Student Employment Program. Responsible for developing and delivering a comprehensive student development program, including, but not limited to, recruitment and selection, professional development, transformative learning agenda, interns/practicums and recognition while ensuring student success and bridging positive relationships with future and current alumni.

Provide chapter oversight, risk management and mentorship for 70+ active undergraduate members.Trusted liason between Sigma Chi Alumni, student members and OSU Student Affairs.Reside in chapter house to respond effectively to student needs and hold members to high standards.

Managed and emceed 10 week speaker series on spiritual development.Conducted regular 1 on 1 mentor engagements with dozens of students.

CAReer Top Talent Program: Enterprise-wide graduate training program designed to recruit and train our next generation of company leaders.Negotiate or renew supplier long term agreements to purchase critical materials, parts components, tooling or services for DTNA production within the Cab Procurement Team.Negotiate the most effective long term programs for DTNA - including supplier commitments for production pricing that will differentiate DTNA in the marketplace.Represent Procurement in multi-functional teams to develop and assess commercial business cases for supplier selection, new products and strategic global alignment initiativesCollaborate with colleagues from around the world to improve Daimler’s global material cost position and to develop long term global commodity strategiesEvaluate alternative materials, methods, and technologies and alternative suppliers as necessary.

Manage relationships with high profile clients and maintain operational excellence with short implementation timelines.Leverage expert communication skills by managing two virtual employees while also being managed by a remote manager. Build trusting relationships with a diverse student population by delivering tailored, engaging, and motivating coaching sessions for traditional and non-traditional students from non-profit and for-profit colleges.Maximized the success of assigned roster of approximately 75-150 students.Subject matter expert in coaching military and traditional student demographics.

Manage client relationship with client University/College providing high caliber success coaching, insight and trend analysis of success coaching efforts of client University's/College's student population. Actively support the personal development of reporting personnel focusing on quality and flexibility in meeting client's needs effectively.

Developed ROI models for new business and legacy accounts during peak sales seasonCollaborated with cross functional team including Operations, Finance and HR for accurate pricing and staffing modelsDisplayed superior Excel skills while calculating manager to employee ratios and employee retention analysis

By phone, build trusting relationships with a diverse student population by delivering personalized, constructive, engaging, motivating, and informative coaching sessions on a weekly basis Maximize the success of assigned roster of approximately 75-150 students by : 1) maintaining accurate student information; 2) projecting, assessing, and reporting on student performance; 3) prioritizing and executing appropriate coaching actions to remove roadblocks to success Contact and schedule weekly coaching sessions with all assigned students; persistently and proactively attract students to attend coaching sessionsImprove your coaching skills and manage your performance by pinpointing key areas of growth and actively participating in your own professional development

Focused on growth strategies for Ncompass in countries with specific concerns matching our overarching focus of supporting education, youth and community development.

Responsible for oversight and strategy development for the International division of Ncompass, a Portland based non-profit focused on serving local and international needs founded on Christian values. Specific area of concentration is developing the Haitian orphanage Maranatha House into a self-sustaining positive contributor to the surrounding community of Titanyen Haiti.Accountable for overseeing International annual budget, strategy, donor relations, volunteer development, operations, capital projects and growth/innovation.

Served as HR business partner for 12 managers totaling 100-200 people for world's leading aerospace company. Addressed complex people related issues and proactively sought solutions to improve group HR issues.Performed workforce analytics project detailing the demographics of Boeing workforce while seeking strategic workforce planning solutions. Connected analysis deliverables with understanding business strategy.Co-Project Manager on implementing multi-state multi-functional promotion process affecting 5,000+ employees to improve efficiency and consistency of previous process. Tracked deliverables communicated deadlines and trained over 200 managers on process.Managed team lead interview process, including updating HR system and understanding Union Contracts.Directed and coordinated HR staff operations including team operating rhythm, LEAN server architecture and HR communication flow down. Produced regular reports for training and performance management.Performed preliminary investigations as well as managed personal identifiable information on security clearances and salary/bonus information. Advocated employee interests and requests for information of Boeing processes.Calculated salary promotion amounts and ensured consistency with candidate's peer group.

Managed 155,000 thousand sq. foot facility in addition to four auxiliary buildings/areas that receive up to 4,000+ participants a day as a full time student. Volunteered to work less desirable shifts to maintain consistent service.Hired, trained, evaluated, and mentored/developed staff with a foundation of department knowledge and expertise on a continual basis. Trained in mitigating crisis situations, problem solving, first aid and CPR which lead to the successful recitation of a patron while acting as Center Manager on duty.Facility Operations Team Member September 2006 - June 2007Provided excellent customer service to a diverse campus community by building strong relationships while maintaining Dixon Recreational Center operations. Utilized resources to deliver high level of service. Intramural Sport Supervisor September 2006 - June 2007Supervised sporting events and provided first emergency response, processed paperwork, and evaluated officials. Proven capacity for learning new skills by being responsible for knowing rules, regulations and policies of several sports/events. Responsible for opening and locking facilities and providing safety for participants and spectators. Perfected conflict management skills by establishing good rapport and built trust with participants and co-workers in isolated environments.

Integral member of Diversity & Inclusion Team promoting Diversity events to support company initiatives.Leader and primary presenter of intern task force researching generational differences and presenting our findings to over a dozen Boeing management and executive teams. Extensive experience using MS Office (Word, Excel, Publisher, and Outlook) and creating presentations.

Committed fire fighter fighting forest fires in Oregon, Washington and Nevada which included 16 hour shifts, being away from home for 2 weeks at a time and overcoming dangerous situations.