Sarah Fleegel Averbeck Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

● Led the development and implementation of the Medical School’s inaugural compliance program, ensuring adherence to state, federal, and institutional regulations● Manage ethics hotline reports, investigating or triaging as appropriate to ensure prompt, confidential resolution, providing strategic guidance on corrective actions.● Designed and implemented compliance metrics and reporting systems to ensure accurate records of ethics and compliance activities and reports of misconduct, allowing for benchmarking and trend identification.● Developed and communicated compliance policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with best practices and legal requirements● Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to assess, determine and guide appropriate action to resolve research misconduct allegations ● Provided strategic compliance support to HR, finance and operations teams, and clinical partners, addressing issues related to research misconduct, accreditation, conflicts of interest, employee relations, performance management, and disciplinary actions.

● Led a team of 35+ HR professionals, ensuring consistent service across HR operations and employee relations functions for 5,000+ employees.● Served as escalation point for complex HR issues, offering expert advice and solutions.● Directed internal investigations into employee relations complaints, ensuring timely resolution in collaboration with the legal team.

● Manage and mentor a team of HR Business Partners with generalist responsibility for clinical research units● Provide strategy, coaching and thought-partnership to senior leadership on issues ranging from organizational structure to employee relations● Foster diversity, equity, inclusion and justice principles in all aspects of HR work ● Partner with and advise leadership to assess and mitigate risk in interaction of laws/regulations, UMN policies and collective bargaining agreements, and best practices● Develop and deliver training programs to managers and employees on a variety of employee & labor relations topics ● Investigate employee relations complaints related to workplace behavior, partnering with internal stakeholders

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

● Advised corporate clients on compliance with federal and state employment laws, ensuring policies aligned with legal requirements.● Conducted investigations and resolved HR-related legal issues through litigation and mediation, minimizing risks to the organization.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

● Represented employee clients in cases related to discrimination, wage and hour class actions, and employment law, developing strategies for complex legal challenges.

J.D.

Activities and Societies: Executive Editor, William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 31, Staff Member, William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 30.

B.A., Psychology