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New Orleans, La, Us

Added Talent Acquisition to the mix to create an end-to-end center of expertise with the purpose of sourcing, hiring and developing high-performing talent and teams.Talent Management now includes Talent Acquisition (sourcing and recruiting), Employee & Leadership Development (onboarding, learning & development, high-potential acceleration, reskilling, upskilling and competency management), Talent Development (performance enablement, talent reviews & succession planning) and Organizational Development (org design, org effectiveness and team effectiveness).

New Orleans, La, Us

I have the privilege of heading up the Talent Management function. We are the subject matter experts, program owners and project managers that work in close partnership with HR Business Partners and leaders to help Entergy deliver on its business objectives and make it a great place to work. Our accountabilities include Employee & Leadership Development (onboarding, learning & development, high-potential acceleration, reskilling, upskilling and competency management), Talent Development (performance enablement, talent reviews & succession planning) and Organizational Development (org design, org effectiveness and team effectiveness).I do not manage recruiting or talent acquisition.

New Orleans, La, Us

Serving as the interim lead of the HR Talent Management team. We are the enterprise center of expertise on the entire employee life cycle. Our subject matter experts design the programs, processes and tools to ensure Entergy has the talent to deliver on our business objectives. Areas of focus include workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance management and succession planning, learning and development and organizational effectiveness.

New Orleans, La, Us

Designed, created and led an enterprise Organizational Effectiveness function that supported the transformation of Entergy into a world-class energy provider delivering sustainable results for all of our stakeholders. We help Entergy perform its best work by bringing a strategic focus and a commitment to excellence to the 'people side' of transformation. We are developing custom interventions and standardized tools to support the following areas: Organizational Effectiveness, including organizational design, conflict management and cultural interventions; Agility, including resilience, innovation and lean/design thinking; and Change Management, including change leadership and change readiness.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Led the company's Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Organizational Effectiveness team, with approximately 40 employees and a $7 million annual O&M budget. We are a centralized, integrated provider of business support services whose mission is to enable greater EHS results by maximizing effectiveness and minimizing frustration. We helped make Duke Energy the safest large utility in the country for three straight years, and transformed the company's culture and approach to environmental compliance. We support our corporate Health & Safety and Environmental Services departments in the following ways: change management, internal communications, compliance training, document management, metrics and analytics, risk assessment and analysis, compliance assurance assessments, systems performance, departmental budgeting and annual strategic planning, workforce strategy and co-op program, lean six sigma, continuous improvement and other cross-departmental EHS initiatives. With a focus on organizational strategy, direction, structure and culture, together these functions aim to accelerate our organizational efficiency and effectiveness as we continue on our journey to becoming the best environmental, health and safety group in any industry.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Created and led the new change management, training and document controls functions within the company's Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) group. Our team was responsible for ensuring our 28,000 men and women across the company have the right EHS skills, abilities and knowledge to perform their jobs. We evolved our EHS training team operations model from a governance and strategy organization to one that is full-service, including developing and deploying certain EHS courses for our entire workforce. We established a new change-management team to focus on excellent implementation of new EHS programs, policies and procedures across Duke Energy's business units. And we created a new document controls program for EHS to ensure accurate, appropriately retained and easily accessible records, documents and other business-critical information.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Served as the primary communications advisor and project manager for the executive leadership team of the External Affairs and Strategic Policy (EASP) group. EASP includes the Corporate Communications, Corporate Public Affairs, Environmental & Energy Policy, Federal Affairs, Foundation & Community Affairs and Sustainability departments.Managed cross-departmental initiatives to build Duke Energy's reputation as a trusted industry leader and community partner, engage with key external stakeholders, empower employees to be ambassadors and advocate for regulatory and policy outcomes that are good for customers and the company. Led as a primary media spokesperson and PR strategist on high-profile corporate issues, including technically complex and reputation-challenging environmental and legal topics.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Created and managed internal engagement programs to ingrain sustainability into the cultural DNA of the nation's largest electric utility and create long-term business value. Projects that help Duke Energy do business in a way that is good for people, the planet and profits have saved $42 million since 2009. Managed a 300-member Sustainability Corps grassroots employee network and increased membership by 75 percent in two years. Responsible for recruiting, training, coaching, educating and rewarding members. S Corps members served as ambassadors for sustainability across the company, adopted personal sustainability practices and completed projects to incorporate sustainable practices into their work area. Served as lead sustainability consultant to the executive leadership teams of the Regulated Fossil & Hydro Generation and Information Technology departments. Educated, motivated and coached executives and employees in these groups using a broad array of tools and tactics to integrate sustainable practices into their business unit plans. Created and delivered educational materials to engage and empower employees, including presentations, workshops and an innovative, interactive computer-based training module that was completed by more than 65 percent of employees despite it being optional.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Served as a senior communications strategist for the nation's largest electric utility during the months following Progress Energy's merger with Duke Energy. Played a lead role on the communications transition team, supporting the new power-plant organization, environmental policy issues, social media and website integration.

Appointed by N.C. Governor Bev Perdue to serve as a non-lawyer, public member of the state's Disciplinary Hearing Commission (DHC). Sitting in panels of three members – two lawyers and one non-lawyer – the Commission acts much like a Superior Court. It publicly hears evidence brought by the NC State Bar against lawyers accused of professional misconduct, decides whether ethical rules have been broken and decides what, if any, discipline to impose.

Served on the Board of Directors of the Raleigh Little Theatre, a 75-year old community theatre that enriches, educates and entertains the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area with quality live theatre. Served as President/Chair from 2010-2012. During my time on the Board, we hired a new executive director, closed a $100,000 budget deficit, updated our mission and values and launched several strategic initiatives, all of which helped us earn the 2012 Community Theatre of the Year award.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

• Acted as primary corporate spokesperson on environmental and policy issues • Created, executed and evaluated communications plans for internal and external audiences• Developed and maintained key relationships with local, state and national media • Led company’s award-winning Social Media Issues Management and Corporate Responsibility Report teams• Routinely interacted with and supported senior management, up to and including the Chief Executive Officer• Managed the creation of annual reports, executive presentations and speeches• Coordinated the launch of new energy-efficiency programs and promoted renewable-energy initiatives• Managed key messages, talking points and communications plans for very sensitive corporate issues• Developed training workshops for employees to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Managed internal communications for a large nuclear power plant. This included executive communications, strategic planning, event management and media relations. Among many things, I led the effort to rebuild trust between management and employees after a bitter union battle.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Handled all internal and external communications for sixteen fossil fuel power plants in Florida for Progress Energy Florida. Duties included executive communications, internal communications strategies, web development, press releases, developing brochures, event planning, photography and writing feature stories.

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Genocide prevention leadership, national advocacy, leadership training, community and coalition building, media relations, strategic planning, relationship building, lobbying

Master Of Science (M.S.), Negotiation And Conflict Resolution

Ba, Journalism And Mass Communication; Public Relations

High School, High School