As a member of the executive team, responsible for employment law, strategic planning, all aspects of selecting, developing, compensating and leading staff, and government relations for a national non-profit organization with operations in 10 states.• Improved accuracy, efficiency and service delivery through process mapping and re-engineering• Centralized HR across 10 states to improve effectiveness, consistency and professional competency • Developed core HR metrics, participated in the development of a balanced scorecard and championed the creation of business intelligence• Led a culture assessment process resulting in the creation of a culture vision and roadmap, and a tool for M&A • Brought leadership development in house through the development of customized competency based curriculum• Reduced HR headcount in national office HR by 21%• Developed and implemented long-term and short-term executive incentives• Re-engineered performance management from an annual appraisal system to real-time feedback and measurement• Redesigned annual pay increases from seniority based to an annual merit based pool• Led planning of an annual leadership conference, presenting to audiences of up to 150 participants

Responsible for all generalist Human Resources functions for the Americas region and global responsibility for recruitment, talent and organizational development, and policies and procedures• Led an employee engagement initiative that resulted in an increase in engagement scores over 3 consecutive surveys• Developed global high-potential selection and development program• Introduced a formal peer mentoring program• Centralized recruiting and built a talent sourcing pipeline• Participated in strategic plan training and communication• Designed and implemented goal cascading system• Introduced and managed a talent assessment and succession planning process• Responsible for M&A people integration • Redesigned performance management system to create a more flexible customized approach

Responsible for all Human Resources functions of the Omaha World-Herald Companies including talent acquisition, employee relations, labor relations, benefits, compensation, training, HRIS, policies and procedures, legal compliance and performance management• Consolidated HR from 3 operating units into 1 centralized function• Improved recruitment sourcing and time-to-fill• Led people integration for 3 acquisitions• Built an effective wellness program that resulted in 65% employee participation by the end of the first year• Created the organizations first employee handbook

Responsible for all Human Resources functions of all of the West companies and locations including recruitment and hiring, employee relations, benefits, compensation, training, HRMS, policies and procedures, legal compliance, safety and workers’ compensation, performance management, and corporate communications• Developed Home Agent Independent Contractor solution to expand labor pool and grew it to 12,000 over 50 states• Responsible for over 45,000 employees and contractors world-wide• Managed Team of over 500• Managed Budgets in excess of $15,000,000• Managed Vendors providing in excess of $17,000,000 in services• Reduced staff headcount by 40% through automation and process re-engineering• Led due diligence and integration of people for more than 25 acquisitions• Talent acquisition, planning and management of start-ups in over 35 locations in the US and 3 international operations