Results-oriented Employee Benefits and Human Resources Leader directing all aspects of benefits operations to ensure alignment with District vision. Strategic relationship builder inspiring trust among individuals and encouraging collaborative efforts to achieve ambitious goals. Successful Benefits Administrator with expertise and leadership in developing comprehensive and cost-effective benefit packages to attract and retain a diverse workforce, including health, disability, retirement, wellness and leave policies such as ADA, FMLA, COBRA, and workers’ compensation.

Managed the College-wide Healthcare, Retirement, New Hire Onboarding, Risk Management, and Benefits programs, including operational and budgetary aspects of enrollment, wellness, and HRIS responsibilities. Risk Management: Implemented and ensured compliance with organization’s risk management policies and procedures to manage and mitigate risks.  Loss Prevention: Administered lines of insurance and renewal of coverage of accident and loss prevention programs including general liability, property damage, and workers compensation. Investigations and Documentation: Conducted investigations into complaints filed by employees. Allegations including harassment, hostile work environment, discrimination, and policy violations. Partnered with General Counsel for investigations/discipline and with HR Director. Visionary Thinking: Created crosswalk to automatically integrate benefit elections from one system into another thus reducing the arduous manual process and human error. Special Projects: Managed the employee health fairs, biometric screenings and annual open enrollments.

Recruited to convert NAPA company owned store into an independently owned store. Worked with management to recruit employees, negotiate employee benefits, design compensation structures, administer annual enrollments, and process accounts payables and receivables.