As Principal and Executive Coach of Nova Dawn HR Consulting Partners, I leverage over 25 years of HR expertise and executive coaching experience to help businesses transform workplace cultures and develop high-performing leaders. I partner with organizations of all sizes to provide strategic HR consulting and leadership solutions that drive success.Major Duties & Responsibilities:• Culture Transformation: Leading organizations through culture assessments and tailored strategies to create award-winning cultures that boost engagement and productivity.• Executive Coaching: Providing one-on-one coaching to leaders, enhancing leadership skills, decision-making, and professional growth.• Leadership Development: Designing leadership training programs to empower leaders, fostering high-performing teams.• Employee Engagement: Developing strategies to boost engagement, retention, morale, and overall performance.• Onboarding Strategies: Crafting effective onboarding processes that ensure smooth integration, reduce turnover, and accelerate productivity.• Talent Acquisition & Retention: Creating strategies that attract and retain top talent, building a competitive edge with an engaged workforce.Notable Successes:• Led multiple organizations to achieve recognition as “Best Places to Work” and “Best Culture in America.”• Spearheaded culture transformation projects that improved employee satisfaction and reduced turnover.• Coached executives in leadership and decision-making, enhancing team performance and outcomes.• Developed leadership programs that increased succession planning and leadership effectiveness.• Implemented engagement strategies that significantly improved retention and company culture.At Nova Dawn HR Consulting Partners, I’m committed to helping businesses create new beginnings and thrive.

Responsible for all HR and operations functions for all company entities (primarily Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils, and Prudential Center), overseeing recruitment, training and development, benefits, payroll, compensation, succession planning, and performance management. Led team of six located in Camden and Newark, New Jersey. Served as trusted business partner to the C-Suite. • Improved company’s culture and received nomination as one of Best Places to Work by Philadelphia Business Journal for three consecutive years. Also received Best Culture in America by Entrepreneurial Magazine.• Created and implemented company's first HBSE University, including training and development program for all employees, leadership and development program, and HIPO program.• Developed diversity and inclusion action plan leading to significant increase of women and people of color for all properties.

• Solved morale and turnover challenges in a +100-member sales team (largest in NBA) through strategically evaluating current employees, establishing comprehensive executive summaries, promoting high achievers, and opening communication.

• Created HR departments at Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils from ground up, establishing company's first handbook and policies/procedures.

Directed corporate-wide human resources functions supporting over 200 employees located within Mid-Atlantic region. Designed, administered, and managed compensation structures in addition to overseeing 401(k) administration and related financial benefit activities. Managed comprehensive candidate sourcing and acquisition functions.• Conceived and executed strategic operating plans for organization’s first formal Human Resources Department, assuming responsibility for policy/procedure restructuring and regulatory compliance.• Developed and initiated Galman University Training Curriculum designed to train new and existing employees on proper business processes, procedures, and protocols necessary to succeed within defined areas of responsibility.

Managed employee benefit program administration with emphasis on group life, medical/dental, accidental death and disability, unemployment, and workers’ compensation. Led FMLA, short-term disability, and medical leave of absence administration and verified compliance with all local, state, and federal standards. Directed performance management process and served as initial point of contact for employee grievances, disciplinary actions, and working conditions issues.• Developed and implemented first employee engagement survey, which led to initiatives that improved morale and reduced turnover.• Implemented a company-wide suggestion program that significantly improved operating efficiency.

Coordinated center-wide employee relations functions with emphasis on individual employee performance planning. Managed benefit packages, workers’ compensation, and unemployment administration. Created internal marketing collateral defining employee options during open enrollment periods. Maintained direct responsibility for FMLA administration, short-term disability claims processing, and leave of absence processing.• Produced, implemented, and managed internal wellness program designed to reduce adverse employee health issues and improve health insurance coverage rates.

Supervised senior conversion specialists across three locations and managed Fortune 500 business relationships focusing on executive stock option plan conversion services. Led department-wide reorganization plan, including hiring of 40 senior conversion specialists and managers over 30-day period. Developed regional Senior Conversion Specialists Training Program significantly improving staff efficiency and resulting in 75% increase in client satisfaction.

𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟒-𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕. Consulted with vice presidents, human resources and benefit managers, consultants, and CFOs on 401(k) plan/benefit administration functions. Managed company’s first ERISA manual revision process in ten years, revising outdated policies to result in 65% internal audit improvement upon enactment. Instituted multiple challenging client relationship strategies, resulting in $50,000,000 of additional investment capital. 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏-𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟒. Supervised human resources administrators responsible for group medical, life, disability, and workers’ compensation insurance plans. Reorganized benefit programs through provider consolidation and contract renegotiations, resulting in first-year savings of $150,000. 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗-𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏. Created and conducted corporate-wide training programs and produced web-based courses eliminating $1,200,000 in copying costs.