Experience

Downtown Women's Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Human Resources and Administration

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  Greater Los Angeles Area Responsible for all HR and Administrative functions for a $17 million+ nonprofit serving the homeless that provides all facets to 230+ employees in the Downtown L.A. area.



Whittier College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Adjunct Professor- Human Resources Management

  • Sep 2011 - May 2021

  Whittier, CA Educator for a Human Resources Management evening course, offered every spring semester to junior and senior college students at a local private college, while working full time at my respective employment. The course is designed around the Employee Life Cycle which highlights six of the main components of HRM: Recruitment, Selection, Performance, Succession, Development, and Transition. Class topics and discussions included current trends in Human Resources, such as the “Me, Too” movement and… Show more Educator for a Human Resources Management evening course, offered every spring semester to junior and senior college students at a local private college, while working full time at my respective employment. The course is designed around the Employee Life Cycle which highlights six of the main components of HRM: Recruitment, Selection, Performance, Succession, Development, and Transition. Class topics and discussions included current trends in Human Resources, such as the “Me, Too” movement and “Starbucks” incidents. Class size varied from 15 to 25 students. Received excellent reviews, overall. Show less



McDonald's

• United States
• Restaurants
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Administrative Manager

  • Sep 2015 - Oct 2018

  Long Beach, CA As Regional Administration Manager, led and managed a wide range of responsibilities which included hiring, employee development, training and performance management, and day-to-day supervision of a department staff of four non-exempts; Event Planning; Office Management: Facilities.



Spencer's

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Human Resources Manager

  • Dec 2012 - Sep 2015

  West Coast As the Regional Human Resources Manager, led and oversaw all Human Resources functions for over 125 specialty stores throughout multi-state Western and Southwestern U.S. region and Western Canada, which supported nine District Managers and affected 1,600 to 5,000 associates annually. Led, managed, and oversaw Employee Relations, Talent selection/retention strategies, employee and leadership development and training policies, procedures, and processes, LOA administration, Workers’ Compensation… Show more As the Regional Human Resources Manager, led and oversaw all Human Resources functions for over 125 specialty stores throughout multi-state Western and Southwestern U.S. region and Western Canada, which supported nine District Managers and affected 1,600 to 5,000 associates annually. Led, managed, and oversaw Employee Relations, Talent selection/retention strategies, employee and leadership development and training policies, procedures, and processes, LOA administration, Workers’ Compensation and Safety, Compensation: equity studies and range analyses, employee engagement and change management, overall compliance and monitoring to assure adherence to laws and policies, federal, state, local and city. Also supported 140 Spirit Halloween stores (24 DSMs) during the Halloween season from May –November, in addition to the Spencer’s stores. Show less



Rice Garden, Inc.

• Director of Human Resources

  • Jan 2009 - Nov 2012

  Alhambra, CA As Senior strategic business partner and consultant, I provided HR services and support for Operations Field Management, comprised of 45 restaurants located across 8 states. Core responsibilities included employee relations, talent selection, leadership development and development and retention; policies and practices, Workers’ Compensation and Safety, Compensation, LOA administration, change management, UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers’ Union) and compliance monitoring as to federal… Show more As Senior strategic business partner and consultant, I provided HR services and support for Operations Field Management, comprised of 45 restaurants located across 8 states. Core responsibilities included employee relations, talent selection, leadership development and development and retention; policies and practices, Workers’ Compensation and Safety, Compensation, LOA administration, change management, UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers’ Union) and compliance monitoring as to federal and state employment laws. Show less



Para Los Niños

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director of Training & Quality Assurance

  • May 2008 - Jan 2009

  Greater Los Angeles Area As Director of Training, spearheaded and implemented organizational development, employee performance and training solutions. Also designed and drove implementation of quality assurance and learning and development strategies to ensure compliance with accreditation and licensure requirements and governmental agency standards.



Los Angeles Times

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Human Resources Manager

  • Aug 2004 - Apr 2008

  As strategic Business Partner, provided Human Resources expertise, services and support to senior and executive management regarding workforce issues. Supervised four HR Generalists and four HR Administrative Assistants.



KB Toys

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional Human Resources Manager

  • Jan 1997 - Aug 2004

  Responsible for all Human Resources functions for 207 specialty stores throughout multi-state Western and Southwestern U.S. region,which supported over 16 District Managers, affecting 1600 to 5000 associates annually.



McDonald's

• United States
• Restaurants
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Human Resources Manager

  • Dec 1991 - Jan 1997

  Provided human resources services and expertise at the regional level in all areas of human resources management to over 300 locations and 12,000 employees (full/part-time).