Chief People Officer

• Mar 2022 - Present

Brilliant Minds. Big Hearts. Bold Opportunities.Join us: https://tinyurl.com/applyatcmiBio: Lead the Employee Experience as a member of the Executive Leadership Team at CMI Media Group and Compas. Responsible for Talent Acquisition, Employee Engagement, Talent Management, Workforce Planning, Recognition, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Learning and Business Partnership Advisory Services. Achievements: leading talent acquisition in growth from 200 person to 1000+ person company, developed employee listening strategy that reduced attrition and created employee programming, benefits, and policies that benefitted employee growth, succession planning, and tenure rates, provided continuous strategic planning and initiatives to improve KPIs, established departmental structure and systems to support growth of company and team effectiveness, lead team of 40 HR, talent acquisition, and learning and development professionals, create a DEI mission, goals, and ERG framework within the agencies, develop learning structure for scalability to expand hiring pools, develop employee value proposition and employer branding to attract and retain talent, won Big Heart award for leading in crisis for both companies through pandemic, established framework for level based succession planning and performance management to effectively tie performance to mobility and rewards.Specialty Communications & PR, Healthcare, & Media Agency Show less

Executive Vice President, People & Culture

• Jul 2021 - Mar 2022

Vice President, People & Culture

• Oct 2019 - Jul 2021

Senior Director, Human Resources

• Dec 2017 - Oct 2019

Director, Human Resources

• Dec 2015 - Dec 2017

- Research, test, and deliver people analytics/metrics to recommend and drive attraction, engagement, productivity & effectiveness, and retention strategies and tactics across the organization- HR business partner with specialty areas of concentration include Employee Engagement, Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, and Employee Relations- Lead HR staff- Advise and coach managers with employee plans and issues

Chief People Officer

• Dec 2015 - Present

Founding Member of Hacking HR's Experts Council

• Dec 2021 - Present

Board Member

• Jan 2021 - Present

Chief People Officer at CMI Media Group and Compas

• Dec 2015 - Present

Director of Talent

• Aug 2013 - Dec 2015

Lead the HR function in an independent family-owned advertising agency in Philadelphia. Responsible for partnering with management to be successful in how we hire, develop, and retain talent. Brownstein Group has been awarded as a "Best Place to Work"​ by Advertising Age (2014) and Philadelphia Business Journal (2014, 2015), a "Best Place to Work for Women" by Fortune (2015), and a "Healthiest Employer"​ by Philadelphia Business Journal (2015). In addition to the award winning work our employees produce, we also have a really great culture. Some perks of working at Brownstein Group include: a comprehensive benefits package including: health, dependent care, life insurance, short-term disability, and paid-leave program, retirement savings programs, a wellness program which includes free yoga, mindfulness classes, financial wellness classes, and on-site nutritionist benefits, unlimited PTO, work-life balance, volunteer opportunities, fun activities including Camp Berny & parties, and the best part of all, really great people! Show less

HR Manager

• Mar 2009 - Aug 2013

Successfully led the human resources function in a publicly traded (NYSE: OMC) advertising agency. Acted as a strategic business partner to the senior management team to obtain organizational goals, and worked with our parent company Omnicom and DAS to implement best HR practices in the organization. Achievements have included: implemented a performance management system and process, upgraded to enterprise payroll system, administered and analyzed employee engagement surveys and practices to build team atmosphere, conducted salary research data to put in place a formal salary increase process and compensation strategy to align with senior management's business objectives, designed and executed multiple policies and processes to increase organizational effectiveness, recruited highly talented and hard to fill candidates for employment, maintained legal compliance for HR department, implemented programs to increase engagement and empowerment among employees which resulted in better performance to align with senior management’s strategy, investigated and resolved employee disputes, maintained and supported all benefits programs in accordance with parent company’s policies, and handled all other day to day responsibilities as necessary. Show less

Human Resources Manager at TPG

• Mar 2009 - Aug 2013

Recruiter

• Dec 2008 - Feb 2009

(NYSE: TBI) Recruiter in an agency setting with responsibilities such as: hiring process, interviewing, recruiting candidates, new hire orientation, employee training, payroll, benefits and compensation administration, employee relations, employee termination, reference checks, employee satisfaction, affirmative action and equal opportunity employment administration, file maintenance and auditing, managed over 50 field employees at a time. Also responsible for building relationships with clients and maintaining high-satisfaction service levels. Maintained recruiting for region as well supporting two other offices. Show less

Corporate Recruiter

• Oct 2007 - Oct 2008

Talent acquisition in a privately held, family owned company in a corporate environment on a regional level with responsibilities and accomplishments such as: full life-cycle recruitment for various positions on the corporate and sales side ranging from entry-level to management, cold calling candidates, interviewing, upkeep and creation of job postings, reference and background checks, offer and salary negotiation, retention programs, employee referral programs, maintained recruiting efficiency reports, new hire orientation, and working with hiring managers to achieve company goals. Consistently exceeded recruitment goals set for the department. Show less

Recruiter

• Mar 2007 - Oct 2007

Recruiter in an agency setting with responsibilities such as: hiring process, interviewing, recruiting candidates, new hire orientation, employee training, payroll, benefits and compensation administration, employee relations, employee termination, reference checks, employee satisfaction, affirmative action and equal opportunity employment administration, file maintenance and auditing, managed over 50 field employees at a time. Also responsible for building relationships with clients and maintaining high-satisfaction service levels. Maintained recruiting for region as well supporting two other offices recruiting practices. Show less

HR Administrator

• Mar 2006 - Mar 2007

Human Resources Administrator for privately held, label manufacturing company with such responsibilities and accomplishments as payroll, benefits and compensation, training, recruitment and hiring process, employee file auditing, employee relations, creation and implementation of a company handbook, and creating training material for employees. Working knowledge of FMLA, ADA, IRCA, and wage and hour laws. Human Resources Administrator for privately held, label manufacturing company with such responsibilities and accomplishments as payroll, benefits and compensation, training, recruitment and hiring process, employee file auditing, employee relations, creation and implementation of a company handbook, and creating training material for employees. Working knowledge of FMLA, ADA, IRCA, and wage and hour laws.

HR Intern

• Jan 2005 - Dec 2005

Interned learning and using skills in Human Resources. Responsibilities included helping with recruitment for the company, interviewing, sorting resumes, personnel filing, benefits and COBRA administration, reference checks, employee satisfaction reporting, and affirmative action reporting. Interned learning and using skills in Human Resources. Responsibilities included helping with recruitment for the company, interviewing, sorting resumes, personnel filing, benefits and COBRA administration, reference checks, employee satisfaction reporting, and affirmative action reporting.