Experience

Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Human Resources Manager

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Supervising Employment Services staff and overseeing a wide range of recruitment, selection and classification projects.



City of Pasadena

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, Organization Development & Learning

  • Oct 2016 - Aug 2021

  Greater Los Angeles Area Providing a broad range of talent, leadership, and organizational development services and support to all levels of management (including the executive leadership team), departments, and services. Proactively identifying, developing, and managing strategic talent management and organizational effectiveness initiatives to ensure the leadership and management talent necessary to meet current and future needs. Enhancing performance, productivity, and employee/team member satisfaction levels… Show more Providing a broad range of talent, leadership, and organizational development services and support to all levels of management (including the executive leadership team), departments, and services. Proactively identifying, developing, and managing strategic talent management and organizational effectiveness initiatives to ensure the leadership and management talent necessary to meet current and future needs. Enhancing performance, productivity, and employee/team member satisfaction levels through improvements in the work environment. Professional presentation: "Everyone Deserves a Great Boss: Key HR Roles to Create Effective Leadership" | Presentation at the Southern California Public Management Association-HR (SCPMA-HR) annual conference Los Angeles, CA | March 16, 2017

• Acting HR Manager, Employment Services | Talent Acquisition & Selection

  • Apr 2019 - Oct 2019

  Managing the Employment Services and Talent Acquisition & Selection division concurrently with the role of OD & Learning Manager. Overseeing a team of 14 professional and clerical staff performing activities in: • Talent acquisition & selection • Classification & compensation • Personnel actions/assignments • Learning & development • Organization development Additional administrative responsibilities include budget and finance-related tasks, drafting agenda reports… Show more Managing the Employment Services and Talent Acquisition & Selection division concurrently with the role of OD & Learning Manager. Overseeing a team of 14 professional and clerical staff performing activities in: • Talent acquisition & selection • Classification & compensation • Personnel actions/assignments • Learning & development • Organization development Additional administrative responsibilities include budget and finance-related tasks, drafting agenda reports, and attending council meetings.



Capital Group

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Employer Branding | Recruitment Marketing

  • Nov 2015 - Oct 2016

  Greater Los Angeles Area As part of the Corporate Communications team, my job was to promote Capital Group's employer brand through a range of creative marketing efforts. My responsibilities included: • Developed and executed a recruitment marketing plan and supporting communications plans • Developed, executed, and measured marketing strategies that expanded our digital reach to target talent via social media, digital media, video and other content platforms • Ensured a successful rollout and… Show more As part of the Corporate Communications team, my job was to promote Capital Group's employer brand through a range of creative marketing efforts. My responsibilities included: • Developed and executed a recruitment marketing plan and supporting communications plans • Developed, executed, and measured marketing strategies that expanded our digital reach to target talent via social media, digital media, video and other content platforms • Ensured a successful rollout and sustainable implementation of the employer value proposition (EVP) and employer brand through effective touchpoint management (including training of HR, hiring managers, and communications staff) and all aspects of related internal and external communication • Collaborated with recruiters and hiring managers to assure the public messaging followed established employee brand strategy guidelines • Identified areas of opportunity to improve the candidate experience and implemented projects to support that goal • Identified, trained and communicated with Employer Brand Ambassadors • Managed vendors and agencies related to the execution of employer brand initiatives, including stretching partnerships to meet goals while minimizing overall expense Show less



Los Angeles Unified School District

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Internal HR Consultant

  • Aug 2004 - Nov 2015

  Greater Los Angeles Area Proactively diagnose and identify current and future talent management needs and develop plans to close gaps in areas such as recruitment, selection, performance management, professional development, retention and succession planning. Partner with internal clients to improve performance and increase business results. Full life cycle talent acquisition and assessment for the purpose of identifying top talent for the 1,000+ non-academic job titles. Support a variety of client groups such as the… Show more Proactively diagnose and identify current and future talent management needs and develop plans to close gaps in areas such as recruitment, selection, performance management, professional development, retention and succession planning. Partner with internal clients to improve performance and increase business results. Full life cycle talent acquisition and assessment for the purpose of identifying top talent for the 1,000+ non-academic job titles. Support a variety of client groups such as the Superintendent’s Office, General Counsel, Transportation, Los Angeles School Police Department, Procurement, Budget & Finance, Environmental Health & Safety, and IT. • Spearheaded workforce planning task force with the goal of formally implementing a strategic Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) model to enable business units to achieve its mission by having the right people, with the right skills, in the right places, at the right times • Developed a presentation making the business case to create a HRBP unit to be delivered to the Board of Education by the Director of the Personnel Commission • Conceived and maintained FridayForum – a weekly email distributed to supervisors and managers throughout the organization, sharing management and leadership research-based ideas, concepts and practices • Created and facilitated a 10-month Leadership Development Program to accelerate the next generation leaders. Targeted to all managers in the non-academic workforce (30,000 employees) • Developed a promotional performance appraisal system in response to a high number of employees being unprepared for promotion • Created and delivered training for the COO’s Summer Leadership Academy which achieved a 100% satisfaction rate • Researched and negotiated with personality test vendors, ultimately selecting Harrison Assessments, a job suitability test used for hiring, onboarding, leadership development, team building, succession planning, coaching, culture/climate and retention

• Employer Branding & Social Media Lead

  • May 2010 - Jun 2014

  Greater Los Angeles Area Held concurrent positions due to recognized branding and social media skills. Responsible for employer branding and social media initiatives for LAUSD’s non-academic job opportunities (1,000+ job titles). Led a team of three specialists. Managed, built and maintained social media channels to drive employer brand awareness and build a talent pipeline. Presented on the topic of social recruiting at several professional conferences. • Led vendor project to purchase, develop and implement… Show more Held concurrent positions due to recognized branding and social media skills. Responsible for employer branding and social media initiatives for LAUSD’s non-academic job opportunities (1,000+ job titles). Led a team of three specialists. Managed, built and maintained social media channels to drive employer brand awareness and build a talent pipeline. Presented on the topic of social recruiting at several professional conferences. • Led vendor project to purchase, develop and implement LinkedIn Careers page • Social media efforts yielded measurably stronger candidate pools • LinkedIn Company page grew by 20-30 followers/day • Facebook page likes up by approximately 90% • Twitter followers increased by eightfold • Several FB posts reached 20,000+ people and yielded hundreds of shares Relevant presentations: “From Jurassic Park to LinkedIn Park” – Proposal accepted to present at the 2014 Western Region IPMA-HR Conference, San Francisco May 2014 “Recruiting Gone Soci@l” Presentation for the LAUSD Personnel Commission, Los Angeles 5/15/2012 “Using Social Media to Brand Your School District” – Presentation at California Association for School Business Officials Conference, Long Beach 4/5/13 “From Jurassic Park to LinkedIn Park” – Presentation at California School Personnel Commission Association Conference, Anaheim 2/22/13 “Social Media @ Work: #FindingTopTalent” – Presentation at Personnel Testing Council of Southern California (PTC-SC), Los Angeles 10/03/2012 “Social Media @ Work: #FindingTopTalent” – Presentation at California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO) conference, San Diego 04/05/2012 “Talented People. Innovative Minds: Using Social Media to Find Them” – Presentation at California School Personnel Commissioners Association conference, San Diego 01/27/2012