Experience

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  NuBrick Partners

  • Rockford, Illinois Area

  • Senior Consultant

    • May 2019 - Present
    • Rockford, Illinois Area

    NuBrick Partners’ expertise builds cohesion and high performance in enterprise leaders. From executive leadership and succession planning to board development, our integrated, systemic approach to executive talent focuses on leadership development and executive team performance at all levels of an organization.

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  Ohana HR LLC

  • Maryland

  • President & CEO

    • Apr 2019 - Present
    • Maryland

    Ohana HR is a Human Resources consultancy born out of a desire to help people be their best by doing great work in their organizations and maximizing their positive impact. We provide the full complement of HR services with special emphasis in development and coaching support for leadership, teams and individuals and organizational and cultural transformation.

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  THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION

  • Washington DC-Baltimore Area

  • Senior Vice President - People

    • Jan 2020 - Jan 2022
    • Washington DC-Baltimore Area

    Member of the senior management team responsible for leading Team People. Led the establishment of a human capital strategy, training and development infrastructure. Served as executive leader of the diversity and anti-racism task force team and co-executive leader of the culture team. Provided executive coaching to senior staff. Created foundation-wide leadership competency model with enhanced performance, total rewards and talent management systems.

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  Sophos

  • Burlington, Massachusetts

  • Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer

    • Aug 2017 - Jul 2018
    • Burlington, Massachusetts

    Served as senior HR leader for a UK headquartered global cybersecurity company with 3,200 employees and offices in 60 countries. Areas of focus included talent acquisition, total rewards, succession management, post-acquisition integration. organizational design, diversity and inclusion, learning and development and organizational change and culture.

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  Abt Associates

  • Bethesda, Maryland

  • Chief Human Resources and Chief Ethics Officer

    • Aug 2012 - Jul 2017
    • Bethesda, Maryland

    Led firm wide strategic and operational aspects of human resources for a top 20 global research and government contractor with offices in over 50 countries. Advised senior leadership and managers on strategic people issues, including recruiting, development, culture and succession management, which enabled leadership to recognize and unleash employee potential. Established first Human Resources Data Analytics team which provided actionable data to the business and transformed the HR organization. Also directed the company's global security team and provided training and direction on company ethical issues.

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  HR Certification Institute - HRCI

  • Alexandria, Virginia

  • Board of Directors (Immediate Past Chair; Past Chair of Executive and Governance Committees)

    • Jan 2010 - Dec 2015
    • Alexandria, Virginia

    The Rise of HR - The nexus of human resources and ethics

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  DLA Piper

  • Chief People Officer

    • Mar 2005 - Jul 2012

    Led Human Resources strategy and operations, legal recruiting, diversity and inclusion and professional development for the world's largest law firm.

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  Abt Associates

  • Vice President - Human Resources

    • 2000 - 2005

    Managed global human resources operations and strategy in the US and 30+ developing countries.

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  Vialog Corporation

  • Andover, Massachusetts

  • Vice President - Human Resources

    • 1998 - 2000
    • Andover, Massachusetts