Chief Human Resources Officer

• Feb 2023 - Present

Vice President Talent Management

• Oct 2021 - Feb 2023

OU Health — along with its academic partner, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center — is the state’s only comprehensive academic health system of hospitals, clinics and centers of excellence. With 11,000 employees and more than 1,300 physicians and advanced practice providers, OU Health supports great care for patients and great purpose for health care professionals. OU Health — along with its academic partner, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center — is the state’s only comprehensive academic health system of hospitals, clinics and centers of excellence. With 11,000 employees and more than 1,300 physicians and advanced practice providers, OU Health supports great care for patients and great purpose for health care professionals.

AVP Talent Development

• Aug 2019 - Sep 2021

Built a cohesive benefits strategy, including a strong communications focus and active enrollment environment. Created new channels for leadership development and fostered effective talent management strategies with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. Served as the interim Director of Operations for the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, providing leadership and support for a program that delivered more than 38,000,000 meals to children impacted by COVID-19 school closures. Built a cohesive benefits strategy, including a strong communications focus and active enrollment environment. Created new channels for leadership development and fostered effective talent management strategies with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. Served as the interim Director of Operations for the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, providing leadership and support for a program that delivered more than 38,000,000 meals to children impacted by COVID-19 school closures.

Director, Talent Management

• Apr 2018 - Jul 2019

Created new staffing strategies to attract and retain great talent in the healthcare space. Partnered with nursing leadership to design organizational structures that supported talent and grew leadership capabilities. Introduced leadership building programs such as Crucial Conversations (c), the Birkman method and other strategic interventions to help talent thrive. Created new staffing strategies to attract and retain great talent in the healthcare space. Partnered with nursing leadership to design organizational structures that supported talent and grew leadership capabilities. Introduced leadership building programs such as Crucial Conversations (c), the Birkman method and other strategic interventions to help talent thrive.

VP of HR and Compliance (Healthcare)

• Aug 2016 - Apr 2018

Created a full HR strategy to consolidate operations from three separate campuses into a cohesive people function. Drove benefits, communications and talent strategies that supported business objectives and served as the organizational leader for compliance work in the complex and ever-changing senior living/healthcare space. Created a full HR strategy to consolidate operations from three separate campuses into a cohesive people function. Drove benefits, communications and talent strategies that supported business objectives and served as the organizational leader for compliance work in the complex and ever-changing senior living/healthcare space.

Associate Vice Chancellor

• Jan 2014 - Jul 2016

Served as the architect for a highly effective change management process. Created learning, benefits, communication and talent strategies that maximized growth and opportunity for faculty and staff of a leading university. Served as the architect for a highly effective change management process. Created learning, benefits, communication and talent strategies that maximized growth and opportunity for faculty and staff of a leading university.

Vice President, Human Resources

• Aug 2012 - Jan 2014

I was proud to be part of Journal Communications, Inc., which was a diverse media enterprise headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (now part of Gannett and Scripps following M&A activities). As head of the HR function for all Journal operations pre-acquisition, I led the function across the entire organization as part of a new corporate structure, focused on driving change and leveraging talent across the print, radio and television sectors of the business. Introduced the company's first ever engagement strategy and talent review process. Show less

Regional VP, Human Resources

• 2006 - Aug 2012

Created comprehensive HR strategies for media division of a global, privately held company. Designed engagement strategies, championed diversity efforts (including serving as a lead contributor on three-year research project about Gen Y) and tailored organizational development solutions. In addition to managing full life cycle HR functions for different divisions of the company in three different roles, key contributions included creation of a cross-company regional mentoring program, design of a comprehensive performance assessment strategy for a major newspaper, and design of change methodologies to successfully support business strategies during an economic downturn. Show less

Vice President, Human Resources & Human Resources Director

• 2002 - 2006

As VP of Human Resources for Susquehanna Radio, I established human resources strategy for over 1,100 employees at 33 radio stations in major markets across the United States and managed the HR aspects of the complex company sale process. In my role as HR Director for The Pfaltzgraff Co, I created and executed Human Resources strategy for the $100+ million retail and direct-to-consumer divisions of a leading tabletop manufacturer/retailer. Responsible for over 900 store and call center associates in 30+ states, corporate operations team, merchandising group and distribution/logistics personnel. Show less

Director, Human Resources

• 1996 - 2002

Created entire HR function and set strategy to support rapid growth for boutique engineering services firm focused in telecommunications during a transition from private to public ownership. Later recruited back to the organization to rebuild the infrastructure following a failed acquisition attempt. Created entire HR function and set strategy to support rapid growth for boutique engineering services firm focused in telecommunications during a transition from private to public ownership. Later recruited back to the organization to rebuild the infrastructure following a failed acquisition attempt.

Staffing Manager

• 1998 - 2000

Led staffing team for technology and retail call center divisions at Dallas site of world’s largest financial services company during a challenging high-growth period, with primary focus on ensuring effective staffing to facilitate Y2K compliance initiatives. Responsible for redesign of staffing philosophy that afforded immediate results with lower cost per hire, lower time to fill, increased internal candidate selections and higher customer satisfaction rates. Led staffing team for technology and retail call center divisions at Dallas site of world’s largest financial services company during a challenging high-growth period, with primary focus on ensuring effective staffing to facilitate Y2K compliance initiatives. Responsible for redesign of staffing philosophy that afforded immediate results with lower cost per hire, lower time to fill, increased internal candidate selections and higher customer satisfaction rates.