Holly Gorski
Vice President, Human Resources at Pierce College District 11- Claim this Profile
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John Marchione
Holly has great passion for her work. She tackles issues head-on and with integrity. She looks for the right and fair answer to issues. If you are looking for an HR professional with a wide-range of experience, enthusiasm, and directness, then Holly is your person.
John Marchione
Holly has great passion for her work. She tackles issues head-on and with integrity. She looks for the right and fair answer to issues. If you are looking for an HR professional with a wide-range of experience, enthusiasm, and directness, then Holly is your person.
John Marchione
Holly has great passion for her work. She tackles issues head-on and with integrity. She looks for the right and fair answer to issues. If you are looking for an HR professional with a wide-range of experience, enthusiasm, and directness, then Holly is your person.
John Marchione
Holly has great passion for her work. She tackles issues head-on and with integrity. She looks for the right and fair answer to issues. If you are looking for an HR professional with a wide-range of experience, enthusiasm, and directness, then Holly is your person.
Credentials
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Senior Professional in Human Resources® (SPHR®) Certification
HRCIMay, 2016- Oct, 2024 -
Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)
HR Certification Institute - HRCIJan, 2010- Oct, 2024 -
Professional in Human Resources (PHR)
HR Certification Institute - HRCIJan, 2004- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Vice President, Human Resources
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Jul 2013 - Present
Vice President overseeing Human Resources for a community college district with three primary work locations and approximately 1,200 employees. ● Lead the Human Resources team in planning, implementing, and assessing HR functions, including: recruitment, onboarding, employee and labor relations, staff training, benefits and leave administration, disability accommodation, occupational health and safety, and Title IX and other areas of legal compliance. ● Collaborate with leadership across the college district in a continuous cycle of planning, implementing, and assessing strategic outcomes consistent with the mission and vision. ● Negotiate with the faculty union on behalf of district administration; maintain positive working relationships with leaders of two unions (classified staff and faculty). ● Serve as a member of both the Executive Team and annual Budget Team to advance priorities which support mission and outcomes; responsible for HR department budgeting and expenditures. ● Directly supervise six professional positions, with supervisory authority over a department of 12. ● Established the district’s discrimination and harassment policy and procedures while serving as Title IX Coordinator from July 2013-April 2020. Trained and led a group of 15 college employees acting as Title IX investigators. ● Supervised the district’s payroll office from July 2013 until it was reorganized under Finance in September 2020. Show less
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Pierce County Library System
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United States
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Libraries
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100 - 200 Employee
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Staff Experience Director
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Feb 2005 - Jul 2013
Director of Staff Experience (Human Resources) for a public library system with 19 work locations and approximately 400 employees. ● Developed and administered the Library’s HR policies, procedures, and programs, including: recruitment and onboarding, benefits administration, classification, compensation, employee relations, performance management, staff learning, leave management, disability accommodation, worker’s compensation, and unemployment insurance. ● Managed labor relations, contract negotiation and administration. ● Responsible for Staff Experience department budgeting and expenditures. ● Supervised four professional positions (Human Resources and Training). ● Taught proprietary (CPI’s Prepare Training) and internally-created training classes in areas such as defusing hostile situations, diversity, and union contract administration. ● Conducted internal investigations as required. Show less
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Meydenbauer Center
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United States
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Hospitality
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1 - 100 Employee
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Human Resources Manager
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Sep 2000 - Jan 2005
Human Resources Manager for a convention center with approximately 150 employees operating on a 24/7 schedule. ● Responsible for all aspects of HR, including: employee relations, legal compliance, benefits administration, anti-harassment and other staff training, union contract administration and negotiation, creating policies and procedures, administering workers’ compensation and unemployment, pre-employment screening, and planning and executing employee events. Chair of Safety Committee. ● Responsible for HR department budgeting and expenditures. ● Supervised two administrative positions with both Human Resource and general office duties. ● Initiated, engineered, and implemented a redesign of the company’s performance assessment and compensation management practices. Show less
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Human Resources Specialist/Team Assistant
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Jun 1997 - Aug 2000
Human Resources administrator for an architectural firm of 80 employees. • Responsible for the hiring, training, and workload distribution of a five-person administrative support team, including temporary labor. • Performed benefits administration, employee orientation and exit interviews, applicant tracking and response, policy manual maintenance, and tracking of fair hiring and staffing practices (EEO, ADA, etc.) • Worked with teams of architects to organize projects ranging from $500,000 to $35 million. Responsible for quality control of the architectural team’s written documents, such as construction specification manuals, contract, and correspondence. Show less
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Education
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2018 - 2019
WGU Washington
Master of Business Administration - MBA -
1999 - 2000
University of Washington
Certificate in Human Resource Management -
1994 - 1996
Westminster University
BA, English -
1991 - 1993
University of Utah
English
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