Human Resources Director

• Mar 2022 - Present

Human Resources Consultant

• Jun 2020 - Present

Town Council Board Member

• Jan 2020 - Present

Elected to a 4 yr term to represent residents in Mendon NY Elected to a 4 yr term to represent residents in Mendon NY

Human Resources Director

• Sep 2020 - Mar 2022

As a member of the leadership team of this company, I am responsible for all Human Resources activities relative to grow this start up US venture. I have created all of the Human Resources practices and processes and have implemented the ADP payroll and entire ADP platform. As a member of the leadership team of this company, I am responsible for all Human Resources activities relative to grow this start up US venture. I have created all of the Human Resources practices and processes and have implemented the ADP payroll and entire ADP platform.

Human Resources Manager/HRBP

• Dec 2018 - Feb 2020

Worked with a cross-functional team of over 300 employees where I lead the HR department at the Geneva NY location. This plant is a float glass operation serving the Northeast and Canadian Residential and Commercial Glass Markets. The Guardian operation is one of 6 in the US and 26 globally. The Geneva plant was built in 1998 and has had a significant site upgrade in 2018 involving a capital appropriation of over $70M furnace rebuild. Our plant is now the most technologically advanced float line in all of Guardian worldwide. My Key focus in HR was on Culture, Staffing, Employee Relations, Employee Engagement and Talent Development in a Koch MBM company.

Director of Human Resources (Contract) at UR Medicine/ St. James Mercy Hospital

• Apr 2017 - Dec 2018

Contracted (since 6/17) for 18 months through ER-Select to lead the Human Resources Department at St. James Hospital in Hornell, NY. Led the day to day HR activities as well as worked toward implementing significant culture change. St. James recently became an affiliate of the University of Rochester Medical Center and is in the process of building a new hospital and has just opened a new medical office building in Hornell. I provide assistance in all areas of the HR function. Specializing in leading Human Resources best practices. Specific focus on employee relations, employee engagement, training, benefits, diversity initiatives, legal compliance, employee retention, talent development, and performance management.

Human Resource Business Partner/ Staffing Manager

• Jun 2012 - Mar 2017

As a Human Resources Business Partner/Staffing Manager I had broad organizational impact by partnering with leaders throughout the company to align and differentiate individual performance, while attracting, hiring, and engaging the talent needed to execute strategies that deliver financial results for our stakeholders. My position was a critical role that was responsible for supporting our leaders and employees in both their strategic and tactical HR needs. • Provided day-to-day collaboration and staffing support with the leaders throughout our company • Created and delivered strong leadership in talent acquisition, development, employee relations, and employee engagement. • Created and implemented organization-wide talent review process resulting in individual development plans and succession plans. • Created significant continuous improvement in staffing processes, for both non-exempt and exempt positions, that improved retention year over year.

Director of Human Resources and Employee Relations

• 2007 - 2012

As the leader of the HR, Training, and Employee Health and Wellness departments, I was responsible to design, plan and lead the delivery of all HR services for over 850 employees. I supervised, supported, and developed, a highly effective and efficient HR team of 14 employees that support employment growth, performance management, organizational design, employee relations, compensation and benefits. I had the key responsibility for culture management and employee engagement, continuously evolving HR policies, and performance management. As a key member of the leadership team, I participated in strategy setting and prioritization. The overall focus of my HR leadership role was to design, assess, develop, and implement effective people strategies and tactics to continuously improve the agency’s service delivery, employee satisfaction, and engagement metrics, and profitability.

Independent HR Consultant

• 2000 - 2007

Held various part time assignments in HR in the Rochester NY area while raising my two sons. Held various part time assignments in HR in the Rochester NY area while raising my two sons.

Sr. Human Resources Leader

• 1986 - 2000

I worked in the Human Resource Department for this top 100 company for over 14 years. I started in an entry level generalist role and quickly received a promotion to supervise HR generalists. I moved with the company to assist with a growing an outlying district and take on the HR leadership function (Division Manager) supervising 13 direct reports and supporting over 4000 employees. In this position I was responsible for opening the first store outside of NY State in PA. When transferring back to headquarters after 7 years, I went into the Training and Development Department (Project Manager) and focused on Performance Management for the entire company. Once that was successfully implemented, I spent a year in the distribution center of the company, leading the HR department (Sr. HR Manager), and working with the Teamsters Union (the only unionized division of the company). My final assignment was a promotion to lead the HR function (Director) for a subsidiary company home center chain, (Chase-Pitkin) which unfortunately went out of business. Responsibilities during my tenure included: ♦ Interacting with management and end users to plan, organize and implement employee recruitment, retention, compensation, and employee relations initiatives. ♦ Negotiating and developing solutions at all levels to meet the needs and to maintain consistency for all employees. ♦ Developing, administering and directing the training for the division that I supported. ♦ Hiring and managing a staff up to 13 human resource employees, a corporate payroll specialist, a corporate nurse and an administrative assistant. ♦ Restructuring and managing a consistent human resource department by standardizing practices and policies. ♦ Improving customer service from the HR department with accountability to resolving needs on a timely basis. ♦ Promoting the philosophy of becoming the employer of choice by focusing on diversity, recognition (individual and team), and performance management.