Provide leadership to promote and drive positive organizational effectiveness, strategic partnerships, and related culture change initiatives.Understand and manage all HR related state and federal rules and laws. Recommend and develop system-wide policies, regulations and practices related to human resource management.Plan, implement, and review Human Resource short- and long-term goals for the System. Chair, attend, staff and provide leadership to the Human Resource Leadership meetings and provide information to councils and the Board as deemed appropriate.Provide best practices in talent management including status and trends in hiring, retention, development, and turnover.Use information technology to improve efficiencies and effectiveness. Ensure best practices and reporting metrics from the system assisting management and administration in decision making by providing statistics. Provide strategy on how best to utilize technology and move toward e-Services for the employees, management and human resources.Advise Human Resource Directors/management on alternate methods of solving needs or problems, or recommend specific solution(s).Act as a liaison with the Bureau of Human Resources to ensure the South Dakota Board of Regents is represented and partnering in initiatives.Confer with management staff and meet with other system employees and the general public on a wide range of personnel issues. Develop positive public relations in HR operations.Work with Executive Director on confidential personnel issues, compensation, and various human resources/organizational development projects.Perform special studies and prepare reports at the request of the Executive Director.Act as the EEO/AA/Title IX Coordinator.Plan, develop and implement policy manual, job descriptions, performance appraisal systems, personnel records, affirmative action plan, HRIS system.

HR Coordinator/AnalystSeptember 2009 – August 2013Monitor and manage monthly payroll, benefits and leave for 75 employees, maintain employee records in HRIS.Manage vendor relations for applicant tracking/position description system, background checks and retirement, including implementations,upgrades and system testing and troubleshooting.Manage all 403(b) transactions for SDBOR system while maintaining compliance with IRS regulations.Manage system wide projects including: development, implementation and maintenance of a leave reporting program, onboarding website and employee portal, integration of applicant tracking and background check systems, document imaging, harassment and discrimination training and training website.Employee relations including training, recruitment, timesheet tracking, benefits enrollment, leave, recruitment, policy interpretation, compensation, classification, FMLA and assistance with HR related issues.HRIS unit-testing and integration-testing of the HR application systems, development of reports through use of SQL and partnering with IT to develop HR reporting tools.Provide system leadership on student health insurance, study abroad insurance and athletic insurance. Assist Director of Human Resources with system projects and in support of the BOR and system's strategic mission.

Acted as a liaison between SDRS and its’ membership by assisting and counseling members with retirement decisions, providing benefit estimates, projections, and calculations.Educated members on retirement through individual counseling and in workshop presentations to groups of up to 40 people.Successfully obtained Certified Retirement Counselor certification.Collaborated with a small team to write, edit and compile a procedures manual.Complete file corrections through audits to member records and prepare all documentation to verify changes and inform members of benefit updates.