President's Message
The New Year has arrived and many of us are thinking about
our new years resolutions, both personally and professionally. While we won't be offering to go to the gym with you, we will be here to help you with your professional growth and relationship building in 2015.
2014 was an interesting year in the ever changing world of Human Resources. Whether it's the continued implementation of PPACA, NLRB challenges or the SHRM / HRCI certification shake up. Here at HRMA we're dedicated to providing you with interesting educational topics and useful networking opportunities. We've applied to be a SHRM preferred certification provider, which we hope will allow us to offer re-certification credit for every luncheon or educational event. Additionally, we plan on continuing our relationship with HRCI and hope to be able to support your re-certification efforts with your existing certifications as well.
We received good feedback from the speed networking event in December and we anticipate bringing more hands on workshops and other interesting events in the coming year. Our goal is to offer you take away opportunities from every event, things that you can bring back to your workplace and implement.
Last year SHRM introduced us to the HR competency wheel and our intent for 2015 is to introduce topics that follow each of the competency areas of the wheel. We will be addressing topics such as Leadership, Communication, Business Acumen, Relationship Management, Global and Cultural Effectiveness, etc.
As always we appreciate your feedback and while we can't be all things to all people, please know that we strive to provide you with a proper return on your HRMA membership investment.
For those who missed the December meeting; Please join me in welcoming the 2015 board:
Past President: Barbara Marcus
VP of Professional Development: Blair Boyer
VP of Professional Development Elect: Nicholas Dayan
VP of Legislative Affairs: Whitney Warner
VP of Non-Dues Revenue: Jody Namoca
VP of Non-Dues Revenue Elect: Maria Herrera
VP of Certification: Christie Stephens
VP of Community Relations: Jill Avey
VP of Administration: Jean Krivanek
VP of Finance: Thu Doan
VP of Finance Elect: Rose Velasquez
VP of Website Information: Michael Brown
VP of Communications: Johnny Williams
VP of Diversity: Leah Pelletier
VP of Diversity Elect: Amanda Ross
VP of Student Activity: Barry Porter
VP of Membership: Jessica Edlinger
VP of Membership Elect: Pamela Jaramillo
Out first meeting of the year will be on January 21st andwe are excited to have Ron Patel from Delivered Dish speak about "Integrating Today's Workforce into your Organization".
We wish you all a happy and healthy 2015!
Sincerely,
Brian Stone, PHR
Quote for the month:
"Individual commitment to a group effort--that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." --Vince Lombardi