Contributing Authors
Andrea Ballard
Andrea Ballard has over 15 years of HR experience in professional services organizations and brings humor, energy and a common sense perspective to the business of HR. She is the Director of Human Resources at Peterson Sullivan LLP, a mid-sized public accounting firm in Seattle, Washington. Andrea is recognized as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and is a working mother of a 4-year-old daughter. Andrea blogs at PSonCampus, and you can connect with her on LinkedIn.
Debbie Brown
Debbie Brown is a Senior Sales Executive with over 15 years in leadership roles for sales organizations with both domestic and international scope. She has extensive knowledge of B2B services with emphasis on Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), HR, and technology services in the financial service industry. She has a proven track record of results achievement at every level of career responsibility and is know for her authentic and collaborative leadership style. You can connect with Debbie on Twitter as @DebbieJBrown.
Tammy Colson
Tammy Colson has 17 years of HR experience and works as a consultant for small & medium size businesses. She guides companies to make good decisions and not more rules. When not fighting the good fight, she’s in the woods or among the vines as owner of Southern Wine Trails. She resides in Central North Carolina with Himself the Cat, a true HR cliché. Tammy blogs at JunkyardHR and you can connect with Tammy on Twitter as @TLColson.
April Dowling
April Dowling, SPHR, is an HR Professional in Birmingham, Alabama where she works as an HR Generalist in the Insurance/Healthcare industry. She’s currently having a torrid love affair with technology and how to leverage it to make her professional and personal life better. April writes her own blog over at PsuedoHR and you can connect with her on Twitter as @adowling.
Ann Farrell
Ann Farrell, Corporate Success Coach, retired from corporate in 2006 to launch, Quantum Endeavors. She is distinguished as the only woman in her Fortune 100 Company’s 150-year history to rise from entry level to the top of the house. Having done it all on the operations side of the business, her final role was VP, HR charged with developing HR as business partners. Her trademarked coaching programs are used by 35 corporate coaching firms. You can connect with Ann on Twitter as @AnnFarrell and on LinkedIn.
Chris Frede
Chris Frede is a SVP & partner in the Talent Development group at Fleishman-Hillard. She is a human resources liaison and manages the global recruiting function. Chris has managed a number of functional areas of human resources including succession planning, employee engagement survey, training, and compensation planning. Chris enjoys time boating with her husband and her 110 lb chocolate lab Jack. Chris blogs at HR Buoy. You can connect with her on Twitter as @hrbuoy and on LinkedIn
Deirdre Honner
Deirdre Honner is a human resources professional working in higher education. She has a master’s degree and Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification. Deirdre is a social media junkie – reading, writing and speaking about social media, social networking and the work-related benefits of both. She has presented locally, regionally and nationally on job-hunting strategies, social media and networking tools and the integration of both. Deirdre blogs about work at The HR Maven and you can connect with her on Twitter as @theHRmaven.
Cindy Janovitz
Cindy Janovitz works for a great Fortune 500 company in Minnesota. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communications and Spanish from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Cindy spent her first two years working in Recruiting and is going on 3 months in Employee Relations. Cindy has a passion for working with and helping people and a love for organizational culture. Three words Cindy uses to describe herself are energetic, passionate, and driven. You can connect with Cindy on Twitter as @cindyelizabeth.
Jennifer V. Miller
For 20+ years, Jennifer V. Miller has been helping professionals “master the people equation” to maximize their personal influence. A former HR generalist and training manager, she now advises executives on how to create positive, productive workplace environments. She is the founder and Managing Partner of SkillSource and blogs at The People Equation. You can connect with Jennifer on Twitter @JenniferVMiller and on LinkedIn.
Lois Melbourne
Lois Melbourne, GPHR, is CEO and co-founder of the global workforce planning and analytics solutions company Aquire, mom to one terrific young son and wife of co-founder Ross Melbourne. She maintains a strong personal commitment to career education and small business development and is a frequent speaker, author of industry articles, and an avid blogger and networker. You can read Lois’s blog, Aquire: Workforce Management, Opinions and Trends and connect with her on Twitter as @loismelbourne.
Franny Oxford
Franny Oxford is an HR leader for Texas entrepreneurs and privately held companies. Franny has a masters in HR and her Senior Professional in Human Resource (SPHR) certification, but her curiosity and drive are never quenched. Franny is committed to helping all members of the HR profession become better risk takers and stronger questioners of the status quo. Franny’s wife is an RN and her three-year-old daughter is a Princess. Or a Dinosaur. Or sometimes both. Franny blogs intermittently at Do the Work and you can connect with her on Twitter as @Frannyo.
Diane Prince
Diane Prince Johnston oversees operations of Workway and previously co-founded Onstaff (formerly Title Temps). She has participated in every aspect of a privately held staffing company. Born in Chicago and raised in Dallas, Diane is an honors graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and earned her Master’s degree in French literature from UCLA. She lives in Malibu with her three daughters. Diane loves the ocean, reading, and human rights. She blogs for Workday and for fun at What’s With Diane?, her personal blog.
Becky Robinson
Becky Robinson is a mom of three growing daughters. She is an adjunct faculty member for Mountain State University’s School of Leadership and Professional Development, teaching in the Bachelor of Science Organizational Leadership program. She also works spearheads social media efforts including writing and promoting the school’s LeaderTalk blog. As a work-at-home mom, Becky is always looking for the perfect balance between pursuing career and embracing motherhood. You can connect with Becky on Twitter as @LeaderTalk.
Kimberly Roden
Kimberly Roden is an HR professional with 23 years of experience. She recently relocated from the beach in New Jersey to North Jersey, just outside of New York City for a full-time HR gig. Kimberly’s passions lie in helping others become better leaders to foster employee engagement and employee development. Kimberly’s greatest accomplishment (and challenge!) in life has been being a single mother to twins who are now 18 and in college. Kimberly blogs at @Kimberly_Roden, HR Pro and you can connect with her on Twitter as @kimberly_roden and on LinkedIn.
Laurie Ruettimann
Laurie Ruettimann, author of Punk Rock HR, is a seasoned and cynical HR professional with over a decade of experience in Fortune 500 organizations. A cutting edge, social media maven and newly minted entrepreneur, Ruettimann is a sought after speaker, writer and thought leader. She received her Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification in 2001 from The Human Resources Certification Institute and is an active member of The Society for Human Resources Management. Laurie is also a certified recruiter and trainer through various credentialed organizations. You can connect with her on Twitter as @lruettimann.
Suzanne Rumsey lives in Pasadena, CA and works from home office when she’s not on the road as a Senior Consultant for Knowledge Infusion, a strategic human capital/talent management consultancy. Her areas of expertise are talent management and organization development and she’s been known to dabble in change management, leadership development, social/enterprise collaboration, organization design, and workforce analytics. A contributing blogger at Fistful of Talent, she delivers the occasional webinar, seminar, guest lecture, or interactive session, and otherwise tweets about interesting stuff in the HR space. You can connect with Suzanne on Twitter.
Robin Schooling
Robin Schooling, SPHR, is VPHR with a statewide Louisiana organization, and has over 20 years of HR management experience. She serves on the Boards of Geaux Veterans which focuses on the needs of LA Veterans, as well as the Louisiana Business Leadership Network (LBLN). She is a Past President of the Greater Baton Rouge SHRM chapter, currently serves as Professional Development Coordinator for the Louisiana SHRM State Council, and is active with ASTD Baton Rouge. You can connect with Robin on Twitter as @robinschooling and on LinkedIn.
Mike VanDervort
Mike VanDervort is a labor and employee relations strategist at a Fortune 100 company. He has two professional passions: human resources and social media and uses his extensive knowledge of both in the work he does every day. Mike speaks and write frequently on how businesses can utilize social media tools to protect their brand, and promote positive employee relations, as well as other human resources topics. He has his own widely read website called the Human Race Horses and is an active contributor to other forums, including Human Capitol League, Recruiting Blogs, and SmartBrief on Workforce. Mike was also a silver medalist in men’s vault at the 1976 summer Olympics.
