GMA SHRM HR Link

By Stephanie Kimball, GMA SHRM Co-President

2004 had a very busy finish for Laura and myself as we took on our new role as Co-Presidents. Our first order of business was to fill the two open board positions. The Director of Communications and Marketing was a position that we redesigned as Laura vacated her board position and moved into the Co-President role. We are very excited about the synergy we will gain by aligning the Communications and Marketing groups under the same Director. The second position was the Director of Workforce Readiness and is a newly created position. It will focus on two main areas - Community and Diversity. Both areas have been important to us in the past but have never had the dedicated focus this specific position can provide. This group needs your assistance to get started, so please complete the Community Volunteer Survey that was recently sent to you by email. We need your participation to make this program successful!

We would like to introduce Cassy Barbic, SPHR as our new Director of Communications and Marketing. Cassy was formerly the Co-Chair of the Communications Committee and has been instrumental in getting the new and improved HR Link (now HR InTouch) up and running. Cassy currently works for the UW Medical Foundation as the Learning and Development Consultant. She also spent the last few months studying for the SPHR exam and recently passed the test!

We would like to introduce Debra Martinez, SPHR as our new Director of Workforce Readiness. Debra has recently taken a new role as the Site Manager for Phillips Medical Systems. She has a broad HR background with a lot of great experience that we are sure will be a benefit to the organization by selecting her for this role.

Please join me in congratulating both Cassy and Debra on their new roles. We are very excited they have agreed to join us, and we look forward to hearing updates from them and their committees very soon!

I hope the beginning of 2005 has been as productive for you as it has been for Laura and myself. We are have a lot more to accomplish over the next six months and will continue to communicate our progress!