Prior to moving from Corning, NY to Wilmington, NC, I held several interesting Human Resource roles. For the 15 years before my retirement, I worked for Corning Incorporated. My last HR client group included 150 attorneys, located worldwide and reported to the General Counsel of the Fortune 300 corporation. In addition to managing HR day-to-day issues for the legal group, I was responsible for the chief technology office (CTO) as well as it’s direct reports at the research center. This included negotiation and understanding of Steel Workers union contracts, and safety and environmental issues. Prior to this, I was the human resource manager for all human resources employees, located worldwide. This position required the ability to rally employees around the globe and share new policies implemented by the HR function in a meaningful and understandable way. This role required an ability to keep HR employees moving forward on implementation while working through language and time barriers.
My corporate experience was rounded by previously teaching six years at Penn State University where I taught employment and labor law as well as an introduction to labor relations. Board Member Emeritus, Alumni Board, School of Labor and Employment Relations at Penn State University.
