Amy A. Wamsley

• Supervised the HR team to meet the needs of 1700-employees across 14 branch locations, 7 all day childcare locations, and 30 school age sites.
• Streamlined HR efficiencies, including recruitment procedures, hire processes, onboarding and training for employees.
• Maintained current knowledge of industry regulations and legislation to amend policies and promote compliance. Up-to-date oversite of COVID-19 procedures including tracing of member and employee cases in accordance with CDC best practices and federal regulations.
• Consulted with senior leaders on appropriate employee relations, goal setting, training, and corrective actions. When appropriate collaborated with legal counsel while conducting employee investigations, responding to complaints, and mitigating risk.
• Reduced workers' compensation claims by instituting streamline processes, analyzing claims date, and implementing safety first trainings.
• Developed effective benefit education, employee wellness programming, and utilization strategies to save approximately $800,000 in medical insurance premiums. Negotiations and management of benefits resulted in no medical benefit plan changes or increase in employee premium contributions since 2016.

• Reviewed existing policies and procedures to make recommendations for compliance, employee management, hiring, onboarding, and risk management.
• Oversight of annual performance appraisals, compensation structure, job descriptions, and recruitment strategies.
• Liaised between management and employees to deliver conflict resolution and alleviate problems.
• Responsible for hiring, onboarding, training, and integration of HR systems for multiple mergers. Since 2008 employee count increased from 450 to 1700 employees with the additional of 5 branch locations, 1 all day child care center, and several before and after school care sites across 6 counties in Ohio.
• Implemented electronic filing database system and workflow procedures resulting in more efficient and transparent employee processing.
• Contracted out by employer as a consultant to smaller YMCAs regarding HR needs such as compensation, policy creation, benefits, worker injury management, legal compliance, and more.

• Taught Career Development – education of first quarter students to assess their ability to be successful in their career of choice
• Taught Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office 10 – educate students how to use software program
• Improved student performance by defining clear goals and communicating performance metrics.
• Created and implemented course agendas, lesson plans and activities to successfully meet course objectives.
• Improved student understanding and engagement by efficiently managing teaching materials and answering students' discussion inquiries.

• Brought into 50 employee organization to improve Human Resources and assist with general nonprofit best practices.
• Developed legally compliant filing system.
• Drafted and presented personnel manual updates for Board approval and implementation.
• Educated management and board of directors on best practices of nonprofit operation and assisted in implementation of those practices in order to gain Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations Standards of Excellence Certification.
• Implemented staff appreciation and recognition programs in addition to monthly newsletters.

• Researched over 30 private and public sector grievance-arbitration disputes arbitrated by Dr. Ann C Wendt.
• Attended Arbitration fact-findings and assisted in documentation of testimony and facts.
• Reviewed labor management contracts.
• Drafted arbitration awards with four being published by Bureau of National Affairs.

Management 493 – Public Policy in the Business Environment (undergraduate, senior level course)

• Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.
• Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
• Identified academic strengths and obstacles and developed instructional techniques to accommodate different learning styles.