Human Resources Manager

EDUCATION

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, Juris Doctorate, 2008

Harvard Business School, Summer Venture in Management Program, Summer 2001 Howard University, Washington, DC, BBA in Computer Information Systems, Magna Cum Laude, 2002 EMPLOYMENT HELP, Founder & Business Partner June 2015 – Present As a Business Partner for small and mid-sized businesses, Ms. Barksdale provides human resources services and professional coaching services. Ms. Barksdale provides mediation services to small businesses to resolve issues internally and represent them in conflict externally. She has helped design organizational development strategies to determine employee engagement and promote long-term retention and growth. Ms. Barksdale has served her customers by providing onboarding services, training, employee relations services, coaching services, investigations, handbook creation, performance management and employee retention strategies, and short- term/long-term strategic planning and risk management for human resource strategic issues. Ms. Barksdale has worked with schools, staffing agencies, and pharmaceutical companies. HUMAN RESOURCES & COMPLIANCE EXPERIENCE

CHI ST. LUKE’S HEALTH, Sr. Employee Relations & Compliance Specialist March 2014 – June 2015 Helped build employment legal compliance program for six-hospital medical system that serves as one of Catholic Health Initiatives’ 93 hospital systems. Supervised employment litigation and help administer compliance with various laws as well as federal and state reporting requirements. Helped build, monitor, and supervise Americans with Disabilities Act compliance program. Developed, implemented, and trained on programs and services for employees at all levels that proactively addressed issues of employee morale, changing work environments, and enhanced performance expectations. Acted as an internal consultant to all levels of management and staff on the appropriate administration of human resources policies, practices, and procedures to ensure consistency in application, while identifying and pro-actively addressing organizational trends and employee issues to provide a work environment that prevents the need for external intervention. Recognized the need for modifications to Human Resource policies and procedures and propose and communicate appropriate changes, including writing and/or re-writing policies and procedures. Coordinated employment compliance projects, such as supervising an I-9 compliance project in reaction to a 100% I-9 audit across the system. Mediated employee problems and provide structure for informal negotiations that promote a “win-win” resolution for all parties. Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources and certified in Outcome Engenuity’s Just Culture model.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

* Rising Star, Texas Super Lawyers, 2014, 2016

JACKSON WALKER L.L.P., Attorney –Houston, TX February 2012 – March 2014 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P., Attorney – Houston, TX August 2008 – February 2012 Provide advice and counsel to companies on labor and employment, data privacy, legal compliance, and litigation. Conduct investigations for clients to determine strengths and weaknesses of cases or provide strategy to prevent litigation. Conduct and advise on investigations of employee misbehavior, including theft of trade secrets, breaches of fiduciary duties, blackmail, theft, and IT hacking. Assist in investigations of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Recommend policies and procedures for companies to implement, conduct training and advise companies on how to prevent behavior, and work with companies to revise handbooks and policies. Work with unionized companies to provide advice and counsel on various matters, including employee discipline, the grievance process, and litigation. Lead teams and litigation efforts, from drafting answers, interviewing witnesses, recommending litigation strategy, conducting research, conducting discovery, deposing witnesses, drafting motions, and taking cases to trial. As a trial attorney, Ms. Barksdale has taken ten cases to jury trial, as well as handled multi-plaintiff cases and collective actions. Assist clients by using judgment in auditing business Anita J. Barksdale, J.D., SPHR

5119 Oasis Park * Houston, Texas 77021 * 832-***-**** * **************@*****.*** processes and human resources that led to litigation while recommending ways to improve operations so the risk of repetitive litigation is reduced. Assist international clients in bringing operations to the United States, including performing due diligence reviews, advising on data privacy issues, and providing advice and counsel on labor and employment policies and implementation. Negotiate and draft settlements, employment agreements, settlement agreements, and confidentiality agreements and documentation involved with mergers and acquisitions. Represent and defend employers in a variety of labor and employment matters. As a lawyer, Ms. Barksdale has provided service to and has been responsible for client relationships for oil and gas companies, health care clients, hospitality companies, transportation companies, restaurants, biopharmaceutical companies, educational institutions, technology companies, credit unions, non-profit organizations, energy clients, and consumer product clients.

THREE KEYS MUSIC, Assistant to the CEO – Washington, DC March 2007 – June 2007 Assisted the CEO by managing customer relations, pitching business development ideas to potential clients, and drafting and negotiating business proposals, deal memorandums for artists, and licensing, location release, distribution, and tour agreements.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

KPMG LLP, Senior Associate - Risk Advisory Services July 2002 – July 2005 Managed and led teams that helped federal and private entities assess and manage risk within information systems to gain assurance and developed reports to communicate the results of KPMG testing. Coordinated team efforts for cost efficient and effective results. Observed details and coordinated, conducted, and documented IT audits and testing of controls to assist clients in determining compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and federal regulations, thereby aiding client in improving operations. Responsible for interviewing employees to document business processes in order to perform application control test work, test system configurations, and helped entities develop IT frameworks that defined evaluation assurance levels, classification of information guidance, classification definitions, and information ownership guidance. Developed and led training programs for KPMG employees and sub-contractors for contracts worth more than $20 million. At KPMG, Ms. Barksdale also performed Federal Information Systems Control Audit Manual reviews, Federal Information Security Management Act reviews, Statement on Auditing Standards reviews, system based audits and performed advisory work on information security models for the public sector. Ms. Barksdale has experience with federal regulations and guidance

(FISCAM, OMB A-130, Common Criteria, NIST, Orange Book, DITSCAP) and reporting on KPMG’s behalf to Chief Information Officers at several clients.

• KPMG Encore Award Winner – Team Leader (2005); Team Member (2004); Recruiting (2005)

• KPMG Washington, DC Chairman's (Community Service) Award Office Winner - Staff (2004)

• Member, Training Task Force, Mid-Atlantic, Risk Advisory Services, KPMG LLP (2003-2005)

• Member, Performance Management Work Group, Washington, DC Office, KPMG LLP (2003-2004) ACCENTURE, Government Analyst, Washington, DC May 2001 - August 2001 Supervised and participated in solutions engineering for Oracle and Siebel applications. Served as database administrator for Application Support Databases, tracking up to 8 different systems and generating client deliverables for task orders worth more than $150,000. THE HILLTOP, Assistant Business Manager – Washington, DC August 2000 – May 2001 Sold, monitored, and distributed subscriptions, adding to $250,000 budget. Deposited and tracked revenues up to

$10,000 per week from advertisements and subscriptions, and administered payroll for over 30 employees. GOLDMAN SACHS & CO., Summer Analyst – New York, NY June 2000 – August 2000 Coordinated conferencing and event planning needs of Managing Directors, including quarterly meetings and world-wide forums for the CIO and the Technology Division. Produced videos for different divisions of the firm worth over $100,000.

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

• United Way, Young Leader (2009-2015)

• American Bar Association, District 25 Representative (South/Central TX) (2011-2014) and Member of Leadership Advisory Board to Young Lawyers Division Council (2012 – Present)

• Houston Lawyers Association Foundation, Board Member (2014-Present)

• Houston Young Lawyers Association

o Chair, R U Safe Committee (2010 – 2011) – Awarded Outstanding Committee Chair

• Texas Young Lawyers Association, Board Member (2011 – 2014) o President’s Award of Merit (2011, 2013)

• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

o Member (2001 - 2004) - National Executive Board, National Social Action Commission, Long Range Strategic Planning Task Force

PUBLICATIONS

• Author, “Social Media and the Rebirth of Labor,” ABA TIPS Empl. Law & Lit. Comm. News, Summer 2012, at 1, 8-9

• Author, “Arbitration in Texas: Valid or Invalid?,” 30 Corp. Counsel Rev. 247, 2011

• Co-author, “Texas Supreme Court Eases Standard for Enforcement of Non-Compete Agreements,” Fulbright Alert, June 27, 2011

• Co-author, “New OFCCP Activity – Proposed Revisions To Regulations To Address Increasing Number Of Veterans,” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, May 19, 2011

• “EEOC Issues Final Rule on Genetic Information,” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, November 16, 2010 PRESENTATIONS & TRAINING

• Human and Technology Resources: How to Protect Technology Resources from Your Human Resources, HR Houston, Houston, Texas, September 2015

• FLSA: Update on Executive, Professional, and Administrative Exemptions, 27th Annual South Texas CLE Employment Law Conference, Houston, Texas, July 2014

• Ethics for In-House Counsel, South Texas College of Law 5th Annual In-House Counsel Conference, Houston, Texas, July 2013

• In the Cloud: The Impact of the Internet and Electronic Evidence on Litigation, Houston Bar Association 2013 Civil/Appellate Bench Bar Conference, Houston, Texas, May 2013

• Harassment: Know It, End It, 25th Annual South Texas CLE Employment Law Conference, Houston, Texas, July 2012

• Collective and Class Action Issues in Fair Labor Standards Act Cases, Bridgeport Continuing Education, Houston, Texas, June 2012; February 2013

• Employment Uncensored: Evolving Privacy Concerns with Employee Data, Fulbright Labor and Employment Law Update, October 2011

• Social Media and HR – When TMI Leads to SOL, 80th Annual Human Resources & Training Conference

• Arbitration in Texas: Valid or Invalid, 2011 South Texas College of Law Annual Employment Law Conference

• Bad Management + Bad Leadership = Costly Litigation, 2011 Gulf Coast Symposium on Human Resources Issues

• The Transitioning Workplace: Navigating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in the Workplace, 2010 Gulf Coast Symposium on Human Resources Issues

• Documentation and Recordkeeping – A Best Practices Approach to Properly Documenting Employment Issues and Retaining Records, 2009 Lorman Education Services Seminar – Houston, Texas

• Workplace Privacy, 2009 Lorman Education Services Seminar - Austin, Texas

• Computer Fraud & E-Security, 2005 National Association of Black Accountants National Convention

Contact this candidate