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LISA RUTHERFORD

STRATEGIC HUMAN CAPITAL LEADER

Phone: 540-***-****

E-mail: ad1qqb@r.postjobfree.com

Address: *** ***** **** *****, ***** Post, VA

Certifications: SPHR and SHRM-SCP

Education level: MBA

SUMMARY

EDUCATION

Strategic Human Capital leader with proven human resource experience. Through strategic planning, drove the bank’s healthcare costs down significantly while improving the efficiency ratio at the same time. Developed human resource strategy and departments from the bottom up in three organizations. Fully developed employee experience programs that drove employee morale from an “employer” to and “employer of choice”. Increased minority employee representation at First Bank significantly. Implemented fully automated process in the human resource department by transitioning from a mostly paper-based process to fully automated HRIS, manager and employee self-service, learning management system, and predictive analytics on both hiring and development of employees and teams.

University of Virginia

Graduated top 10%

School of Bank Management

James Madison University

MBA (3.8% GPA)

BBA (3.4% GPA)

KEY SKILLS

STRATEGIC HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

M&A EXPERIENCE

CERTIFIED TALENT OPTIMIZER

SPHR CERTIFIED

SHRM-SCP CERTIFIED

AWARDS

TALENT OPTIMIZATON AWARD – 2019

WASHRM HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR – 2002

EXPERIENCE

August 2023 - Present

Director of Human Resources

Perry Engineering

Hired to build a robust human resource function, to include creating a best place to work, recruitment and retention, full benefits evaluation and improvement, initiate salary administration, develop a DEI strategy and evaluate the entire HR process for efficiencies and improvement.

Strategic and hands on oversight of all employee compensation and benefits programs.

September 2005 – August 2023

Senior Vice President/Director of Human Resources

First Bank/First National Corporation

Strategic partner on the Executive Management Team, contributing to the growth of the Bank by 35% during my tenure.

Developed a robust compensation plan with real time data to analyze competitive salary ranges and instituted variable compensation plans that drove successful business development plans and customer satisfaction levels.

Drove impactful employee development plans, a superior benefit program and diversity, equity and inclusion programs through the Executive Committee and the Board Compensation and Benefits Committee events.

Strategic and hands on oversight of all employee compensation and benefits programs, driving the Bank from consistently double-digit health insurance increases to five years in a row of ranges of a decrease in healthcare costs of 2% to no more than 5% increases.

Evaluate the Bank’s Human Capital, including a plan to develop and retain high potential employees while driving efficiency ratios from 82% to 61%.

Implemented a total compensation and benefit program that consistently attracted and retained a highly talented workforce, maintaining a perfect score on employee surveys.

Instituted and regularly managed a full and robust succession planning process for key positions, including the corresponding development plans that ensured employees were ready to move into the next position according to their own professional goals and aspirations.

Actively promote diversity and inclusion, driving our minority employee representation from less than 5% to almost 20%

Supervise a team of three human resource professionals, with zero turnover within my department.

March 2004 – September 2005

Director of Human Resources

Baugh Northeast Co-op/Sysco Corporation

As the strategic human resource executive, built the human resource and training function from the bottom up at this start-up facility. Hired 350 highly skilled employees and managers within three months. Built out all strategic employee relations, benefit, compensation and talent acquisition and retention programs with less than 10% turnover.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Implemented a High Potential Employee development program with less than 1% turnover of high potential employees.

Reduced healthcare costs by 32% over a five-year period through plan management, pricing negotiation and employee education programs on health care consumerism.

Installed a virtually paperless and efficient Human Resource department through software solutions that are seamless and connected.

Reduced time to process payroll from sixteen to four hours.

Delivered a Best Places to Work in Virginia award through employee relations practices and above average benefits and compensation.

Implemented staffing models that reduced the Bank’s efficiency ratio from 82% to 61%.

Implemented a Learning Management System that supports all strategic objectives and employee development and training needs.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Current and prior leadership positions such as

Committee member of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley’s Business Forum

Committee Chair for the Virginia Bankers Association HR Committee

President of the Winchester Area Society for HR Management

Chairperson of a fund-raising committee for Valley Health

Member of National SHRM

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