Cross-functional Corporate Leader, Global Strategist & Gen. Counsel

Agile, trusted, and pragmatic general counsel & business partner

Global corporate regulatory, compliance & employment law specialist, with extensive experience: designing and implementing corporate compliance programs, conducting internal & supervising regulatory investigations and scaling such initiatives for global Fortune 500 and PE-backed companies across multiple industries. First-principles problem-solver, with expansive command of all HR areas, data privacy/security & CSG. Tested, collegial leader, with a history of success building effective, global & matrixed teams and cross-functional partnerships. Confident, effective servant leader and communicator, with advanced expertise creating policies & playbooks, internal/external communications, employee and government relations across multiple highly regulated industries. Active community & global citizen seeking to help businesses be prepared for the next “unforeseeable” event.

EXPERIENCE

Executive Compliance/Leadership Consultant 2022 -

Resolve complex regulatory, crisis management & government relations matters for non- & for-profit clients. Provide executive business management consulting & coaching services for individuals, teams & entire organizations. Provide advice and corporate legal matters, with a focus on global business issues including labor, employment, corporate ethics, corporate compliance with internal standards as well as applicable law & regulatory requirements.

Develop with input from company stakeholders set of necessary & workable processes, controls & training to ensure corporate client is positioned to uphold its commitments to its various constituencies including shareholders, customers, suppliers, employees, regulatory bodies, governments regarding such issues as sustainability, data privacy, corporate social responsibility, commitments to commonly accepted principles of global human rights, anti- corruption, bribery, kickback, monopoly statutes, etc.

General Counsel 2022

Acro Service Corporation

Served as family-owned company’s GC after departure of two prior GCs in less than six months.

Senior Corporate Employment, Ethics, Compliance & Investigations Counsel 2020 - 2022

Axiom Legal Services, Inc.

Engagements and Responsibilities included:

•Leading HR team for Fortune 50 financial services company investigating employee & customer complaints made via Ethics Line. Complaints involved: discrimination, accommodations, Wage & Hour, leaves of absence, unethical business practices, retaliation, etc.

•Serving as seconded Senior HR Employment, Ethics & Compliance Counsel (US and Global) to legal departments of multiple Fortune 500 companies, including cloud-based technology, fashion & retail companies. Provided advice & counsel to HR & management; drafted policies, procedures, handbooks & organized corporate-wide initiatives (e.g., COVID, ethics/compliance, CSG)

Sr. Compliance & Employment Counsel/Executive Consultant 2009 - 2020

Providing legal and executive-level human resources support to clients on a contract or temporary employee basis, including Lowe’s Companies, Inc., VF Corporation & Exactech, Inc. projects included:

•Serving as Executive HR/Compliance consultant for PE-backed manufacturing company during M & A

• Leading internal COBC investigations project for a Fortune 50 FS company. Completed ahead of schedule and under budget.

• Reviewing and analyzing over 500,000 pages of qualified retirement plan documents to prepare plaintiff’s primary expert for trial in class action against a Fortune 500 company.

Sr. Corporate Counsel – Global Labor, Employment, Benefits & Compliance 2007 - 2008

CommScope, Inc.

Drove standardization of corporate policies, playbooks, agreements and twelve Affirmative Action Plans. Led international restructurings and M&As while ensuring compliance with global labor processes.

Increased accuracy of compliance documentation by revising policies and employee certifications.

Conducted internal investigations, served as member of the Ethics Committee and program manager.

Executive HRBP 2006

Lowes Companies, Inc.

Supported SVP of the company’s largest and most profitable retail division (50,000 employees in five states-South Central Division); and

•Managed staff of 50 regional directors and area managers.

•Identified and closed gaps in data security practices for employee and proprietary data.

•Developed a cohesive HR team through innovative team building sessions; and

•Revised succession management process to advance diversity and inclusion goals.

Director, Corporate HR & Global Policy

Lexmark International, Inc. 1999 - 2006

Provided global HR support for executives across corporate functions; developed and drove compliance with HR policy including company code of business conduct, global data privacy, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability; managed Corporate Medical, EO/AA and Immigration departments.

•Responsible for $2 million annual budget.

•Managed eight-member global corporate medical department, staffed by five RNs and two MDs.

•Devised and implemented compliant approach to co-employment issues by creating training and guidelines regarding contingent workforce.

•Drove complete redesign of company’s performance management system.

•Selected as one of 20 employees out of 12,000 for worldwide executive leadership program.

EDUCATION

Wake Forest University School of Law -- Juris Doctor (cum laude)

Senior Notes and Comments Editor, Wake Forest Law Review; Junius C. Brown Scholarship (full) recipient.

Vanderbilt University -- Master of Education, Special Education (full scholarship; GPA 3.0/3.0)

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Wake Forest University -- Bachelor of Arts, History (magna cum laude)

BAR ADMISSIONS, MEMBERSHIPS & SPECIALTY EDUCATION

NC State Bar, admitted 1995

Certificate Program, Mandarin (spoken & written), National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Annual National Employment Law & Duke LENS National Security Law Conferences: National Employment Law Institute (“NELI”); and Duke University School of Law.

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