Mental Health Peer Specialist

PAULA COMUNELLI PIERCE

805-***-**** • *****.*********@*****.*** • Birmingham, AL Professional Objective

I seek P-T employment serving people by providing support, hope, and encouragement Work Experience Highlights

Director of People & Culture

Orchestra Partners, Birmingham, AL 2018-2022

• Designed and launched the original employee performance process

• Supported the culture by implementing regular pulse surveys to monitor employee engagement

• Developed and implemented an internal staffing process HRBP/Hospital Administrator

Four Corners Veterinary Hospital, Concord, CA 2013 – 2018

• Managed staff recruitment, including onboarding and offboarding

•Trained receptionists and provided ongoing learning for reception team

• Coached owners and facilitated doctors’ weekly leadership meeting HR Consultant

Listening Well, Santa Cruz, CA 2001 – 2012

• Provided mental health consulting, storytelling facilitation, and training for 30+ organizations

• Received SAMHSA national award for a train-the-trainer Consumer Leadership program

• Co-directed a state-of-the-art conference for 1,000+ international participants

• Facilitated hundreds of mental health workshops and events, receiving 95% approval ratings Program Coordinator

Interim Inc., Monterey, CA 2008 – 2009

• Developed and implemented consumer-led programs to meet county contractual obligations

• Facilitated programs that boosted productivity by 75%

• Launched a volunteer program and successfully recruited 19 consumer volunteers in six months HR: Staffing Manager, HR Generalist, Training & Organization Development KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, CA 1995 – 2000

• Managed College Relations team, increasing college hiring by 300%

• Designed and delivered post-merger all-employee meeting for 800 staff

• Facilitated employee training; Orientation, performance management, and succession planning Education

Certification in Ministry Leadership • Highlands College • Birmingham, AL Master of Science in Organization Development • Pepperdine University • Malibu, CA Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/HR Option, California State University • Hayward, CA

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