Human Resources Director Executive Leadership

STEPHEN THOMAS-ORSINO, JD

Rancho Mirage, CA 703-***-**** *******************@*****.***

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Healthcare & Facility HR Leadership: Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition & Retention, Performance Management, Regulatory & Accreditation Compliance

• Strategic Partnership & Advisory: C-Suite & Facility Leadership Coaching, Workforce Planning, Compensation & Benefits Administration

• Operations & Systems Management: HRIS Data Integrity, Position Control, HR Shared Services, Budget Optimization ($50M+ P&L)

• Risk Mitigation & Governance: Employment Law, Licensing/Credential Verification, Complex Dispute Resolution, Policy Interpretation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

US ARMY CIVILIAN HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY Rancho Mirage, CA Chief Executive / Human Resources Director 03/2016-12/2025

• Strategic HR Leadership: Acted as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, aligning human capital strategies with organizational goals to drive an employee-oriented, high-performance culture across a 45,000+ personnel enterprise.

• Healthcare & Agency Standup Expertise: Engineered the human capital infrastructure, workforce costing models, and staffing architecture for the newly established Defense Health Agency (DHA), directly mirroring the complex operational scale and regulatory compliance required in behavioral healthcare environments.

• Full-Cycle Talent & Retention Strategy: Led large-scale talent acquisition and retention initiatives, reducing time-to-hire by 25% and deploying innovative retention models that slashed turnover by 30%.

• Employee Relations & Performance Coaching: Advised management on complex employee relations, performance management, progressive discipline, and workforce planning, ensuring consistent employment practices and rigorous documentation.

• Compliance & Regulatory Oversight: Maintained strict compliance with complex regulatory standards, overseeing audit-readiness, credential verification, and personnel file integrity across multi- division operations.

US ARMY TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT Tobyhanna, PA Director of HR Operations / Labor Counsel 08/2008-03/2013

• Operational HR & Coaching: Directed multi-division professional teams and provided comprehensive HR infrastructure oversight for a 5,500+ employee facility.

• Employee Relations & Dispute Resolution: Served as lead advocate in high-stakes human capital disputes, resolving complex employee relations issues, arbitrations, and grievances through expert coaching and training.

Process & Compliance Engineering: Standardized onboarding, training workflows, and personnel record management, reducing total human capital cycle time by 75% while boosting organizational morale and compliance metrics.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY/FEMA Washington, DC Director Acquisition Program & Planning / Associate Chief Counsel for General Law 10/2003-08/2008

• Organizational Scaling & Advisory: Architected and scaled a business-critical division from 2 to over 200 specialized personnel, providing critical strategic counsel to leadership on operational risk and human capital deployment.

US NAVY OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL Washington, DC Associate Counsel, Navy International Programs Office 01/1998-10/2003

• Regulatory Compliance & Dispute Management: Managed complex contractual disputes and enforced rigorous administrative compliance protocols to safeguard institutional integrity. EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

• Juris Doctor (JD): Howard University School of Law, Washington, DC Bachelor of Science (BS): Personnel Management and Labor Relations, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Bar Admission: Pennsylvania State Bar (1991 - Present) Reference 1:

• Name: Tyler Horner

• Title/Relationship: Supervisor

• Organization: Army Civilian Human Resources Agency

• Phone / Email: +1-571-***-****

Reference 2:

• Name: Michele Davis

• Title/Relationship: Supervisor

• Organization: Army Civilian Human Resources Agency

• Phone / Email: +1-571-***-****

Reference 3:

• Name: Leslie Thomas (Lovick)

• Title/Relationship: Friend/former employee

• Organization:Army Civilian Human Resources Agency

• Phone / Email: 774-***-****

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