2. Tell us
about you (home town, residence, family,
education, etc) I
originally grew up in Kentucky but have lived in six states as well as
Australia. I have an undergrad degree in
Business Administration and an MBA.
Today I live in San Jose, CA. I
am very active in the community and HR profession. I am on the Board of Directors for the Bay
Area HR Executive Council. I have
participated in a bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles raising funds for
the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS eight times – five times as a crew
person and 3 times as a cyclist. I love
the outdoors and spend some portion of every weekend hiking in the surrounding
countryside.
3. How did
you get into recruiting? The
majority of my career has been in the role of HR Business Partner. At Bank of America, I was given the
opportunity to lead the Staffing Function for the Consumer Bank’s Customer
Service and Technology areas. I love
recruiting because it is so mission critical to the business and the outcome of
your efforts are immediately visible and measureable.
4. How
many years have you been in recruiting? In a recruiting
leadership capacity – 6 years. But as an
HR business partner, I saw my role there as also being recruiting focused so
that would make it a total of over 20 years.
5. What is
one thing people would be surprised to know about you? I grew
up in a very small town in Kentucky.
There were 80 people in my graduating class and I was class president
both my junior and senior years.
6. What
are your top 3 goals you hope you and your team accomplish in the next year? Continue
to build the attractiveness of the employment brand in the Silicon Valley’s
technology community. To continue making
Walmart an inclusive workplace where the best talent can do their best
work. To help build the best Talent
Acquisition team for Walmart eCommerce where other companies look to us for
best practices and top recruiting talent.
7. What do
you like most about your current job? What do you dislike? Our
laser focus on our mission and our values.
I have never worked for a company where there has been such
alignment. What I dislike – the negative
media and social media perspective on Walmart as an employer. I love talking to people and “enlightening”
them on the Real Walmart.
8. Do you
have a work pet peeve in yourself or others? I don’t
have a lot of pet peeves but I would have to say one big one for me is people
who are “I” focused. People are all
about themselves – all show and not much action.
9. What is
the best thing for you about working for Walmart? The
people I get to work with every day – not just in San Bruno but in Bentonville
and globally. We have an amazing talent
base at Walmart.
10. When
does the day start for you: My
commute is an hour in the mornings so I am up at 5:00 a.m. and try to be in the
office by 7:15 – unless of course there is an earlier call or video conference that
morning.
11. When
you are off work how you do relax?
Hiking,
road biking, social activities with friends, attending theater events and
concerts, community service – oh and eating out, lots of
eating out.
12. Can you
give us a few unchecked items on your Life’s Bucket List: Travel
to Asia (Thailand, Japan, etc.). A
multi-day backpacking hike in the mountains.
Learn to snow-ski.
13. If you
could have dinner with some notable person dead or alive – who would it be and
why?
Nelson
Mandela. I have always admired his
character, his ability to forgive, and his leadership. I would like to understand his thoughts on
leading a country and a people out of the turmoil as he did.
14. What
was your top take-a-way from the 2013 Global Walmart Recruiting Summit? We have
an amazing team of recruiting professionals.
We owe it to ourselves to leverage each other and the work we have
done. The wheel has been created – we
need to work together to make it better.
We have the talent to do that – now we just need to make the time.
15. If you
had a Magic Genie and one wish; what one project on your plate would you ask
for help on?
I would
ask the Genie to help implement the tools and technology that we need to be
more efficient as a business and to create the associate and candidate
experience we need to be an employer of choice. I would also slide in a request that the
court of public opinion be swayed to see the value that Walmart brings to our
global community.
16. Fill in
the blank: “I’ve been fortunate to_________: have
had a broad range of experiences and been exposed to a wide-variety of
people. It has helped me be more
compassionate and open to exposure to people that otherwise I may have
missed. Having grown up in a
conservative community in the South while at the same time knowing I was/am Gay
caused me to have an open mind and heart which has served me well in
understanding people.
17. Where
do you spend most of your disposable income: This is
easy – travel and entertainment. Movies,
theater, concerts, etc.
18. What is
your biggest productivity challenge? So for
the MBTI – my type is a “P” so I take life as it comes. However with work, you sometimes have to be
more of “J”. So I say, I am a closet
“P”. I know I need lists, deadlines,
organization and priorities – but it is not my natural style.
19. Do you
have an internet tool / smart-phone app that you cannot do without? Yes,
actually two – FitBit and GymPact. They
both motivate me to stay physically active.
20. One
word to sum me up: Thankful
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