Meeting
December Membership Meeting
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| iCal link | December 3, 2025 - 11:30am to 1:00pm |
November Membership Meeting
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| iCal link | November 5, 2025 - 11:30am to 1:00pm |
Iowa SHRM State Conference
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| iCal link | October 8, 2025 - 8:00am to October 10, 2025 - 5:00pm |
September Membership Meeting “Preparing for Downsizing: Centering Compassion and Compliance”
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| Location: | via Zoom |
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| iCal link | September 3, 2025 - 11:30am to 1:00pm |
Skye Mercer, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP is an Eastern Iowa-based certified HR
Consultant with 20+ years of professional HR experience. Skye works with
organizations all over the US to build people-centered, inclusive, compliant, and
sustainable HR practices to create organizational cultures where employees want to
stay and do their best work. Skye HR Consulting, LLC provides on-demand HR advice,
monthly retainer HR consulting, employee handbooks, and leadership training. Learn
MVHRA Meeting - presentation: “The Five Generations at Work”
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| iCal link | August 20, 2025 - 11:30am to 1:00pm |
Mary Erlain, award-winning published author, dynamic speaker, and professional trainer, coach,
and facilitator, is dedicated to providing business professionals with the development services
they need to excel in their roles.
MVHRA Meeting - Social
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| Location: | The Drake, Burlington, IA |
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| iCal link | July 9, 2025 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm |
MVHRA Meeting - presentation: Building Resilience with Sumatic Awareness
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| iCal link | June 4, 2025 - 11:30am to 1:00pm |
Jennifer Zach is a graduate of Coach U, the world's first coaching school, and certified in mind-body coaching and integrative somatic trauma therapy, and author of Somatic Awareness: Leading with Body Intelligence. She is the founder of Zach Coaching, LLC and The 3N ModelTM: Notice, Name, Navigate, where she helps leaders tap into their body's intelligence to lead with greater clarity, resilience, and impact.
MVHRA Meeting - presentation: I'm In HR- What Do I Need To Know About Background Checks?
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| iCal link | May 14, 2025 - 11:30am to 1:00pm |
Presentation Title: “I’m In HR- What Do I Need To Know About Background Checks?”
Presented by: Buzzy Castonguay, President and CEO, C4 Operations
Presentation Overview: During this presentation, Buzzy will cover the following topics in a
very interactive, fun and enjoyable experience. Taking a very serious topic and educating
participants through an experience they will learn from and enjoy.
MVHRA Meeting - presentation:
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| iCal link | April 2, 2025 - 11:30am to 1:00pm |
MVHRA Meeting - presentation:
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| iCal link | March 5, 2025 - 11:30am to 1:00pm |
Shelly Strawhacker has worked for Alcohol and Drug Dependency Services of SE IA as a
Certified Prevention Specialist for 4 years, 2.5 years on the Integrated Provider Network
grant and 1.5 years on the State Opioid Response grant. She previously had a career in
education as a teacher for 20 years. Her progression to prevention combined her love of
education with the passion she has for helping people
Mary J. Reed has worked for Alcohol and Drug Dependency Services of SE IA as a
