This roundtable is hosted on the 3rd Wednesday of each month in Cincinnati, in person.
Participation is offered to ERA members only.
Cincinnati – Senior Level*
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Tammi Cross has earned multiple professional certifications, including SHRM-SCP (Sr Certified Professional from Society of HR Management), SPHR (Sr Professional in HR), CCP (Certified Compensation Professional). She is also an alum from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management. Tammi has worked throughout Ohio for over 20 years and has HR management, generalist, and compensation experience in various industries including retail, distribution/fulfillment, manufacturing, reverse logistics, marketing, finance, and automotive. She is passionate about what she does and committed to excellence with experience leading large organizational-wide high-profile projects. Tammi is detail-oriented, results-driven, and serves as a trusted advisor with the highest level of integrity and work ethic – and a pleasure to have in the office, keeping the workday fun!
Jayne has more than 20+ years experience in human resources and business management in a variety of industries including but not limited to manufacturing, wholesale/retail, social services, healthcare (acute care, consumer and pharmaceuticals testing), financial lending, distribution and logistics. As a Recruiter, Jayne has been responsible for identifying talent for a variety of positions locally as well as across the US. Talent searches include but are not limited to Non-profit Private and Public positions, Engineering, Human Resources, Banking, Sales (Telemarketing) and Machinists. Jayne utilizes online media as well as referral services to cultivate strong candidates to provide to hiring Managers and Human Resources Generalists.
Debbie Wheaton is an experienced HR Business Partner with experience in aligning HR strategies with company goals to achieve desired results. She has experience in managing employees and has experience in all areas of HR including recruitment and onboarding, policy and process development and implementation, performance management, legal compliance, employee relations, benefits, and retirement plan administration and experience in Accounting with budgeting, month end close, audits, and other accounting functions. She has implemented and transition several HRIS and Payroll systems for organization. She is excited to develop and work with employees to create strong work environments.Debbie received her Bachelor in Business Administration from West Virginia University and currently holds a SHRM-CP certification and is actively pursuing her certification in coaching.
Barb is degreed in Human Resource Management and earned both her SPHR and SHRM-SCP. She is a respected business leader with solid experience in strategic and tactical best practices in implementing human resource systems designed to enhance profitability and meet business objectives. She has a track record of leading teams and managing projects designed to improve performance, enhance employee ownership, increase employee retention, and reduce benefit costs. Barb has a demonstrated commitment to creating a work environment that reflects fairness, values diversity, balances employee trust with business needs, and utilizes the strengths of human capital to enhance business results.
Mike Ellis is an experienced Human Resource (HR) professional that has successfully built positive and productive relationships within the organizations he has served, and is highly proficient in all of the core areas of HR. Mike graduated with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati and has over 25 years of experience in HR in which he began his career in the areas of Employee and Labor Relations. Mike has enjoyed hearing the “stories” of individuals and gains from the rewarding feeling of linking talented individuals with organizations. Mike recently retired from Messer Construction Co. as the Talent Acquisition Leader responsible for acquiring talented contributors for the organization. Mike has gained experience performing HR within various industries to include Healthcare, Higher Education, Service and Manufacturing just to name a few.
Rian Hill, is a Cincinnati native and HR professional with valuable progressive experience as a Generalist, Director, Business Partner and Labor Relations Specialist in the banking, legal and healthcare industries.
Rian has supported leaders through various HR processes and provided counseling and training to employees to manage performance based issues. Rian has a strong background in full life cycle recruiting and is very passionate about empowering managers and supporting employees in the workplace.
Rian attended The Ohio State University where she majored in Communication. She went on to obtain her Masters of Science in Administration degree in Human Resources Management from the Trinity Washington University in Washington DC.
Lea Anne Broseus is a Human Resource professional with over 20 years’ experience managing teams. She is known for employee development, performance management, sales training, coaching, training creation, design and delivery. Her greatest success is guiding employees to reach new heights through process improvement, collaboration and empowerment. She provides sound support regarding sensitive HR issues and employee development; demonstrating the ability to balance representing management to staff and being an advocate on the staff’s behalf with leadership.
Most of Lea Anne’s career experience is from the financial services industry. She earned a Bachelors of Science Business Administration from The Ohio State University with a double major in Finance and Economics. She currently holds a SHRM-SCP.
James brings over 30 years of human resources experience in the Aviation, Medical Product, and Information Technology business segments with General Electric and Hill-Rom. In addition to supporting engineering, commercial, and technology functions, his deepest areas of expertise are providing HR leadership in P&L and supply chain operations. He is also a Six Sigma Master Black Belt and experience in Lean methodology.
Over the course of his career, he has held roles of increasing responsibility as an HR Business Partner. His focus is in the areas of HR strategy; talent development, including talent management planning, succession, and development action planning; performance management; leadership coaching; talent assessment; and organizational design. In addition, he has extensive experience in change management and culture shaping, and is highly passionate about driving a culture of employee engagement and positive employee relations.
James has a balanced mix of developing and delivering pragmatic HR strategic initiatives to achieve business objectives. He has a customer centric mindset and will jump right into ‘roll-up the selves’ – hands-on execution.
He received his Masters in Business Administration at Xavier University and Bachelor of Science at Cornell University.
Jill Langhals serves as the compensation consultant for ERA, assisting members with market and internal equity reviews, building and updating salary structures, creating bonus plans, and various other issues related to total rewards. Jill joined ERA in May 2021. Prior to that she worked for companies ranging in size from 10 employees to 60,000 and in both the private and public sectors. She has over 18 years of experience, spanning many different industries, including manufacturing and health care. In addition to specializing in compensation, Jill has also held HR generalist roles. This gives her a greater perspective on balancing the desires of the employees with the needs of the business. Jill earned her Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management from the University of Findlay and is a member of the Columbus Compensation Association.
