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As Founder and CEO of The HR Team Eileen Levitt attains great personal satisfaction in helping small mid-size and emerging companies focus on what they do best; directing business growth and profitability.
Eileens previous employment saw her talents in fostering business growth expand as she contributed to her employers development. As the Human Resources Director for Rapid Systems Solutions a Maryland-based technology firm Eileen helped grow the company from a staff of 28 to 350 in five years. In her role as Human Resources Administrator for The Discovery Channel the company grew from 90 to 450 employees in just three years.
In 1996 Eileen re-focused her vast knowledge and experience in human resources including business strategy communications training coaching and financial management to found The HR Team. Eileen has built her company on the strength and commitment of her talented team of employees. In addition to leading The HR Team Eileen currently serves as a Commissioner on the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights. Appointed by the Governor the Commission is dedicated to ensuring opportunity for all through the enforcement of Marylands laws against discrimination in employment housing public accommodations and state contracts.
Eileen has also served on the following nonprofit boards: The Red Devils (where she serves as board development chair); Athena PowerLink Baltimore; Association for Corporate Growth (where she is a past board president); Executive Alliance (where she served as chair of the membership mentoring and philanthropy committees; University of Baltimores Merrick School of Business (where she served on the entrepreneurship advisory board); Jim Rouse Entrepreneurial Fund (where she served on the board); Business Womens Network (where she is a past board president); American University Alumni Association (where she served as the Baltimore Chapter president) and Leadership Howard County (Class of 2003 and served on the General Membership Executive Committee).
In addition Eileen has served on the board of Integrity National Corporation a for-profit privately held government contractor based in Rockville Maryland.
Eileen has been published and/or quoted in numerous magazine and periodicals including: The Wall Street Journal USA TODAY Employment Management Today HR Magazine Inc. Magazine Baltimore Sun The Business Monthly Baltimore and Washington Business Journals The Daily Record and Forbes.com. She is a featured contributor on negotiation in the Dale Carnegie Sales Training Book Sales Advantage and on the interviewing process for the book The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Work. She also served as the ’Recruiting Expert’ for the online career management site: vault.com
Eileen is a Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) a SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SCP) and holds an MBA from The University of Baltimore and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from The American University.
With the honesty integrity and exceptional work ethic that Eileen brings to her company and to all her community partnerships she has been recognized and honored with the following awards:
As an HR Professional Karen has worked with large and small organizations in various stages of their business cycles. She has experience with HR process and policy development and implementation benefits design and management compliance employee relations and performance management HR strategy development and implementation recruitment and compensation.
Prior to joining The HR Team she was Director of Human Resources for Tidepoint Corporation and EB Networks. In both organizations Karen successfully established and grew the human resources departments during periods of exponential growth.
Karen has a BS from York College an MS in Management from University of Maryland University College and is a Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR-SHRM-SCP). Karen is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Chesapeake Human Resources Association (CHRA) has served on the board Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center and is a graduate of Network 2000s Mentoring Program.
Prior to joining The HR Team Peggy supported both established organizations and entrepreneurial ventures advising them through their stages of creation growth and stabilization. Peggys most recent positions have been as HR Manager and Director for technology services companies including Ease Technologies and Advance. In addition she provided sales support for Apple Computers. Peggy is most proud of her ability to successfully recruit and team with highly skilled and technical professionals such as software developers and IT engineers.
Peggy earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Towson University. She holds a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Chesapeake Human Resources Association (CHRA).
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Melissa has been a Consultant with The HR Team since 2014 and was previously with the firm from 2006-2009. She has 20 years of human resources experience with a specialization in talent management including workforce planning recruiting performance management employee development and employee engagement. She also has significant experience in managing employee relations benefits compensation and compliance issues.
Throughout her tenure with The HR Team Melissa has developed and implemented various projects and programs for her clients including talent management plans performance management systems training and development onboarding recruiting HR compliance audits handbook development job analysis and compensation design. She has supported clients in various industries including non-profit organizations associations financial services manufacturing construction and other professional services. In addition she has participated in several internal firm projects regarding marketing and process improvement.
Prior to rejoining The HR Team Melissa was the Director of Human Resources for Len The Plumber where she was responsible for working with the management team in defining and implementing training recruiting performance management employee engagement compliance total rewards and more.
Melissa has also previously held human resources positions with Baltimore County Government Odwalla and the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
Melissa has a BA in Communications with honors and an MS in Human Resources Development from McDaniel College. She is a Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and is a certified Human Capital Strategist (HCS) by the Human Capital Institute. Melissa is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Chesapeake Human Resources Association (CHRA) Human Capital Institute (HCI) and the Association for Talent Development (ATD).
Before joining The HR Team Lisa worked extensively assisting new and existing businesses establish and maintain strong and compliant human resource practices. Most recently Lisa worked as the Human Resources Director for a large independent school in Maryland. Lisa is most proud of her work as the founding Chairperson of the Maryland Independent School Consortium that enabled 14 different independent schools to design and purchase health insurance as a large group. The consortium ultimately saved Lisas employer more than $250000 over 4 years while minimizing rate increases and maintaining an extremely strong health insurance program.
Lisa earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Maryland University College and a Master of Science in Employment Law from Nova Southeastern University. She holds certifications as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) from the Human Resources Certification Institute and as a Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP). She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and a Notary Public for the State of Maryland.
Kate has 25+ years of diverse human resources and management experience that spans start-ups and established organizations. She has extensive hands-on experience leading HR initiatives including policy design compensation performance management recruiting compliance reporting HRIS implementations HR workflow development training and development and benefits administration.
Prior to joining The HR Team Kate held human resources leadership positions for several government contractors including Windermere and its successors Essex and Northrop Grumman. While at Northrop Grumman Kate was the Human Resources Business Leader for the Cyber Intelligence amp; Information Assurance Operating Unit where she supported 300+ employees and partnered with Operating Unit leaders to ensure alignment of HR strategies with business initiatives and goals. Her roles within Essex and Windermere included management of the compensation program Affirmative Action and EEO compliance HRIS management and development of policy and procedures. Kate was Director of Human Resources for Cidera Inc. (a global internet satellite infrastructure company) and Senior Vice President of Human Resources for PGI Inc. (a corporate communications company.) She was also an independent consultant specializing in human resources for 5 years and Director of Human Resources for Rowley-Scher Reprographics Inc.
Kate earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from the University of Maryland with a major in Personnel and Labor Relations and is a member of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Chesapeake Human Resources Association (CHRA).
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Mariela joined The HR Team in 2008. She has over 18 years of human resources experience. Mariela has extensive generalist experience working at both large and small firms and is also proficient in creating and implementing productivity-inducing practices through the application of human resource information systems.
Her employment history includes positions such as Human Resources Manager for Hanley Wood LLC a Washington DC based B2B Media Company. In this role she was responsible for evaluating and implementing a company-wide web-based performance review system and developing and delivering training to managers and staff. Prior to that she was the Human Resources Representative at Quintiles a Bio-tech company in Arlington VA where she managed a number of programs including salary administration health life and retirement and stock benefit plans. Mariela also worked as the Human Resources Generalist at the Washington DC offices of Faison amp; Associates where she had direct oversight of the office budget and administrative staff.
Mariela holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Baruch College is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP). She is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP) World at Work and Chesapeake Human Resources Association (CHRA).
Prior to joining The HR Team Angies work history includes being a Senior Analyst for Accenture where some of her projects were to analyze and document human resources business requirements for a new information systems implementation (Oracle) manage small and medium sized acquisition projects to ensure all human resources and payroll data correctly mapped into the information system database managed applicant tracking systems consulted with clients to analyze assess and implement changes and additions to the information systems database. Prior to Accenture Angie was the HRMS Analyst for PHH Arval where she consulted analyzed and assessed information system requirements and implemented solutions. At Alpharma and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Angie held HRIS Specialist positions and was the Human Resources Generalist for Ryland Homes and First Union National Bank.
Angie earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA Business/Management from Loyola College Baltimore MD. Angie is a Certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR SHRM-CP) is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Chesapeake Human Resources Association (CHRA).
Jill re-joined The HR Team in 2019 and was with the firm from 2011-2015. Jill is a hands-on dynamic professional with over 20 years of human resources management experience working in the fields of high technology government contracting manufacturing and healthcare. Her areas of expertise are in compensation design and administration benefits strategy and operations HRIS recruitment and retention performance management and staff training amp; development.
Jills most recent work prior to rejoining The HR Team included the position of Director Total Rewards at the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore Md.
She has also held the position of Director of Compensation Benefits and HRIS for BravoHealth a Medicare Advantage health care provider. While serving in the position her duties encompassed directing all aspects of the companys compensation and benefits plans as well as implementing a new HRIS system.
Prior to BravoHealth Jill was Manager of Human Resources for Honeywell Technology Solutions Systems Inc. Honeywell Corporations wholly owned subsidiary which focuses on providing government contracting services. She also has served as Human Resources Manager for Corvis Corporation (fiber optics manufacturing) as well as various other roles with Harris Corporation (high technology) and Rockwell International (avionics manufacturing).
Jill holds a Master of Science degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Florida Tech and a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from The Pennsylvania State University.
Dwan has 20 years of Human Resources experience directly working with small to mid-sized companies. She is a strategic business partner and has worked alongside senior leaders throughout her career. Her passion is driven by creating an engaging and collaborative workforce.
Prior to joining The HR Team Dwan supported both for-profit and nonprofit organizations as the sole member of their HR Department. In her roles as an HR Manager she has gained experience in the Finance Health Care Automotive and Government Contracting industries. She has worked to build programs that support HR initiatives while implementing internal processes that facilitate corporate objectives. Her vast experience includes labor and employee relations benefits administration performance management payroll talent acquisition HRIS migration training and policy and procedures.
Dwan earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Washington Adventist University and a Masters of Science in Administration Human Resources Management from Central Michigan University. She has earned certifications from the Society of Human Resource Management and Human Resources Certification Institute as a Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) and Professional in Human Resources (PHR). She is a member of the Society of Human Resources Management and her local Montgomery County SHRM Chapter.
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