April Cook

April Cook, SCP, currently serves as a Human Resources Business Partner at Hanson Professional Services Inc. since April 2023, focusing on leave of absence management, compensation planning, employee relations, and HR project management. Prior experience at AT&T from September 2005 to April 2023 includes various roles such as HR Business Partner for the In Home Sales Consultants, where responsibilities encompassed performance appraisal processes, diversity initiatives, and staffing pipeline management, as well as serving as a strategic partner to the Northern Plains Retail Market and Tri-States Retail Market. Earlier roles include Division Chief of Human Resources at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Manager of the Employment Services Division at the Office of the Secretary of State. April Cook holds a BA in Political Science and Public Relations from Illinois State University, earned between 1986 and 1990.