Cara Whitmire, PHR, currently serves as the Benefits and Compliance Manager at Iowa Western Community College since October 2020. Prior to this role, Cara worked at Nebraska Medicine from November 2012 to October 2020 as a Benefits Sr Analyst, providing support for employee benefits and administering various benefit plans. Cara's experience also includes serving as a Welfare Benefits Specialist at SilverStone Group from July 2000 to November 2012, where responsibilities encompassed managing operations related to welfare benefit outsourcing and customer service for retirees. Earlier in Cara's career, positions included Human Resource Generalist at SITEL Corporation, focusing on recruitment and job offer processes. Cara holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus on Human Resource Management from the University of Arizona.