April Powell Shrm-Cp

April Powell SHRM-CP, PHR has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. April currently serves as the Human Resources Director at Utah Community Action, where they provide strategic leadership and oversees the development and implementation of agency-wide HR functions. April collaborates with the leadership team to formulate human resource and talent strategies and offers support and guidance to the HR team.

Prior to this, April worked as an HR Manager at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough, where they provided HR support for 150 staff and attorneys. April collaborated with the Executive Committee and Chief Operations Officer to develop strategic initiatives and handled difficult employee matters in partnership with the Ethics department and Executive Committee.

April's experience also includes working at GE Healthcare as an HR Coordinator, where they provided HR support for over 400 employees. April was responsible for various HR tasks, including benefits and payroll support, training, generating employee data reports, and maintaining HRIS and personnel files.

Before their work at GE Healthcare, April served as a Customer Service Officer at Wells Fargo, managing over 100 business purchasing card clients and handling day-to-day maintenance and monthly client reports.

Additionally, April worked at Chase in multiple roles, including Loss Mitigation Manager, HR Coordinator, Human Resource Representative, and Legal Specialist. In these positions, they were involved in collections, loss mitigation strategies, HR support for employees, hiring and termination processes, and contract preparation.

April also gained experience as an Administrative Assistant at Volvo Commercial Credit Corp and My Association.com, where they provided support to executives, managed files, made travel arrangements, and assisted with meeting preparations.

April began their career as a Paralegal at Loren M. Lambert and Arrow Legal Solutions / Loren Lambert Attn., where they worked on divorce and adoption documents, scheduled depositions, conducted client and witness interviews.

Overall, April Powell SHRM-CP, PHR has a varied work history encompassing leadership positions in HR, as well as experience in customer service, administration, and legal support roles.

April Powell SHRM-CP, PHR has a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix. April also attended Salt Lake Community College, although the degree and field of study are not specified. In addition to their education, April has obtained various certifications, including a PHR (Professional in Human Resources) from the HR Certification Institute - HRCI in May 2012, and a SHRM-CP (SHRM Certified Professional) from SHRM in July 2015.