I first met Andrea when she asked me to join the Workopolis HR team in 2007, and didn’t realize at the time she would become one of the most memorable leaders I’d work with in my career.  At the time, I was an ambitious and junior HR professional who was looking for a mentor that would empower me and teach me and I couldn’t have asked a better fit.  In the four years that Andrea and I spent at Workopolis, I watched her build an incredible HR team to meet the needs of a rapidly growing tech organization. She had a seat at the executive table, and the trust she built with the executive team allowed us to play a strategic role in talent acquisition, employee engagement, org design, total rewards, and training and development.

I followed Andrea to Cardinal Health where we worked together to transform the HR function from a traditional and tactical administrative team into a trusted partner.

We have both moved on in our careers, but I still find myself drawing on the wisdom and experience I gained from those 5 years with Andrea.  She’s  an intelligent and confident HR leader, whose focus on business, evidence based decision making, culture as a strategic advantage puts her at the top of the HR talent pool. Most notably, for me, she was an incredible boss who has the skills and EQ to build a highly engaged and loyal team.