Dr. Lisabeth Gencavage

Experience

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  Captal Area Society for Human Resources

  Sept 1991 - Feb 1995

  Founder and President

  Founded the first SHRM Chapter in the Harrisburg, PA, area that included professionals from all levels. Held Annual HR & Legal Conference with over 150 participants. Served as President for four years. This chapter later merged with another Harrisburg chapter to form the current Human Resource Professionals of Central PA chapter.

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  Graham Packaging

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2004

  Manager, Learning, Development & Corporate Staffing

  Led training, organizational, and leadership development for global engineering and manufacturing organization. Developed first successful plant management feeder pool through creation of year-long Rotational Training Program pairing hands-on and classroom learning across the US. Created Global Management Development Program for managers from over 20 different countries.Led staffing function for entire US portion of Graham, with over 5000 employees. Managed nation-wide relocation program with over 25 moves per year. Sourced new moving company at lower cost and higher customer satisfaction ratings.Managed all H1B1 visa applications for employees from other countries, resulting in timely renewal of visas for this group of employees every year. Show less

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  York Business Diversity Consortium

  Jul 2000 - Oct 2003

  Founding Council Member & Co-President

  One of original founding members of diversity consortium of York, PA, companies focused upon improving upward mobility of diverse professionals among our organizations. Created successful diversity/senior leadership networking endeavors. Served as Co-President for two years.

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  Comcast

  Jul 2006 - Jan 2012

  Director of Human Resources

  Boosted employee retention rate from 60% to 90% and saved company $540 k in hiring and training costs by initiating survivor interviews, new hire surveys, quality-of-hire surveys for supervisors & employee opinion surveys. Shared across company as Best Practice.Led successful start-up staffing initiatives for growth of 24/7 customer service center. Filled almost 400 positions over several months. Developed Quality of Hire measures to demonstrate success of new hires on the job.High profile position providing strategic direction and tactical HR management for 1000 employees & business partners in two locations. Led programs in staffing, merit and incentive compensation, benefits, legal compliance, and development. Evaluated employee feedback to launch improvement projects affecting employee engagement, retention, and new-hire acclimation. Led and supported senior management in performance evaluation, goal setting, continuous coaching, SAP usage, development planning, merit calibration, workforce planning and strategic staffing.Spearheaded conversion of performance management process into SAP based tool for all employees. Created Excel tool that interactively modeled performance calibration across employee groups reflecting employee ratings and distribution by director, manager, and supervisor. Selected due to expertise to participate in two live company-wide broadcasts demonstrating calibrating performance among management teams. Show less

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  PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  Victim Witness Training Coordinator

  Designed professional development training programs for Victim Advocates across the state of Pennsylvania under grants from the Pennsylvania Coalition on Crime and Delinquency. Worked three days per week while attending doctoral program full-time plus teaching graduate class in Training and Development.

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  Villanova University

  May 2013 - Nov 2022

  Adjunct Professor for Human Resource Development Masters Program

  Teach live online classes in organizational training and development to master's level students across the country. Villanova's HRD online masters program is one of the most highly rated programs in the United States. Teaching evaluations show that my interactive approach to teaching, including group work, active student participation, and peer learning is very effective and engaging.

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  UCP Central PA

  Apr 2014 - Jul 2017

  Chief Human Resources Officer

  Responsible for all HR and Staff Development functions for $30 million nonprofit serving people with disabilities in over 17 PA counties. Developed customized, highly rated supervisor training program, led staff retention team, piloted new hire mentor program, helped create innovative recognition program, created monthly electronic employee newsletter.Redesigned and revamped entire HR function, including process improvements, and program development resulting in over $140,000 of savings to the agency. Show less

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  Eames Talent Resources

  Jul 2017 - Jan 2019

  Human Capital Consultant

  Eames Talent Resources provides HR expertise and consulting for businesses, as well as Executive Recruitment services at a flat rate of 10% per placement.Lisabeth Eames Capozzi has successfully recruited for over 20 years across industries and nonprofits. She has filled positions for CEO, Director of Operations, COO, CFO, Compliance, Director of Development, Plant Manager, and more, by using diverse sourcing methods to carefully match candidate strengths to organizational goals. She has also provided consulting services to executives on strategic planning, leadership development, change management, navigating mergers and acquisitions, employee engagement, and innovative approaches to performance management and compensation calibration.Ms. Capozzi has created customized training programs for many organizations in the areas of Supervisor Training, Difficult Conversations, Team Building, Mobile Learning, Employee Development Methods, Organizational Culture Change, Interviewing Skills, and Employee Engagement. She has created both live and web-based training modules. Show less

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  Geisinger

  Jan 2019 - Jun 2021

  Organizational Development Specialist

  Lead Partners in Leadership executive leadership development programManage Geisinger/University of Scranton MBA ProgramImplementation Team Member for Geisinger Career CenterDesign and develop ILT Leadership Development, Micro-learning modules, and web-based trainingTeach Cognitive Elements of Learning DesignOversee Executive Coaching ProgramProvide customized OD solutions upon consultation with internal clientsAssist in Organizational Learning Needs AnalysisCreated innovative Transfer of Learning methodsDrafted new OD Effectiveness MetricsProvided new ways to market OD services and impactCo-Lead on Learning Team for Human Capital Management System Implementation Show less

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  Eames Talent Resources LLC

  Apr 2022 - now

  Organizational Development Consultant

  Make learning work for you. Organizational needs analysis, video micro-learning, leadership development programs, executive coaching, customized training design and facilitation, planned development programs, HCM implementation training and toolkits.

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  Elizabethtown College School of Graduate and Professional Studies

  Sept 2022 - now

  Instructional Designer