Meet the Human Resources (HR) Team

Erin Hillson (she/her/hers)

• Formulates, directs and coordinates human resources policies, programs and services.

Brad Wollmann (he/him/his)

• Citywide Position Control
• Agency Budget & Expenditures
• Data & Analysis
• Personnel Records
• Employee Data

Mike Lipski (he/him/his)

• Configure City-wide Human Resources Management system (HRM)
• Serve as System Administrator for the HRM, setting up users and creating workflows
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with the HRM
• Complete special projects at the request of the HR Director

Emaan Abdel-Halim (she/her/hers)

• Recruitment/Employment Processes & Issues
• Classification & Compensation Plans
• Strategic HR and Staffing Consultations for All Agencies

Julie Trimbell (she/her/hers)

• Recruitment Strategies
• Provide Assistance to Applicants & Agencies (listed below)
• Conduct Position Studies
• Coordinate Departmental Engagement Efforts
• Provide Strategic Assistance to Departments/Divisions (listed below)

Agencies: Building Inspection, CDA Housing, Community Development, DPCED Office of Director, Economic Development, Fire, Human Resources, Mayor's Office, Office of the Independent Police Monitor, Planning

Bill Wick (he/him/his)

• Recruitment Strategies
• Provide Assistance to Applicants & Agencies (listed below)
• Conduct Position Studies
• Coordinate Departmental Engagement Efforts
• Provide Strategic Assistance to Departments/Divisions (listed below)

Agencies: Attorneys, Common Council, Fleet, Finance, IT, Parks, Streets

Brooke Gillitzer (she/her/hers)

• Recruitment Strategies
• Provide Assistance to Applicants & Agencies (listed below)
• Conduct Position Studies
• Coordinate Departmental Engagement Efforts
• Provide Strategic Assistance to Departments/Divisions (listed below)

Agencies: Civil Rights, Clerks, EAP, Metro, Monona Terrace, Municipal Court, Police, Water Utility

Brittney Hayes (she/her/hers)

• Recruitment Strategies
• Provide Assistance to Applicants & Agencies (listed below)
• Conduct Position Studies
• Coordinate Departmental Engagement Efforts
• Provide Strategic Assistance to Departments/Divisions (listed below)

Agencies: Assessors, DOT Office of the Director, Engineering, Library, Parking Division, Parks Assist, Traffic Engineering

Javian Dayne (he/him/his)

• Recruitment
• Job Classification Research
• Job Screening
• Job Fairs

Juan Ortiz (he/him/his)

• Provide admin support for the HR Services team and help guide callers to proper resources for assistance.

Tory Larson (she/her/hers)

• City Benefits & Paperwork
• Health, Wage, & Life Insurance add dental, vision and Deferred Compensation
• Provide Retirement Benefits Consultations
• Help Administer Employee & Labor Relations
• New employee orientation general employees, police and fire.

Katarina Klafka (she/her/hers)

• Provide support to the HR Benefits team, the Employee & Labor Relations (ELR) team, and HR as a whole
• Process benefits paperwork for new hires and employees who experience qualifying events
• Help guide those who reach out to HR to proper resources for assistance

Melissa Mooney (she/her/hers)

• I support our agency through digitization of HR forms/documents
• I help onboard employees by collating all HR documents needed on their first day

Kurt Rose (he/him/his)

• Negotiate & Administer Labor Contracts for the City
• Manage Benefits, Occupational Accommodations, and Employee & Labor Relations
• Provide Manager and Supervisor Assistance on Employee Misconduct Investigations and Oversees the City's Performance Management Strategies and Interventions

Tameaka Bryant (she/her/hers)

• Provide Assistance to Managers, Supervisors, & Other Staff Related to ELR Functions
• Provide Training & Assistance on Discipline, Contract Compliance, & Performance Management
• Help Administer Benefits

Leah Reinardy (she/they)

• Provide Consultation & Support for Disability Rights Efforts
• Disability and Religious Reasonable Accommodations, Return-to-Work, & Supported Worker Programs, Internships and Other Work Experiences for People with Disabilities
• Manages Fitness for Duties

Brittany Brown (she/her/hers)

• FLMA & Drug Testing
• Wage Insurance Claims

Anne Nowak (she/they)

• Builds Organizational Capacity
• Provides strategic consultation to organizational leadership and agencies
• Oversees and manages the operations of the HR-OD Unit
• Oversees and manages the implementation of the City's L+D & Leadership Development programs
• Manage Consultation Requests and needs for Increasing Organizational Health & Effectiveness
• Gender-Inclusive Workplace Project
• Affinity Groups Guidance
• Executive Team Development

Jay Winston (she/her/hers)

• Improvement of Supervisor and Leadership Effectiveness
• Leadership / Supervisor Programming and Courses
• Lead Supervisor Orientation, the Mentorship Program, and The Supervisory Collective.
• 1:1 and Small Group Coaching
• Capacity Building
• Facilitation

Andie Hopkins (she/her/hers)

• Learning & Development for employees
• Developing Courses with Learning Partners
• Training and Curriculum Design
• Train the Trainer Program

Kara Kratowicz (she/her/hers)

• Performance Excellence
• Results Madison
• Change Management
• Organizational Sustainability
• Improvement of Overall Organizational Effectiveness
• Improvement of Organizational Capacity

Emily Jamieson (she/her/hers)

• All-City Course Calendar Management
• Learning Partners Program
• Resources/Webpages/Content Creation, Design, & Maintenance
• HR & HR-OD Event Coordination
• Marketing & Communications (Incl. HR-ICS & Newsletters)
• HR-OD Contracts/Purchasing