Meliessa Ogrodowski Email Address

Vice President of Human Resources

Craft Brew Alliance is a leader in brewing, branding, and bringing to market some of the world’s best-loved American craft beers.

Proven HR executive known for cultivating work environments that produce soaring employee engagement and superior business results – two inextricably connected outcomes. Head of HR | Change Agent Email: jmogrodowski@hotmail.com Expert change agent generating healthy culture rooted in transparency, empathy, accountability and trust. Demonstrated success driving culture improvement via senior leadership alignment and activation of leadership development and employee engagement mechanisms. Progressive HR leader prioritizing employee trust and empowerment in all HR-related functions: policy design, talent attraction & selection, on/offboarding, employee experience, compensation, benefits & wellbeing, performance assessment & management, engagement strategy, learning & development and conflict resolution. CORE COMPETENCIES •HR Strategy •HR Leadership •Organizational Development •Culture Change •Leadership Coaching & Development •Employee Learning & Development •Employee Experience, Engagement & Retention •Team Building & Development •Workshop Design & Facilitation •Talent Acquisition & Onboarding •Performance Appraisal & Management •Goal Setting & Measurement •People Metrics •Compensation & Benefits •Policy Design & Deployment •Workforce Planning •Legal Compliance & Risk Management •Corporate Communications •Process Improvement ACCOMPLISHMENTS Led two multi-year culture change initiatives each producing dramatically improved employee engagement thus generating improved business outcomes including profitability and financial gains. Designed and delivered leadership development programs, workshops and activities strengthening leadership bench and significantly improving workforce stability. Revamped performance appraisal, performance management and employee engagement processes to reflect cultural tenets and promote employee commitment and ownership. These adjustments cultivated manager/employee connection, accelerated performance corrections, and radically increased employee engagement levels respectively. Contact me at (206) 931-0582 for people, culture and HR leadership opportunities.