The 2013 SHRM Board of Directors will be chaired by Bette J. Francis, SPHR, vice president/director of human resources for Wilmington Trust Wealth Advisory Services in Wilmington, Del. A SHRM member since 1990 and a board member since 2007, Francis will replace current chair Jose A. Berrios in January. Berrios will serve as immediate past chair in 2013, after completing his two-year term as chair.
Elected as at-large members to the Board of Directors by SHRM members were: Jorge Consuegra, partner at the communications agency The Fearless Group (two-year term); My-Chau Nguyen, CPA, senior vice president of customer relationship marketing for Sirius XM Radio (two-year term); Coretha M. Rushing, GPHR, senior vice president and chief human resources officer, Equifax Inc. (three-year term); Brian D. Silva, SPHR, GPHR, senior vice president of human resources and administration, Fresenius Medical Care (three-year term); José Tomas, SPHR, president of Latin America and Caribbean and global chief people officer, Burger King Corp. (three-year term); David Windley, former chief human resources officer at Yahoo! (one-year term).
“We welcome this group of six accomplished HR professionals and business leaders to the SHRM Board. Their experiences reflect the diverse business backgrounds needed to guide an association of SHRM’s size and scope in 2013 and beyond,” said Henry G. (Hank) Jackson, president and CEO of SHRM. Jackson is an ex officio voting member of the board.
Also on the board but not requiring election for 2013 are Jeffrey M. Cava; James A. Kaitz; Gary P. Latham, Ph.D.; and Virda M. Rhem, SPHR.