Stark County Human Resource Association, PO Box 20247, Canton, OH (2026)

05/28/2026

✨ Curious About SHRM Membership? Discover the Value of BOTH National & Local Connections! ✨

Whether you’re brand new to HR, an experienced professional, a people leader, or someone looking to grow your network and career — SHRM membership provides resources, education, advocacy, and connections that support you at every stage of your professional journey.

📅 Join the FREE SHRM Membership Benefits Webinar
🗓 June 9, 2026
⏰ 3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT

During this session, you’ll learn about:
✅ SHRM national member benefits and resources
✅ Professional development opportunities
✅ HR tools, templates, and certification support
✅ Networking and leadership opportunities
✅ Ways to stay informed on workplace trends and legislation

And locally… 👏

As an affiliate chapter of SHRM, provides members with incredible opportunities to connect right here in our community through:
⭐ Monthly professional development meetings
⭐ SHRM & HRCI certification credits
⭐ Dynamic speakers and timely HR topics
⭐ Networking with HR and business professionals
⭐ Access to local sponsors, partners, and resources
⭐ Leadership and volunteer opportunities
⭐ A welcoming HR community focused on learning and growth

At Stark County SHRM, we believe the combination of national SHRM resources and strong local chapter engagement creates an even more valuable membership experience.

📣 Please help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity with colleagues, HR professionals, emerging leaders, students, and anyone interested in growing their career in Human Resources.

05/27/2026

☕⚖️ HR professionals — make plans to join us for an important legislative and compliance update!

Stark County SHRM’s next **Coffee & Chat** will take place on **Tuesday, June 2 from 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.** featuring Kallen Boyer presenting a timely **Legislative Update** focused on today’s evolving employment and labor law landscape.

💻 Virtual Meeting
🎟️ FREE to all attendees
📌 Registration is required to receive the Zoom link

Topics include:
✔️ Recent developments in wage & hour investigations by the DOL
✔️ EEOC enforcement priorities
✔️ OSHA investigations
✔️ Emerging legislation impacting workplace policies and compliance obligations

Attendees will gain practical insight into evolving legal risks and regulatory trends relevant to HR professionals and organizational leaders — helping you stay informed, proactive, and prepared. ☕💬

05/12/2026

⚡ ONE WEEK FROM TODAY ⚡

We’re flipping HR upside down with one of the most powerful and energizing conversations HR professionals need RIGHT NOW. 🙌

Join Stark County SHRM on Tuesday, May 19 for:

🎤 John Bernatovicz
💡 Upside Down HR: A Completely New Vantage Point Where HR Leads the Future of Work

If you’re exhausted from constantly taking care of everyone else…
If you’re trying to lead through stress, burnout, and nonstop change…
If you’re ready for a fresh perspective on what HR leadership can look like…

THIS 👏 IS 👏 YOUR 👏 SESSION.

📍 Courtyard by Marriott Belden Village
⏰ 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM

✨ Expect:
🔥 Real conversations
🔥 Practical strategies
🔥 Big energy
🔥 Great networking
🔥 Ideas you can immediately apply

📚 Plus, CEUs pending for both SHRM and HRCI Organizational Certification !

👏 Huge thank you to our sponsor Willory as well as our 2026 Platinum Sponsor Krugliak Wilkins Griffiths & Dougherty Co LPA for their ongoing support!

⏳ Registration closes Friday at 5 PM — don’t miss it!
www.schra.OHIOSHRM.org

05/06/2026

What a week for the Stark County SHRM volunteer board leadership team! 🚀🌟

Earlier this week, we headed to Columbus for the Volunteer Leader Business Meeting with the Ohio SHRM State Council, an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and fellow SHRM chapters from across the state.

There’s something incredibly energizing about being in a room full of HR leaders who are all working toward the same goal — building stronger workplaces, stronger leaders, and stronger professional communities. 💼❤️

These meetings are always a powerful reminder that great local chapters don’t happen by accident. They happen because passionate volunteers are willing to collaborate, share ideas, challenge one another, and stay focused on delivering meaningful value for members.

We learned.
We laughed.
We shared ideas.
We talked strategy, programming, membership engagement, and the future of HR.

Most importantly, we made sure Stark County SHRM continues to stay on top of innovative programming, strong chapter leadership, and the evolving needs of HR professionals right here in Stark County. 🙌

A huge thank you to Heather Merrick, MBA, SHRM-SCP and Michael Aitken from SHRM for spending time with us and sharing insight, encouragement, and perspective.

And yes…we fully embraced the theme of the week:
✨ Monday: May the Fourth Be With You
🌮 Tuesday: Cinco de Mayo

Because if you know SHRM volunteer leaders…you know we can balance strategy meetings and fun better than just about anyone. 😂

Honestly, there’s nothing better than spending time with this incredible Stark County team. So proud of the passion, commitment, creativity, and heart they bring to our chapter every single day.

Thank you to our volunteer leaders who were able to attend: Valarie Nash, SHRM-SCP, Terri Fullmer, Stacey Fallot, SHRM-SCP, Freda Martin, PHR, SHRM-CP, Shantel Bradley, MBA, Kylee Stevens, Dustin Schlimm, Melissa Laskovski, and Jami Swain!

We definitely missed Stella Tsirelis, Abby Deligiannides, and Kallen Boyer this trip — but your presence was absolutely felt! ❤️

Here’s to continuing to grow, innovate, collaborate, and serve the HR community together. The future is bright for Stark County SHRM! ✨

05/04/2026

🔥 FLIP YOUR PERSPECTIVE, HR – THIS ONE IS 🔥🔥🔥

If you’ve ever thought…
👉 “I’m pouring into everyone else… but running on empty”
👉 “There has to be a better way to do HR”

THIS 👇 IS 👇 YOUR 👇 MEETING.

Stark County SHRM is bringing you a high-impact, perspective-shifting session you don’t want to miss!

📅 Tuesday, May 19, 2026
📍 Courtyard by Marriott Belden Village
⏰ 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM

🎤 Featuring John Bernatovicz
💡 Upside Down HR: A Completely New Vantage Point Where HR Leads the Future of Work

This isn’t your typical HR session…
This is the one that calls us OUT (in the best way) and shows us how to lead BETTER without burning out. 💥

✨ What’s waiting for you:
🔥 Real talk about burnout in HR (yes… we’re going there)
🔥 Practical ways to protect your energy AND elevate your impact
🔥 Strategies to handle overwhelmed managers + stressed organizations
🔥 A fresh mindset that will change how you show up at work (and at home)

🤝 PLUS:
✔️ Lunch + connection with your HR community
✔️ New ideas you can actually use immediately
✔️ The kind of conversation that sticks with you long after the meeting ends

📚 And yes… CEUs will be available for both SHRM and HRCI Organizational Certification 🙌

👏 Huge thank you to our May meeting sponsor Willory and our 2026 Platinum Sponsor Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A. for making this experience possible!

🎟️ $25 Members | $40 Guests
⏳ Registration closes Friday May 15 at 5 PM

👉 Don’t wait—grab your seat, bring a friend, and get ready to rethink everything you thought you knew about HR.

05/04/2026

☕🚨 LAST CALL – Don’t miss this tomorrow! 🚨☕

If hiring has felt harder…
If you’re questioning whether your assessments are actually helping…Or if you just want smarter, more strategic ways to build your team…

👉 You need to be in this conversation.

Join Stark County SHRM’s FREE Coffee & Chat:

🎯 Choosing Assessments that Work with Jill Windelspecht

We’re talking real, practical insights—not theory—on how to:
✔️ Stop guessing in your hiring decisions
✔️ Choose assessments that actually predict success
✔️ Align hiring with development and retention
✔️ Build stronger, more effective teams

📅 Tomorrow | Tuesday, May 5th
⏰ 7:30 – 8:30 AM
💻 Virtual | FREE

No travel. No cost. Just coffee ☕ and conversations that make you better at what you do.

And let’s be honest…if you’re making hiring decisions without the right tools, you’re leaving a lot to chance.

👉 Register now at schra.ohioshrm.org and grab the Zoom link!

Bring your coffee. Bring your questions. Bring a colleague. 👏

05/01/2026

☕✨ Hiring smarter starts with asking better questions—and using the right tools!

Join us for Stark County SHRM ’s next FREE Coffee & Chat as Jill Windelspecht shares how to choose assessments that actually work for hiring, talent development, and building stronger teams. 👏📈

If you’ve ever wondered:
✔️ Which assessments add real value
✔️ How to hire beyond the résumé
✔️ Ways to develop and retain top talent
✔️ What tools are worth the investment

…this conversation is for YOU!

📅 Tuesday, May 5th
⏰ 7:30 – 8:30 AM
💻 Virtual via Zoom
💲 FREE to attend

Start your morning with coffee, connection, and practical insights you can use immediately. ☕🚀

Register now at schra.ohioshrm.org for the Zoom link!

04/27/2026

🚨 MAY MEETING ALERT – You Do NOT Want to Miss This One! 🚨

Stark County SHRM is bringing the energy this May with an incredible in-person event designed to challenge the way we think about HR and the future of work!

📅 Tuesday, May 19, 2026
📍 Courtyard by Marriott - Belden Village
⏰ 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM
📚 As always, CEUs will be available for both SHRM and HRCI Organizational Certification!

🎤 Featuring John Bernatovicz
Upside Down HR: A Completely New Vantage Point Where HR Leads the Future of Work

This powerful session will explore how HR professionals can stop running on empty, reclaim their energy, and step boldly into strategic leadership. 💥

✨ You’ll leave with insights on:
✅ Preventing burnout and protecting your well-being
✅ Strengthening resilience and emotional intelligence
✅ Tackling manager readiness and workplace stressors
✅ Elevating HR’s impact in today’s organizations
🤝 Plus, enjoy lunch, networking, and connection with fellow HR professionals who understand the work you do every day.

🎟️ Members $25 | Guests $40
👏 Special thanks to Willory for sponsoring this event and to Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A. for serving as our 2026 Platinum Sponsor!

Seats will fill fast—register today and join us for a meeting that could truly shift your perspective.
www.schra.ohioshrm.org

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04/25/2026

🎉🍸 Connection. Community. Career Growth. 🍸🎉

What an incredible night at our Stark County SHRM Cocktails & Careers After Hours Fundraiser!

Yes—we had fun (a LOT of it 😄)… but what stood out most was the power of connection 💬🤝

This is what SHRM is all about—bringing HR professionals together to learn from one another, support one another, and elevate our profession right here in Stark County 💙

Because of YOU, we also raised $400 for our annual scholarship program 🎓—investing in the future of HR and continuing to grow the strength of our network for years to come 👏

A huge thank you to The 410 Bistro & Lounge 🍹 for creating such a fun and welcoming space for connection (and those cocktails…🔥)

And to our guest bartenders — Carlin Isles,OLY & Anne Richards, SPHR, SCP — thank you for bringing the energy and making the night even more memorable! 🙌

Events like this remind us that when we invest in relationships, we strengthen our profession 💡

💬 If you missed it but still want to support the scholarship program, you can donate on our website! www.SCHRA.OHSHRM.org

🍸✨

04/23/2026

💙 National Volunteer Week 💙

Let’s take a moment to recognize and celebrate the incredible volunteer leaders of Stark County SHRM.

President - Valarie Nash, SHRM-SCP
Vice President - Stacey Fallot, SHRM-SCP
Secretary - Freda Martin, PHR, SHRM-CP
Treasurer - Shantel Bradley, MBA
Chapter Management Professional - Terri Fullmer
Past President - Stella Tsirelis
College Relations/Emerging Professionals - Jami Swain
Communications/Social Media Director - Abby Deligiannides
DEIB Director - Dustin Schlimm
Government Affairs/Legislative Director - Kallen Boyer
Membership Director - Kylee Stevens
Workforce Development Director - Melissa Laskovski

This chapter doesn’t run on autopilot—it runs on people. People who give their time after long workdays. People who show up early, stay late, and step in wherever needed. People who care deeply about elevating the HR profession and supporting one another.

✨ From planning meaningful programming
✨ To creating spaces for real conversations
✨ To building connections that truly matter

Our volunteer leaders are the reason this chapter continues to grow, evolve, and make an impact.

Serving alongside this group as President has been one of the most rewarding experiences—because I get to witness firsthand the dedication, creativity, and heart that each of you brings to the table.

👏 THANK YOU for your leadership
👏 THANK YOU for your commitment
👏 THANK YOU for making a difference—not just in this chapter, but across our community

If you’ve ever attended an event, made a connection, or learned something new through Stark County SHRM…you’ve been impacted by a volunteer leader.

And that matters. 💙

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