CNY SHRM names board executive committee officers

SYRACUSE — The Central New York Society for Human Resource Management (CNY SHRM) recently named the following individuals to the executive-committee leadership of its board of directors.

President: Iolanda Cooper, employee advocate, Wegmans Food Markets. Cooper has more than 22 years of human-resources experience with specialization in talent management including workforce planning, recruiting, performance management, employee development ,and employee engagement. As a Wegmans employee advocate, she is responsible for working with the management team in implementing training, recruiting, performance management, employee engagement, compliance, workers’ compensation, benefits, and more. Cooper is the 2022 board president and Central New York representative to the NYS SHRM Council. She is seeking reelection for 2023. 

Vice President: Caprice Reader, senior human-resources consultant, GTM Payroll and HR. With nearly 15 years of comprehensive human-resources experience, Reader is a trusted advisor to her clients and colleagues. Her areas of expertise include internal policy and procedure compliance review, HR audits, workplace investigations, mediations, employee relations, and training and development. As a well-regarded compliance specialist and leader of GTM’s handbook division, Reader monitors multi-state legislative amendments and policy proposals, ensuring her clients and fellow colleagues are on the forefront of relevant changes. 

Secretary: Tiffany Falcone, senior marketing manager at HR Works. She is responsible for overseeing the company’s internal and external branding and marketing efforts. Falcone has 10 years of marketing experience with a focus on branding, digital marketing, content development, and graphic design. Before joining HR Works in 2015, she also gained experience in various areas of HR, such as recruiting, employee relations, talent management, and culture and engagement. Throughout her career, Falcone has managed several website design and redesign projects across different platforms, implemented client and employee-facing email marketing programs, and has been involved in designing brand identities for multiple organizations. At HR Works, she has helped increase brand awareness through digital-marketing campaigns and advertising opportunities and has been involved with special projects and initiatives that support the company’s strategic direction.

Treasurer: Jay Jerose, principal at The Bonadio Group. As a member of the firm’s small business advisory practice and the cannabis industry practice, he provides tax, attestation, business valuation and consulting services to businesses and individuals across a variety of industries, including cannabis. Jerose has specific focuses in passthrough taxation, sales and use taxes, federal excise taxes, fuel excise taxes, start-up consulting, projections/forecasting, as well as reviews and compilations of financial statements.

CNY SHRM was founded in 1974 and has more than 500 members. As an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the chapter exists to provide a wide variety of professional development and networking opportunities for HR professionals in the greater Syracuse area.