Columbus Consolidated Government
Clerk of Council
Biographical Sketch of Board Member Nominee Form
Name:
Audrey D Hollingsworth
Nominated By Councilor:
Nominated for what board:
Date Nominated:
12/13/2011
Non-Board Member?
For Position Formerly Held By:
Lori Auten
Nominee's Home Address:
6686 Woodberry Road
Columbus, GA 31904
Nominee Resides In State Senatorial District No.:
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If less than one year, list former city:
Nominee's Phone Numbers:
Home
706-563-4691
Work
706-649-4975
Cell
706-573-6571 (work)
Nominee's Business Address:
Synovus
Synovus Centre
P.O. Box 120
Columbus, GA 31902
Nominee's Email Address:
audreyhollingsworth@synovus.com
Nominee's Occupation:
Human Resources
Nominee's Civic Activities:
Trustee St Francis Hospital
Board Member United Way Chattahoochee Valley
Advisory Council-CSU Women's Leadership Conference
Comments:
See Attach Resume
AUDREY D. HOLLINGSWORTH
6686 Woodberry Road, Columbus, GA 31904
706.573.7591 cell and 706.649.4975 office
audrey@hollingsworth-group.com
CORPORATE HUMAN RESOURCES EXECUTIVE
Strategic Human Resources Executive with a background in Talent Management,
Leadership Development Change Management and Organizational Development.
Direct management experience in all human resource disciplines. Experience
developing and designing effective People Development programs to improve
leadership and individual performance. Adept at leading companies through
significant Change Management challenges including consolidations and staff
reductions. Effective at driving cultural change, continuous improvement
projects, and developing corporate strategic initiatives. Recognized for
collaborative leadership style, innovation and creativity, strong commitment to
customer service, and driving results through teamwork. Consistently recognized
as a high performer and high potential candidate.
Special Expertise: Talent Acquisition; Talent Management and Optimization;
Performance Management ; Strategic Development ; Leading High Performance Teams
; Diversity Management; Mentoring/Coaching ; Workforce Planning
Partnered with Executive Management and led numerous company-wide initiatives
that improved business processes, changed organizational direction and
transformed business practices.
Spearheaded multiple people development initiatives that led to Synovus?
designation as a Great Place to Work for five consecutive years.
Implemented effective talent management, diversity strategies and leadership
programs to align with business goals that resulted in enhanced team and
organizational performance.
Facilitated consolidation, integration, reorganization and realignment efforts
across the enterprise and within the Human Resources organization.
Reduced over $1M in annual operating expenditures by re-allocating resources,
implementing process efficiencies, eliminating redundancies, and improving
processes that contributed to significant organizational change.
Facilitated the smooth downsizing and transition of business units by
establishing and managing comprehensive separation and career transition
programs.
Administered effective Employee Relations/Compliance strategies resulting in
the avoidance of millions of dollars in legal costs, lawsuits, EEOC charges and
OFCCP fines.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SYNOVUS FINANCIAL SERVICES 1990 - Present
(A $34B financial holding company with over 6500 team members).
Group Executive Vice President (CHRO) 2011-present
Responsible for Managing and Directing HR Business Partners, Recruiting,
Benefits, HR Shared Services, Compensation. Position reports to Chief
Administrative Officer for Corporate. Team consists of 55 members; budget of
approximately $13.5M. Responsibilities include establishing the strategy and
direction for all aspects of the human resources function.
AUDREY D. HOLLINGSWORTH PAGE TWO
Synovus continued
Successfully converted Employee Stock Purchase platform from BNY Mellon to
Fidelity as system administrator to provide more comprehensive and integrated
services for team members
Executed Salary Pool to provide available funds for the purpose of managing
talent retention risks
Designed creative compensation award programs for key leaders during lean
economic period
Refined talent and succession management program to ensure skill gaps, ready
replacements and retention risks were addressed
Instrumental in the implementation of a number of team member efficiency
efforts (executive perquisities, benefits cost savings efforts, consolidation
of Credit, Processing functions, etc.)
Administered successful transition and reorganization of HR team through
headcount reductions and various efficiency efforts with no loss of services to
business units. Resulted in $1.5M savings
Senior Director, People Development (2007 ? 2011)
Responsible for Managing and Directing Corporate HR, Talent Management,
Corporate Recruiting and Learning and Development. Position reports to Group
Executive for Human Resources, Team Services Division. Team consists of 40
members; budget of approximately of $8M. Responsibilities include talent/
performance management, leadership development, workforce planning, compliance,
recruiting/selection.
Implemented corporate mentoring program resulting in cross-functional
leadership development, increased job performance, networking opportunities and
broader career opportunities.
Established and facilitated Leadership Development Council comprised of
internal and external ?thought leaders? resulting in a comprehensive and
integrated leadership development strategy.
Led strategic efforts designed to revamp company Leadership Expectations model
and codify corporate leadership behaviors and values.
Implemented corporate Executive Coaching process to improve executive
performance around defined leadership competencies.
Implemented cost effective strategies to streamline and improve Leadership
Institute Program/ Curriculum resulting in a savings of approximately $482,000
on a $1.5M program.
Senior Vice President, Director of Financial Services HR Management (2005 ?
2007)
Managed and directed Corporate and Bank Human Resources. Team included 42
Human Resources professionals and budget of approximately $8M. Delivered Human
Resources services across the five-state footprint of the organization to
include Employee Relations and Recruiting/Staffing functions.
Led the successful consolidation and integration of the bank HR function into
the holding company HR division as a component of a quality and efficiency
initiative.
Reduced HR delivery costs by $ 400,000, aligned HR strategies with the business
objectives and positioned HR Managers as strategic business partners.
Led a team to implement a comprehensive, corporate on-boarding program designed
to improve cycle time and communication channels for supervisors and New Hires.
Senior Vice President, Director of Diversity Initiatives (2000-2005)
Developed, designed and implemented the company?s first Diversity Initiative.
Led the Corporate Executive Diversity Council and launched programs that
improved demographic composition of the leadership talent pool, increased
retention rate of minorities/females, improved the attraction rate of Synovus,
and reduced costs through an established vendor management program.
Synovus- Functional Leadership Positions- Employee Relations,
Staffing,Compliance (1995-2005)
TSYS- formerly a Synovus subsidiary-Various Functional HR Leadership Positions
(1990-1995)
EDUCATION
Masters of Science, Management, Troy State University
Bachelors of Science, Business Education, University of Georgia
Executive Management Program, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University,
Human Resources Executive Management Program, Center for Creative Leadership
CERTIFICATIONS
Human Capital Institute Certification, 2009
Hogan Certification, 2009
Kotter Change Management Certification, 2008
Certification in Lominger Competencies, 2007
AUDREY D. HOLLINGSWORTH PAGE THREE
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Human Resources, 1993-Present
Rotary Club, 2001-2009 (Program Chair, Board Member)
Columbus State University-Women?s Conference Advisory Committee, 2006-Current
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Leadership Georgia Alumnus, 2001, (Chairman, President, Trustee)
St Francis Hospital Board of Directors, 2008-Current
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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