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Throughout Carla’s career as a Human Resources professional, her core values of demonstrating passion, commitment, empowerment, empathy, respect, adaptability, and effective communication have been consistently present in her work and when partnering and coaching others.
Carla is a proud alum of The College of Saint Rose, where she achieved her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Master’s in Education, and Master’s in Business Administration. Carla has enjoyed her exciting journey in the field of Human Resources, and being immersed in the transformation of this profession that is now proactive and strategic in nature with a significant focus on the employee experience. A majority of her career path has been in the field of higher education where she was a strategic visionary as well as expert in a variety of functional areas to include compensation, benefits, performance management, employee relations, labor relations, talent acquisition, and organizational development and training. During the past seven years, Carla also had the opportunity to have a positive impact and make significant contributions as a Principal HR professional within a high-tech industry.
Coupled with Carla’s professional work experience, she has also served in leadership roles with CUPA-HR and as a board of trustees’ member for a local, private school. Carla is currently the President of the Blue Creek Parent Teacher Association (PTA), and this is only one way that demonstrates her passion for volunteerism in the community. In 2024, Carla received her Senior Certified Professional through the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM-SCP). Carla is a passionate Human Resources professional who enjoys building trusting relationships with others and working through challenging situations delivering the best possible solution.
Carla is proud to share that she has a wonderful husband, two loving children Ella and AJ, as well as a wheaten terrier dog Sadie. Outside of work, Carla enjoys spending time watching her daughter play soccer, coaching AJ’s soccer team, and watching him play baseball. Carla also sneaks in “me time” to run, cross-country ski, take yoga classes, and bake.