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Torres installs SHRM board members today
Lt. Gov. Ralph Torres will swear in today this year’s board of directors of the Society for Human Resource Management NMI Chapter at the Charley’s Cabaret of the Pacific Islands Club.
This year will mark the Chapters 18th year of providing an affiliate branch of the National Society for Human Resource Management Association for the Commonwealth’s human resource professionals.
The Chapter’s 2015 board of directors is composed of president Frank L. Gibson, owner, HR Support, CNMI (1997 founding member); vice president Josephine DLG Mesta, director of Human Resources, Hyatt Regency Saipan (1997 founding member); treasurer Esther Ada, Human Resource manager, DFS Saipan, Ltd.; secretary Micah Parico-Acuavera, executive assistant, Triple J Saipan, Inc.; board members Ernesto Lacorte, chief financial officer, Saipan SDA Clinic; Evan Hunsberger, training manager, Pacific Islands Club Saipan; Bertha C. Leon Guerrero, Human Resource manager, Micronesia Resorts, Inc.; and adviser Maria Luisa Ernest, director of Human Resources, Tan Holdings, Inc.. They will be joined on the board by past president Nora Mae Sablan, service manager, TakeCare Insurance Company, Inc.
Besides conducting the installation ceremony, Torres will also be the special guest speaker at the Chapter’s first general membership meeting today. He will address issues related to what the human resource community can expect in the upcoming year relative to jobs, immigration issues, the workforce, workforce training opportunities, the looming manpower shortage with the anticipated casinos and other development, and other employment and human resource related topics. Torres will also respond to questions from the audience.
Today’s meeting will be held from 11:30am to 1:30pm and will include lunch at a cost of $20 for SHRM members and $30 for non-members. Seats are limited and can be reserved by contacting Parico-Acuavera by phone at 234-1795 or by e-mail at corpoffice@triplejsaipan.com or by e-mail to Gibson at flgibson@yahoo.com. (SHRM)
