Laura Corey, SPHR, Principal of E. K. Ward & Associates of the Southern Tier, is a founder and President of the Jamestown-area chapter of SHRM. She brings more than 20 years of human resources experience to EKW&A of the Southern Tier. As a former Director of Human Resources for one of the largest worldwide ISO-9000 registrars, Laura has proven leadership skills in staffing and recruitment, training and development, employee relations, organizational development, compensation and benefits as well as experience in international human resource management. Her experience in a team-based Fortune 300 corporation's start-up manufacturing facility with first line supervision, high performance work teams, and organizational skills assessment and development has given her extensive manufacturing expertise along with international and service operational capabilities