RY&A comprises a network of professionals
carefully selected for top-notch performance, common sense and practical experience
in a wide array of industries and government.
Rhoma Young formed Rhoma Young & Associates in 1983. Her commitment is to
guide organizations through planning and problem-solving/avoidance strategies
in employee/labor relations, work force reductions, managing and evaluating
employee performance and labor market forecasting. She is a recognized expert
in equal employment, affirmative action, and sexual harassment. Rhoma is a frequent
seminar presenter, has taught at the University of California, Mills College,
and San Francisco State, and testifies as an expert witness in wrongful termination
and discrimination court cases. She currently is active in NCHRC's Legislative
Affairs Committee, is a member of SHRM's national Legislative Committee and
was a Coro Foundation City Focus participant. She has an MA in management from
Pepperdine University, was a Weinberg fellow at Cornell's School of Industrial
Relations, and did her undergraduate work at UCLA.
Prior to building up her consulting practice, Rhoma managed Equal Employment
for Boise Cascade, a major paper and forest products company with over 30,000
employees. As Labor Relations Supervisor in a General Motors plant employing
5,000, she successfully negotiated numerous labor conflicts. Her government
experience includes engineering personnel changes during several years with
Los Angeles County. She moves comfortably from handling individual employee
disputes to shaping corporate and public policy decisions.
Jennifer Hanley is principal of Access Consulting, specializing in equal employment
opportunity, affirmative action and workforce diversity. Working to minimize
discrimination liability, legal exposure and compliance problems, she collaborates
with clients to develop Affirmative Action Programs, conduct organizational
needs assessments and to design effective recruitment strategies.
Serving as a liaison with the OFCCP, Jennifer provides on-site support through
Compliance Reviews and in responding to Conciliation Agreements. She conducts
salary equity comparisons, develops and manages EEO/diversity-related projects
and programs, and audits hiring, compensation and training processes.
Drawing on her analytical skills, Jennifer develops, conducts and analyzes employee
surveys relating to human resources issues. Using her findings, she creates
organizational planning tools and prescribes changes that improve job satisfaction,
retention and productivity. She also helps clients recruit diverse applicants,
writes job descriptions, screens resumes and interviews candidates.
Jennifer has both strategic and human resources management consulting experience,
and has served as Acting EEO/Diversity Programs Manager for major hi-tech companies.
Linda Hutchinson Grossman has a 20-year track record in contract compliance
and human resources. She brings depth and experience in equal employment opportunity
and affirmative action, performance appraisal development, and personnel management.
Linda worked for Crown Zellerbach Corporation as Manager of Executive Compensation,
Supervisor of Headquarters Personnel, and Manager of Affirmative Action Programs.
She developed and implemented management and officer incentive programs and
also directed the development of affirmative action plans for 127 corporate
locations (30,000 employees). Linda personally supervised all Department of
Labor on-site compliance reviews, including conciliation negotiations. She developed
and conducted EEO training seminars for managers and supervisors. In addition
to investigating internal complaints, Linda conducted internal audits at more
than 20 local operations.
Prior to working in the private sector, Linda performed six years of government
service as an Equal Opportunity Specialist for the Departments of Labor Office
of Contract Compliance Programs and for Health, Education and Welfare and as
a Social Scientist for the Justice Department's National Institute of Law Enforcement
and Criminal Justice.
Since 1986, Linda has had her own consulting practice, working with industry,
retail companies, and local government, helping them move beyond compliance.
She has taught at the University of California's Santa Cruz extension HR certification
program, and has served as OFCCP liaison and secretary of the Southbay Industry
Liaison Group (ILG) since 1996. Her clients range from high tech, bio-medical,
food and forest products to research organizations.
Luanne McMaster is an insightful and practical human resource professional with
a proven track record. After time spent at Hilton and Hyatt, she joined the
Red Lion Inns Corporation where she rose to become the Vice President of Human
Resources. Responsible for 11,000 employees, she created a Corporate Human Resource
function with 14 regional HR locations reporting to her. In addition to compensation
and benefits, she was responsible for all employee and labor relations, including
the decertification of several unions, a variety of organizational campaigns
and many federal and state compliance issues. Rather than being reactive, Luanne
wrote and implemented a corporate-wide training program to develop all employees
and avoid compliance problems through a preventive strategy.
Her contributions and expertise were recognized by the Society of Human Resource
Management, who selected her as a member of its National Employee and Labor
Relations Committee. More recently, she has worked with many other organizations
to help them achieve federal and state employment law compliance through a comprehensive
audit of employment practices. In addition, she has conducted in-house training
programs for managers and supervisors. Her abilities and emphasis on training
stem from her fundamental belief in the importance of education. This belief
led her to serve as a member of SHRM's Education Task Force.
She handles special projects on an on-going basis for Jackson, Lewis Schnitzler
& Krupman., a law firm that practices labor, employment and benefits law
on behalf of management. She specializes in employee and labor relations, worker's
compensation, benefits, and training.
Diane Sanchez is a human resource and organizational development consultant,
specializing in organizational diagnosis and change management. She helps clients
integrate new management techniques into organization systems, focusing on solutions
that are aligned with business strategies. In addition Diane has worked extensively
in the field of workforce diversity and globalization. Diane has worked with
an international roster of clients--in both the private and public sector--whose
businesses include broadcasting, finance, law, manufacturing, and professional
services.
Diane has taught at the Haas School of Business at the University of California
and at San Francisco State University. She has held senior management positions
with J. Walter Thompson, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Bedford
Properties, Allegheny County and the State of Pennsylvania. Diane is active
in both professional and civic organizations, serving on the Civil Service Board
of the City of Oakland.
MiMi Tanner's 25 years of experience in equal employment opportunity and affirmative
action has provided her with outstanding consulting skills. She guides clients
through work force reductions, all forms of harassment issues, and the design
and implementation of training seminars to evaluate affirmative action compliance
and liability issues.
MiMi spent much of her working career with Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation.
Since then, she has shared her consulting expertise with a wide variety of organizations.
She has been affiliated with RY&A since 1990.
Eva, principal of ZBMC, a management consulting firm, has also been affiliated
with Rhoma Young & Associates since 1990. Her prior career spans twenty-two
years of diversified, progressively responsible positions with Goodyear Tire
& Rubber Company in Brazil and Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation.
Eva skillfully uses her consulting, trouble-shooting, managerial, recruiting
and administrative skills in the diverse areas of human resources, law, international
trading, financial planning and small business in varied industries and service
organizations. She is multi-lingual, has had significant international exposure,
and is active in professional, civic and community organizations. She currently
serves on the Legislative Affairs Committee of NCHRC.
