The January meeting, led by Kayla Clark and Dennis Stripling with the West Alabama Regional Commission, will focus on the topic of "Issues for Older Workers."

Kayla Clark has been with West Alabama’s Area Agency on Aging for ten years. Her most recent role has been coordinating the State Health Insurance and Assistance Program (SHIP). The Area Agency on Aging hosts the SHIP (State Health Insurance and Assistance Program). This is a federally funded Medicare counseling program. SHIP is a great resource for your employees! SHIP offers free and unbiased Medicare education to those who are turning 65 but continuing to work, retiring and losing group health insurance, need assistance with Medicare enrollment, as well as coordination of benefits information. 

The February meeting will focus on the subject of "Mentoring the Next Generation of HR," led by Greta Wages, Senior Clinical Instructor in the Management Department at the Culverhouse School of Business, University of Alabama. Greta will address three main topics:

1. She will provide an overview of the HR program at the University of Alabama.

2. She will discuss the internship process, including some important new information for non-profits starting in 2025.

3. Lastly, she will discuss the exciting new student mentoring program and will be looking for volunteers to participate.

A little about Greta: Greta Wages is a Senior Clinical Instructor in the Management Department of Culverhouse. She teaches human resources courses on topics such as compensation and performance reviews, employee relations, training and development, strategic human resources, and others.

Greta is a native of Alabama and a proud graduate of The University of Alabama. She obtained her Master's degree from Mississippi State University. Greta began her career in Human Resources in the automotive field in Tuscaloosa following her formal education.  After five years in automotive, Greta moved to food manufacturing and held several roles in Human Resources with two very large food companies for the next 16 years.

Greta and her husband, John Rundles, made a strategic family decision to relocate back to Alabama following assignments in Iowa, Arizona, California, and Georgia; they returned to Alabama in late 2014, and Greta returned to automotive HR. Immediately prior to joining the University of Alabama staff in 2023, she worked for approximately 5 years as the Regional Director of Human Resources for Coca-Cola United based out of Birmingham, AL.

Currently, Greta and John reside in Northport, AL.

The SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP Test Preparation Boot Camp will be hosted by the University of Alabama from April 16 to April 18, 2025, in Birmingham, AL. Zoom streaming will be available.

Registration for the boot camp is now open! For more information and to register, please visit https://training.ua.edu/shrm-test-prep/.

Please note that this workshop is not affiliated with WASHRM.

For more information on the conference, Click Here.