Introduction to our Spring 2021 SHRM SDSU president

Introduction to our Spring 2021 SHRM SDSU president

Anna Freeman, SHRM SDSU President

Hello! My name is Anna Freeman, and I am the President for the SDSU SHRM chapter for Spring 2021. I am very excited to work closely with our members, alums, and HR professionals who all share the same passion for HR.

Our Executive officer team; Luis Rodriguez (Vice President), Paul Dominguez (Secretary), and Joseph Escandon (Treasurer) along with our advisor, Dr. Michelle Dean, have been planning hard over the winter break to prepare for this upcoming semester.

Our first event is our Spring Kick-Off Event, in which we provide the benefits of our chapter to SDSU students and allow them to learn more about what our organization can offer. We will be having our Executive in Residence, Andy Esparza, share his advice on HR and the benefits of joining SDSU SHRM. For our second event, we welcome multi-million copy best selling author, Dr. Bob Nelson, to talk on managing virtual employees. For our third event, we will have David Ramirez from Western Digital speak to us about HR people analytics. For our last speaker event for the semester we will host Guissu Baier, co-founder of The People Collective, speak to us on creating an organizational culture, even during a pandemic. 

We are also looking forward to our annual HR Speed Mentoring Event on April 13th. Many SD SHRM members have participated in this event in the past, and we are hoping to have many participate again this year as well! Our event will be different this year as it will need to be held virtually, so mentors and mentees will be participating from the comfort of their laptop rather than joining us on campus. This event was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, and we are excited to bring it back this year in this alternative format. Here, students will be able to receive advice and talk to HR professionals. If you are interested in participating as a mentor at this event, or if you would like to join us as a guest for any of our virtual events, please email me at shrmsdsu.president@gmail.com. 

Our student chapter is very excited for this upcoming semester and all the events that we have planned. We are also very excited to partner with San Diego SHRM and appreciate all the support we receive to prepare to enter the HR profession.