About Us
The Society for Human Resource Management has more than 575 affiliate chapters both in the United States and abroad, and provide additional programming and networking opportunities in your local area. SHRM chapters are autonomous organizations, so it is not automatic that you will be a member of your local chapter when you join SHRM at the national level, and vice versa. To learn more about our local chapter, the Western Kansas Human Resource Management Association, contact us at wkhrma@gmail.com.
OUR MISSION
Develop a strong network of western Kansas human resource professionals and facilitate their growth so they may add value to the companies they serve. The Chapter is the Western Kansas Human Resource Management Association. We are affiliated with the Society for Human Resource Management. We are a professional organization for persons specifically engaged in personnel or human resource management. Designed to further high standards of performance and professionalism among its members. Join us Today!
WHAT IS WKHRMA?
The Western Kansas Human Resource Management Association (WKHRMA) is a professional organization for persons specifically engaged in personnel or human resource management. Designed to further high standards of performance and professionalism among its members, WKHRMA is affiliated with the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)
HISTORY OF WKHRMA
After attending a KS SHRM conference in 2002, it occurred to me there were no close local chapters in Western Kansas for HR professionals to meet regularly and network. I obtained a list of attendees at the conference and wrote a letter to all who had attended from the Western Kansas area to determine if there was an interest in starting a local chapter. Twenty-five of us from various towns in Western Kansas met at Midwest Energy (Hays, Kansas) to discuss the need for a chapter It was agreed to start the charter process with SHRM. It took a couple months, but in December of 2002 we received our charter. Western Kansas Human Resource Management Association (WKHRMA) had its official chapter meeting in January of 2003 in the basement of the old Commerce Bank (Hays, Kansas). And as the saying goes – the rest is history. Linda Miller, WKHRMA’s first Chapter President (2003)
WKHRMA PRESIDENTS
2003 Linda Miller
2004 Tom Zerfas
2005 Brad Schumacher
2006 Ed Webb
2007 Linda Frederick
2008 Chris Burger
2009 Phyllis LaShell
2010 Cathy McKinley
2011 Camber Borland
2012 Phyllis LaShell
2013 Erin Giebler
2014 Jordan Kroeger
2015 Steve Stults
2016 Sherry Dryden
2017 Megan Ball
2018 Erin Giebler
2019 LeAnn Brown
2020 Hannah Hilker
2021 Christine Stacken
2022 Liesel Sims-Staab 2023 Liesel Sims-Staab 2024 Amanda Cadle
