Laurie Huebner

I3 Consultant

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauriehuebner

Laurie Huebner joined Gulf Coast Community Foundation as an Invest In Incredible Consultant in April of 2015. Since then, she has also expanded her human resource consulting business to serve both non-profit and for profit  organizations.

Her board experience includes serving as a board member of the United Way of Westchester County, NY; board director and HR Committee Chairperson of My Possibilities in Plano, Texas; board director, vice president and president for the Heron Creek Community Foundation in North Port, FL, and current Board Chair of Loveland Center, Venice, FL., where she also served as Vice Chair and Governance Committee Chair. She is also certified in Board Governance, via Board Source.

Her corporate experience includes serving as Vice President of Human Resources for Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS), a Fortune 500 company which was formerly a regional, North American division of Cadbury Schweppes. In this role, she was responsible for providing senior HR business partner support to C-suite leaders and their functions, including finance, marketing, supply chain, R&D, corporate communications, legal, etc. Additionally, she managed organization development programs for the company. These included talent and succession planning; strategic HR planning; recruiting and on-boarding programs; executive search; organizational design; mergers & acquisitions; leadership coaching;  compensation & benefits; HR policy & programs; recognition programs; employee relations & engagement; change management; performance management; facilitation & team building; and, training & development with a focus on building culture and leadership capability.  Prior to her 20 years with Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Cadbury Schweppes, she was a self employed consultant specialising in organizational capability and capacity programs, HR policy and practice, AAP, Diversity and Employee Relations. Laurie began her career in the banking field in CT, rising to the role of VP of HR before she left to raise her family. Her education includes business and psychology programs at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT, and several leadership and management training programs throughout her career, most notably with the Center for Creative Leadership.

Laurie, who retired from corporate roles in 2013, can be found enjoying the Florida life and everything it has to offer in terms of beach, golf, gym, theater, restaurants, and outdoor activities with her husband Allen after relocating to the Gulf Coast in 2014. They also enjoy travel, especially visiting their sons Shane and Dylan several times a year who both reside in Avon, Colorado.