Sarah Laboranti is a motivated HR professional with over twenty-five years of experience. She graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, completed her MBA with the University of Tennessee, and holds her SHRM-CP professional certification. Prior to her consulting career, Sarah spent 13 years serving in multiple HR leadership roles within one of the largest hospital systems in East Tennessee. Sarah steered the implementation of a new HRIS/Payroll system, led all system-wide HR policy changes during multiple health system mergers & acquisitions, and served as the health system’s “internal consultant” to over 2,700 employees and leaders on matters of employee relations, corporate policy, HRIS, and leadership development. Sarah is passionate about bringing new ideas to the workforce and leveraging HR’s important role in the organization. She has an upbeat attitude toward the role of Human Resources, in which HR is empowered to “do the right thing” for employees, leaders, the business, and the community. Her leadership success, in or out of the work environment, lies in her drive to consistently rally great people around her and do what it takes to find answers, get resources, and win as a team.