What SHRM Foundation Can Do For You
Every year, SHRM Foundation distributes over $700,000 in scholarships, grants, and awards and channels thousands of HR professionals through mentorship, training, and certification opportunities offered at low or no cost. Whether you are a student preparing to enter the field of HR, an emerging professional looking to find your way, a mid-career professional looking to grow and upskill, or a seasoned professional worthy of being celebrated for your contributions to the HR field, the SHRM Foundation has ways of supporting you on your journey. In this session, hear from Lana Williams, who leads our efforts to strengthen the HR field, about how you can access financial support for schooling, credentialing, or certification; engage in mentorship opportunities; get low or no-cost upskilling to make you more competitive; and nominate or be nominated for various awards.
Learning Objectives:
- Hear about the various scholarship opportunities available to undergraduate and graduate learners in HR.
- Walk through the ways you can access credentials and certifications, including the SHRM-CP, with a grant from the SHRM Foundation.
- Learn how you can become a mentor or a mentee to help be part of creating a robust future for the HR field.
- Hear about the HR registered apprenticeship program and how it is offering employers an earn-and-Learn pathway for new HR professionals.
- Explore the low- and no-cost credentials offered by the SHRM foundation to build your skills.
Lana Williams
Lana Williams is a Program Manager with the SHRM Foundation where she manages The Foundation’s initiatives to support students and emerging professionals, as well as their efforts to expand and diversify the HR sector. She brings a wide range of expertise in social impact and DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) from her experience within the nonprofit, advocacy, and corporate sectors.
Prior to this role, she was serving as the Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Project Manager for NetApp where she managed the employee business resource groups and evolution of diversity and inclusion programming, as well as increasing employee engagement and belonging initiatives. She also held roles at the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sodexo, and the Human Rights Campaign where she was responsible for the oversight and coordination of the daily activities for the annual Corporate Equality Index and Buying for Workplace Equality Guide.
Lana graduated from The New School in New York City with a MS in Nonprofit Management and a BA from Wake Forest University in North Carolina.