September 24, 2025 Chapter Meeting Agenda
Monthly Chapter Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 12 p.m.
SVCC, Dixon, IL
- Welcome and Introductions
- Board Member Reports
- Secretary – Kendra Hull
- Minutes from September board meeting
- Treasurer–Rhonda DeWitte
- Treasurer’s Report
- Programs- Sally Hanrahan
- Membership – Amanda Anderson
- Certification – Julie Hoak
- President-Elect – Jill Mussmann
- President – Lisa Wakeley
- Secretary – Kendra Hull
- Committee Chair Reports
- SHRM Foundation –Alisa Wolf
- Diversity –Polo Castillo
- Workforce Readiness – Kendra
- Education - Anita Carney
- Legislative – Anna Garcia
- Communications – Open
- Today’s Meeting: HR Hot Topics Round Table
Speaker: Heather Acerra, Cottingham & Butler
Heather Acerra is a group benefits consultant and small business owner. She has over twenty years of human resources leadership experience including compensation and benefits consulting, staffing and employee engagement, and training and organizational development. Heather is passionate helping employers design plans to attract and retain employees in a cost-effective manner. In her role as College Relations Chair on the HRA of Greater Oak Brook Board, she enjoys helping college students learn about the disciplines of human resources and benefits. Heather and her husband invented an award-winning educational toy called Lux Blox. Founding a small business which manufactures and distributes domestically and internationally has provided her with first-hand experience of the challenges and excitement of today’s economy.
- Next Monthly Chapter Meeting – October 22, 2025 SVCC, ROOM 2L06
Speaker: John Emmart, Mercyhealth Occupational Health and Wellness.
Topic will be Reasonable Suspicion in the Workplace and how to maintain a commitment to a drug free workplace.
