Ann Starr BS Education MSW
Ann’s educational and professional background has provided her with opportunities
to work with state government, Fortune 500 companies as well as small to medium
sized organizations.
Ann has over 25 years of experience working in the private sector primarily for
Fortune 500 companies. Ann began her career after graduate school as a employee
relations specialist for Motorola. She founded and developed the first in-house
employee assistance program for Motorola and became a sought after expert on
designing and implementing these programs. In addition to managing the employee
assistance program, Ann was also a practicing clinician and counseled adults and
adolescents on substance abuse, weight management as well as providing marriage
and family counseling.
Subsequently, Ann went to work for Dell as a Human Resources manager where she
eventually was promoted to a Director of Human Resources. During her tenure with
Dell Ann held a wide variety of positions where she was responsible tor
administering human resources policies and procedures including employee
relations, compliance, training, recruiting and retention programs. As a business
partner, Ann consulted with executives in all aspects of the business including
international HR in Europe and Asia, sales, IT, finance and manufacturing.
Most recently Ann has been a leadership and executive consultant and coach for a
variety of organizations with a primary focus on small to medium sized businesses
and state agencies. In this role, Ann has focused on ways to help executives, leaders
and teams be more effective in their positions as well as helping their organizations
be more efficient.