Your endless administrative tasks are likely pulling your focus away from long-term organizational health and employee retention. Moving past this daily operational routine requires a thoughtful strategy that balances modern processes with a deeply people-first workplace culture.
Join us on July 21st at 2 PM ET for the next episode of HR at the Table® on People & Process: Building Smarter HR Operations for Your Team. This session features Ramona Agrela, Senior VP, UCI Health, and Vice Chancellor, Human Resources, UC Irvine, who will share practical methods for aligning day-to-day workflows with effective talent management strategies. With a passion for helping leaders achieve strategic goals through innovative talent management, Ramona believes HR should empower people success through a culture of innovation, learning, and service.
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Ramona Agrela is the senior university official responsible for all human resources administration and operations for the UC Irvine campus, College of Health Sciences, and Health. Across the enterprise, Agrela is responsible for programs, policies, and human resources support for nearly 34,000 employees. In her role, Agrela helps organizational leaders achieve their strategic goals through progressive talent management strategies. An expert in workforce planning, labor negotiations, talent acquisition, compensation, and performance management, she partners with leadership to advance organizational value while balancing budgets.
A thought leader, Agrela has heralded the use of AI in HR, and her revolutionary HR model, centered on client support, and focused on empowering people success, and has been emulated by other academic institutions. Agrela holds a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in public administration from California State University, Fullerton. She is a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) certified senior professional, a WorldatWork certified compensation professional, and a Human Capital Institute Strategic HR Business Partner. She currently serves as on the board of the CUPA-HR Southern California Chapter, and is a board member of the American Research Universities Human Resource Institute.
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