Pamela McGee is the 2023 President of Greater Orlando SHRM (GOSHRM) and the Assistant Vice President of Human Resources, Talent Management & Total Rewards for Valencia College in Orlando, FL. In addition to holding certifications from both the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM-CP) and Human Resources Certification Institute (PHR), Pamela has 30+ years of performance-driven experience with 25+ years of combined expertise in Human Resources management, talent acquisition, corporate, government, and employment laws. Pamela is a strategy architect in the development of innovative HR initiatives to streamline processes and capitalize on organizational growth opportunities. As AVP at Valencia, Pamela provides vision and leadership for all aspects of the college’s talent management network, including talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, employee development, and employee experience.
In 1996, Pamela began her career in the Human Resources field in Payroll as a clerk. She worked in various industries including food manufacturing, retail apparel, government contracting, state government, and hospice over the years to continue to develop in her profession in the roles of Human Resources Specialist, Human Resources Manager, Human Resources Director and Vice President of Human Resources. The importance of leading by example for an individual’s professional development is a priority to Pamela which is the reason she worked full-time as well as go to school full-time in the evening for 3 years to achieve both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees to develop her career growth.
Currently, Pamela is the President of GOSHRM with over 600+ members in the Central Florida area. Pamela has been a member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) for 20 years. She has been a member of GOSHRM for 10 years and a Board Member for 5 years in the roles of Technology Director, Programs Director, Secretary, and President-Elect. In 2022, in the role of President-Elect under the GOSHRM Presidency of Cheryl Brown-Merriwether, Pamela was part of the leadership team for GOSHRM that was that was awarded the 2022 SHRM Pinnacle Award and the 2022 HR Florida Chapter Excellence Award. These unprecedented accomplishments recognized GOSHRM at both the national and state level. The winning program was a collaborative effort between GOSHRM, ICARE, Project Opioid, and CareerSource Central Florida to raise awareness and mitigate opioid addiction in the workforce. Project Opioid partnered with CareerSource Central Florida (CSCF), a local workforce board, to provide training to local businesses in Central Florida. In March of 2021, CSCF launched “Fostering Opioid Recovery through Training & Employment” (FORTE). CSCF contracted with ICARE to design, develop and deliver the Certified Facilitator in Addiction Awareness for Human Resources (CFAA-HR) program. To ensure the success of this critical project, ICARE reached out to GOSHRM for assistance. The awareness achieved by the topic of Opioids has enhanced the importance of addressing the concern about Mental Health. The importance of this issue enhanced Pamela’s desire in her new role as President to lead GOSHRM with completing the organization’s first Human Resources Mental Health Forum, “Are You Ok? A Well-Being Gut Check” in January 2023 which was extremely successful in supporting Human Resources professionals with supportive tools to enhance mental health awareness within the workplace as well as their own lives. Pamela will be hosting a new GOSHRM Podcast “HR: Gut Check” that will discuss Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in the workplace beginning in May 2023.
Pamela also serves as an Advisory Board Member of Employers Associate Forum (EAF) a Florida non-profit corporation member-based association dedicated to serving the business and HR community with HR Tools, Hotlines, Legal Compliance, News, Trends, Surveys and Economic Data, Benefits, Insurance, and Risk Management, as well as Training, Consulting, and Organizational & Leadership Development.
Pamela proudly served in the US Air Force for 6 years until her Honorable Discharge. As a military veteran, Pamela continues to volunteer with various organizations to continue her support of other veterans in the Central Florida area. One of these organizations that Pamela volunteers with is Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) in the role of Employer Outreach which is to develop relationships with employers to promote advocacy for service in the Guard and Reserve. Pamela is also supporting an initiative by GOSHRM to coordinate a Return to Work for physically impaired military veterans within the Central Florida counties.
Pamela received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a master’s degree in Human Resources from American Intercontinental University (AIU) where she graduated cum laude.