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Karen has a long history
managing the human resource function of government entities.
In 1993, Governor Mike Leavitt appointed her executive director
of the Utah State Department of Human Resource Management,
a position she held for 10 years. She previously served as
the director of the State Labor Commission’s Division
of Labor and Anti-Discrimination, as well as the executive
director of the Department of Human Resource Management for
the Salt Lake City Corporation.
Karen earned a bachelor’s degree at Northeastern Illinois
University, an MPA from Brigham Young University, and a certificate
in conflict resolution from the Department of Communication
at the University of Utah. She taught for a number of years
at Brigham Young University, and currently teaches at the
University of Utah.
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will focus on the benefits of using mediation to resolve
organizational conflicts such as grievances, discrimination
complaints, and problems between co-workers and/or supervisors.
She will discuss the EEOC Guidelines which empower employers
to establish an in-house mediation program to attempt
to resolve complaints before they end up in court. |
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Karen
Suzuki-Okabe