Webinar: No Matter Where You Are in Your Career, You Can be a Resourceful HR Practitioner!

With more than 20 years of experience in both the public and private sectors, Kimberly Murdaugh is a passionate and strategic human resource professional. Most recently Kimberly has served as the Director of Human Resources for the City of Tracy since 2017, providing services for more than 600 employees. Prior to serving in Tracy, Kimberly served as the Director of Human Resources and Business Operations for the Housing Authority of Stanislaus County, Labor Representative for Goyette & Associates and Employee Relations Manager for the City of Modesto. Over the course of her career, Kimberly has been engaged in all aspects of human resources from recruitment, classification and compensation, labor relations, benefits administration, development and training, performance management, risk management, liability, workers’ compensation and workplace safety. Kimberly holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from CSU, Stanislaus and is an IPMA-HR Senior Certified Professional.

Gregory Austin started in Law Enforcement in 1986 at the age of 14 with the Bingham County Sheriff's Office Explorer program. After serving four years in the US Marine Corps, he returned to Idaho to become a Reserve Dispatcher with Bingham County SO.

In 1995, Greg started as a full-time dispatcher, while still attending Idaho State University's Law Enforcement Program.  He was also a Reserve Officer with Shelley PD and Blackfoot PD while dispatching for Bingham County.  In 1998, he started as a full time Police Officer with Blackfoot PD.  

During his career, Greg has held positions to include Patrol, SRT, Patrol Corporal, Marine Officer, Alcohol Enforcement, and assigned to the School Resource Officer Unit at Independence High School.  

In January 2022, after 27 years in Law Enforcement, Greg decided to hang his badge up. Not one to sit on his butt, he was offered a position as the Human Resources Director for the City of Blackfoot. Turning 50 years old and changing careers was a huge change for him, his moto has become "Be comfortable being uncomfortable". 

Greg holds a Master Law Enforcement Certificate through the Idaho POST Academy and also has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Safety with a certificate in Human Performance from the University of Idaho.

Michelle Eddie, MBA, PHR, IPMA-CP

• Michelle has 20+ years of Human resource experience, business recruitment and management expertise.  She received her bachelor’s degree in business management from Davenport University and her MBA in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.
• She is currently the Assistant HR Director with the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she is responsible for the organization’s Recruitment & Selection, Executive Recruitment, Classification/Compensation, and Training & Organizational Development for its 1600 employees.
• Previously, Michelle was the Senior HR Director Hope Network’s 2300 employees where she was responsible for the organization’s employee relations and performance management programs, compensation, talent acquisition, and learning & development departments. She provided oversight and consult to a team of 31 centralized and decentralized HR Staff.  Michelle has provided human resource expertise to include oversight to the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and she collaborated in the creation and communication of corporate DEI programs and initiatives.  She also served as the HR Business Partner to chief officers, executive leaders, management, and employees located at the Hope Network Corporate Office.  In addition, she served as the Corporate Labor Relations Advisor.
• She was also an Adjunct Professor at Cornerstone University, where she taught Human Resource Management. (2021-2023)

Robyn currently leads and provides strategic direction to the Human Resources and Professional Development & Training Division of the Department of Family Services,  Fairfax County, Virginia Government, one of the county’s largest and most complex departments with more than 1,200 employees.  In 2019, Robyn transitioned from private to public sector, enhancing her knowledge by completing the Public Sector HR Essentials course and successfully passing the IPMA-CP certification exam.  Prior to Fairfax County government, Robyn served as the HR Director of two large hospitals in the Washington, DC metropolitan regional area where she developed and implemented process improvement methodologies and tactics to improve outcomes in recruitment, performance management and employee engagement.   Robyn has previously worked in HR leader and practitioner roles in the financial services, transportation, and government contracting sectors.  She returned to school later in her career to earn her Master of Science in Management and is an IPMA Certified Professional and holds SHRM-SCP and HRCI-SPHR designations.  Robyn is an avid Pilates enthusiast, with plans to complete a teacher training program so she can share her love of this exercise with others.