Karen Goedert, HR Generalist and Managing Director
Karen@columbineconsulting.com
Karen has been a resident of Steamboat Springs, Colorado for 14 winters, 7 summers with a combined total of 14 years working within the seasonal resort service industry. Her HR experience varies from managing recruitment efforts for a ski area of 2,000 employees to HR and staffing for Alaska resorts of 150 seasonal employees. She currently holds a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in Human Resources as well as the SHRM HR Generalist certificate. She is actively involved within the Steamboat Community working with Advocates against Battering and Abuse developing training programs for management/supervisory staff and as a Volunteer Ambassador for the Steamboat Springs Chamber. Her current active HR Affiliations include memberships in the Society for Human Resource Management, the Colorado Human Resource Association, High Country Human Resources Association, and acting co-chair on the vendor/exhibit committee for the 2005 SHRM Colorado state conference.

Kathy Coates, Career Coaching
www.careerquestions.net
Kathy has been working in the field of Human Resources for over twenty years, first as an executive recruiter learning what makes people want to change jobs; as a regional personnel manager hiring over 80 people a year and reviewing thousands of resumes; and then for Right Management, Inc. (www.right.com) as a corporate trainer working with employees who had lost their jobs from industries that would not be hiring again for a long time. She has a B.S. degree from the University of Delaware and lives in Colorado.