Each year the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), the world's largest professional association devoted to human resources management, appoints practitioners to one of fourteen Special Expertise Panels to serve three year terms. These panels are comprised of Fortune-level HR practitioners, executives and experts from various industries who serve as thought and subject-matter experts on the HR Body of Knowledge. In 2007, Trellis Usher-Mays was invited to be a member of the Organizational Development Special Expertise Panel. In this capacity, Ms. Usher-Mays provide expertise on various issues, trends, and best practices for people and organizational challenges in today's workplace. She has also contributed to several research studies conducted by SHRM and has been interviewed by media outlets on behalf of SHRM. "SHRM is a great organization and an indispensible resource to the HR community. I'm glad that I'm able to make a contribution to all of the wonderful work they do."

About T.R. Ellis Group LLC

T.R. Ellis Group is a management consulting firm that provides consulting and training services that are aligned to organizational business objectives. T.R. Ellis Group LLC is a strategic learing outsourcing partner to Fortune-level businesses and provides highly skilled consultants on end-to-end learning engagements for various industries. Whether your business needs Learning Strategy Development, Training Needs Analysis, Curriculum Design, Training Facilitation or ROI Analysis, the T.R. Ellis Group is your partner to ensure maximum results from your learning investments.

About SHRM

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world's largest professional association devoted to human resource management. Our mission is to serve the needs of HR professionals by providing the most current and comprehensive resources, and to advance the profession by promoting HR's essential, strategic role. Founded in 1948, SHRM represents more than 250,000 individual members in over 125 countries, and has a network of more than 575 affiliated chapters in the United States, as well as offices in China and India.

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