Carol Gilson is Vice President of Human Resources and Client Services for EMPO Corporation. Carol has more than 20 years of human resources and leadership experience. Carol has a strong orientation toward innovative planning and development to advance the business goals of an organization.

Throughout her career, Carol has added significant value to companies by identifying, implementing, and managing best practices across the HR and client service disciplines. While serving in executive positions within both the public and private sectors, Carol has developed and implemented training programs for frontline employees to executives, helped companies manage change curves, confronted workplace diversity, right-sized staffing plans, and designed and implemented compensation and benefits plans at companies including Public Academy Inc and Spectrum Health Companies. Carol also worked within the legal sector (Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, LLP), where she served as HR administrator for the 220+ firm and provided HR consulting to many of the firm´s clients.

Carol is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP). She is also a licensed adjunct faculty member at Bethel University where she teaches Strategic HR Management in the MBA program. Carol also teaches HR and communications courses at St. Paul College and Concordia University. In addition to being an active member within several professional organizations, Carol serves on several colleges’ business advisory boards and is a career advisor for graduate students. This published and award winning professional speaker, frequently presents at HR and health care conferences and Employer Education Services at the Carlson School of Management.

Education:

• MMA, Masters of Management & Administration, Metropolitan State University
• BA, Business Administration/Human Resource Management, Metropolitan State University
• CCP, (current) Certified Compensation Professional, World at Work