Mary Ellen is Kreischer Miller’s Chief Human Resources Officer. Mary Ellen has over 30 years of professional experience providing strategic human resources leadership to a variety of businesses, including professional services organizations, software development, clinical laboratory, retail, and legal services organizations. She is regarded as an expert in the areas of leadership, talent acquisition, employee relations, talent development, talent retention, change management, and company culture enhancement. Mary Ellen subscribes to the Servant Leader philosophy; she actively engages in mentoring, coaching and encouraging others. The development of others has been the driving theme and focus throughout her career.
Mary Ellen is an advocate for communication access for the deaf and hard of hearing community and is a leader of Kreischer Miller’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council as well as its women’s network, RISE (Retaining, Investing in, Supporting, and Empowering the Women of Kreischer Miller).
Mary Ellen joined Kreischer Miller in 1999. Prior to working for Kreischer Miller, Mary Ellen was the Vice President of Human Resources at a mid-sized software development company headquartered in Fort Washington, PA, where her responsibilities included talent acquisition, talent development, and talent retention as well as providing executive leadership for the organization. Throughout her career, she also held several human resources leadership positions for both regional privately-held businesses and national publicly-traded organizations. Mary Ellen has served as a member of the Board of Directors and is an active member of the Deaf Hearing Communication Center in Swarthmore, PA.
In 2013, Mary Ellen joined Eastern University as an adjunct faculty member teaching courses in the College of Business and Leadership undergraduate and MBA programs.
- BS in Human Resources & Business Management from York College of Pennsylvania
- MED in Instructional Design & Organizational Development from Pennsylvania State University
- PhD in Organizational Leadership from Eastern University
- Leadership
- Workplace bullying
- Employment law
- Philadelphia Society of People and Strategy (PSPS) – Member
- The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) – Member
- Greater Valley Forge Human Resources Association (GVFHRA) – Member
- Deaf Hearing Communication Center (DHCC) – Member
- The Power of Professional Women Network (POWER) – Member and Speaker
- National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) – Member and Speaker