Cornelia Gamlem SPHR is founder and President of the GEMS Group ltd.

She consults with a wide range of clients on topics related to HR initiatives, business effectiveness and compliance, sexual harassment, employee relations, affirmative action compliance, and workplace diversity. With over 30 years of business and Human Resource experience, she served in a senior HR leadership role in a Fortune 500 IT services company with employees around the globe. Throughout her career, Cornelia has been responsible for designing, implementing and managing corporate-wide policies, programs and initiatives, and best human resources and employment practices. She played a leading role in the HR integration process for major acquisition and IT outsourcing projects with Fortune 100 clients.

Since starting the GEMS Group in 2000, Cornelia has been engaged to design and implement HR initiatives, audit HR practices for effectiveness and government compliance, implement affirmative action programs, conduct workplace investigations and employee relations interventions, design training initiatives for government agencies, implement competency models, and consult and train on issues related to workplace diversity. Throughout her career she has trained HR professionals, line managers and employees on topics such as discrimination law, sexual harassment, diversity awareness, ethics, conflict resolution, investigation and interview skills, and affirmative action compliance.

Cornelia has been active with national employers' groups focused on issues of equal employment opportunity, affirmative action and workplace diversity, where she served on a number of task forces that influenced public policy on these issues. She testified before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and served on Federal Advisory Committee formed by the U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services.

An active volunteer with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) she served as Vice President at large for its National Board of Directors (2000 and 2001 Boards). She chaired it's National Workplace Diversity Committee (January 1997 to December 1999) and served two terms on the Board of Directors for its Global Forum. Since 2004, she has been appointed to serve on SHRM’s Workplace Diversity Expert Panel in recognition of her specialized knowledge and demonstrated contribution to this area of human resource management.

Cornelia has authored articles and white papers for SHRM publications as well as for other professional and industry publications and has delivered presentations at conferences sponsored by national organizations including SHRM and the American Bar Association. She has been interviewed for and quoted in a number of publications, including Newsday, Financial Times, Fortune, CBS Newswatch and Across the Board, the magazine serving the Conference Board. She has co-authored two books on Affirmative Action which are available at GEMSWARE on this website.

She supports HR professionals by serving as an instructor at George Mason University, Mary Washington College, Trinity College, American University, University of Maryland University College and George Washington University.

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