Professional Biography
Brenda Lynch, President
Lynch & Associates Human Resources Consulting

In 1999, Brenda formed Lynch and Associates Human Resources Consulting to serve clients in the San Francisco Bay area. Her firm provides human resources consulting, as well as day-to-day outsourcing of human resource functions. Her areas of expertise included staff recruitment and retention, employee compensation and benefits, organizational development, internal audits and compliance, company policies and procedures, employee relations, and staff training and personal development.

Brenda's most recent project was to assist the Fairfield Medical Group with its employee transition from the Northbay Hospital to a new organization called the Solano Regional Medical Group. This included creating job descriptions for 20+ positions in the medical field, coordinating an internal job fair and working with the Group to create a mission statement, and coordinate the development of a new logo and website.

Brenda also served as the contract CEO for Employment Screening Resources, a pre-employment background screening company, from September 2000 - June 2001. As CEO, she had total responsibility for operations, sales and marketing, and finance. She brought to the position a unique combination of human resources experience, as well as extensive experience in managing a business and production staff.

Prior to creating Lynch and Associates, Brenda served from March 1997 until May 1999, as the HR Director for Cedco Publishing Company, one of Inc. Magazine's top 500 companies in 1998. In that capacity, she was responsible for developing and implementing the human resource function and growing the company from 51 employees to 131 in 18 months. Her responsibilities also included training and development, compensation and benefits, and employee relations.

Brenda was the Director of Human Resources from May 1992 until March 1997 at Smith Ranch Homes in San Rafael, California. In this capacity, she directed the human resource activities of an upscale retirement condominium association and its 76 employees. She formulated and carried out policies and procedures to ensure consistent and accurate interpretation and application to assure regulatory compliance. She coordinated professional support for human resources programs and initiatives. Additional responsibilities included directing executive and general staff members in the absence of the General Manager.

Brenda's experience includes a solid base in community association management. She currently holds the prestigious Professional Community Association Manager designation from Community Associations Institute (national trade organization) and previously held the Licensed Community Association Manager designation from the State of Florida. As a Community Association Manager for Community Management Services in Orlando, Florida, she managed 23 homeowners' associations with over 3,000 units. Brenda created budgets and monitored fiscal performance in addition to managing 20 employees and contractors for both community associations and a large-scale apartment community.

Brenda holds a Masters degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Management. She is also active in numerous professional organizations, including the San Rafael, Santa Rosa and Petaluma Area Chambers of Commerce, the Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA), the Personnel Association of Sonoma County (PASCO), Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) and is a past president of the Marin Human Resources Forum.

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