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Biography

Pam Gunnell, SPHR, is an experienced HR practitioner with over 25 years of experience. She began her HR career with Morton before the automotive safety division was sold to Autoliv. Her path progressed from file clerk to Office Manager to HR Generalist to Production Supervisor to HR Manager to Corporate Benefits Manager/Director. After more than a dozen years in the automotive industry, Pam owns Gunnell HR Consulting, Inc. and has worked in the biotech, consulting, accounting, banking, health care, mining, and engineering industries. Her clients include Utah SHRM, Mountain America Credit Union, Hume ‘n Resources, Sun Healthcare, What’s Working Well, TopVue, Department of Workforce Services, WestHost, and more. One of her favorite clients was Rio Tinto. After almost a year of coaxing, she became a full-time employee for them and did global HR project and implementation work for them for over 6 years. Pam is currently the Regional HR Manager for IMDS.

Pam is a true blooded Aggie; a former Aggiette who later earned her MBA. Her husband, two daughters, her father, two brothers and a sister are all alumni. Her great grandfather also attended USU, although it would have been in the late 1800s or early 1900s when Grandfather Romero attended classes at what was then called the Agricultural College of Utah. She is proud to be a former Aggiette and enjoys teaching the HR Capstone course as an Adjunct Professor.

SHRM positions held include member of the State Council for several years, Utah’s HR View’s magazine editor, Bridgerland Chapter President, and Regional HR Games judge.

Pam is married to Nolan Gunnell, a local investment broker and branch manager who frequently guest lectures at USU in the Finance and Econ classes. They are the parents of 4 children and live on the family farm in Mt. Sterling with their 14-year-old daughter.

FYI - Pam’s LinkedIn statistics as of Tuesday afternoon were 13,583,598 connections.