Y’vonne is currently the Director of Human Resources at Covenant House Michigan. She is a functional HR thought leader with 20+ years of comprehensive HR expertise. Y’vonne is a results oriented energetic leader with a focus on excellence in communication and continuous learning. She has a unique combination of strengths and is passionate and exceptionally strong in building strategies and initiatives focused on solving business and people challenges.

Her previous works as the Director of Human Resources at CARE of Southeastern Michigan and Area HR Manager at SAVA Senior Care have provided Y’vonne with the skills and experience to get her to where she is today. In those roles, Y’vonne was responsible for the human resource obligations for a 600+ employee base, as well as HR oversight for as many as five long-term care facilities simultaneously. Additionally, she spearheaded a diversity and inclusion project with the objective to shift the culture in the workplace towards an environment reflective of a place of inclusivity.

In her current and previous roles, Y’vonne’s duties encompass(ed) extensive communication, collaboration and execution within the functional areas of human resources. Her reach stretches across facilities supporting managers, supervisors and employees in all departmental operations offering sound advice from employee relations to counseling management on mitigating risk to succession planning and benefit administration.

Y’vonne’s HR foundation began at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) as a Talent Acquisition Consultant where she was responsible for the recruitment of exempt level and unionized openings in the largest division of the organization. Y’vonne credits BCBSM for exposing her to an environment that permitted her to diversify her learning and enhance her skill base.

During her decade’s long tenure at BCBSM, a few of Y’vonne’s accomplishments include the development of a summer intern program for BCBSM’s subsidiary company, Blue Care Network, as well as being chosen to be a part of a two-person procurement team whose directive was to successfully overhaul and streamline the organization’s temporary hiring process.

It is true that Y’vonne is a successful HR Thought Leader who grew up professionally in the healthcare, long-term care, manufacturing and non-profit industries. If you ask her about her career in human resources, she can share stories of the people whose lives she’s impacted along the way. Y’vonne holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Cleary University and a PHR designation from the Human Resources Certificate Institute.