Nancy Lahmers
Curriculum Vitae
PROFILE SUMMARY
Business Attorney and Management Professional. Twenty-eight years of legal and business leadership in Education, Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Service Industries. Recognized throughout career for integrity, strategic planning, and problem solving. Licensed to practice law in Ohio and Missouri.
Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University August 2001 to present
Director, Women's Leadership Initiatives, Center for Operational Excellence (COE)
Senior Lecturer
· MBA 880 Legal & Regulatory Environment of Business
· FIN 510 Legal Environment of Business
· H502 Honors Seminar
· MHR694 Employment Law in Human Resource Management
Honors Cohort Coordinator
· Facilitate the enrichment of the 30 undergraduate business majors who are involved in this highly selective honors program focusing on team building, leadership and presentation skills.
Webster University , Ozark Regional Campus Jan. 2000 to July 2001
Director of Regional Campus of a multi-site university. Webster University offers seven Master degree programs (MBA and Master of Arts degrees) designed for working adults in an accelerated evening format.
Nancy K. Lahmers, P.C., Attorney at Law 1993 To 2000
With corporate clients throughout the United States, I worked with Management Teams in Manufacturing and Service Corporations to develop and implement human resource business plans that improved productivity and profits.
Served as corporate employment legal counsel in preparation for litigation, negotiation, arbitration and government agency hearings. Prepared Corporate Policy Reviews, Affirmative Action Plans and Strategic Staffing Plans.
Moonlight Mushrooms Inc . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1986 To 1992
Vice President of Human Resources in $80,000,000 agricultural business. As a closely held company for 50 years, MMI was the world's largest mushroom farm with a work force of 1300 organized by the United Steelworkers of America. However, it was also unprofitable and at risk of closure. I was asked to join the turnaround management team to manage the human resources function of a very labor-intensive business with soaring benefit costs of over $6,000,000 annually.
Developed and implemented strategic operating plans ensuring that we minimized the potential for successful litigation. The productivity and profitability improved to such an extent that we attracted venture capital and together we purchased the business in 1989. Building on that success we took the company public. It is traded today on the NASDAQ as Sylvan, Inc.
Rubbermaid Inc. Wooster, Ohio 1980 to 1986
Labor Relations Manager in a dynamic, well-managed and growing industry. Our challenge was to operate profitably with an organized (United Rubber Workers) labor force of 1200 employees while operating in a very competitive market. Using the performance management philosophy, we built a cooperative team environment where the employees shared partnership interests in the success of our company. We successfully negotiated labor agreements that provided a basis for continued business growth with employee involvement and profit sharing.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. Inc. Akron, Ohio 1976 to 1980
Labor Relations and Salaried Personnel Representative in an international corporation that was operating in a survival mode. Managed safety, security, suggestions, training, employment, labor relations and salaried personnel administration. Following a six-month strike and product boycott by the URW,
we closed many manufacturing facilities. During this four-year period we permanently separated over 4000 hourly and salaried employees.
College Teaching Experience:
The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 2003 to present
Senior Lecturer, Fisher College of Business.
Webster University Springfield, Missouri 1999 to 2001
Adjunct Faculty in the evening MBA and Human Resource Management Masters degree programs. Taught Organizational Development, Employment Law, Human Resource Management and Legal Ethics of Human Resource Development.
University of Akron, Wayne College Orrville, Ohio 1980 to 1986
Instructor in evening program, College of Business. Taught Labor Management Relations, Role of Supervision in Management, and Salaried Personnel Administration.
Education:
· Juris Doctorate (JD), University of Akron, (Ohio) 1980. Licensed to practice law in Ohio, and Missouri.
· Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), Bowling Green State University, 1976. Dual Majors in Organizational Development and Industrial Relations.
Community Involvement Activities :
· OSU Leadership Center Advisory Council 2006 to present
. Volunteer, Judicial Education Center, The Ohio Supreme Court 2006 to present
. Koman Race for the Cure Participant 2003 to present
· Junior Achievement of Central Ohio Board Member 2003 to present
· MS 150 Charity Bicycle Ride participant 1992 to 2006
· Springfield , Missouri City Personnel Board Member 1994 to 2000
· Rotary of Southeast Springfield, Missouri 2000 to 2001
· Springfield Missouri Ballet Board 2000 to 2001
· Leadership Springfield Chamber of Commerce 2000 to 2001
· Pro Bono Legal Counsel for the Family Violence Center 1998 to 2001
· Associated Industries of Missouri (AIM) 1996 to 1998
· Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge Participant 1997
· Executive In Residence, Bowling Green State University
· College Of Business Alumni Advisory Council (BGSU) 1992 to Present
Published Articles:
“Perspectives on Providing Students with the Personal Resources to Become Tomorrow's Leaders”, Nancy K. Lahmers. LeadershipLink, a quarterly publication of The Ohio State University’s Leadership Center, Spring 2005.
A Value Added Tool for Organizational Re-Engineering, published in the Human Resource Professional, co-written with Jeffrey Paolano, May/June 1996.
Women in Business Further Education, published in Springfield Business Journal, October, 2000.
Persistence Plays a Big Role for Karey Lientz, published in Today’s Woman Magazine,
August/September 2001.
Recognition and Awards:
· Fisher College of Business Undergraduate Teaching Award 2006
· Mortar Board and Sphinx Faculty and Staff Recognition Award 2005, 2006, 2007
· Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame, Cambridge High School 2005
· Named a 2005 Honorary Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society
· Fisher College of Business Undergraduate Program Service Award 2004
· Webster University ’s Academic Academy of Excellence Award 1999
· Accomplished Graduate, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 1996
· Honors and Awards Banquet Guest Speaker, Bowling Green State University 1996
· Rubbermaid Inc.’s President’s Award for Outstanding Performance, 1985
Public Speaking Presentations:
Preventative Law, The Role of Corporate in House Counsel, Case Western Reserve University Law School, November 2007
Can Innovation and Lean Co-Exist in Our Organizations? With Peter Ward PhD and Peg Pennington, Ohio Polymer Summit, May 2006
Successful Networking, Academic Library Association of Ohio, May 2006
Experiential Learning for Honors Cohort Students Through Community Outreach, National Undergraduate Business Symposium, April 2006
How to Build Professional Relationships, The Ohio State University Association of Faculty and Professional Women, February 2006
Lean Applications in Human Resource Management, Greif Inc. Administrative Excellence Skill Team, December 2005
Lean Applications in Human Resource Management, Greif Inc. Global Human Resource Conference, October 2005
Preventative Law for In-House Counsel, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, April 2005
Non Traditional Legal Careers, Capital University School of Law, April 2004
Progress of Women in Business , Association of Women in Communications
Finding Your First Job After Graduation , Southwest Missouri State University
Life Long Learning Opportunities and Challenges , The Women’s Forum
Human Resource Management in Not for Profit Organizations , Keynote Speaker, Missouri Sheltered Workshop Managers Annual Meeting
Reengineering your Workplace for Improved Productivity , Society for Women Accountants
What is the Best Small Business Structure for You ? Missouri Small Business
Development Center (MSBDC)
Human Resource Management for Small Businesses , MSBDC
Graduate Teaching Experience :
Legal Environment of Business (MBA 880) Fisher College of Business,
The Ohio State University, Spring 2004 to present
Legal Aspects of Human Resource Management (HRMG 5750)
Webster University, Ozark Regional Campus, Springfield, Missouri
Spring 2001 term
Human Resource Management (HRMG 5000)
Webster University, Ozark Regional Campus, Springfield, Missouri
Spring 2000 term
Ethics, Values and Legal Issues in Human Resources (HRDV 5680)
Webster University, Ozark Regional Campus, Springfield, Missouri, Fall 1999 term
Organizational Development (HRDV 5630)
Webster University, Ozark Regional Campus, Springfield, Missouri
Spring 1999 term
Undergraduate Teaching Experience:
Honors Seminar - Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University,
Fall 2004 to present.
The Ohio State University , Summer Quarter 2003 to present
Employment Law in Human Resource Management (MHR 694.51) Fisher College of Business, Winter 2006
(BGSU) Bowling Green, Ohio 1992 to Present
Legal Environment of Business - Fisher College of Business,