EHRA September 2026 Meeting

Thursday, September 17, 2026

11AM-1PM

CityView at Sterling Square
210 N. Fulton Ave.
Evansville, IN  47710

AGENDA:

11am-11:30am Registration and Networking

11:30am-12pm Lunch 

12pm-1pm Program

PROGRAM: From Draining to Dynamic: A Framework for Collaborative Team Meetings

• Consistent opening and closing anchor practices
• Shared facilitation and rotating roles
• Clear accountability and record-keeping
• Time for relationship-building, storytelling, and task execution

• The Evansville Area Human Resource Association is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.
• This program is valid for [1] PDCs for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification. PDC Information will be provided after attending the meeting and completing the post-meeting survey. 

The Evansville-Area Human Resources Association, Inc is proud to be approved by the HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®) as a provider of recertification credit.

This means that all EHRA courses carry recertification credit for HR professionals holding an aPHR™, PHR®, or SPHR®. In addition, EHRA courses also provide recertification credit for those holding a Professional in Human Resources – International™ (PHRi™), Global Professional in Human Resources® (GPHR®).

SPEAKER: Laurie Pierce

Laurie Pierce is the Founder and Chief Culture Facilitator of Spark Alignment, a coaching and leadership development practice. Most teams struggle with communication, conflict, and creating a culture employees want to engage in. Spark Alignment designs personalized, strategic programs built for contribution, not performance. Spark Alignment also offers one-on-one coaching programs to help leaders at all levels level up. Spark Alignment programs build trust, inclusion, and culture—reducing turnover and creating space for real collaboration and innovation.
In addition to her consulting work, Laurie brings over a decade of hands-on leadership experience across nonprofit, faith-based, educational, and community-based organizations. Most recently, she served as Director of Children, Youth & Family Ministry at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Indianapolis, where she led and managed more than 70 volunteers across 13 teams, supervised five direct reports, oversaw a six-figure program budget, and designed organization-wide retreats for over 100 participants. During her tenure, she implemented change strategies for long-standing programs, built cross-sector community partnerships, and grew participation by 50% in under two years.
Laurie is a seasoned facilitator and bridge-builder, known for her ability to lead inclusive dialogue and navigate complex conversations with clarity and care. Her facilitation experience includes serving as an Organizational Culture Series Facilitator, Executive and Manager Skills Coach, Meeting Design Leader and Facilitator, Listening Session Facilitator, Leaders for Inclusion Dialogue Series Facilitator, Youth for Justice Pilgrimage Facilitator, Sacred Ground Racial Justice Training Facilitator, and Intergenerational Retreat Director, guiding participants across age, role, and lived experience.
Earlier in her career, Laurie served as a Community Organizer and University Teacher with the Peace Corps in China, where she led teacher training for 200 educators and founded women’s leadership and student volunteer initiatives.  
Laurie’s professional training includes a Culture, Communication, and Conflict Certificate from the National Conflict Resolution Center, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University, Sustained Dialogue Moderator, Building Organizational Cultures certificate through Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education, and NRMN/CIMER Level 1 & 2 Mentor certificate focused on culturally aware mentoring, effective communication, and equity-centered leadership. She is recognized for creating engaging, psychologically safe learning environments that translate insight into practical, people-centered action. 

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Cancellation Policy

If you cancel your registration more than 3 days before the event, your registration fee will be credited towards a future event.  If your registration fee is not cancelled more than 3 days before the event, any payments made will be forfeit or if unpaid will show as an 'amount due' on your account. We do not offer cash or credit refunds. 

Group Participation & Photo Release

By taking part in this event you grant the event organizers full rights to use the images resulting from the photography/video filming, and any reproductions or adaptations of the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes to help achieve the group’s aims. This might include (but is not limited to), the right to use them in their printed and online publicity, social media, press releases and funding applications. If you do not wish to be photographed, please inform an event organizer.