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Meet the Managing Partners
About Pamela Henderson:
Pamela Henderson, PHR specializes in the areas of human resource management, harassment and intimidation prevention, and workplace diversity issues. Pam has unique expertise in utilization of interactive training techniques in workplace diversity education. From 1991-2006, she worked with Cornell University School of Labor and Industrial Relations' Institute for Industry Studies and later was Director of Management Programs. Prior to joining Cornell, her career experience included workers compensation at Travelers Insurance, job development and placement for a local community services agency, assistant director at the Black Cultural Center of Purdue University, supervisor at Ford Motor Company, and industrial engineering at John Deere Co. She has published on diversity in The Diversity Factor and the Linkage, Inc. Link&Learn Newsletter. She left Cornell in 2006 to establish Henderson Woods, LLC. She is a graduate of Purdue University with a B.A. in Interpersonal Communications and an M.S. in Industrial Technology. She is certified as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) by the Society for Human Resource Management.
About Susan Woods:
Susan Woods offers training, facilitation and consulting in workplace diversity and inclusion, labor relations, interest-based bargaining and facilitation, and participatory organizational change. For 25 years, Susan was a Senior Extension Faculty for Cornell University School of Labor and Industrial Relations, offering education, training and technical assistance services to workplace practitioners. She held many positions over that tenure and was most recently associated with Cornell's Program for Employment and Workplace Systems (PEWS) with a focus on participatory processes, high performance work organization and interest-based conflict resolution and Organizational Change Group with a focus on diversity and inclusion and services to support organizational culture change. She co-directed The Workplace Diversity Network (1992-2002) and collaborated with colleagues at Cornell University on the development of the Organizational Inclusion Assessment. She has published articles on diversity in Profiles in Diversity Journal, The Diversity Factor, and Linkage Link&Learn Newsletter. She left Cornell in 2006 to establish Henderson Woods, LLC. Prior to joining Cornell ILR, Susan taught at Smith College and Western New England College in Massachusetts. She has a B.A. in Economics from Mount Holyoke College, an M.A. in Economics from Duke University, and an M.S. in Labor Studies from the University of Massachusetts.
Henderson Woods, LLC brings experience and knowledge to every project. Find out how we can assist you with diversity and inclusion, conflict resolution and labor-management initiatives.
Sample Client List
Henderson Woods, LLC provides training, facilitation and consulting services for clients locally in Western New York and across the country. Below is a representative sample of the organizations we've assisted as Henderson Woods, LLC.
Training, Facilitation & Consulting
- General Mills
- Saint-Gobain Ceramics
- Petri Baking Products, Inc.
- National Grid
- M&T Bank
- Niagara Frontier Transit Authority
- Sodus Central School District
- Southern Nevada VA Healthcare System
- Cornell University-Office of Human Resources, Diversity Council
- Pepsico Quaker Oats/UFCW RW110, Cedar Rapids, IA
- State University of NJ at Rutgers/Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters
- Opportunities Unlimited/ARCEU Local 265 Labor-Management Committee
Professional Presentations
- Linkage 2008 Summit on Leading Diversity (Learning Team Leader)
- Linkage 2007 Summit on Leading Diversity - Leveraging Diversity: Culture, Inclusion & Work Process (Learning Team Leader)
- International Association of Workplace Professionals Annual Conference - Energizing and Improving Partnerships
What Clients Say About Us
Respect and Recogniztion Training
"The Respectful Workplace training we got from Henderson Woods delivered a sensitive training in a non-confrontational manner that kept my workforce awake, kept them engaged and delivered a difficult message that was understood by all. Nice job."
Joan McGarvey
HR Manager, Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics
Diversity and Inclusion Culture Change
"The services of Henderson Woods provided the information and the support I needed and our staff needed to understand and address a concern that we had no idea how to address. We moved from fearful ignorance to empowerment. As a result of our collaboration, we have an educated plan that will support all individuals in our District as we deal with new, unknown territory."
Susan Kay Salvaggio
Superintendent, Sodus Central School District
Interest-Based Bargaining
"Excellent Job! Facilitation kept us on track and helped us work through difficult issues. We were able to negotiate the contract without being sidetracked by emotion."
Al Hartle
President, RWDSU Local 110
"There's no question that IBB allows for more creative approaches to difficult issues and tends to work well when the parties have a commitment to the process. Facilitation is especially helpful when the parties have not had much experience."
John B. Wolf
Associate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
(major public research university)
