PERSY AWARD

EDIE CUMMINGS 2007 PERSY AWARD RECIPIENT While Edie Cummings didn’t start out in the Human Resource profession, she has always worked with personnel matters in her “past” life including working as a paralegal handling workers compensation and medical malpractice. In her current position as Human Resource Administrator for the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana, where she has been for the past fifteen years, she handles all the daily aspects of human resource work. Edie joined the local SHRM chapter in 2001 and has worked to promote and help grow our chapter. She has served our chapter as Secretary, Treasurer, President-Elect, President and Past President. Under her leadership the chapter received a Superior Merit Award and the Chapter Champion Award. Edie has also served on the State Council as Workforce Readiness Director, and has served as District I Director in 2007 and 2008. Edie earned her certification as a Professional in Human Resources in May 2001. In May 2002 Edie was asked by the HRCI (Human Resources Certification Institute) to sit on the Angoff Testing Panel. The Angoff Panel formulates test questions for the next years PHR test. Edie, who was born in Hungary and became a U.S. Citizen in 1968, continues to travel the world with her husband, Benny, when she isn’t being entertained by her three (soon to be four) grandchildren.

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The Persy Award is the highest honor/award given by the organization to one of its members. The purpose of this award is

To recognize a human resource professional for outstanding performance in the field of human resource management,

To increase the prestige of the HR profession by publicizing significant contributions made by a practitioner in the field, and

To indirectly, bring favorable attention to the Northwest Louisiana SHRM by bestowing this honor on one of its own members.

Persy Award Recipients:

2007 - Edie Cummings
2005 - Margaret Plunkett
2004 - Will Jones
2003 – Ruth Doreck
2002 – Kristy Fleming
2001 – Steve Whitelaw
2000 – Theresa Bodie
1999 - Jaf Fielder
1998 - Carla Bange
1997 - Price Barker
1996 - Mary Oppenheimer
1995 - Linda Johnson
1994 - Francene Miller
1993 - A. Richard Gear
1992 - Dom Lanzillotti
1991 - Steve McKenzie
1990 - Bonnie Beard
1989 - H. Dean Brady
1988 - Gary Starr
1987 - John Bonanno
1986 - Charles Maranto
1985 - Hillman Deaton
1984 - Duffy Vanderford
1983 - Tommy Williams
1982 - Ann Burford
1981 - Bill Bain
1980 - Jessie LeBlanc
1979 - Bill Blankenship
1978 - John R. Nelson
1977 - Frank Markham