Barbara Bluemel holds the position of Human Resources Manager within both the Human Resource Services and HR Resource Center divisions at MRA. She has over 20 years of broad, generalist experience as a Human Resources professional. In her role at MRA Barbara works with a variety of diverse member companies providing onsite human resource assistance as well as responding to member inquiries on benefits, business trends, compensation, compliance issues, employee relations, and wage & salary data. Barbara is also a member of the MRA training team, including SPHR/PHR, FMLA, Benefits, etc., and is a facilitator for our Roundtables.

Prior to MRA, Barbara held management positions in a non-profit healthcare organization and for-profit finance industry. Her other work experiences include the service industry, as well as an internationally owned manufacturing firm with multiple sites and labor organizations. Her background specializes in a broad HR Generalist role, which includes experience in benefits administration, compensation, employee relations, labor, recruitment, training and worker’s compensation.

Barbara works full-time at MRA assisting member companies to find solutions to their human resources issues and is certified as Professional in Human Resources (PHR). She is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County.