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Brenda McChriston

Brenda McChriston

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Brenda McChriston

CEO
Spectrum HR Solutions

What is your most significant accomplishment?

Professionally, my most significant accomplishment is building and sustaining a profitable human resources practice, now in its 20th year, as an African American woman of an advanced generation. I have succeeded in beating the odds of old-guard institutional and structural barriers. This has been no small feat.

Please share an example of mentoring.

In the community, I have a passion for mentoring the next generation. For 12 years, I have been a member of the Advisory Council to the Passport-to-the-Future Program at Public Schools, providing guidance on curriculum-based on employer needs and requirements and encouraging other businesses and organizations to join the initiative.

The program culminates in a day long job fair at which high school juniors participate in mock interviews. Each year, this program grows larger as I encourage employer participation through educational partnerships. Students and employers benefit as they take this experience into the job market.

This is an honoree profile from The Daily Record's Top 100 Women awards. Information for this profile was sourced from the honoree's application for the award. The honoree profiles were written using an artificial intelligence program and supported by honoree nominations, applications and letters of recommendation. Each profile was reviewed, fact-checked and edited for accuracy by The Daily Record's editorial staff.