Amy B. Bakay, SHRM-SCP, is the owner and principal consultant for HR NOLA, a human resources outsourcing and consulting firm headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a certified member of SHRM and will serve as 2019 President-Elect on the local chapter’s Board of Directors for NOLA SHRM. She has been nominated as a 2018 Woman of the Year for City Business News and also designated a 2018 Steel Magnolia for New Orleans Magazine. Bakay’s passion is solving people-problems and educating our youth, and she joins other successful women at the American Business Women’s Association in their mission to bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations for opportunities to grow personally and professionally.