The Chartered Professionals in Human Resources of British Columbia and Yukon (CPHR BC & Yukon) is proud to announce that Sheri Hamilton, CPHR of Salmon Arm, B.C. has won the 2019 Award of Excellence – HR Professional of the Year. Sponsored by ADP Canada, this annual distinction recognizes an exemplary HR professional who embodies the HR profession - demonstrating leadership on personal and professional levels and achieving business results.

Selected from an impressive cohort of CPHR BC and Yukon professionals, Hamilton was presented the award, in front of more than 1,000 of her peers, at a special ceremony held during the CPHR BC & Yukon’s annual HR Conference + Tradeshow in Vancouver.    

An HR professional with more than 20 years of experience, Hamilton’s passion for keeping people top of mind, shines strong in the community of Salmon Arm.  When the Salmon Arm Savings and Credit Union (SASCU) acquired a new business in July of 2018 — a first for the credit union — Hamilton, as Associate Vice-President of HR, led the people side of the transition, successfully retaining employees from the acquisition and doubling the staff and revenues of SASCU’s Insurance division.

“How wonderful it is to see a long-standing designated member as the recipient of this years’ HR Professional of the Year Award,” says Anthony Ariganello, CEO & President of CPHR BC & Yukon. “Sheri not only manages complex people challenges at SASCU but is instrumental in also leading non-HR projects to success.”

As an active member in her local HR community, Hamilton supports emerging HR professionals as the Chair of the Okanagan College Regional Advisory Committee and as a member of the board of the Okanagan College Foundation.

“Now more than ever, HR has a strong voice at an organization’s leadership table”, says Holger Kormann, President of ADP Canada. “We are always very excited to work alongside and support recipients like Sheri and so many of her HR colleagues, who demonstrate the embodiment of HR as a sound business driver who are unafraid of taking HR into interesting new spaces.”