Gina Hughes

Gina Hughes joined Halakar in February of 2015 as Office Manager and EA to the CEO.  Since that time, she has also assumed the responsibilities of Brokerage Support and Marketing.   She manages the office’s operational needs including Human Resources, recruiting, company events, I.T., and supplies.  Gina oversees company marketing initiatives, property listings, and supports the brokerage team administratively.

Prior to joining the company, Ms. Hughes worked in the Global Learning and Development Department in HR at ExactTarget/Salesforce.  Earlier, she held HR positions in Recruiting and in Global Learning and Development at Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM).

Ms. Hughes’s 30+ years of varied experience includes process development and improvement, adult learning, onboarding, database creation and administration, surveying/metrics, recruiting, event coordination, negotiation, talent management systems, e-learning module creation and implementation, learning management systems, behavioral assessment administration, and HR special projects.

An example of her proven expertise is successfully onboarding over 2,000 global new hires and coordinating two employee orientation events per month during a 2 year and 7 month time period at ExactTarget. This also included travel, communications, IT equipment, and desk needs for every new hire. Simultaneously, she coordinated all other company learning and development events as well as supporting her team administratively.

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Training Magazine – Top 125 Winner (ExactTarget team award), 2013 and 2014
ABATE of Indiana – Member
Moose International – Member
United Way – volunteer for multiple humanitarian projects

Ms. Hughes studied Graphic Design at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois and has completed numerous HR and adult learning and development training sessions, including gaining certification in Franklin Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.