About The Instructor
Sandy Michelet is the Director of People Strategy for Sparkhound's growing team of 250+ employees and four regional offices. She joined Sparkhound in 2014 with 20 years of senior human resources leadership, including tenure at a Fortune 500 company, experience in the public sector, and work in both the healthcare and technology industries. Sandy leads Sparkhound's people-focused strategies and initiatives to develop a high-performing, engaged culture. With responsibilities including performance management, organizational development, employee relations, talent acquisition, compensation, and benefits, she embraces two Sparkhound core values essential to the creativity and individuality that define a Sparkie: "Create Value" and "Have Fun."Sandy is actively engaged in the human resources community and frequently serves as a keynote and session speaker for multiple local and national HR conferences and associations. She is the immediate past State Director Elect of Louisiana SHRM. Sandy previously served as President of GBRSHRM in 2013 and is currently the co-chair of the GBRSHRM Fall Conference. She holds both the Senior in Professional Human Resources designation and the SHRM-SCP. She earned a master's degree in workforce development from the University of Southern Mississippi and a bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University where she proudly served as a member of the LSU Tiger Band.
In addition to leading the Sparkhound Nation, Sandy is a dedicated advocate and powerful voice for the growing community of women who are unable to have children. Her personal struggles with infertility and firsthand realization of the lack of support and assistance for childless women led her to launch TheChildlessLife.com, a blog dedicated to women for whom children are no longer an option. By sharing her own story and empowering other women to do the same, Sandy has created a network of compassion and support for those moving toward acceptance as a childless woman. In 2018, she partnered with World Childless Week and was instrumental in motivating Louisiana and Baton Rouge to become the first U.S. state and city to officially recognize World Childless Week. As a result, she was selected as a World Childless Week Champion and served as a speaker for the Hope Narrative Conference.
Sandy is also a lead singer with Trilogy and enjoyed playing with Something Blue, Stormy and Carbon Copy over the last 20+ years.