Mary Royce has over thirty years of experience in the field of human resource management. Working for LEARN, a non-profit, regional educational service center, Ms. Royce has worked to develop and implement policies and procedures for salary and benefits, compliance with state and federal regulations regarding Family and Medical Leave, Fair Labor Standards, Workers Compensation and Unemployment for over 600 employees. She developed a check list to ensure new staff completed all required state, federal and agency payroll and personnel forms, fingerprint/background checks and post-offer physicals. Ms. Royce’s responsibilities included oversight of payroll and budgets. She instituted several processes to create efficiencies in the HR and Business Departments including implementation of electronic time keeping and employee cross-training opportunities. Ms. Royce took a leadership role in union contract negotiations, balancing budget constraints with providing competitive salary and benefits packages to attract and retain staff. She is a founding member of the Eastern CT Health and Medical Cooperative, working with five districts to create efficiencies and budget predictability with health insurance rates. She worked with the LEARN executive leadership team on agency-wide strategic planning initiatives. Ms. Royce provided professional development opportunities for administrative staff in human resource management topics such as hiring and HIPAA compliance.

Ms. Royce was an active member and former Executive Committee member of the Connecticut Association of School Personnel Administrators, a member of the Connecticut Association of School Business Administrators, the American Association of School Personnel Administrators, and the Association of Business Officials. She graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and from the University of New Haven with a Master’s in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management.