Heather Floden is one of UMSL’s Senior Human Resources Partners and has worked in Human Resources for over 15 years. She chose HR as a career because as a profession, it is ever evolving to make things better and allows for opportunities to make a positive impact on employees she works with. Most recently Heather was the HR Director of Training & Development for MERS/Goodwill and prior to that was the HR Manager for a large department of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Tennessee. Her SHRM-SCP certification is in progress.