Our mission is to help our clients achieve business success through innovative, practical, and cost-effective Total HR Solutions. We believe organizations ultimately succeed through their people and that having the right people strategy and best HR practices in place are key to achieving success.
Integrity is the foundation of the great relationships we share with each other and with our clients and vendors. We value honesty and we always try to do the right thing.
We believe that all individuals deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, regardless of their background, culture, experience, or appearance.
We want to be the best at what we do and our goal is to ensure our clients are delighted with the quality of our services.
We place great value on helping our clients achieve their goals and solve issues through business driven, innovative HR solutions.
Pamela Sande founded the firm in January of 2016 with the goal of helping companies achieve business success through innovative, practical, and cost-effective HR solutions. Her client work has included compensation, executive compensation, HR policies and practices, and employee communications consulting.
Pamela has over 25 years of human resources experience in both consulting and corporate roles, including as an HR executive and as a specialist in designing total rewards programs that drive organizational performance. Before founding the firm, Pamela was the VP of Total Rewards & Human Capital Systems for 10 years for a large human services company employing over 30,000 employees. Major projects included working with the Board and executive management to develop an equity program; designing a global based pay structure using a career ladders approach, moving health benefits to a private healthcare exchange; and designing and implementing various incentive plans. Pamela also served as VP of human resources for an engineering firm where she led talent acquisition, total rewards, organizational development, training and development, and HRIS; as Director of Compensation and Benefits in two large healthcare systems; and as a Sr. Consultant in a large employee benefits consulting firm.
Pamela co-authors the Quick Reference to COBRA Compliance and the Quick Reference to HIPAA Compliance, published most recently in 2018 by Wolters Kluwer.
Pamela has a Masters in Management degree from Cambridge College and a bachelor's degree in Social Work from Boston University. She also completed a PhD program in organizational development at Capella University and is all but dissertation. Pamela is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management and serves on its Advocacy Team, Cape Cod Human Resources Association, and World at Work. Pamela is certified as a senior HR professional (SPHR) and as a compensation professional (CCP). In addition, Pamela is a member of the Cape Cod YMCA Board of Directors and serves as Vice Chair for the HR Committee. Pamela also co-chairs the South Shore Chamber of Commerce HR Advisory Group.
Jeannie Bedar joined Pamela Sande & Associates in December of 2016. As Sr. HR Consultant, Jeannie provides consulting on all facets of human resources, including employee relations, performance management, HR practices and compliance assessments, strategic planning, and HR best practices.
Jeannie has over 20 years of experience in human resources management, including corporate experience as a Vice President of Human Resources and Director of Human Resources in the health care, manufacturing, and legal industries and experience as an HR Consultant. Jeannie is a results-driven HR business partner with the ability to deliver services that align a company's human resources practices to its strategic objectives.
Before joining the firm, Jeannie was a Sr. Consultant with a consulting firm where her work included an operational audit of a human resources department in a large medical center; a strategic initiative involving employment, compensation and metrics; and an assessment of a business unit and its leadership. In addition, Jeannie was a VP of Human Resources for a large healthcare system where she was responsible for labor negotiations, recruitment and retention, employee relations, compensation and benefits, HRIS, occupational health, organization and people development, childcare centers, and volunteers.
Jeannie has a bachelor's degree from Northeastern University in Massachusetts, and a Paralegal Certificate from Newbury College/Bentley College in Massachusetts. Jeannie is also a member of the Society for Human Resources Management.
Darlene Flaherty joined Pamela Sande & Associates in May of 2018. As Senior HR Consultant, Darlene provides consulting on all facets of human resources, including strategic planning, project management/business analytics, compliance, solution design and HR best practices. Darlene has over 20 years of experience in human resources management, several years during which she specialized in analyzing the market to determine company HR needs, trends, regulations, and practices, developing competitive programs and services to meet the company goals. Before joining the firm, Darlene worked with a global IT services company for 14 years where she was responsible for Health and Welfare Programs and HR Operations for North America. Her responsibilities included plan design/budgeting, predictive modeling, merger and acquisitions, operations management, HRIS, absence management, vendor management, medical consumerism and HSAs, and integrated incentive-based wellness programs. Before joining the global IT services company, Darlene was an HR Analyst for a Boston engineering firm where her responsibilities included leading a conversion of health insurance from a regional to nation-wide vendor, implementing an employee self-service HRIS platform, handling new hire orientations, conducting compensation market analysis, and recruiting new employees.