Gracen Johnsen

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About Gracen Johnsen

Summit (Originally PremierSource) Sr. Vice President, HR Strategies and Consulting Gracen Johnsen is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the Human Resource Certification Institute, SHRM-Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) and is an American Management Association Certified Strategic Planner. She teaches the Society of Human Resource Management PHR/SPHR Certification course and Essentials of Human Resource Management Certification Program at OSU-OKC. Ms. Johnsen worked for several years in the securities industry, held the Series 24 Principal's License, and is a National Association of Securities Dealers trained mediator. Holding a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Oklahoma State University, she has also completed graduate courses in Educational Theory at the University of Idaho and in Business Management at Pepperdine University. For over seven years, she served as an officer and director of a publicly traded corporation in Southern California. Her duties included directing all HR practices, policies and strategies, and corporate compliance with SEC, OSHA, INS, EEOC, and Department of Agriculture regulation. In 1996, Ms. Johnsen founded Johnsen Corporate Services (JCS) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she developed the out-sourced HR Director model for corporations, non-profits, and Native American enterprises. Now affiliated with Premier Source, a Summit Consolidated Group company, she advises Summit clients on human resource management, strategic business planning, compensation planning and implementation, corporate governance, and employment and regulatory compliance. Specialties: SPHR Certification through HRCI/SHRM; SHRM-SCP; policies and procedures for not-for-profit organizations, charter schools, and small- to medium-sized businesses. Consults to senior management and conducts supervisor training; SHRM instructor at Oklahoma State University/OKC campus.