{"id":27824,"date":"2024-02-12T20:23:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T20:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27824"},"modified":"2024-02-12T20:23:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T20:23:46","slug":"lee-county-port-authority-welcomes-new-chief-human-resources-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/uncategorized\/lee-county-port-authority-welcomes-new-chief-human-resources-officer\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Lee County Port Authority Welcomes New Chief Human Resources Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bonnie-McFarland-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27825\" width=\"176\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bonnie-McFarland-edit.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bonnie-McFarland-edit-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><figcaption><em>Bonnie McFarland<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonnie McFarland, SHRM-SCP, CEBS, SPHR, has joined the Lee\nCounty Port Authority as Chief Human Resources Officer. As CHRO, she will be\nresponsible for overseeing all activities related to employee matters at\nSouthwest Florida International Airport and Page Field in Fort Myers, including\nworking with members of the executive management team to build and manage\norganizational development, policies and programs, compensation, benefits,\nperformance management, employee relations, recruiting, hiring and retention,\nas well as compliance with federal, state and local laws.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McFarland brings more than 20 years of human resources\nexperience to LCPA, with a background in recruitment and retention, benefits\nand compensation, as well as successful leadership and team development. Most\nrecently, she was a senior client service consultant for MetLife. Before that,\nMcFarland spent more than 12 years with the School District of Lee County as\nthe director of insurance and benefits management and the seven years prior\nwith the City of Cape Coral as the benefits manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is a member of the Society of Human Resources\nManagement, International Foundation for Employee Benefit Plans and the Florida\nEducational Risk Managers Association, where she served as president in 2017-18\nand as a board member from 2013 to 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McFarland has a Master of Business Administration from the\nUniversity of Arkansas in Little Rock, Arkansas and a Bachelor of Science in\nbusiness administration from the University of Central Florida in Orlando.\nMcFarland received her SHRM-SCP (Senior Certified Professional) certification\nfrom the Society of Human Resources in 2015, her CEBS (Certified Employee\nBenefits Specialist) designation in 2010 and SPHR (Senior Professional in Human\nResources) designation since 2002.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lee County Port Authority operates Southwest Florida International Airport and Page Field in Fort Myers. No ad valorem (property) taxes are used for the operation or improvement of either airport. For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/flylcpa.com\/\">flylcpa.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonnie McFarland, SHRM-SCP, CEBS, SPHR, has joined the Lee County Port Authority as Chief Human Resources Officer. As CHRO, she will be responsible for overseeing all activities related to employee matters at Southwest Florida International Airport and Page Field in Fort Myers, including working with members of the executive management team to build and manage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27826,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27824\/revisions\/27826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}