Meeting/Event Information

HR: Managing Through a Crisis Without a Playbook

Presented by Jaclyn Pritchett, Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Brookdale Senior Living

Program Description: 2020 and 2021 were years where unprecedented challenges emerged and compounded--a global pandemic, a dynamic labor market, social injustice, natural disasters and more. Learn and discuss how we as HR professionals can continue to lead through a crisis as business partners, learn together and come out stronger--creating a new playbook for the future.

Registration: MTSU Faculty or Student: $5; All others: $20 by end of business Wednesday March 23, $25 afterwards.

Certification: This program has been submitted to SHRM and HRCI for certification review.

Presenter Biography: 

Jaclyn Pritchett is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Brookdale Senior Living.  Prior to Brookdale, she was at Bridgestone Americas, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, and worked within the auto industry, government & non-profit sector, and consulting. Jaclyn previously served five years on the Board of Directors for MT|SHRM as the Director of Workforce Planning and Director of Professional Development, and currently serves as the Executive Sponsor for the Leadership Development Program. She also currently serves on the Board for New Frontiers, a non-profit that provides youth camps as well as residential care in a therapeutic environment for boys, and is the Past-President of the Board for Crowned for Ashes, a non-profit that provides support to wounded, ill and injured veterans and active-duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families, as well as widows.

Jaclyn is PHR and SHRM-CP certified, and has her M.A. in Industrial Organizational Psychology from MTSU. She received her B.A. in Psychology with minors in Business and Spanish from Auburn University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude, and was Captain of the lacrosse team. She was the recipient of the 2020 McKnight Women of Distinction Rising Star Award, 2020 Brookdale Servant Heart Award, 2016 Nashville Emerging Leader HR award, 2015 Cracker Barrel “Best of the Barrel” award, and 2014 State of TN SHRM HR Management Excellence Award. Jaclyn resides in Murfreesboro, TN with her husband of 13 years, Daniel, and children, Luke (9) and Emma (4).