ABOUT SECRET
Secret Holland is a certified professional with 25+ years of human resources and leadership experience. Her passion is helping small and mid-size companies with their people needs. She excels at HR consulting, employee relations and investigations, policy and program development and can advise on any aspect of organization effectiveness. She is skilled at leadership development, goal setting and coaching for performance and dealing effectively with poor performance in full compliance with all regulations and laws. She is also skilled in ADA, ACA, FMLA and worker’s compensation.
Secret’s most recent role has been Vice President of Human Resources and Community Affairs at Gas South, LLC where her responsibilities include all aspects of human resources – strategic planning, organization design and effectiveness, compensation and benefits, recruiting and onboarding, technical skills and essential skills training, leadership development, employee relations, compliance – as well as community affairs, philanthropy and diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Ms. Holland retired from Southern Company after working in various subsidiaries for 31 years. Her experience at Georgia Power was in procurement and materials where she served as budget analyst, buyer, contracts negotiator, and subject matter expert on procurement systems. She was a key contributor to developing and implementing an integrated accounting, materials and procurement system used in power plants and distribution headquarters. Her experience at Southern Company Services was in multiple human resources roles including HR generalist supporting distribution facilities with linemen, field estimators, and customer service locations across north Georgia. She also supported corporate customer service and a 550-person call center and 250 field personnel. Secret led the development and implementation of Southern Company’s first internal HR shared services center providing HR support to Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, Mississippi Power and Southern Nuclear. At SouthernLINC Wireless Secret served as HR Director of the competitive cellular phone/2-way radio company. She also supported the HR needs of Southern Company Aviation – a 55-person organization in four states at four airport bases for the company fleet of planes and helicopters.
Ms. Holland has a Master of Science degree in Management with an emphasis in strategic planning, organization design and change management. Her BBA is in Accounting and her AA is in Business Administration. She has her SPHR and SCP-HR certifications. She is a Georgia native who grew up west of Atlanta in Douglas County but relocated in 2017. Secret now lives in Cobb County and is active in many Cobb Chamber activities. She serves on the boards of KSU’s EMBA program and One Cumberland, the new 501c3 subsidiary of the Cumberland Improvement District, and has past service on the Board of the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. She enjoys golf, dancing, travel, college football, reading and time with family and friends.