Chief People, Operations & Transformation Executive

Building order inside
complexity.

Twenty-plus years stabilizing complex, multi-state organizations and converting strategy into scalable people, payroll, and compliance infrastructure.

20+ yrs  Enterprise HR & Operations U.S. & Canada  Multi-State Scope Most Loved Workplace®  BPI Certified, 2024 & 2025
Amy Baker-Ogunyemi
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Who I Am
I walk into fragmented, high-risk organizations and rebuild them into compliant, stable, high-performing functions that last.

Enterprise HR and operations executive known for challenging the status quo, stabilizing complex organizations, and translating strategy into scalable people and operational systems across multi-state and mission-driven environments.

A trusted solutions-finder with deep experience modernizing HR, compliance, workforce, and performance infrastructure across consulting, logistics, real estate, retail, and nonprofit sectors.

A founder-operator fluent across the full organizational lifecycle — operating model design, workforce architecture, financial stewardship, and leadership capacity-building. Recognized for restoring alignment, regulatory integrity, and accountability in organizations navigating growth, fragmentation, or structural inefficiency.

Selected Impact

Outcomes that hold up under audit.

400+
Agency notices resolved across tax, multi-state & Workers’ Comp
67%
Payroll processing time reduction
95%+
Payroll error reduction
16%
Organization-wide turnover reduction
23%
Benefit cost reduction
300%
HR function scaling for multi-state expansion
$30M
Annual multi-entity payroll oversight
6 yrs
Zero employment litigation tenure
100%
Of inherited 401(k) audit findings resolved
Recognition

Culture you can measure.

20242025
Back to Back
Most Loved Workplace® Certified — two years running.

Most Loved Workplace® is a certification awarded to organizations by the Best Practice Institute, based on validated employee sentiment and engagement data. As enterprise culture leader, I partnered directly with individual business units to build engagement action plans, then reviewed executed action items to hold the organization accountable for follow-through — helping earn the certification in both 2024 and 2025 with measurable year-over-year gains in engagement. Strong operations and a strong culture are not competing priorities; the discipline that produces clean audits is the same discipline that earns employees’ trust.

In Their Words

A consistent record of excellence.

The puzzle piece we’ve been missing. I do not believe there is an area she cannot navigate effectively.

Performance Review — AFS Logistics

Calm, confident, and well versed. I don’t think anything could arise in HR that you could not handle.

Performance Review — AFS Logistics

It’s difficult to imagine anyone else managing the broken processes of others with the same level of effectiveness.

Performance Review — AFS Logistics

Your insight into complex issues and unique approach to creating stability have been truly invaluable.

Performance Review — AFS Logistics
Professional Recommendations

Amy served as a strategic partner and led our executive team through a challenging change-management process that proved to be very methodical and successful in the end. Amy scaled our HR department by 300%, developing a team who provided exemplary service and support to individuals with diverse personalities and skill sets throughout four states, including overseeing the recruitment and selection team. I have the utmost respect and confidence in Amy’s ability to lead as a Human Resources professional. She has proven to be an honest, caring, and thoughtful person whom our team, and moreso our leadership team, rely on for guidance and mentorship — flexible and adaptable in a high-pressure environment.

Tanika Nash, Managing Director / CEO

I have been continually impressed by Amy’s drive to support those around her and steadily strive for the best. She is sought out by her peers and team for guidance and regularly puts action behind her words of help. She offers extensive expertise in the world of Human Resources and has an impressive education to support her understanding. As a brilliant, hardworking, and empathetic leader, Amy is an astounding asset to any team she is on. I believe that any company lucky enough to have her will find great success and terrific growth among their employees.

Catherine Troquille, HR Generalist
Career

Two decades of turnaround & transformation.

2023 — Present
Director of Human Resources
AFS Logistics  ·  U.S. & Canada  ·  Transportation & Logistics
270 employees 2 countries 8 states 43 unique labor markets
  • Inherited a department in crisis — a year-late 401(k) audit, payroll tax delinquencies, broken benefit feeds, and an underdeveloped HR team — and rebuilt it into the most compliant, stable function in five years.
  • Resolved 400+ agency notices across payroll tax, multi-state filings, and Workers’ Comp; eliminated a six-figure state penalty and interest assessment in full.
  • Identified and resolved every finding from the inherited 401(k) audit and self-initiated an additional plan audit, then merged a separately administered acquired plan into the main plan with zero issues.
  • Cut payroll processing from 3 days to 1 (67%) and reduced the error rate by 95%+ via reconciliation tracking, incident reporting, and systems automation.
  • Served as enterprise culture leader behind back-to-back Most Loved Workplace® certification (Best Practice Institute, 2024 & 2025) — building business-unit action plans and driving year-over-year engagement gains.
  • Established U.S. oversight of Canadian operations; trained and upskilled an inexperienced team into a credentialed function with a developed successor.
2019 — Present
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Mon Amie’s Solutions (L3C)  ·  Mission-Driven Workforce & Education Enterprise
  • Founded and scaled a mission-driven L3C social enterprise strengthening families, supporting youth facing academic and socio-emotional barriers, and helping organizations address systemic challenges.
  • Directed financial planning, pricing strategy, and revenue-model development; built scalable consulting and education service architecture.
  • Built and led a cross-functional delivery team and established strategic partnerships with schools, nonprofits, and workforce agencies.
2013 — 2020
Strategic Human Resources Director
Fairfield Property Management  ·  55 Locations  ·  5 States
  • Stabilized a multi-state workforce across 55 locations — redesigning HR architecture and accountability structures and scaling the function 300%.
  • Reduced turnover 16% through engagement strategy and modernized benefits, cutting medical renewal costs 23%.
  • Maintained zero employment litigation over six years; oversaw $30M annual multi-entity payroll across 55 business units.
2009 — 2013
Human Resources Manager
Target Corporation  ·  Louisiana & Texas
  • Modernized compliance and operational consistency across a multi-store network; standardized onboarding and training frameworks.
  • Mentored 12 emerging leaders to 100% advancement into executive roles; designed workforce planning models aligning staffing to sales forecasts.
Expertise

What I’m brought in to fix.

Enterprise HR Transformation Regulatory & Tax Compliance Audit Readiness & Remediation Multi-State Payroll Operations 401(k) / Fiduciary Governance Benefits Administration Cross-Border (U.S. / Canada) Operations Immigration & Work Authorization Risk & Liability Mitigation Turnaround & Change Leadership Culture & Engagement Strategy Workforce Analytics & Reporting Team Development & Upskilling Succession Planning Mission-Driven Organizational Design
Credentials

Education & affiliations.

Doctor of Education (EdD), Community Care & Counseling — Traumatology
Liberty University
In progress
M.Ed., Human Resources & Workforce Development
University of Arkansas
Master of Business Administration
University of Phoenix
B.S., Human Resources Management
Louisiana Tech University
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Work With Me

Partner with my practice.

Beyond my executive role, I help organizations strengthen culture and develop leaders through Mon Amie’s Solutions — available for fractional HR, consulting, and leadership engagements.

Consulting & Fractional HR
Culture360

A full-spectrum culture and HR consulting practice for organizations that want the discipline of enterprise HR without the full-time overhead — from compliance and operations to engagement and culture transformation.

  • Fractional / interim HR leadership
  • Culture & engagement assessment and strategy
  • Compliance, payroll, and HR operations modernization
  • Turnaround & change-management support
Ideal for growing companies, nonprofits, and teams in transition.
Leadership Development
Leadership Lab™

Mon Amie’s leadership development practice, building the capacity of managers and emerging leaders through coaching, structured development plans, and accountability frameworks that translate directly into performance.

  • Leadership & management development programs
  • Executive and emerging-leader coaching
  • Succession planning & capacity building
  • Team development and upskilling
Ideal for organizations investing in their people and pipeline.
Let’s Talk

Let’s build something that lasts.

Whether you’re an organization that could benefit from stronger culture, leadership, and HR operations — or exploring an executive partnership — I’d welcome the conversation.

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