President's Message

Welcome to 2025! 

As we start this year, our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, families and businesses impacted by the attack in the French Quarter on New Year's Day. We are a strong community and I know we will recover and move forward together. 

What an exciting time in New Orleans. We have the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras and St Patrick’s day all in the coming months. This is such a wonderful time of year for our City. 

NOLA SHRM is no exception! This Year we have some great events and opportunities for you to learn and network. Our monthly meeting will continue as always on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. We will also have our HR in Focus and Legal perks programming as well. In July we will have our 2nd annual Foundation Gala. Last year we raised nearly $3,000 for the SHRM Foundation. And this year we will be bringing back HR on Tap (More info to come). 

This year's NOLA SHRM Conference in September promises to be better than ever with a full 2-day event. We are expanding the Legal Summit to be a full-day event. We will let you know when registration opens so you can get in early and save.

We look forward to seeing each and every one of you this year! 

Don’t forget we are now a Dual membership organization, meaning you must be a SHRM member to be a NOLA SHRM member.  Click HERE to add the NOLA SHRM membership to your existing membership or renew both!  This will be the last year Affiliates of Nola SHRM will have the same pricing structure as members.   Ask about a special discount for non-SHRM members at the next meeting!

You can still attend all our event regardless of your membership status as an affiliate.

Patrick Morrison

NOLA SHRM President 2025

Our volunteer NOLA SHRM board of directors work together to help provide the best resources for each and every member through our events.  Our monthly meetings and professional development opportunities provide both SHRM and HRCI credits for our certified members seeking credits for recertification.  NOLA SHRM events are planned to provide current, significant human resource knowledge to address challenges that impact people and organizations in the Greater New Orleans Region.

We are always excited about new volunteers, so if you are looking for a way to get more involved and build your connections, please reach out at any time at President@nolashrm.org

New Orleans, Louisiana, Society for Human Resources Management (NOLA SHRM) is a local chapter affiliate with the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) with over 500 active members.  Your national and local membership work together to provide Human Resources practitioners and small businesses with valuable up to date human resource education, resources, and networking opportunities for all members. For more information about SHRM, visit www.shrm.org.