Straight Talking with Kelly
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Welcome to Straight Talking with Kelly Armstrong where you will meet the most talented, intelligent, and creative people who come to share tips, resources, and knowledge on various topics. The guest come from a magnitude of industries that include Education, Music, Television, Theater, Fashion, Culinary Arts, Hospitality, Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Community Advocates and much more!
My guest Casey Neuburger, SHRM-SCP, SHRP, SPHR,-VP OF HR Hotel Nikko SF
We will talk about the importance of Collaboration relating it to the Prime & Prepped Program at the Bayview YMCA
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Episode #6 Straight Talking with guest Casey Neuburger VP of HR Hotel Nikko SF
About Casey:
Born and raised in McKean Pennsylvania, a small farming community outside of Erie, Pennsylvania, Casey learned the importance of hard work through farming and holding his first job at the KOA campground at the age of 15. He found his passion for the hotel and restaurant industry by working at the campground and having a strong mentor who was the owner of the campground. Casey fine-tuned his skills for hotel management by attending Mercyhurst University where he earned his bachelors in hotel and restaurant management. Shortly after graduation Casey began working for the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in Cleveland, OH as a housekeeping manager. Within the span of two years, he was promoted to an assistant director of housekeeping and moved to Boston to work for the World-Famous Ritz-Carlton on Arlington Street. He grew his Human Resource leadership skills by working for world class leaders in hospitality industry working for Swissotel, Hyatt, Mandarin Oriental, InterContinental and Hotel Nikko. Casey moved to San Francisco in 2008 with the InterContinental Hotel San Francisco, helping to position the hotel as a market leader. He joined Hotel Nikko 5 Years ago as the Director of Human Resources to manage the full closure and re-opening of the property after a multi-million- dollar renovation. He was promoted to VP of HR 2 years ago and just as the COVID-19 pandemic emerging he took the role of Director of Hotel Operations.
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Kelly Armstrong has more than 25 years of experience in public relations and image consulting.
As the founder of Artist Development/Imagemaking, Armstrong enjoys helping people “be their best, by looking and feeling their best” in body and spirit by giving advice about skin care, makeup, grooming, overall personal appearance, presentation skills, and job readiness training, she also teaches Image Consulting at City College of San Francisco.
Armstrong has worked with KKSF Radio, partnered with the Plant Recording Studio and stores like Wilkes Bashford, she has dressed artists for album covers and videos, freelanced as a makeup artist with clients that included CBS 5 (KPIX), San Francisco’s Mayor Willie Brown, and taught makeup classes through CCSF Extended Education Program. Faz Restaurants, Marriott Marquis Hotel, Chevron, Renaissance Entrepreneurial Center, Independent Living, Brookside Hospital and San Francisco Unified School District, and others have also benefited from Armstrong’s public relations and image consulting expertise.
Working in the underserved Bayview Hunter’s Point neighborhood in San Francisco, Armstrong is the Founder of the Primed & Prepped: A Hospitality Management/Culinary Arts Mentoring and Job Training Program at the Bayview Hunters Point YMCA. The purpose of the program is to help mitigate the barriers to employment to young males and females of color.
Formerly on San Francisco State University’s Hospitality Management Advisory Board she chaired the PR Committee, she was a part of the Program Advisory Committee (PAC) with SAE Expression Media College. Armstrong has previously served as a Board of Governors with the Recording Academy, she created, and co-chaired the Urban Outreach Committee of the Recording Academy (a.k.a. The Grammys) and she was an inaugural member of KQED’s Community Advisory Panel. She has volunteered with The National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI).
Armstrong is married, resides in San Francisco, and has a passion for food, fashion, and music.
