Human Resources 

Phyllis began her career in Human Resources in 1979 with the City of Iowa City, Iowa. In 1990, Phyllis was hired by the City of Des Moines, Iowa as a Human Resources Analyst and currently serves in this position. Phyllis possesses a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Industrial Relations from the University of Iowa and is currently certified as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) through the Human Resources Certification Institute-Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM).

As a Human Resources Analyst, job responsibilities encompass recruiting, testing and selection of candidates for employment, conducting classification and compensation studies, performing job audits to provide comprehensive job analysis and employee relations.