Bethel Wel­comes New Di­rec­tor of Hu­man Re­sources

MISHAWAKA--On Mon­day, Jan. 24, Lisa Cut­ting joined the Bethel com­mu­nity as the new di­rec­tor of hu­man re­sources. As part of this role, Cut­ting will also be Bethel’s Ti­tle IX co­or­di­na­tor once she has com­pleted her Ti­tle IX cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, a process she is cur­rently work­ing on in con­junc­tion with Paul Neel, di­rec­tor of cam­pus safety. 

Cut­ting learned about the job open­ing from An­gela Pi­azza, Ed.D., Bethel’s for­mer di­rec­tor of hu­man re­sources.

“It was a cul­mi­na­tion of all the dif­fer­ent ca­reers that I’ve had that led to this fit­ting un­der one um­brella,” Cut­ting said. “My back­ground is le­gal, and I was in the courts for years... I owned my own com­pany for years and then I worked for other busi­nesses as a busi­ness man­ager, so every­thing just kind of fit to­gether.”

As di­rec­tor, Cut­ting is fill­ing the role of a hu­man re­sources gen­er­al­ist for Bethel, over­see­ing a wide ar­ray of re­spon­si­bil­i­ties and ac­tiv­i­ties.

“It’s poli­cies, it’s all the hir­ing, every­thing that has to do with em­ploy­ees,” Cut­ting said. “It’s any­thing hu­man re­sources.”

For now, Cut­ting is fo­cus­ing on be­com­ing fa­mil­iar with Bethel’s poli­cies and peo­ple so that she can learn what goals and ac­tions will be most ben­e­fi­cial for the uni­ver­sity as a whole. 

“Work­ing with em­ploy­ees is so much fun,” Cut­ting said. “Find­ing out what train­ing can best suit them and bring out their strong points . . . and if there’re poli­cies and pro­ce­dures that can be cleaned up to bet­ter suit the uni­ver­sity and the staff, then I’m all for that too.”

Cut­ting is look­ing for­ward to meet­ing as many mem­bers of the Bethel com­mu­nity as pos­si­ble.

“I want staff to know that [I have an] open door," Cut­ting said. “I am very, very wel­com­ing, and I’ll be around to meet peo­ple. I think it’s im­por­tant to get to know every­one on cam­pus . . . it’s re­ally im­por­tant to have that per­sonal touch, and re­la­tion­ships and friend­ships.”