Who We Are
We are current and former local and state government human resources and training professionals.
All MAPS Group principles and associates have a minimum of 10 years of experience working in a human resource management or training position in North Carolina State and local government agencies. Most have over 20 years of HR experience. For more information regarding each staff member, see below.
Board of Directors
| President | Rebecca Veazey |
| Vice President | Susan Ennis |
| Secretary | Pat Thomas |
| Treasurer | Larry Kerr |
Principals
| Patsy Burks | |
| Lynn Freeman | |
| Mike McDaniel | |
| Allen Rogers | |
| Bunny Spadaro | |
| Valiria Willis | |
| Thom Wright |
Associates
| Eleanor Green | |
| Jan Hunter | |
| Elgin Lane | |
| Dick McMahon | |
| Gary Wiggins |
Officers and Pricipals:
Rebecca "Becky" Veazey
Becky has worked full-time with The MAPS Group since 1989, serving as President since 1995. Prior to working with MAPS she served as Human Resources Director for the Town of Cary and Durham County, and worked as an HR generalist in the Town of Chapel Hill and in training and employee relations for the City of Greensboro.
Becky’s work with MAPS includes a wide variety of services including assessment center development and management, employee and management training, performance appraisal system development, facilitation of staff and elected official meetings and retreats, personnel policy review and development, and classification and pay studies. Becky coordinates and teaches in the NC School of Government’s Effective Management Program.
| Phone | (919) 233-3914 |
| Fax | (919) 233-5313 |
| Cell | (919) 616-5965 |
| bveazey@themapsgroup.com |
Susan has worked with The MAPS Group since 1990, working full-time several of those years. She worked in several capacities in the Office of State Personnel, including serving as Director of the Employee and Management Development Division; Manager of the Performance Management and Management Training Program, and an analyst in the Classification and Pay Division.
Susan’s work with MAPS includes employee and management training, performance appraisal system development, group facilitation, personnel policy review and development, and classification and pay studies.
| Phone | (919) 790-1434 |
| Fax | (919) 790-1434 |
| sennis@themapsgroup.com |
One of the original founders of The MAPS Group, Pat has worked on a variety of MAPS studies since 1983, working on a close to full-time basis since 2001. Pat served as Human Resources Director for the Town of Chapel Hill, directed the Local Government Position Classification Service in the NC Office of State Personnel, and served as an analyst in the Classification and Pay Division.
Pat’s work with MAPS includes classification and pay studies, personnel policy review and development, and analysis of benefits packages.
| Phone | (919) 466-7268 |
| pthomas@themapsgroup.com |
One of the original founders of The MAPS Group, Larry has served the City of Greensboro in several capacities including Human Resources Director and Internal Projects (Technology) Manager. Larry also worked as a classification analyst with NC State University.
Larry’s work with MAPS includes collecting the data and producing the annual School of Government’s County Salary and Benefits surveys, pay system development and consultation – and serving as the MAPS Treasurer.
| Phone | (336) 547-0881 |
| lkerr@themapsgroup.com |
Patsy began working with The MAPS Group in 2005 after serving as the Human Resources Director for the City of Greensboro. Patsy also worked in other capacities for Greensboro including training and serving as Compensation Manager covering classification, pay and benefits.
Patsy’s work with MAPS includes classification and pay studies, analysis of benefits programs, training and personnel policy review and development.
One of the original founders of The MAPS Group, Lynn works in the NC Office of State Personnel and serves as a Human Resources Managing partner for Career Banding and Special Projects. She previously worked in the Classification and Pay Division.
Lynn is currently inactive with the group.
Mike currently serves as Senior V. P. for Human Resources for Alliance One International, and previously served as Human Resources Director and Director of Organization Development for the City of Wilson. He also worked with the State of North Carolina Department of Human Resources and the North Carolina Department of Transportation as a classification and pay analyst.
Mike is currently inactive with the group.
Allen has served several state agencies in a human resources capacity, including the NC General Assembly, and the Department of Public Instruction.
Allen occasionally utilizes annual leave and assists with classification and pay reviews.
One of the original founders of The MAPS Group, Bunny served as Assistant Human Resources Director for the Town of Chapel Hill. She moved to NC in 1981 from the State of New York where she worked in a personnel capacity for several state agencies there.
Bunny’s work with MAPS is behind the scenes: she calculates implementation costs for classification and pay recommendations, develops salary schedules, calculates individualized employee benefits statements and does other analysis and spreadsheets.
Valiria (also known as Vee) currently serves as Human Resources Director for the Town of Cary and has served in a Human Resources function in other earlier capacities in Cary, as well as working in the Personnel Department for the City of Raleigh and for UNC Memorial Hospital.
Vee’s work with MAPS includes classification and pay studies, training, and employee relations consultation.
Thom has over 30 years of state government experience in the field of HR, recently serving as the North Carolina State Personnel Director for the past eight years. He previously served as HR Director for the Department of Justice and also worked in the North Carolina Office of State Personnel, the Virginia Office of Human Resources and UNC-hospitals. Thom holds a CCP from WorldatWork, graduated from the PMP with excellence and was recently awarded the Master Human Capital Strategist designation.
| Phone | (919) 845-8665 |
Associates
Eleanor currently serves as Human Resources Director for the Town of Apex, and previously worked in training and employee development for Orange County.
Eleanor occasionally utilizes annual leave and assists with classification and pay studies.
Jan is a busy mother of three children and she serves as the billing and insurance coordinator for her husband’s dental practice in Statesville. She is a graduate of Duke University and the UNC MPA program. She previously worked as a classification analyst for the Office of Human Resources at UNC.
Jan occasionally assists with classification and pay studies, especially in the Western part of the state.
Elgin currently serves as Human Resources Manager for Warren County and has previously served as Classification and Pay Manager for Orange County. Elgin assists with classification and pay studies.
Dick comes out of a psychology background and worked for many years on the faculty of the NC School of Government. Now retired from that position, Dick provides training, facilitation, mentoring, executive coaching, retreats, team building, assessment centers and other expertise.
Dick also works with The MAPS Group teaching in the NC School of Government’s Effective Management Program.
Gary has worked in a variety of capacities in the NC Office of State Personnel, including classification and pay analyst and compensation manager. He currently serves as an Internal Contractor in OSP conducting classification, compensation, and workforce planning projects.
Gary occasionally assists MAPS with classification and pay reviews.
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