Karla Faundez

About

Karla Faundez is the President and Founder of NorthgateHR Partners LLC, a Miami-based HR consulting firm that partners with small and midsized businesses to build the people practices they need to grow with confidence. With close to 30 years of Human Resources experience across education, banking, global shipping, and consulting, Karla brings a practical, common-sense approach to HR, along with the integrity and discretion business owners count on when sensitive issues arise.

Through NorthgateHR, Karla serves as a hands-on HR partner for growing companies that don’t yet have, or don’t need, a full-time HR department. The firm provides fractional and outsourced HR leadership, HR compliance and risk management, employee relations and performance support, and talent acquisition, as well as project-based work such as HR gap analyses and custom employee handbooks. Business owners rely on Karla to put sustainable structure in place, navigate difficult people decisions, and stay aligned with state and federal requirements.

NorthgateHR is the second firm Karla has founded. In 2007 she launched ELEVA Solutions, Inc., providing human resources, recruiting, and loss prevention services, after serving as a Principal at RealInsight LLC, an outsourced HR consulting firm for small and midsized companies. Her corporate career includes serving as Director of Human Resources for a multi-state education management company supporting more than 2,000 employees and charter schools across the U.S.; guiding employment practices through two mergers in Virginia’s banking industry; and working in corporate HR at “K” Line America, Inc., where she helped launch the company’s National Service Center.

Karla graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management from the University of Richmond. She lives in Miami-Dade, where she has long volunteered her time in the community.