About Us
Our staff will be working remotely for the next few weeks to promote the health and safety of our community. Please use email or the webform below to get in touch.
Products for the Maine and New England human resources community include:
- The Annual Maine HR Convention
- Strategic HR at Mount Washington Retreat
- Maine Workers’ Compensation Summit
Office Hours:
Normal Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30am – 4:30pm
SUMMER HOURS: (Memorial Day to Labor Day)
Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am – 12:00pm
CLOSED HOLIDAYS AND POST CONFERENCE DAYS– 2021 Dates
- January 1 – New Year’s Day
- January 18 – Martin Luther King Day
- February 15 – President’s Day
- May 31 – Memorial Day
- July 5 – Independence Day
- September 6 – Labor Day
- October 11 – Columbus/ Indigenous People’s Day
- October 29 – Post Strategic HR at Mt. Washington Conference
- November 25, 26, 27 – Thanksgiving
- December 24 & 25 – Christmas
We strive to provide you an experience, not just an event.
Our history: Strategic HR U.S, first opened its doors in 1983 as Northern New England Law Publishers and for 30 years has served as an information clearinghouse for the human resources community in Maine. We rely on a thriving network of human resources professionals, labor-management attorneys, and workers’ compensation experts for advice, analysis, and ideas. Our goal is to help you foster healthy relations with your employees, thereby avoiding costly workplace conflict and litigation and allowing you to focus your energy on your products and services.
Contact Us
Our Team is at Your Service
207.761.8350
Sponsor and Exhibitor Information:
Shannon Dobbins, Director of Business Development
Shannon@StrategicHRus.com
Speaker Information:
Morgan Rush, Communications & Logistics Coordinator
Morgan@StrategicHRus.com
Attendee Information:
Info@StrategicHRus.com
Attendee & Accounting Information:
Becky Thompson, Office Manager
Becky@StrategicHRus.com
Creative Director & COO:
Katie White
Katie@StrategicHRus.com
Curator & CEO:
Bud Bernstein
Bud@StrategicHRus.com
MEET THE TEAM
Bud Bernstein
President
CEO
The Pierce Memorial, a statue of three loggers next to the Bangor Public Library: not where you’d expect to find the end point of a civil rights demonstration. My father…
Katie White
Creative Director | Faculty Manager
Katie is a self-proclaimed culture digester, social media fanatic, and hobbyist writer. Originally from the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, she spent summers in Maine and relocated to Portland…

Morgan Rush
Communications & Logistics Coordinator
Morgan grew up in Central Maine and spent a summer working in Portland a few years ago. After that summer, she knew that Portland is where she wanted to be once she finished school…
Becky Thompson
Human Resources & Office Manager
Becky is on her second stint with Strategic HR. She started out with the company back in 1991 and worked with our fabulous leader, Bud Bernstein, for 11 years when it was just the two of them. Then,…