About our Consultants ...

Edward Yost has over 15 years as a senior Human Resources professional with 13 years in corporate leadership roles. Edward has served as a hands-on generalist/leader tasked with building the HR function while simultaneously supporting aggressively growing organizations. His experience has been earned across an array of industries and business types from retail, marketing research, call centers, for-profit education, to banking. He has experience supporting large employee groups within a singular location as well as those geographically dispersed group across multiple states. Edward has experience working within both publicly traded organizations and privately held companies. Edward earned his Bachelor's degree from Fairmont State University and his Master's degree in Industrial & Labor Relations from West Virginia University. Prior to his career in Human Resources, Edward spent 7 years in retail management and 2 years in accounting.

Lauren Yost is a senior Human Resources professional with over 18 years of hands-on and leadership-level Human Resources and business operations experience. Her experience comes from multi-disciplined, generalist roles in manufacturing, corporate, sales/service and not-for-profit environments. She has published articles in P & R Magazine on Interviewing Skills for Managers, Effective Delegation, Managing Across the Generations, Job Hunting Skills for Graduates, Effective Performance Management and a 3-part series on Confidentiality in the Workplace. After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Stetson University she earned certifications in Safety/OSHA compliance, HR law practices, wage & hour compliance, payroll administration, and facilities management. As a certified MBTI & EQ-i practitioner, certified Counselor (credentialed BCBC), and certified as a Professional Life Coach, Lauren has the ability to bring on-site training programs to a client to meet both individual needs or for large groups. Prior to her career in Human Resources, Lauren spent 4 years in office management and accounting.