About Us

Our Firm

 

Foundations is a full-service consultancy firm that partners with companies to implement systems and processes that further the principles of lean business operations – teamwork, flexibility, cooperation, and continuous improvement. Our consultants have experienced firsthand the legal, labor, and employment challenges companies face and will use this expertise to partner with your team to maximize your organization’s human performance.

Foundations offers practical, tested, and effective services and solutions.  And because we have decades of experience working for a Fortune Global 500 automotive company, we have a unique business perspective to bring when crafting solutions to your challenges.

Our Team

Executives

Carol Sampson
Carol Sampson
Executive Director and Co-Founder

Carol Sampson is an Executive Director at Foundations Human Resources Consulting where she partners with employers in the automotive industry to meet their Human Resources needs. Prior to starting up Foundations in 2016, Carol had over 30 years of practical work experience at three automotive manufacturers including General Motors, Ford and Toyota. While at Toyota, Carol was well known as the company’s in-house labor and positive employee relations expert.

Stephanie Prewitt
Stephanie Prewitt
Executive Director and Co-Founder

Stephanie Prewitt is an Executive Director at Foundations where she works with Human Resources executives to implement policies, systems and processes that are both legally sound and that further the principles of lean business operations. Stephanie conducts compliance training, oversees investigations, develops policies and handbooks, and advises clients on challenging employee relations issues. Prior to partnering with Carol to start up Foundations, Stephanie spent almost twenty years at Toyota where she was Assistant General Counsel for labor and employment matters.

Consultants

Jan Czochara
Jan Czochara
Senior Consultant

Jan Czochara has helped employers meet their human resources objectives for over 25 years. She has worked in Human Resources Departments as both a full-time employee and as a consultant, and has led organizations in establishing the culture to support lean implementation. Most of Ms. Czochara’s work experience has been with Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Ms. Czochara brings a unique combination of deep expertise at the plant level as well as broad experience supporting programs coordinated by corporate headquarters in the areas of Organizational Development, Training, Projects and Planning, Team Member Relations, Positive Employee Relations, Policy Development, Communications, Strategic Planning, and Supplier Support. Ms. Czochara provides leadership and creative problem-solving skills to help organizations improve performance and leverage employee and organizational capability to achieve business objectives.

Ms. Czochara has a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of Illinois and completed MBA coursework with a concentration in human resources at Michigan State University.

Karen Combs
Karen Combs
Senior Consultant

Karen Combs has over 25 years of hands-on experience in Human Resources working for Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., in both a plant and a regional role. Ms. Combs’s passion and focus is working with front line supervisors and management assisting them in maximizing their most important resource, their employees.

In all her interactions, Ms. Combs’s goal is to help promote an understanding of the importance of a strong positive employee relations strategy and the impact of an engaged and valued workforce on a company’s key business objectives.

Ms. Combs brings an expertise in the areas of Employee Engagement and Communication, Issues Assessment and Resolution, Recognition Programs, Strategic Planning and Project Management, Effective Leadership Training, and Employee Relations.

Ms. Combs has a bachelor’s degree in journalism, with a concentration in marketing and public relations, from the University of Kentucky.

Administrative Staff

Allison Catron
Allison Catron
Business & Operations Manager

Allison Catron is the firm’s Business & Operations Manager, focusing on matters involving billing and client support. She also assists Foundations’ consultants and management team in meeting clients’ needs.

Ms. Catron has 25 years of experience in human resources and support.  She earned her bachelor’s degree in communication studies and organizational leadership from Northern Kentucky University.

 
"Human Resources is the foundation to any company’s success and my team and I build programs to enhance the work environment, promote trust, improve engagement, and strengthen management's relationship with their employees. Our work is done with a thoughtful eye to cost and compliance."

- Carol Sampson, Founder -
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