Our Team

Cindy Free

CEO / Senior Consultant

“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you’ve had everything to do, and you’ve done it.”
– Margaret Thatcher

For the past 25 years, I have worked in a Human Resource and Training capacity. My career began working in the Ski Industry, continued in the Restaurant Industry, and most recently as a small business owner, myself. I have developed quite a “tool kit” for Human Resource functions including the areas of compliance, recruiting, hiring, training and retention, team building, safety and risk management and supervisor training, as well as employee performance reviews, internal investigations and more. We have an amazing team at HR Annie – our knowledge bank and longevity of experience; our credible relationships with past and present clients; our amazing ability to say it like it is, weaves effortlessly with the needs of our clients. For fun and most importantly, I spend my free time with my family enjoying the amazing offerings of the great Northwest.

Ana Brady

Administrative Manager

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
– Maya Angelou

With more than 25 years in the industry, Ana is a customer service professional who thrives on helping people. Her background includes work in administration, sales, and Human Resources. With her outgoing personality and ‘can do’ attitude, Ana is someone who truly enjoys people. Ana believes in going the extra mile for people and that extends far beyond her professional relationships. Ana’s joy in life is spending time with her family and friends, especially her two sons. Ana has learned that working hard, along with treating people with respect and kindness goes a long way in making lasting customers or clients.

Erin Frost

HR Consultant

“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.”
– Unknown

Over the past decade Erin Frost has served on and led HR teams in various industries in both the public and private sector. She spends time understanding her client’s business in order to provide the highest level of HR service. Erin has demonstrated success implementing strategic plans for talent acquisition, retention and succession planning. She enjoys working on a team and understands how a high functioning team is critical to a business’s success. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her husband, two daughters and exploring all the adventures that the Pacific Northwest has to offer.

Linda Addy

HR Consultant

“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.”
– Anne Lamont

With more than 18 years experience in hospitality leadership, Linda has led teams as General Manager, Director of Operations, restaurant owner and restaurant consultant. Her experience establishing training and SOP resources, hiring and developing teams, inspiring and managing people, providing financial and work flow analysis, and leading strategic planning and vision/brand management were natural stepping stones to her dream job in Human Resources.

When she isn’t advising her valued clients, you’ll find Linda setting the table or washing dishes when her chef/husband cooks, rooting for her daughter on the soccer field and gymnastics floor, or recharging her batteries with family, camping and a good book.

Heather Wall

HR Coordinator

“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”
– Ella Fitzgerald

I’ve been working in HR for about 3 years, the first 2 years specifically in Employee and Labor Relations. I have a diverse career history ranging from Finance, Event Coordination and Wireless Operations. I’ve worked in both the private and the public sector and have finally found my career calling in HR. I think HR is Cool because of its ability to make a positive impact on a workplace and more specifically the people within.

I believe in adventure and doing the things you’re supposed to do, in the places they are supposed to be done.

Randi Murray

Marketing and Events Coordinator

“Trying to tear down the past prohibits you from building your future.”
– Dwayne Carter Jr.

Randi is a Marketing and Event Specialist who partners with heart-centered entrepreneurs to amplify their mission and goals. She has spent that last 10 years supporting a variety of small businesses through the challenging stages of growth with both digital and live marketing strategies.

While she’s worked in many different industries, from catering to mental health, at the end of the day she’s passionate about passionate people and seeing them succeed.

Outside of the office, Randi can be found hunkered down at a cozy coffee shop or exploring the woods with her new puppy.

Jessica Ortman

HR Generalist

“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.”
– Tony Robbins

Jessica started her career in HR 3 years ago with a strong focus in full cycle recruitment within the healthcare industry. This included the creation of job descriptions, job ads, managing job boards, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and on-boarding employees. Over time she has expanded her scope of focus to include the creation of new hire orientation programs, and conducting trainings on various topics.

Prior to her healthcare experience, Jessica attended Oregon State University and studied business management while simultaneously holding an operations management role in the coffee industry. After graduation, Jessica moved to Nashville Tennessee for a few years, and now spends her free time soaking up the PNW her family and friends!

Melonie Good

HR Generalist

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
– Viktor E. Frankl

With 15 years of experience managing large, dynamic teams, Melonie’s transition into Human Resources was organic. She has high-level experience with all things HR and has taken a deep dive into employee relations, performance management, and training & development. Having been a leader in a variety of work environments including customer service, wellness, and production, she has a fair sense of work-flow and how structure and care can help individuals and teams succeed. Melonie thrives at helping folks have what they need to feel connected to the work they’re doing, be efficient while doing it, and problem-solving along the way. When not nerding-out with HR, Melonie unwinds by spending time with her daughters, enjoying nature, and reading a fantastic book.

Maddy Baldwin

Hiring Project Manager

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”
-Walt Disney

Annie Reed

Founder / Consultant

“I have learned a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. I have learned that whenever I decide something with kindness, I have made the right decision. I have learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. I have learned that if you laugh and drink soda pop at the same time, it will come out your nose.”

After years working in the Human Resource world from start-ups to large international organizations and owning her own consulting firm in Bend, Oregon, Annie opened HR Annie Consulting in May of 2010 here in the Portland area. She holds a strong belief in volunteering with past service on various non-profit boards and current work with Chambers of Commerce.  Along with solid knowledge and skills in the field of business and human resources, Annie is known for bringing a love of problem solving with a sense of humor, perspective and common sense to our client’s businesses.

Zoe Stanley

HR Annie Intern

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”
— Joshua J. Marine

Zoe is an intern at HR Annie with a strong background in marketing and writing. She has worked in a variety of small businesses over the past two years, gaining experience in managing varying marketing tasks such as email marketing, blog writing, and social media platform management. The reason she decided to join the HR Annie team is her passion for people and wanting to explore a career in Human Resources, while also utilizing her business acumen. She will be a rising senior Fall 2020 at the University of Oregon majoring in Business Administration, with a concentration in Entrepreneurship and Marketing, and a Psychology minor. Zoe is also a member of the international professional business fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi, at the University of Oregon. In her free time she enjoys trying out new coffee shops in the Portland area and considers herself a coffee connoisseur. She is an Arizona native who’s now enjoying her time in the rainy Pacific Northwest.