2021 Emil Skop Award winner Rachel Glisper

At its annual business meeting on June 17, the Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources association adopted a Commitment to Equity and presented its 36th Emil Skop Award.

Framingham Human Resources Director and MMHR Chair Dolores Hamilton provided a brief association update to kick off the meeting.

MMHR Board Director Rachel Glisper then presented the Commitment to Equity, which the membership voted to formally adopt. The commitment builds on the association’s existing mission and vision statements, and formalizes its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusiveness as core values.

Glisper provided an overview of how the commitment was developed, and discussed how the commitment will be operationalized going forward.

Wrentham Human Resources Director Mary Beth Bernard then presented the Skop Award to Glisper. The annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of municipal human resources management and a positive impact on the association and its members.

Glisper has more than a decade of public service experience, working in state, county and municipal human resources. Most recently, she served as the human resources director for the town of Needham.

Her peers say that Glisper’s deep commitment to equity and inclusion have made her a standout in the field, and she is widely recognized as an advocate and change agent who makes municipal human resources better. She is always willing to shine the light on difficult issues and encourage her colleagues and peers to think “outside the box” and more inclusively, even when it is difficult to do so.

Glisper has been an active member of the MMHR, serving on the Board since 2019. As a founding member of the strategic plan committee and member of the program committee, she has helped identify new speakers and program ideas, and has been a panelist, moderator, spokesperson and visionary of diversity and inclusion.

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