Partners and Team Members

Don Dressler

Founder & Attorney

Don's Bio

Cindy A. Williams

Managing Partner, Human Resources,
Safety & Sales

Cindy's Bio

Wendy Garcia, SPHR, PHRca, SHRM-SCP

Managing Partner – Human Resources

Wendy's Bio

Pat Haley, PHR

Human Resources, Employee Conflict, Training

phaley@calworksafetyhr.com

Judy A. Lindemann, RN, FNP, MSN

Nurse Practitioner

jlindemann@calworksafetyhr.com

Nora Gomez

Human Resources (Billingual Spanish)

ngomez@calworksafetyhr.com

Victoria Hill

Attorney, Human Resources

vhill@calworksafetyhr.com

Scott Smith

Safety

ssmith@calworksafetyhr.com

Jordan Andre

Controller

Rosie Mercado

Training and Spanish Translations

Ron Paine, MS, ARM

Safety Training & Human Resources

Ralph Dorwin

Sales, Safety Investigations & Training

rdorwin@calworksafetyhr.com

Mary Ginty

Human Resources

mginty@calworksafetyhr.com

Gary Stenberg

Safety & Accident Investigator

Ellie Williams

Safety and Human Resources

Jake Garcia

Social Media

Don Dressler

Founder & Attorney

Don Dressler is the founder of CalWorkSafety & HR, and is a national leader in labor law, risk management and human resources solutions. Don earned his MBA from Pepperdine University and his law degree from Stanford University of Law. Don served as the President of Insurance Services for Western Growers Association, and as Director and member of the Executive Committee of the California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation. He also served on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Association Executives and Association of California Insurance Companies. Don served as the Chairman of the Finance Commission for the City of Irvine from 1993-2011. Don has a true love for his community and the charities he’s involved in.

Cindy A. Williams

Managing Partner, Human Resources, Safety & Sales

Highly efficient and results oriented, Cindy Williams has more than 15 years experience in the HR and Safety industries. Cindy helps to increase employee productivity, and reduce the overall cost of your client’s workforce through building strong employee relationships, fine-tuning company culture, streamlining procedures and designing creative human resources and safety training programs. With extensive personal experience as a business owner of companies such as Mattress Distributors and SingleSource Design and Move Management Services, Cindy understands what it takes to keep your employees safe and company legally compliant.

Contact Info: cwilliams@calworksafetyhr.com

Wendy Garcia, SPHR, PHRca, SHRM-SCP

Managing Partner – Human Resources

Wendy Garcia is passionate in all areas of Human Resources, but especially employee relations, conducting Sexual Harassment Prevention and Workplace Civility training, creating COVID-19 Response Plans, writing Employee Handbooks, and helping clients stay compliant with all of the confusing employment laws. Wendy is recognized by the Human Resources Certification Institute and the Society for Human Resources Management as a Senior Professional in Human Resources, and maintains her SPHR, PHRca, and SHRM-SCP certifications. Wendy has a BA in Communication Studies from UC Santa Barbara and Certificate in HR Management from UC Irvine. She is a member of the HR Independent Consultants Network, and an active volunteer in Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA) and numerous non-profits and philanthropies in the community.

Contact Info: wgarcia@CalWorkSafetyHR.com