As Vice President of human resources for Haggar Clothing Co., Ms. McAbee is responsible for full-cycle HR including compensation, benefits, training and development, employee relations, recruiting and selection, and workers’ compensation and safety. She works directly with executive leadership to develop and implement programs and initiatives.
Ms. McAbee previously held HR and benefits positions of increasing responsibility with AMRE, Inc. There, she was responsible for overall HR management of the new product division, along with total compensation management, including base, incentive, stock options, executive compensation and benefit programs, payroll administration, health and welfare benefit plans, retirement benefit plans, human resource information system and risk management function. Ms. McAbee also worked for eight years at Recognition International as manager of employee benefits.
She completed course work at Casper College and Southern Methodist University, holds the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS), Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) and Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) designations; and is a Certified Franklin-Covey Speed of Trust facilitator. Ms. McAbee is a past president and past board member of the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter of ISCEBS and currently serves as Vice President of the ISCEBS Governing Council.