Julissa Martis is an HR strategic partner with over 15 years of experience in creating HR Strategy, recruiting, benefits, people operations, employee relations, employee engagement, compliance, HR project management & creating human-centered processes and policies to support team members to do their best work.

Throughout her career, she has always been tasked with developing the HR function from the ground up, creating HR strategy and policies that meet the organization's strategic goals. Julissa is incredibly passionate about creating inclusive workplaces where teams feel supported, and its strategic objectives are being met. She has worked in small to medium-sized businesses in the

 Nonprofit, Health, Maritime, Architecture, and Engineering industries, building the HR function from the ground up. 

Julissa was born and raised in Bronx, NY, spent most of her time in Oklahoma City, OK, and currently calls Houston, TX home. She obtained her Bachelor of Science from the University of Oklahoma and her Master of Business Administration at Oklahoma Christian University. She is currently a certified Human Resource Project Manager. She is also certified as a LUMA Human-Centered Design Practitioner.