Kari Mercer

Kari Mercer's professional qualifications include more than 13 years of experience in the human resources field, including work in classification and compensation, employee relations, and recruitment and examination. Her experience includes both private and public sector human resources work for the California counties of Madera and Fresno, and for Macy's.

She has experience in classification and compensation; labor relations; Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) administration; policy development and administration; recruitment and examination; and general human resources administration.

Before joining Gallagher, Kari specialized in conducting classification and compensation studies for multiple public sector agencies including cities, counties and special districts.

Kari earned her BS degree in business administration with an emphasis on human resources management at California State University, Fresno. Kari serves as a personnel commissioner for the City of Clovis and is a member of Central California Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Kari came to Gallagher from Koff & Associates, a full-spectrum human resources and recruiting services firm serving the public sector. K&A joined Gallagher in 2021.