Northern Colorado Human Resources Association

Welcome to Northern Colorado Human Resources Association (NoCoHRA)!

🏆 NoCoHRA Named a SHRM Platinum Excel Award Chapter!

We’re thrilled to share that NoCoHRA has been honored with the 2024 Platinum Excel Award—the highest level of recognition from SHRM!

This award celebrates our chapter’s outstanding contributions to the HR profession and recognizes excellence in strategic leadership, impactful programming, and member engagement.

✨ Why We Earned Platinum

Our chapter delivered powerful programming, expanded member value, and strengthened Colorado’s HR community through initiatives such as:

• 📈 53% Membership Growth – Surpassing our goal with intentional outreach and Dual Membership efforts, including appreciation events, targeted follow-up, and proactive outreach at conferences.

• 🥾 Certification Hikes – Hosted 7 guided hikes combining wellness, networking, and SHRM recertification topics.

• 🎓 SHRM Certification Study Group – Partnered with Western Colorado to support 10 participants; 3 earned their SHRM credentials immediately after!

• 🏆 Rocky Mountain Case Competition – Connected 28 students from 3 universities with HR leaders, helping bridge the gap between education and professional practice.

• 💼 Workforce Trends and Legislative Update Mini-Conferences – Delivered 8 SHRM/HRCI credit hours, drew dozens of attendees, and generated nearly $9,000 in combined revenue.

🙌 Thank You!

This award belongs to every board member, volunteer, sponsor, and member who made these achievements possible. Together, we're shaping the future of HR in Northern Colorado.

👉 Want to be part of an award-winning HR community? Join us today!

About SHRM

SHRM is a member-driven catalyst for creating better workplaces where people and businesses thrive together. As the trusted authority on all things work, SHRM is the foremost expert, researcher, advocate, and thought leader on issues and innovations impacting today’s evolving workplaces. With nearly 340,000 members in 180 countries, SHRM touches the lives of more than 362 million workers and their families globally. Discover more at SHRM.org.

NoCoHRA has aligned with the Society for Human Resource Management to offer greater opportunities for connection, collaboration and growth within our Northern Colorado HR community. Whether you are new to the HR field or have many years of experience, we are a local starting point for networking, information, professional development and continued support of excellence in Human Resources.     

For more information please visit our membership page.

Connect with us