HR Maven Collective gives California nonprofits, startups, and growing teams the compliance, systems, and people strategy of a full HR department — without the full-time overhead. Teresa and her Maven Team bring deep expertise across every service we offer.
No bloated packages. Our Maven Team specializes across every service — pick what you need now, or bring us in as your entire people operation.
Your HR brain on call. Our Maven Team brings strategy, structure, and steady guidance as you hire, scale, and navigate hard people decisions.
Learn moreOur Maven Team specializes in handbooks, policies, classifications, investigations, and audits that keep you protected under California labor law.
Learn moreOur Maven Team manages sourcing, screening, and offers built to land the right person the first time — from coordinators to first key hires.
Learn moreOur Maven Team runs accurate, compliant payroll across ADP, Paylocity, and Gusto — executed with care every single cycle.
Learn moreSolid HR infrastructure so you can focus on the mission and pass every audit.
Back-end people systems that let you grow fast without the legal mess later.
Compliance, performance, and workforce stability in fast-paced care settings.
Structure that fits a mix of employees, contractors, and creative collaborators.
HR systems that honor your mission and values, keeping your congregation-serving team compliant, supported, and aligned.
As Founder, Teresa leads a Maven Team of HR specialists, each bringing deep expertise in their area. Teresa's background as a youth therapist before building HR departments shapes our collective approach: we build systems that protect people, not just paperwork that protects the org. The result is HR that keeps you legal and keeps your team intact.
We learn your people and your pain points before we prescribe a single policy.
Stay protected under the law without flattening what makes your team yours.
We leave you more confident and self-sufficient, not dependent on us forever.
A complex mix of creative collaborators, employees, and contractors needed HR that could move at the speed of a creative engine. We built onboarding systems, developed policy, and managed full employee-agreement work, becoming an embedded part of the team. The result was streamlined processes and a structure that keeps supporting the center's mission.
Teresa is our HR Maven, and we simply love working with her. Over time, she has become a valued part of the PRC family. Her expertise, responsiveness, and ability to provide practical, people-centered solutions have been invaluable to our organization. Teresa brings a level of insight and partnership that goes beyond traditional HR support, and we are incredibly grateful for the guidance and dedication she brings to our team.
Kandee Lewis — Positive Results Center
We partner with Platinum Bell's senior leadership on workforce and HR initiatives focused on compliance, organizational structure, and operational execution, including a State of Ohio state plan modification. Our ongoing role spans workforce planning, HR policy and compliance documentation, onboarding and contractor management, California compliance alignment, and hands-on support to keep HR deliverables on schedule.
State of Ohio
State plan modification support
Workforce Strategy
Planning across client engagements
California Compliance
Alignment and workforce structure
Tell us where you are. Teresa and the Maven Team will tell you exactly how we can help, and whether we're the right fit.
