Daniel J. Grundmann has specialized in the field of human resource management for more than 25 years, and worked for the City of Bloomington for 17 years, including 13 as director of human resources.
Dan Grundmann is a senior lecturer in the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, where he serves as lead faculty for the human resource management (HRM) major. He has won numerous teaching awards as an instructor for courses that include introductory HRM, strategic HRM, and compensation strategy and systems. Additionally, Dan teaches global human resource management as an affiliate faculty member with the University of West Indies, Cave Hill, in Barbados.
In addition to his role as co-director of the Grant Thornton Institute for Data Exploration for Risk Assessment and Management (GT-IDEA), he serves on the O’Neill Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, is a frequent faculty advisor for O’Neill Honors student theses, and is the faculty advisor for the student Human Resource Association.
As director of human resources for the City of Bloomington, Dan worked under two mayoral administrations. In that role he was responsible for all HR strategy and function, served on the board of a statewide health insurance trust, was involved in the negotiation of more than a dozen collective bargaining agreements, and was a recognized advocate for the employment rights of people with disabilities.