About Samuel Siebu
Samuel Siebu, a Liberian now living in the United States, is a senior vice president of human resources in the healthcare industry. More importantly, Siebu is a father, partner, and man of faith dedicated to bettering the lives of those he is called to serve.
Current Role and Responsibilities
Siebu works as a human resources executive in the healthcare industry. At his current company, he is tasked with implementing top-tier recruitment and retention strategies to assist in developing a high-performing organization capable of meeting current and future challenges.
He is dedicated to improving operations at all levels and strongly desires personal growth and development within the industry. This is evidenced by his current educational pursuits, which include ongoing work on his doctorate in education and human resource administration at Drexel University School of Education in Philadelphia.
Career Background
Siebu has been the chief people officer for a major healthcare organization in western Florida for nearly four years. His previous positions in healthcare included multiple stints as a vice president of human resources, three years as a system director of human resources in Ohio, and four years as a manager in charge of recruitment programs at a hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Academic Background
Learning is one of the essential things to Siebu. As a young man, he attended St. Patrick's Catholic High School in Monrovia before moving on to Cuttington University College in Suakoko to pursue undergraduate studies. Unfortunately, the civil war in his country disrupted his education in the late 1980s.
Siebu eventually fled to Ghana, West Africa, as a refugee to further his education. Siebu moved to Europe after completing his bachelor's degree at the KN University of Science and Technology, settling in The Netherlands to pursue his Master's degree. On his way to graduate school, he worked menial jobs ranging from meat processing to garbage collection.
His path led him to the Washington, D.C. metro area, where he completed two Master's degree programs. He graduated from the University of Maryland Global Campus with a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration Management. He also graduated Summa Cum Laude and received a Master of Business Administration from Strayer University.
Despite achieving career success with his current education level, Samuel Siebu is determined to continue his education and will earn his doctorate shortly.
Siebu also has a Human Capital Institute certificate in Strategic Workforce Planning.
Professional Qualifications and Experience
As a human resources professional, Siebu is responsible for meeting objectives in various areas, including employee retention, new employee recruitment, and improving the workplace experience for future recruitment efforts.
Siebu's human resource achievements over the years have included significant increases in talent acquisition and reduced the time it takes to fill an open position by half. At his most recent job, key position turnover was cut in half, and Siebu developed and implemented new strategies that led to national recognition on Best Places to Work lists.
Siebu demonstrates inherent strengths in strategic planning, all areas of human resource operations, information system management, staffing, diversity initiatives, leadership development, compensation, employee benefits, and employee onboarding based on his accomplishments.
Siebu is well-liked and respected by his coworkers and peers. They praise his knowledge, experience, and communication abilities, as well as his results as a team member and team leader. His dedication to recognizing and elevating the work of others is reflected in the accolades he receives from others in his industry, including former coworkers, supervisors, and employees.
Philanthropy and Charitable Contribution
Giving back to others is a lesson Siebu learned early in life, and he is involved in various charitable endeavors in the United States and Africa.
Samuel Siebu founded the SOKS Foundation to increase literacy and educational opportunities for underprivileged girls in Liberia. Despite the availability of free primary education in the country, young girls and women still need help to enroll. SOKS Foundation assists in bridging the gap in a variety of ways.
Personal Hobbies and Interests
Sam Siebu is a family man who loves his three children, his partner, siblings, and his parents. He considers his parent's life role models because of the core values they instilled in him and his siblings as they grew up.
When he isn't spending time with his family, Siebu seeks ways to live intentionally and make memories worthy of his time on earth. Sam is 50 years old and shows no signs of slowing down, looking forward to living a whole life for many more decades.
Current Role and Responsibilities
Siebu works as a human resources executive in the healthcare industry. At his current company, he is tasked with implementing top-tier recruitment and retention strategies to assist in developing a high-performing organization capable of meeting current and future challenges.
He is dedicated to improving operations at all levels and strongly desires personal growth and development within the industry. This is evidenced by his current educational pursuits, which include ongoing work on his doctorate in education and human resource administration at Drexel University School of Education in Philadelphia.
Career Background
Siebu has been the chief people officer for a major healthcare organization in western Florida for nearly four years. His previous positions in healthcare included multiple stints as a vice president of human resources, three years as a system director of human resources in Ohio, and four years as a manager in charge of recruitment programs at a hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Academic Background
Learning is one of the essential things to Siebu. As a young man, he attended St. Patrick's Catholic High School in Monrovia before moving on to Cuttington University College in Suakoko to pursue undergraduate studies. Unfortunately, the civil war in his country disrupted his education in the late 1980s.
Siebu eventually fled to Ghana, West Africa, as a refugee to further his education. Siebu moved to Europe after completing his bachelor's degree at the KN University of Science and Technology, settling in The Netherlands to pursue his Master's degree. On his way to graduate school, he worked menial jobs ranging from meat processing to garbage collection.
His path led him to the Washington, D.C. metro area, where he completed two Master's degree programs. He graduated from the University of Maryland Global Campus with a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration Management. He also graduated Summa Cum Laude and received a Master of Business Administration from Strayer University.
Despite achieving career success with his current education level, Samuel Siebu is determined to continue his education and will earn his doctorate shortly.
Siebu also has a Human Capital Institute certificate in Strategic Workforce Planning.
Professional Qualifications and Experience
As a human resources professional, Siebu is responsible for meeting objectives in various areas, including employee retention, new employee recruitment, and improving the workplace experience for future recruitment efforts.
Siebu's human resource achievements over the years have included significant increases in talent acquisition and reduced the time it takes to fill an open position by half. At his most recent job, key position turnover was cut in half, and Siebu developed and implemented new strategies that led to national recognition on Best Places to Work lists.
Siebu demonstrates inherent strengths in strategic planning, all areas of human resource operations, information system management, staffing, diversity initiatives, leadership development, compensation, employee benefits, and employee onboarding based on his accomplishments.
Siebu is well-liked and respected by his coworkers and peers. They praise his knowledge, experience, and communication abilities, as well as his results as a team member and team leader. His dedication to recognizing and elevating the work of others is reflected in the accolades he receives from others in his industry, including former coworkers, supervisors, and employees.
Philanthropy and Charitable Contribution
Giving back to others is a lesson Siebu learned early in life, and he is involved in various charitable endeavors in the United States and Africa.
Samuel Siebu founded the SOKS Foundation to increase literacy and educational opportunities for underprivileged girls in Liberia. Despite the availability of free primary education in the country, young girls and women still need help to enroll. SOKS Foundation assists in bridging the gap in a variety of ways.
Personal Hobbies and Interests
Sam Siebu is a family man who loves his three children, his partner, siblings, and his parents. He considers his parent's life role models because of the core values they instilled in him and his siblings as they grew up.
When he isn't spending time with his family, Siebu seeks ways to live intentionally and make memories worthy of his time on earth. Sam is 50 years old and shows no signs of slowing down, looking forward to living a whole life for many more decades.