RICHARD A. GAUCHER
Richard Gaucher, Esq. is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Gaucher Associates. Dick started the firm in 1994, bringing with him more than 20 years of extensive experience in all areas of labor and employment law and labor and employee relations.
Mr. Gaucher is a 1968 graduate of St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH, and a 1972 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. He was admitted to the Bar in the District of Columbia in 1973. He is a member of the Bar of several U.S. Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Dick began his career as legislative counsel to the National Restaurant Association in Washington, DC where he specialized in labor and employment law issues. He spent ten years as a corporate labor attorney with the former Howard Johnson Company and its successor, Marriott Corporation. He also served as Employee Relations Manager for Data General Corporation of Westboro, MA, where he handled all employment-related legal matters, including EEO matters, the company’s 18 Affirmative Action plans, the administration of Human Resource policies, and positive employee relations programs, both domestic and international, and as Assistant General Counsel for high-tech defense contractor M/A-COM, Inc., where he acted in a similar capacity.
For almost 10 years, Mr. Gaucher served on the Faculty of Bentley College’s School of Continuing Professional Studies, where he taught courses in Affirmative Action Plan Drafting and Sexual Harassment Law.
Dick’s client activities extend to all areas of the
firm’s practice, with particular focus on design and drafting of
Affirmative Action plans; investigation of and assistance with employment
discrimination and wage and hour complaints; developing and implementing
positive employee relations and union avoidance strategies; developing and
directing management campaigns in union organization drives and NLRB elections;
collective bargaining negotiations, and training of management, supervisory,
and Human Resources personnel in all areas of labor and employment law.
ROBERT A. ANZALONE
Robert Anzalone is President and a Managing Partner of Gaucher Associates. Bob came to Gaucher Associates in 2000 after more than 20 years in corporate Human Resources, with considerable experience in such areas as benefit design and administration, employee and labor relations, wage and hour, employment and recruiting, compensation, employee communications, management development and training, and many other aspects of Human Resources management.
His experience includes positions as the senior Human Resources executive at TAC Worldwide, the largest privately held temporary and contract labor company in the U.S.; Vice President, Human Resources at Mariner Health Care, parent company of several business entities providing sub-acute care and rehabilitation throughout the U.S.; Senior Associate at R.D. Gatti and Associates, New England’s largest firm specializing in the search for and placement of human resource professionals; Director of Human Resources at Boston University, working in their for-profit subsidiary; Labor and Employee Relations Manager at Howard Johnson Company, a former Fortune 500 company, which operated over 1,000 hotels and restaurants in 42 states and employed almost 30,000 people.
Bob is a graduate of Boston University where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management. He was also a member of the faculty of Bentley College’s Center for Executive and Professional Education, where he teaches a course entitled “Current Developments in Human Resources Management”.
Bob’s client activities are focused in the areas of Employee
Relations, Wage and Hour, Employment Law Compliance and Human Resources
Management.
J. STANLEY KOPER
J. Stanley Koper is Senior Vice President of Gaucher Associates and leads the firm’s Affirmative Action practice. Stan joined Gaucher Associates in 1996, following two decades of Government service, the last 17 years with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), where he held the positions of compliance officer and Director of Regional Operations for OFCCP’s Boston Region 1.
While at the OFCCP, Stan served as a member of its Task Force on Directives and the Contract Compliance Manual, updating OFCCP’s system of policy directives. He was then selected to write a new “Onsite Compliance Review” chapter for the revised Federal Contract Compliance Manual. Subsequently, he was chosen to prepare the section on OFCCP regulations for the agency’s new compliance officer orientation program. Stan also served as a member of the Administrative Practices work group as part of President Clinton’s “Reinventing Government Initiative”.
Stan earned a Bachelor Degree from the University of Michigan in Cultural Anthropology, graduating with distinction from the University’s Honors Program, and a Master’s Degree in Urban Studies from Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. Stan also served on the faculty of Bentley College’s Center for Executive and Professional Education, where he taught a course in Affirmative Action Plan Drafting.
Stan’s client activities center on the design and drafting of
federal Affirmative Action Plans and implementation strategies, as well as
guiding our clients successfully through OFCCP compliance reviews, conducting
“mock” audits of client Affirmative Action plans and recordkeeping,
and all related EEO/AA compliance requirements, including review or drafting of
related policies and procedures and all employment-related forms.
ANNE ROGAN
Anne Rogan joined Gaucher Associates as a Senior Consultant in 1995 following 8 years of experience as a paralegal in both law firm and corporate legal department settings. Anne is a graduate of Rivier College in Nashua, NH where she received a Bachelor of Science in Paralegal Studies in 1987.
Anne began her professional career as a paralegal in 1987 with the Boston law firm of Gaston & Snow, where she was heavily involved in public and private offerings. She also spent two years in the corporate law department of Posternak, Blankstein and Lund in Boston, where she handled a wide variety of business law matters.
Anne gained corporate experience at M/A-COM, Inc., now a subsidiary of Tyco International, in its corporate legal department, with particular focus on corporate, environmental and employment-related legal matters. While at M/A-COM, she was responsible for preparing the company’s many Affirmative Action Plans. She worked closely with HR personnel at all levels on data tracking, generation, and analysis as well as Affirmative Action Plan design and implementation. She has participated in OFCCP audits and management training in Affirmative Action.
Her client activities are primarily focused on the design and
drafting of federal Affirmative Action Plans and assisting clients through
OFCCP compliance audits.
MARIAN D. BIRELEY
Marian Bireley joined Gaucher Associates, Inc. in June of 2002 and is a Senior Consultant. Prior to GAI, Marian was employed by John Hancock over a ten-year period and held a number of positions within the human resources and pension areas focusing on information systems management, health and welfare benefits, affirmative action/ equal employment opportunity and workforce diversity, employee relations, compensation and recruitment.
Marian holds an MBA from Northeastern University with a concentration in Human Resources Management.
The focus of Marian’s work at Gaucher Associates is in
affirmative action compliance.
JULIE A. GOODALE
Julie Goodale has been the Business Manager at Gaucher Associates since April 2004. Before joining the company, Julie was employed in corporate legal and human resource departments where she held various positions.
She has over 25 years of experience with equal employment opportunity, employment litigation and human resource compliance.
Julie holds an Associates Degree from Massasoit Community College and is also a Certified Paralegal, having completed her studies at Northeastern University.
At Gaucher Associates, Julie is involved in the day-to-day
operation of the business and special projects.