Liz Awbrey is the Director of Human Resources and Risk Management for the City of Sandy Springs, Georgia. She leads HR and risk strategy for more than 600 employees across for the City. She has more than 15 years of HR leadership experience in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.

Before Sandy Springs, Liz was Human Resources Director for the City of Johns Creek. Earlier, she spent eight years as Director of Human Resources at Cherokee Town & Country Club. She began her HR career in learning and development at The Home Depot.

Liz is active in the HR community as SHRM-Atlanta’s Co-Chair for the Public Sector Network, and she previously served as the chapter’s Volunteer Development Chair and as a mentor. On nights and weekends, she hangs out with her husband, her two red-headed “monster” teenage daughters and her puppy. When she’s not putting out trust fires, she’s reading romantasy books and posting on Bookstagram.