Christina Pacunas
Instructor
Christina Pacunas is an Air Force Veteran and senior-level Human Resources Officer with more than 11 years of experience leading human capital initiatives across diverse environments. She brings proven expertise in talent acquisition, workforce planning, employee development, and organizational change management, with a track record of aligning HR strategies to business objectives that drive performance, strengthen culture, and boost employee engagement.
Christina is recognized for building high-performing teams and implementing data-driven HR solutions. She has extensive experience delivering virtual training to federal employees, specializing in the federal recruitment and staffing lifecycle. Her subject matter expertise spans strategic recruitment discussions, hiring flexibilities, job analysis, job announcement development, adjudicating veterans' preference, pay setting, onboarding, calculating service computation dates, coding personnel actions, electronic personnel file management, and process improvement.
Her deep knowledge of federal HR is grounded in applying key authorities and resources, including the Guide to Personnel Processing, Guide to Data Standards, Title 5 of the U.S. Code, the Delegated Examining Handbook, Executive Orders, and Office of Personnel Management policies. She held a Delegated Examining Unit (DEU) Certification valid through March 2025 and maintains an active SHRM-CP credential.
A former federal employee, Christina has served in key HR roles with the Department of the Army, Department of Veterans Affairs, United States Agency for International Development, Department of Justice, and the Federal Transit Administration.
Christina holds a master's degree in Human Services Administration and a bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management. In her free time, she enjoys reading and spending quality time with her family.