Profile: Professionals in Human Resources Association

Professionals in Human Resources Association was founded as the Personnel and Industrial Relations Association in 1944 by a small group of Los Angeles personnel executives. They organized to provide a forum in which Human Resource professionals could exchange ideas, increase their knowledge of and work together for the betterment of the profession

In 1959, PIHRA became affiliated with the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), then known as the American Society of Personnel Administration (ASPA). Today, PIHRA is the largest SHRM chapter in the country, consistently achieving SHRM's Annual Superior Merit Award.

PIHRA is a non-profit California corporation whose officers and committee members serve without compensation. There are more than 4,500 members representing more than 3,000 firms. PIHRA is comprised of all levels of HR practitioner, representing the complete spectrum and breadth of every type of industry in Southern California; who have an interest in acquiring knowledge of the most recent and innovative developments in the HR arena.