Need help changing size and aspect ratio for 500+ images

Thank you for reading this! I have about 500 images of people in different poses. They're all extracted on a transparency as PNGs. They vary in aspect ratio, dimensions and position of the person within the frame - for some the feet are very close to the bottom of the frame and for some, they're higher up. I need to equalize all 3 of these qualities, so that if superimposed, they look like a video unfolding with the same zoom. My ideal size would be 800x800 at 300ppi.
Is there a way to batch even a part of the process and keep the png format? I had the images in PSD initially but they were too massive so creating catalogs with them was prohibitive.
If not possible to do a batch, what would be the best (easiest) and fastest way to do it? I'm thinking that maybe creating some template where an oval shape the size of the head can help create consistency of the size of the person and a line that helps set up the distance from the bottom?
I so appreciate any help you have to offer. Part of my problem is that I don't know what these processes are called so I don't even know what to search for. If you can even name the actions that I need, it would be of great help. I already paid a designer to do the extraction and they were supposed to do this formatting as well and they didn't so my budget is shot. I'm hoping that if I understand what the steps are, I can do them myself.
Thank you!

If you download my crafting actions package you can record an action that uses one of my plug-in scripts to do that process. You could then batch that action and process your 500 png image files.
Crafting Actions Package UPDATED Aug 10, 2014 Added Conditional Action steps to Action Palette Tips.
Contains
Action Actions Palette Tips.txt
Action Creation Guidelines.txt
Action Dealing with Image Size.txt
Action Enhanced via Scripted Photoshop Functions.txt
CraftedActions.atn Sample Action set includes an example Watermarking action
Sample Actions.txt Photoshop CraftedActions set saved as a text file.
More then a dozen Scripts for use in actions
Example
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Step 1 Select layers transparency
Step 2 Copy
Step 3 Paste
Step 4 Select all
Step 5 Align Layer s to selection vertical center
Step 6 Align Layer s to selection horizontal center
Step 7 Select bottom Layer
Step 8 delete current layer
Ste9 9 Fille>Automate>AspectRatopSelection... In the dialog set 1 1 ratio center rectangle replace selection feather 0
Step 10 Image Crop
Step 11 File Automate>Fit Image.  In dialog enter width and height 800
Step 12 Image size in the dialog uncheck Resample and enter 300 in the resolution field.
I'm sure the should work you mane not need the copy paste and it depends on how Photoshop treats the PNG layer the canvas size or just the pixels.
This may also work
Step 1 Select all
Step 2 Align Layer s to selection vertical center
Step 3 Align Layer s to selection horizontal center
Ste9 4 Fille>Automate>AspectRatopSelection... In the dialog set 1 1 ratio center rectangle replace selection feather 0
Step 5 Image Crop
Step 6 File Automate>Fit Image.  In dialog enter width and height 800
Step 7 Image size in the dialog uncheck Resample and enter 300 in the resolution field.

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