Since 2008, Bernadette has been the HR Business Partner for American Sensor Technologies, Inc. a TE Connectivity company.  Born and raised in Europe, her bi-cultural background and success in diverse culture development and flexible work schedule initiatives contributed to American Sensor Technologies winning a 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility.  Bernadette received her Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Saint Peters University in Jersey City, NJ and her PHR certificate in 2006. Bernadette is a native of Wroclaw, Poland and currently resides in Northern New Jersey. 

Craig Porter is the President/Owner of PlastiCert, Inc. Lewiston, MN. PlastiCert is full service provider of mold design, plastic injection molding, decoration, and assembly services.

Craig has a BSEET (Electronic Engineering Technology) from Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, MN and Certificate in Finance from Concordia University in St. Paul, MN.

Craig’s experiences include senior management/plant operations, business unit management, sales management and quality management. He has past engineering responsibilities in quality, manufacturing and reliability engineering on both existing products and product development teams. He has held positions in sales management and account management within the Electronic Manufacturing Services industry. Craig has been associated with a diverse array of company structures ranging in size from start-up and early stage medical device/high technology companies to multi-facility international corporations. He also has done consulting for early stage companies on design for manufacturability, early prototype development and manufacturing preparation for medical devices and electronic equipment. Product markets/industries that Craig has experienced include a concentration in medical devices, including electronic, mechanical and biological; additional experiences include computer equipment & peripherals, industrial controls, aerospace, automotive, telecommunications, test equipment, consumer, construction and agricultural electronics.

Craig is a member of the Industry Advisory Board for the Winona State University Composites Engineering Program. Craig also sits on the Executive Board for the Winona Area Composites Consortium, an industry group associated with the plastics and composites companies throughout SE MN and SW WI. In 2010 Craig was named to the Winona Workforce Investment Board, a statewide program out of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development initiated by the Governor and coordinated regionally out of the SE Minnesota Workforce Center. He was the meeting moderator and a Steering Committee member for the Winona Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club. Craig was named to the Winona City Planning Commission in 2002 and is still actively serving as its Past-Chairman. He is a past Board Director and Executive Board Member for the Winona Area Chamber of Commerce, is still active on a number of their Committees and events, including the Business and Education Committee. He has presented the Chamber of Commerce “CEO in the Classroom” program to numerous local 8^th through 12th grade classes. He is the past President and still a board member for the Lewiston Area Chamber of Commerce. Craig is on the Advisory Board for the Project Lead the Way STEM Program at Lewiston Area High School and a frequent judge at the Winona Regional Science Fair as well as the MN State Science Fair. He is on the Winona Swim Club Executive board as their Past-President and a member of the Winona YMCA Aquatic Steering Committee. Craig volunteers as a swimming official/referee for the Winona YMCA Winfins and the USA/MN Swimming Winona Water Wizards swim clubs. He holds a National Certification level for officiating USA Swimming regional and national events over National and Olympic Team swimmers. He is certified to officiate swimming and diving for the Minnesota State High School League and the NCAA. The Minnesota State High School League selected him as Head Deck Referee for the 2012 and Starter for the 2014 Minnesota High School Boys Class AA Swimming & Diving Championships. He was selected to officiate at the 2013 & 2014 NCAA Division II Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Swimming & Diving Championships and been on deck for the 2012 Big 10 Conference Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships as well as the 2012 NCAA Div I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships. Craig works for the Winona City Park & Rec Dept. on summer evenings teaching Springboard Diving. He also enjoys riding his road bicycle logging numerous 20 to 50 mile rides each season. A PADI certified scuba diver since college; he enjoys swimming and has participated in two Trinona Triathlons in Winona.

Craig is originally from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. After visiting SE MN repeatedly for business, Craig was recruited and relocated in Winona 20 years ago. He has four children ranging from 33 to 18 (the two oldest also have Electrical Engineering degrees) and has a grandson and a granddaughter.

Michele “Shelly” Green is senior vice president, human resources operations, Building Systems and L&W Supply and Senior Director, Human Resources for USG Corporation.Green joined USG in 1994 and her previous assignments include senior director, talent management and diversity, USG Corporation; director, Human Resources, USG Corporation; manager, Employee Relations, USG Corporation; manager, Employment and Recruiting, USG Corporation; human resources manager, Fremont, Calif., United States Gypsum Company; and human resources supervisor, Westlake, Ohio, USG Interiors. During her tenure with USG, Green has played an instrumental role in several critical initiatives to help strengthen the company. They include working with a core team to implement shared services in the human resources organization; spearheading the succession planning process for presentation to the Board of Directors; and directing the development of a Corporate-wide talent management program that focuses on the identification and development of high potential employees. In addition, Green she has directed the Corporate-wide diversity and inclusion initiatives, focusing on the Company’s efforts to increase representation of women and persons of color, community service and the creation of Employee Resource Groups. Green is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC) and the Society of Human Resource Professionals (SHRP). She also completed USG’s Emerging Leaders Program, the Leading Women Executives Program and holds the Senior Professional in Human Resources designation (SPHR). She is a member of the selection committee for the Buckeye Leadership Fellows Program at The Ohio State University. Outside of USG, Green sits on the advisory board of the DeVry Human Resources Program and is the Treasurer for the Owen Elementary PTA in Naperville, Ill. Green earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. She also holds a Master of Arts in organizational management from the University of Phoenix in Pleasanton, California. She and her husband reside in Aurora, Ill., with their two young children.

Brendan Browne has the uncommon privilege of leading recruitment for the company that has and continues to completely redefine and transform the world of talent...LinkedIn. He has been in recruiting and HR for 15+ years and is fortunate to have had amazing experiences working in markets across the globe from coast to coast in the US, across EMEA and throughout APAC with incredible colleagues solving hard and meaningful problems.  Brendan has worked at organizations big and small from Microsoft to Northwestern Mutual to start-ups in Silicon Valley and is passionate about education and serves on the Board of the Jean Weingarten Children's Center in Redwood City California.

Susie has been living and working in senior organizational development and HR roles in Beijing, China since the Spring of 1981, and was instrumental in the start-up of the UK firm, Rolls-Royce International operations in China, where she held senior roles from 1981 thru to the late 90s. 

Susie has held senior HR roles in China within Xin De Telecom, a Siemens/CITIC finance leasing joint venture, and, up until the summer of 2011,  was the Vice-President for Human Resources & Recruitment for the United Family Healthcare group, with overall responsibility for the recruitment of healthcare providers, nursing staff and healthcare professionals for the group’s China-wide operations. 

Susie joined the Interpublic Marketing Services group in Beijing, China in April 2013, where she holds the position of Director of Human Resources & Talent with China-wide responsibility providing HR leadership to the group’s six agencies in China, including Weber Shandwick, Jack Morton, Golin Harris, Octagon, DeVries PR and FutureBrand.  

Susie is a firm believer in developing home-grown talent within an organization, and lists amongst her values, Passion, Integrity, Commitment and life-time growth; she plays  an active role in the HR Forums of both the European and British Chambers of Commerce,  is a long standing member of the US Society of Human Resource Management, the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, and the UK Chartered Institute of Personnel Development, and is a frequently invited speaker at both Chinese domestic and international Human Resources and Organizational Development events.

Cesar Aguirre is the Vice President of Human Resources for the EMEA/LATAM Division at American Tower Corporation. In that capacity, Cesar provides leadership in the development and integration of the company’s Human Resource programs for ATC existing markets in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Ghana,  Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa and Uganda.

For the past 30 years, Cesar has held senior executive HR positions at  ATC, Tyson Foods International, Human Assets Group, Sony Electronics, Microsoft, CIGNA International, and Data General Computers, amongst others, involving the full spectrum of HR responsibilities, including organizational culture assessment and change, change management, leadership development, human resources generalist.  Additionally, has been an instructor at the Executive and Professional Education Department, College of Business Administration of the Florida International University in Miami. He has been a regular speaker at industry and HR forums and conferences.

Cesar holds a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Chihuahua Mexico Technological College and a diploma in HR Management from ITSM in Chihuahua.  In addition, he completed the Senior HR Executive Development Program at the University of Michigan. He is a GPHR and a current member of the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM).