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After 30 years of amazing Brands, Companies, Leaders and Friends, I’m pleased to announce that I am joining my spouse in retirement!

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Reporting to the Western US Sr. HR Leader, I am accountable for ensuring Global and National People strategies are integrated and activated as key business drivers for both Corporate and Franchised organizations employing 100,000 employees. I directly support 2 Regional General Managers with a team of 8 HR direct reports.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Reporting to the HRVP for the US Commercial organization, I was accountable for all HR initiatives across 1750 US employees. I directly supported 7 Sales VPs with a team of 4 HR professionals.Results:- Led $4 million cost savings plan as a result of the divestiture of Green Giant business.- Initiated first national talent review enabling more efficient staffing and talent placements.- Recommended and implemented reorganization of Sales HR team post Corporate restructuring

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer, I was the HR leader for General Mills US Marketing Services, Marketing Research, Wellness Platforms and Global Strategy- Growth Initiatives.Results:- HR Program leader for largest corporate restructuring at General Mills for the US Central Marketing function in partnership with the Boston Consulting Group. This initiative resulted in $16 million of administrative savings and a more advantaged organization. Results also included significant upgrade in executive talent by recruiting 2 world class leaders in Media and Creative.- Created the first brand building learning and development team of 5 specialists with no incremental expense. Results included the delivery of high impact digital and social media content to 600 Marketing employees and ongoing curriculum- Identified and lead complex & sensitive investigation mitigating multi-million dollar risk - Orchestrated framework for building people management capabilities with Managers across Marketing. Pre/Post scores of “good to great” Managers grew 14% in 2 years. - Co-Lead development of the first Digital Marketing organization at General Mills requiring 25 external specialist hires.- HR lead for creating a new innovation incubation organization to enable incremental growth (301 inc)

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Reporting to the President(s), I provided HR leadership for 3 Operating Divisions and associated Marketing functions. Each division was $1.5 billion. Other core areas of responsibility include MBA Recruiting for Marketing and Marketing Talent Development across General Mills.Results:- Proactively addressed senior leadership talent issues resulting in better talent mix, higher performing teams and increased business performance through the “Soup War” between Campbell’s and Progresso brands. - Appointed to lead the first workspace redesign initiative for an Operating Division from traditional office/cube to a flexible use shared environment (FUSE) for 100 employees.. - Trusted to lead the staffing and development councils for all Marketing talent (260 employees). - - - - Proved ability to lead change through fact based analysis that resulted in a more stable staffing model and accelerated time to promotion for key talent. - Redesigned the MBA recruiting process for Marketing resulting in enhanced hiring profile for Marketing skills, and a more efficient process with a 25% reduction in interviewee time.- Appointed by COO to year long task force of executives to drive inefficient spending out of SG&A budget. Recommendations yielded $3 million in savings for my areas of accountability.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Reporting to the VP, Sales, I was accountable for delivering all HR practices for 400 employees at the head office and field locations across the US.Results:- Led and orchestrated a sensitive and complex reorganization that required displacements of employees across the US that needed to be communicated to in one central location. This required discreetly arranging flights and accommodations in advance, highly orchestrated in person communication plans and preparing a transition of the internal sales force to a broker model. - Influenced President of Division to upgrade several talent through a restructuring resulting in a more credible leadership team and administrative savings.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Reporting to the VP, US Customer Service Operations, I was accountable for delivering all HR practices across a diverse set of operational teams of 300 employees.Results: - Initiated strategic assessment, and built framework, to identify work required to stay in the US or move to India. Project endured and yielded $7 million in savings to the Company and a 35% reduction in labor.- Led and delivered a career path initiative that resulted in increased employee engagement scores and Manager’s ability to have career conversations with their people.

Toronto, Canada Area

Reporting to the HRVP for General Mills Canada, I supported the Canadian Retail Sales organization and learning and development initiatives.

Toronto, Canada Area

Reporting to the VP, Finance, I lead a team of 35 employees that supported all sales and financial insights used to advance the General Mills Canada business with regional and national retailers.Results:- Led the successful implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley for General Mills Canada with corresponding change management plan.- Co-led record breaking United Way Campaign that raised $114 thousand for General Mills Canada which was a +25% increase vs. prior year.

Toronto, Canada Area

Reporting to the Director of Category Management, I lead all consumer and financial analysis for one of the largest retailers in Canada for both Pillsbury and General Mills brands.Results:- Led the integration of Sales Finance and Category Management with the General Mills/Pillsbury acquisition.- Designs and operationalized a volume and spending forecasting system for all Canadian business and brands.

Toronto

Results: - Grew sales by +50% with Canada’s largest retailer (Loblaw Companies)

Toronto

Toronto, Canada Area

Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area