• District Director Bios
District Director - Northwest
Katie Reid
Katie Reid Bio:
Katie Reid is a District Manager for Kelly Services, Inc. in Eau Claire, WI.  Katie has been employed by Kelly Services, Inc. for over 12 years and has held a variety of field and corporate-based positions.  In her current role, Katie is responsible for the management of the branch staff, supervises the management of several hundred contract/temporary employees, and serves as a consultant to clients on a variety of human resource management topics.  Katie has a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Communication and a Master’s in Business Administration.

In addition to working at Kelly Services, Katie has been involved with SHRM for many years and has held several board positions including Student Chapter liaison, Membership Officer, Programming Officer, and will serve as the President for the Chippewa Valley SHRM Chapter in 2012.

Katie currently serves on the planning committee for the Young Professionals of the Chippewa Valley, is a Junior Achievement volunteer and Junior League of Eau Claire member, and has served as a guest speaker for UWEC human resource management classes.
   
District Director - Southwest
Colleen Koerth, PHR
Colleen Koerth, PHR

Bio:
Colleen Koerth, PHR, is Employment Specialist at Blackhawk Technical College (BTC) in Janesville, WI.  Colleen has been employed by BTC for over 10 years where she has held a variety of leadership roles in the field of Human Resources.  In her current position, she manages the overall recruitment, job description development, and orientation processes for the entire College.  In addition to those functions, she works closely with all divisions to ensure that their overall human resources needs are met. 

Colleen is very active in the field of Human Resources within the community and throughout the state of Wisconsin.  She has been a member of SHRM since 2002 and currently serves as Past President of the Blackhawk Human Resource Association (BHRA).  Her former board positions in BHRA have included, Vice President, Membership, Diversity, and Legislative Chair.  She also serves as a Co-Advisor of the Blackhawk Student Chapter of SHRM, mentoring and guiding students on their career paths to success. 
 
   
District Director - Southeast
Joanne Krueger, PHR
Joanne Krueger, PHR Bio:
Joanne Krueger, PHR is the Vice President of Human Resources, Security and Facilities for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc., a nonprofit health care provider that has been a champion of women and families since 1935. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is the state’s leading reproductive health care provider committed to keeping all people safe, healthy and strong through affordable health care, comprehensive and medically accurate education and advocacy. As the Vice President of Human Resources, Security and Facilities, Joanne provides overall strategic leadership, vision and direction to the agency and partners with managers and employees to achieve business results. She leads the development and implementation of human resources, policies, programs and services. Joanne provides strategic counsel to the CEO and other senior leaders and serves as an internal consultant to the agency’s management team, supervisors and employees on personnel issues that affect performance and business relationships. In addition, Joanne oversees Security, Safety and Facilities. She is a member of the organization’s Senior Management Team.

Joanne has over 19 years of human resources experience in the healthcare and consumer products industries. Before joining Planned Parenthood, Joanne enjoyed 14 great years with MillerCoors, formerly Miller Brewing Company. Joanne is an active member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) since 1997, including two terms as President of Metro Milwaukee SHRM from 2008-2010. Joanne is also an active Executive Council Member of FUEL Milwaukee. Joanne earned her Bachelors of Science in Business Management degree from Cardinal Stritch University and is a certified Targeted Selection Administrator/Trainer from Development Dimensions International.
   
District Director - Northeast
Barbara Stroh
Barbara Stroh Bio:
   
District Director - Northcentral
Laura Biehn, SPHR
Laura Biehn, SPHR

Bio:
Laura Biehn, SPHR is a Sr. HR Manager for Plexus Corp in Neenah, WI. In her current role, she is responsible for HR Strategy, Organizational Development, Succession Management and general HR practices. Laura holds a bachelors degree in Business Administration and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh.

Laura has been involved with the Society of Human Resources Management for several years. She has held several roles including; Co-VP of Programming for the Fox Valley SHRM, founding President and Past President for Oshkosh Area SHRM and currently as the North Central District Director for WI SHRM.

Laura is also involved with the Northeast Wisconsin (NEW) Manufacturing Alliance – that is partnering with local educators to help build curriculum for manufacturing jobs of tomorrow.