Lean In at Medtronic
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Our mission
We support Women at Medtronic to Lean In to their goals and to be unapologetically ambitious!
About our Network
- Meets quarterly
- Looking for members
Welcome to the Medtronic MWN Twin Cities Lean In Circle page for FY20! This Network exists to empower women at Medtronic to achieve their goals and be unapologetically ambitious! Circles all over Medtronic help members to Lean In and support one another. ...
5 Network Leaders, 4 Members
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FY21 Negotiation
Leaders: Deb Towey, Sr. IT Director & Corinne King, Senior Legal Director | Check out circle descriptions on M...
FY21 Finding Your Voice 1
Leaders: Justin Furlong, Sr. HR Manager & Anni Dasgupta Abshire, Sr. Program Manager
FY21 Finding Your Voice 2
Leaders: Amanda Sutherland, Program Manager & Jennifer Williams, Director
FY21 Taming Adrenaline
Leaders: Connie De Lange, VP Communications and Marketing Solutions CVG, Gerard Torenvliet, Sr Engineering Man...
FY21 Finance Professionals
Krissy Wright, VP Finance Neuromodulation/PH & Heather Young, Finance Director- RTG Finance
FY21 Program/Project Mgmt Beginner
Rob Libbey, PD Program Director & Amy Bangen, Program Manager
FY21 Women Science & Engineer
Leaders: Courtney Nelson Wills, VP & Chief Counsel, Diabetes, Tricia Walker, Sr. Quality Engineering Manager &...
FY21 Change Management 1
Leaders: Carolyn Steele, Sr. Program Manager & Michelle Reinert, Engineering Director
FY21 Change Management 2
Leaders: Julia Kravchenko, Global Quality Program Director & Adam Hesse, Program Director
FY21 Career Development
Leaders: Julie Brewer, Vice President and GM CRHF Diagnostics, Anne Ballard, Senior Manager, CVG Technical Com...
FY21 Early Career Professionals 1
Leaders: Jim Vogl, VP/GM Patient Services, CRHF, Puneet Dhupar, PD Program Manager - Lung Health PMO & Rebecca...
FY21 Early Career Professionals 2
Leaders: Soniya Kamath-Nalawade, Quality Systems Manager & Scott Lindfors, Senior Quality Engineering Manager
FY21 New to MDT Employees 1
Leaders: Jailene Butts, Sr. Clinical Research Manager & Ali Duerr, Principal Legal Counsel
FY21 New to MDT Employees 2
Leaders: Michelle Cannizzaro, Senior Manager, Strategic Transformation & Tom Stinson, Continuous Improvement P...
FY21 New Managers 1
Leaders: Susan Kushins, Sr Director, Strategy & Portfolio Management & Brian McCarthy, Sr. Engineering Manager...
FY21 New Managers 2
Leaders: Chris Hilker, Clinical Research Director& Samantha Hinderaker, Marketing Director
FY21 Office Support Staff
Leaders: Jen Witthuhn, ExCom Administrative Assistant & Char Provost, Sr Mktg Communications Director
FY21 Working Moms 1
Leaders: Heidi Nordine, Technical Writing Manager & Jennifer Bulthuis, Sr. Manager, SH Professional Relations ...
FY21 Working Moms 2
Leaders: Anna Szafranski,VP Gbl Mktg Peripheral, Carolyn Sleeth, VP/GM endoVenous/APV & Alex Gaudiani, Directo...
FY21 Work Life Balance
Leaders: Leah Bailey,Director, Strategic Transformation & Janna Steidl, Sr. Compliance Program Manager
FY21 Leaning into Diversity
Leaders: Raja Chaudhuri, Sr. Director, Strategy & Operations, Emily Anthony, Market Development Director & Ama...
FY21 Traditional Circle 1
Leaders: Jessica Koenig,Talent Management Director & Mark Henry, Senior Manager MDR/Vigilance
FY21 Traditional Circle 2
Leaders: Ashley Hessinger,Sr. Finance Manager & Monica Novak, Sr. IT Manager
FY21 Traditional Circle 3
Leaders: Annie Buckman, Director of Marketing & Amy Gutoske, Senior Program Mgr Global Facilities
FY21 Traditional Circle 4
Leaders: Kristyn Benson,Sr. Director of Regulatory Affairs & Kimberly Peterson, Regulatory Affairs Program Dir...
FY21 Traditional Circle 5
Leaders: Annabel Bavaud, Sr. Program Manager & Andrea Bongard, Sr. Manager
FY21 Traditional Cirlce 6
Leaders: Megan Knisely, Engineering Program Manager & Saurabh Shah, Global Marketing Manager
FY21 Traditional Circle 7
Leader: Brian Leither,VP Human Resources, CSH, Justin Ellis, Sr. MDR Vigilance Manager & Karena Schluender, Te...
FY21 Traditional Circle 8
Leaders: Jennifer Johnson, HR Director & Edgar Cardoso, Sr. Program Manager
CLOSED-FY21 Traditional Circle 9
Leaders: Becky Ciampone, Sr. Finance Director & Mark Copps, Finance Director
FY21 AIM 1
Leaders: Kevin Wong, Sr. Marketing Program Manager, Minori Carlsson,Sr. Marketing Program Manager & Kunal Desa...
FY21 AIM 2
Leaders: BK Shah,Quality Program Manager - CVG & Shirley Guan, Sr. Project Manager
FY21 PRIDE 1
Leaders: Ann Sheldon,VP Product Security, Michael Longnecker, Sr. Supply Chain Manager & Dave Collins, IT Prog...
FY21 PRIDE 2
Leaders: Brian Felton, VP and Chief Counsel, Americas, Diane Holland, Sr Mkt Dev Mgr & Becca Morell, Prin Fina...
FY21 HLN
Leaders: Esther Ledesma, Portfolio Marketing Manager & Gerardo Zuniga, Sr Engineering Manager
FY21 African Descent Network 1
Leaders: Danyel Specht,Product Manager & Agnes Ndamagye, Program Manager
FY21 African Descent Network 2
Leaders: Stephanie Eliopoulos,Director, Corp Quality and RA & Trish Saina, Sr. Supply Chain Manager
FY21 ABLED
Leaders: Lisa Stammer, Principal Technical Editor & Lisa Ripken, Leadership Development Facilitator
FY21 AIM 3
Leaders: Rob Kowal, VP Med Affairs/BD CRHF/CAS & Samir Mody, VP Strategy, Reimbursements & Healthcare Economic...
FY21 AIM 4
Leaders: Amit Kachru, VP Finance IT & Sachin Choudhary, PD Program Director
FY21 PRIDE 3
Leaders: Donna Di Menna, Gbl Leadership/Talent Dev Dir & Eric Orrington, Sr. Group Manager
FY21 Traditional 10
Leaders: Seth Kersten, Sr. Director, Corporate Compliance & Audit & Jennifer Spaeth, Senior Quality Systems Ma...
FY21 Building Financial Acumen
Leaders: Graham Phillips, VP Operations CRHF & TBD
