Kjirsten Mickesh

Kjirsten Mickesh has a diverse work experience spanning over three decades. Kjirsten is currently serving as the Chief People Officer at Finley Engineering Company, Inc. starting from January 2023. Before this, from August 2022, they have been volunteering at AARP, where they advocate and conducts workshops for aging adults and caregivers. Kjirsten is also a healthcare advocate and case manager for their mother, who has Parkinson's disease.

In their previous roles, Kjirsten Mickesh served as the Global Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Talent Acquisition Leader at Cook Medical from May 2021 to July 2022. Here, they provided strategic oversight and guidance to all business functions and divisions and partnered with HRBP's, HR COE's, and business leaders to embed DEI and TA best practices. Kjirsten was the Co-Founder and CEO of ConnectHuman, a consulting and coaching firm focused on talent and culture transformation, from July 2018 to December 2021.

Before that, Kjirsten held various positions at Integer Holdings Corp. (formerly Greatbatch Medical) from February 2018 to June 2018 as VP, HR Transformation; from January 2016 to February 2018 as VP, Global Talent and Organization Effectiveness; from July 2017 to January 2018 as Interim Chief Human Resources Officer; and from December 2013 to January 2016 as Executive Director, HR Leader - Global Operations.

From January 2013 to December 2013, they worked as an HR Business Partner and Director at St. Jude Medical, where they led a team of HR Business Partners supporting different functions. Prior to that, they held various roles at General Mills from 1997 to 2012, including Director, Global Diversity and Inclusion.

Kjirsten Mickesh began their career at Griffiths Corporation in 1993, where they served as the Human Resources Director. Before that, they worked at Medtronic as a Human Resources Representative and at Simula, Inc. as a Personnel Generalist.

Overall, Kjirsten Mickesh has a wide range of experience in human resources, diversity and inclusion, talent acquisition, and organizational effectiveness, and has served in leadership roles in various companies throughout their career.

Kjirsten Mickesh attended the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University where they pursued a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Management. Kjirsten also attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, focusing on Business Administration and Management, although it is not specified whether they obtained a degree from this institution.

In terms of additional certifications, Kjirsten Mickesh earned a Talent Management Institute certification from the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School in April 2022. In May 2020, they completed the Foundations of Learning Experience Design certification from NovoEd. Additionally, they obtained an ICF Social and Emotional Intelligence Coaching Certification from the Institute for Social + Emotional Intelligence (ISEI) in February 2020, and a Coaching Certification from the Learning Journeys International Center of Coaching in December 2017.

While Kjirsten Mickesh has mentioned other certifications such as Organization Development and Change Management from the University of Minnesota, Social Emotional Learning Certificate Course from the Center for Promotion of Social and Emotional Learning, and Strategic Workforce Planning from the Human Capital Institute (HCI), no specific dates or institutions are provided for these certifications.