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Meet Jonathan Mayes, Featured Speaker at Annual Meeting

An Interview with Millette Granville Millette Granville grew up with a flair for fashion. Her original career goal was to be in fashion design and merchandising. An internship with Macy’s changed the course of her career as she uncovered her true calling for management and talent recruitment. Millette is now weaving the fabric of corporate […]

Personal Development Planning: How to Learn What They Really Think of You WISE will offer its first quarterly InPower Coaching Webinar of 2019 on March 13 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST. Learn how to get better feedback from those around you in this informative session. You’re driven to achieve your highest potential, but how […]

February Webinar: Balanced by Design Is being busy robbing you of joy?  If you enjoyed Judi Holler’s presentation at our annual meeting, you’ll want to make time for her webinar “Balanced by Design.” It turns out that being busy can rob us of opportunities and joy. Judi shares the powerful secret for winning at work […]

Mentor Circle Adds Value Kelly McCleary has been with Simmons Foods for two years, offering more than two decades of experience to the position vice president of finance. She had a very active WISE Mentor Circle this year: “Seven women from a wide range of private label suppliers met to discuss topics of interest, including […]

Anastasia Mytnychuk has been with Topco Associates, LLC, for seven years working as a financial analyst. As a CPA, Anastasia has enjoyed the transition to her finance position where she can gain a broader knowledge of the organization as well as develop a new set of skills. Anastasia values the knowledge and unique expertise of […]

Mentee Spotlight: Sarah Shebesta Sarah Shebesta works as the commercialization manager at Shearer’s Snacks, leading projects to launch new items through their stage-gate process. “It’s a great role because we get to work directly with the customers and then work closely with the internal teams and plant teams to bring great ideas to life,” she […]

Record Breaking Attendance at 2018 WISE Annual Meeting The 2018 WISE Annual Meeting drew nearly 400 attendees on November 11 at the Hyatt Regency Rosemont, IL. WISE members, partner companies, and university students and advisors filled the Grand Ballroom to kick off their PLMA trade show participation. “The WISE Annual Meeting demonstrates to our members, […]