Amy Hagerty, PHR, SHRM-CP is the SVP/Human Resource Manager for Mountain West Bank which currently has 330 employees throughout Washington and Idaho. Amy’s passion is employee engagement and creating a positive work culture. She has over 25 years of experience in Human Resources, mostly in banking.  Amy grew up in Pennsylvania and graduated from Mansfield University of PA with a BS in Psychology and Human Resources. After graduation, she moved to Upstate New York to begin her career in HR. In 2012, she moved to beautiful North Idaho.

Amy has been actively involved in SHRM Chapter boards since 2001 and has been on the board of HRNNI since 2013. Amy has been the Business Advisory Council Lead for Project SEARCH since 2017, an international organization that helps young adults with disabilities find meaningful employment. She has also been on the board of Tesh, Inc. since 2022.

In her free time, Amy enjoys volunteering in the community, being active outdoors, gardening, baking, travelling, beekeeping and spoiling her black lab Gus. 

Katie is a community ambassador who is passionate about helping community organizations and businesses reach the next level in their success. Customer-focused professional with over 20 years of customer service experience and 12 years of Human Resources (HR) and benefits administration experience. Katie has a bachelor's degree in business with human resources emphasis.

Katie works as a Human Resource Consultant with OmniaHR providing new employee orientation, benefits administration, HR planning processes, and supporting companies in their HR needs.

Katie has been fortunate to be a part of a community with an incredible heart. She found her calling to help people and businesses connect. She excels at relationships and serves as a community ambassador including Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce Board member, Human Resources Network of North Idaho President, Kootenai County Police and Fire Memorial Foundation Director, Coeur d'Alene Rotary - Noon Club, and is the Founder of The Lady d’Alene’s.

Katie has her Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) Certificate Program and is an Idaho state-licensed life and disability producer.

While she is not working or serving this incredible community, you’ll find her on the sidelines of some sort of sports activity. She is blessed with two active daughters who play sports year-round. For that reason, most weeknights or weekends are spent traveling to watch them play softball, soccer, basketball, or running in cross country and track.

Jenny George, SPHR, is a 19 year HR veteran with a deep professional background that includes accounting, finance, real estate portfolio management and corporate relationship management. She is the Director of Human Resources at Ednetics in Post Falls. Jenny enjoys serving the employees of Ednetics through wellness education, benefit management and resource guidance. Her professional vision is to empower employees to be the best version of themselves.

Kelsey is the Vice President of Operations for Advanced Benefits. She is a licensed Health and Life Insurance Agent, Certified COBRA Administrator, and holds her Consumer-Directed Health Care Certification. 

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She currently serves on the Leadership- Coeur d'Alene- CDA Chamber of Commerce Committee, on the board of CDA2030, and is a member of Kootenai County Young Professionals and Lady d'Alene's. Kelsey is a graduate of Leadership Coeur d'Alene Class of 2016 and Advanced Leadership of Coeur d'Alene Class of 2018.

When she isn't at work or attending community events, you will find her acting as a professional taxi driver for all things football/basketball/any other kid-related activities.

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Kelsey's passion is helping others and keeping this community as amazing for her kids as it was for her growing up.

She has been a member of HRNNI since 2017

Jane is an HR professional with over 15 years’ experience working directly in HR management and an additional 5 years partnering with HR departments as a business analyst and training developer.  She has worked for ALLWEST Testing and Engineering since 2018 as their HR Manager, and prior to that spent 11 years with an electrical engineering firm in Cd’A holding various HR roles.  Her interests lie in the areas of emotional intelligence, productive communication, and coaching as a means to help employees develop a self-reflective mind-set.

A native of Spokane, Jane spent her college years in east Texas, then lived and worked in Seattle, and eventually made her way back home to the Inland Northwest. She has lived in the Coeur d’Alene area for the last 16 years with her husband, daughter, and fur-kid, Mia the Bernedoodle .  In her leisure time in the colder months you’ll find her geeking-out on home improvement and baking shows, attempting DIY projects, reading a good mystery, and dreaming of summer! And in the summer she likes nothing better than spending the day boating with family and friends on Lake Cd’A.

Heather Andrews is currently HR Director for ACI Northwest. She started her HR journey 7 years ago, after 1 year in accounts payable. Since then, she has learned so much about HR and continues to blossom in it.

Heather is working towards her associates in accounting with NIC. She plans to pursue her Bachelors in Psychology. She is currently certified in Idaho Worker’s Comp, and holds a Basic HR Certificate and Basic Computer certificate from NIC.

Heather was born and raised in Coeur d'Alene, and has lived here her whole life. She loves spending time outside, especially in the sun. Heather has a passion for horses and her favorite hobby is horseback riding. Other hobbies Heather enjoys is camping, hunting, fishing, kayaking, and paddleboarding. In the winters, she likes to go sledding and enjoys movies curled up in a blanket. Her absolute favorite thing to do is spend time with her fiancé and two girls, age 14 and 5.

Kerri Straw, Vice President of Human Resource Services for OmniaHR, which works closely with Managers and HR personnel on benefits administration and HR compliance. Kerri has over 25 years in the medical field and over 20 of those are related to insurance. During that time, she has worked for doctor's offices, hospitals, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators. 

Kerri currently holds a Master’s in Business Administration, Human Resource Management, a Bachelor's in Business, Human Resource Management, Life and Disability License with the State of Idaho, is SHRM-CP and PHR certified, and holds multiple certificates and licenses.

Kerri has lived in Idaho for over 25-years and enjoys spending time with her family in the great outdoors camping, hiking, kayaking, and fishing. On beautiful days, you will find Kerri hiking with her husband and dog, Mazie. 

With a background in Operations Management and Human Resources, Catherine provides mission-critical administrative support and backup to the human resource team on a daily basis. Her knowledge and support help maintain the Human Resource Information System (HRIS) by ensuring data integrity, report generation, and analyzing data flows for process improvement opportunities. Her role is also responsible for assisting with Recruiting, Training, New Employee Orientation, Onboarding, and Employee Lifecycle Management.

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Catherine has her Bachelor of Science in Therapeutic Recreation from EWU. Some of her favorite hobbies include hiking, kayaking, and taking day trips in the local area. She also enjoy attending concerts, listening to music, painting, and trying new things with friends and family.