Robin Ritter
Chief Human Resources Officer
Meet Robin
Robin serves as Chief Human Resources Officer at Mortenson. She brings more than 31 years of progressive human resources experience, as she has led complex organizational change initiatives and has strengthened organizations through her expertise in organization design, talent assessment, and development. She has a unique blend of strategic business support, executive coaching, and talent development leadership experience.
Professional Experience
Robin started her career at General Mills, where she held a variety of human resource leadership roles, including Director of Human Resources for Supply Chain where she led HR teams at 28 manufacturing sites and focused on building strategy, evolving HR processes, and labor relations before moving on to Cargill. While at Cargill, Robin led the team providing global HR service delivery and consultation of HR processes and solutions for talent acquisition, talent performance, labor relations, and human resources information systems.
Robin joined Mortenson in 2021 as Chief Human Resources Officer, where she oversees talent acquisition, team member and leadership development, HR processes and solutions, corporate communications, diversity, equity and inclusion, and community empowerment.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree, Speech Communications
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Master’s Degree
School of Labor and Employment Relations
University of Illinois
Awards
- 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award
School of Labor and Employment Relations
Recognition of her commitment and service to the HR program and its graduates
We need to unlock the potential to lead, in everyone.
From learners to leaders
At Mortenson, we are focused on supporting our future leaders and workforce to build skills for what’s next. We are invested in transforming learners into leaders, with less focus on previous experience, but more attention on skills needed in our ever-changing environment. We believe every team member has different gifts – and they are our biggest investment. But it takes good leaders, with agility, compassion, and empathy, to figure out how to unlock that potential in everyone.
The power in we
It is exciting to be at a company that has a vision backed by specific action plans to be a leader in cultivating belonging and inclusion in our industry and our community – not just to ‘talk the talk, but to walk the walk.’ It is humbling and inspiring to witness our teams join together to pave the trail forward. We have the ability to make a difference – so we are going to.
Bringing your whole self to work
We have thousands of team members on the front lines, every day, and that is why safety is rooted in our culture and all that we do. But what does that look like from a psychological standpoint? We work diligently to create an inclusive environment, because without it, we fail. To be psychologically safe at work, is to thrive, and we must ensure our team members can bring their whole, authentic self to work every day.
Personal Passions
Second Harvest Heartland is focused on ending hunger by bringing people, resources and communities together across Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Their work goes far beyond providing food by helping families find stability, connecting people with food assistance, and developing innovative ways to source and distribute healthy food where it is needed most. I am passionate and proud to support an organization that recognizes hunger as a solvable problem and believes meaningful change happens when communities come together to ensure everyone has the food they need to thrive.
Board Positions
- Second Harvest Heartland
Board of Directors Secretary and Governance and Talent Committee Chair - Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement
Board of Directors - Family Child Development Center
Former Board Member - Interfaith Outreach Community Partners
Former Board Member and Former HR Committee Co-Chair
Interests
- Travel with family
- Reading
- Theater
- Exploring new cuisine