Sara Blair is Director of Human Resources at Country Maid, Inc. in West Bend, IA. CMI is a specialty food manufacturer known for Butter Braid® pastries and Dutch Apron cake rolls and employs approximately 100 full-time employee-owners. Her HR career spans 25 years in retail, telecom, publishing, and manufacturing. She serves as the Workforce Readiness Director for the IA SHRM State Council, President of the Board for SHRM NI, and a member of the IWD Great Plains Workforce Advisory Committee.