Trina Madry:  

After graduating from Belmont in 1988, I attended the University of Dayton, majoring in Industrial Engineering. Similar to high school, I became involved in many activities and organizations socially, academically and professionally. I became a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Epsilon Rho chapter in November 1989, served as the President of the Black Student Union (BATU) and the Engineering Technology Honor Society during my time there. I graduated from UD in 1992 and immediately started working in Cincinnati, OH at the Procter and Gamble Company, the makers of consumer package goods such as Tide, Crest, Folgers, Pampers and Pantene. And as you probably could guess, I started working in their Marketing department (I know a big leap from Engineering). I stayed in marketing for about 4 years and decided that I wanted to try my hand at something else, to I entered the world of Human Resources, where I have been ever since. For 7 years I worked in our recruiting organization, traveling the country and internationally to recruit top talent for the company. For the past 5 years, I got a little closer to my engineering roots, by becoming the HR manager for the Engineering and then the Quality Assurance organizations. So 16 years into a hopefully 30+ year career, I have never regretted my choice to join this company. On a personal note, after moving to Cincinnati and living in an apartment across the hall from Jackie Rice for two years, (Jackie Rice and I both went to UD, pledged the same sorority and became roommates in college), I bought my first home and decided that I was commiting myself to the Cincinnati community. I became a member of New Jerusalem Baptist Church, served on community projects and boards, partic...Expand for more