Philomena Morrissey Satre

Philomena Morrissey Satre serves as Director of Diversity & Inclusion and External Strategic Partnerships. She joined Land O’Lakes in June 2017, bringing more than 30 years of human resource experience in diversity and inclusion, community relations, work life and wellbeing. Before joining Land O’Lakes, she worked at Wells Fargo & Company. Her previous roles included VP of Organizational Effectiveness Development, Diversity and Inclusion; Community Outreach Consultant; and Senior HR Consultant.

Satre has extensive experience in developing and implementing diversity strategies, including internal initiatives and community-focused pipelines. Previously, she participated in a Middle East Fellows project, in partnership with Hamline University and the U.S. State Department, and traveled to the Middle East as a part of the peace and economic development project.

Satre co-leads the SHIFT Leadership Advisory Council and previously served on the Board of SHIFT (nonprofit focused on people in midlife). She serves on the AG D and I Consortium; and co-chairs the Twin Cities D&I Roundtable. She was named to the Minnesota Aging Workforce Citizen Commission in 2019. She previously served on the Minneapolis Workforce Council, the Executive Leadership Council/Board of Directors for Honoring Women Worldwide, Goodwill Easter Seals, Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES), Lifeworks, HIRED and Resource Inc. Advisory Boards. She also co-led the 2020 Women on Boards initiative for Minnesota.

Philomena Satre has received numerous awards, including AARP/Pollen 50 over 50, the Minneapolis Business Journal’s Woman Change Maker and Minority Advocate, Minnesota Business The (Real) Power 50 Award and the University of Phoenix Diversity Leadership Award. She has an MA in Organizational Leadership from St. Catherine University and a BA in Public Administration and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of St Catherine in the Master of Organizational Leadership Graduate Program.