Getting It Right: Employee Resource Groups

Candace Latnie is a Technical Project Manager for the Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) team at Navistar, Inc. She has been at the company since 2019, gaining exposure to R&D, Procurement, Manufacturing, & Aftersales as a part of Navistar’s Operations Management Development Program (OMDP). 

Latnie also serves as the Vice President of Navistar's Employee Resource Group, ICAAN 
(International Community of African Americans at Navistar), whose vision is to champion the advancement & development of African Americans at Navistar and within the broader community. She was named to the 2023 Women in Trucking Women to Watch list in 2023, and in 2022 she was named a recipient of a Nettie Fowler Award, an internal award that recognizes women at Navistar for their accomplishments, leadership and serving as voices for change. 

Latnie began her career at Navistar as a Service Program Manager in Aftersales. She later moved to a position in Global Truck & Bus Procurement before taking a role as Project Engineer with the ADAS team and then as Advanced Manufacturing Engineer at the San Antonio plant. Prior to Navistar, she worked on the Cooking Technology-Global Cavity Team at Whirlpool Corporation in St. Joseph, Michigan. She began her career working in the Engine Application Center at Briggs & Stratton in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. 

Latnie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University. 

Alexandria joined WM in 2020 to establish their Total Talent Management Center of Expertise (COE). In this role, Uribe is responsible for the Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, and Employee Experience strategies for the enterprise.

Prior to WM, she spent 13 years in the Oil & Gas industry leading global Talent & Organizational Development transformations within COEs and operations for companies such as Chevron, Worley, Wood and McDermott. During her time in these roles, she was responsible for talent strategies in North and South America, Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East with a focus on Diversity & Inclusion.

Uribe graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience and continued her education earning a Master’s degree in Human Resource Development from the University of Houston. She has a wonderful spouse and three children (8, 3, and 1 years old) and is so happy to work for a company that celebrates the working parent allowing for a meaningful career without sacrificing the joys of home-life! In her spare time, Uribe enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, cooking and keeping up with new research in the neuroscience community.

Lauren Mach is the Director of Training and Development at Arrive Logistics. With 11 years of industry experience, five of which have been in Talent Development, she has played a pivotal role in shaping Arrive’s training, mentoring, and progressional development programming.

In addition to her day-to-day responsibilities, Mach is passionate about helping women at Arrive forge their professional paths. To that end, she co-leads the company’s Women in Logistics Employee Resource Group, an inclusive community of female colleagues who support each other and participate in ongoing growth and development opportunities.

A highly respected and effective leader who champions the success of her team members,
Mach’s efforts in training and development continue to drive results for Arrive while building the next generation of industry leaders.

Tori Longan serves as a Senior Director of Sales at J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.  She has been with the company since 2012, growing through the sales organization from entry level seller to her current role.

Additionally, Longan serves as the Vice President of J.B. Hunt’s Employee Resource Group, GROW (Growing & Retaining Outstanding Women). She champions for inclusion and equity through her work with GROW. She is committed challenging the status quo by helping create programming that amplifies the voices of underrepresented groups and implementing scalable strategies that both engages 1400+ GROW members and supports J.B. Hunt’s inclusion goals. Outside of work, you can find Longan with her husband and two little boys, often shuttling between swim lessons and soccer.

A distinguished executive HR Leader and professional, Angelika Mangino supports with talent acquisition, culture/engagement, diversity, equity, and inclusivity at Clean Harbors. With more than 22 years of experience in hiring and retaining employees at all levels of an organization, she is skilled at creating compelling short- and long-term strategic plan, goals, and vision to move DE&I initiatives forward. Her efforts include measurable outcomes, communicating a call to action, and building high performing teams who are passionate and enthusiastic about achieving organizational objectives and goals through the lends of equity, diversity, inclusion, and justice.

Much of her passion behind employee engagement comes from her background in education, as she started her career as an educator teaching young children and then advanced into a director role, overseeing several educational facilities in early childhood. Eventually, Mangino soon advanced her career within the Corporate HR world and began training and development programs, instilling culture and engagement at the forefront of the business.

As the Culture and Engagement Manager, she has led and supported the CDL Sponsorship Program across the organization, while being the corporate liaison and partner to Women In Trucking. Last year, she awarded the first female truck wrap at the 2022 WIT Accelerate Conference to tenure driver, Cathy Spencer. She acts as the advisory for all 7 Employee Resource Groups at Clean Harbors and spearheads the Lead Ambassador program.

Stephanie Erichson, PMP is a director of Strategic Programs at S&P Global, leading long-cycle enterprise and operational programs. She serves as the Global External Engagement Officer for WINS, an employee led resource group striving for an equitable world where women have healthy representation, role models, and recognition across all levels of the organization, cultivating an environment which enables every person to reach their fullest potential. WINS supports more than 6,000 members with 25 chapters world-wide.

Based in Dallas, Texas, Erichson specializes in operational transformation, executing creative solutions to bring value through workflow improvements, process automations, data, UI enhancements, and technology enablement. She has more than 15 years’ experience managing partnerships and is known as an approachable culture driver, recognized for building global engagement across communities.