Adam P. Cherrill is the President of Cherril Consulting Group (CCG). His leadership spans 22+ years in the U.S. aerospace & defense industry’s prime contract life cycle of strategy/business/technology development, capture/proposal/pipeline management, and project/program/portfolio execution, both domestically and internationally. Adam holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on system dynamics and feedback control, as well as an MBA in general management, all awarded by the University of Arizona. Adam is a certified Competitive Intelligence Professional (CIP) and Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP). He currently serves as Programs Chair for the Minnesota Chapter of PMI-Minnesota.

Catherine Byers Breet hired her first Project Management Consultant in 1997. She has worked as a recruiter, sales dude, manager, and consultant across a wide variety of industries (Advertising, Agriculture, CPG, Finance, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Marketing, Medical Device, Retail and Technology industries). Today, as Chief Stripe Changer with ARBEZ, Catherine is a highly-sought international speaker, author & creator of cutting-edge consulting and job hunt courses. She is a voracious reader, globetrotter & fair-weather shark diver. Oh, and by the way…she owns a zebra. His name is Joe.

Janice Pyka is the 2018 PMI-MN President-Elect & COO. She holds a master’s degree in project management and MBA. She began her career in Marketing & Sales and found a passion in Project Management 20 years ago while managing a $1M project. She has gradually migrated to PMI-MN Chapter first as a Committee Chair and the Team Lead for the Career Fair, while working as a consultant. She will be the Chapter’s President in 2019. Everyone’s career path takes different turns, and Janice likes to keep it interesting and fun.