International Women’s Day is March 8. To celebrate, we’re featuring just a few of the women who work so hard to help Mosaic achieve its mission of helping the world grow the food it needs. 

Sherri Doidge  
Title: Sr. Manager Capital Projects 
Year hired: 1998 
Previous roles: Sr. Manager Capital – Belle Plaine 
Favorite Mosaic memory/moment: The Stage 2 Expansion FEL3 Project, and TEAM at Belle Plaine! The Stage 2 FEL3 Project scope was large and complex, and all the teams on site collaborated so well together. I love collaborating with all teams, working together to advance the Mosaic mission. 

Michelle Johnson  
Title: Manager NA Quality Assurance 
Year hired: 1993. I was hired to fill a 6-month contract at the Belle Plaine mine site and I became a full-time employee in 1994. 
Previous roles held: Manager Quality Assurance & Quality Control – Potash; Manager Quality Assurance – Potash; Lead Quality Assurance – Potash; Quality Assurance Specialist – Potash; Superintendent Research Quality Projects – Potash; Supervisor Quality Control – Belle Plaine; R&D Technologist – Potash; Quality Control Technician – Belle Plaine 
Favorite Mosaic memory/moment: I have so many great memories from the past 30 years. My favorite memory takes me back to my role as Superintendent Research Quality Projects. I worked on a joint project with operations personnel from Carlsbad, New Mexico, to try and solve a product quality issue presenting at customer locations. After many months of test work and product trials, we watched product flow into a vessel and then subsequently into a customer warehouse that was dust free. The collaboration of the team, the focus everyone had on finding a solution to the problem and friendships made through the process are something I will always remember. 

Marnel Jones 
Title: Director, Government & Public Affairs – Canada 
Year hired: 2011 
Previous roles held: Community Investment Coordinator; Sr. Community Investment Specialist; Communications Manager – Potash; Sr. Communications Manager – North America; Sr. Corporate Communications Manager 
Favorite Mosaic memory/moment: Descending underground at K3 in May 2017 with colleagues, media and stakeholders just after we connected the two shafts and could walk between them for the first time. There was no infrastructure yet and most of our light came from our headlamps in certain areas. After years of shaft sinking, this was a remarkable moment for our company. I have a piece of potash I picked up that day that reminds me of this once-in-a-lifetime experience. 
One other fun fact – I got engaged in the office with all my Mosaic colleagues watching and helping my husband pull off the big surprise. I still get teased for going right back to work shortly after saying yes. 

Aimee Ottenbreit   
Title: Senior Manager, Environmental 
Year hired: 2002 as a summer co-op; 2004 full time. 
Previous roles held: K1 Process Engineer; Belle Plaine Mining Area Engineer; Belle Plaine Wet End Superintendent; Belle Plaine Continuous Improvement Lead; and Belle Plaine EHS Manager. 
Favorite Mosaic memory/moment: Putting a Mosaic team into the 2011 Sticks on the Rose Charity Ball Hockey Tournament in Regina, Saskatchewan. Our team was the top fundraising team that year, and with that we were able to get the top celebrity pick to be on our team, which was Jordan Eberle. To this day, I still love to reminisce with Jeremy Hilderman, Jody Hilderman, Penny Newans and Josh Howe on how fun that day was! 

Michele Unrath   
Title: Quality Lead 
Year hired: 1996 
Previous roles held: QC Lab, R&D Lab, Quality Assurance 
Favorite Mosaic memory/moment: My Mosaic journey has been full of wonderful experiences, but the most memorable ones are related to the amazing people I have met at Mosaic. A favorite moment that I will never forget was the first time I boarded a vessel at the port and saw how we load Potash for our Global customers. It was an impressive experience to see the scale and efficiency of that part of our supply chain.

Carey Wakeford
Title: Senior Director, Finance – Operations & Supply Chain 
Year hired: 1996 
Previous roles held: Director, Global Project Controls and Governance – Digital Transformation Office; Director, Project Controls and Governance – North America Capital; Vice President Finance Potash Business Unit 
Favorite Mosaic memory/moment: I was very fortunate to be part of the K3 expansion project in Potash that started in 2009. I was responsible for the project financials, controls and governance for the $3 billion project. After several years of sinking the 2 shafts at K3 (including going through the water-bearing formations that had to be frozen), in 2017 we reached the Potash level approximately 3,500 feet below surface. It was very exciting to be part of that historic moment.