Michelle Petrozza

Michelle Petrozza serves as an HR business partner for a utility company in South Carolina. She has been in the HR field for five and a half years after transitioning from a long career in retail operations management. Petrozza began working in operations at age 17, spending seven years at Stu Leonard's and ten and a half years at Whole Foods, followed by another retail management role. She pursued a business administration degree and a graduate degree to shift into HR full time. In her current position, she handles employee relations matters including investigations and conflict resolution while supporting six generating plants across the state. Petrozza is a member of the Palmetto SHRM chapter in the Charleston area and previously belonged to the SHRM Westchester chapter. One of her notable achievements includes doubling employee engagement survey scores from 30 percent to 70 percent in her first year with a prior organization through dedicated effort on engagement initiatives.