Four employees are joining the Operational Excellence (OE) Black Belt program effective March 11: Tracie Caldwell, Karin McDowell, Brian Scottberg and Kate Warren.

Karin McDowell started at COUNTRY in 2001 in Corporate Communications. Most recently she served as a communications project manager in Corporate Communications and Learning. She graduated from the COUNTRY Leadership Development Program in 2010 and holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington.