Neenah Enterprises Inc. named Heidi Mitchell as vice president of human resources. Mitchell will focus on creating programs that develop leaders internally. She plans to foster that by building on programs such as the current certification initiative with Fox Valley Technical College, where NEI supervisors hone their leadership skills.

She has more than 24 years of experience and previously held human resource positions with Pfizer Inc. in New York and Zimmer Inc. in Warsaw, Ind.