Employee Profiles—Cathy Pierce

Formal Title:

Cheese Grader

Informal Title:

Cheese Wiz

Job Duties:

Flavor grading all our American style cheeses, by vat, and allocating cheddars into mild or aging according to grade and projected need.

Describe your Job in 5 words or less:

I get paid to eat.

Education:

Bachelors of Science

When did you start working for CROPP?

1991, but then I took two and a half years off after the birth of our first child.

Why did you decide to work for CROPP?

Originally, because it was nearby but I've since been converted.

Describe CROPP in 5 words or less:

Oasis (in the) desert (of) conventional wisdom.

Describe a typical day at CROPP from you job perspective?

Check email and phone messages. Coffee. Chit chat. Taste some cheese. Shuffle some papers. Herbal tea. Meeting. Check email and phone messages. LUNCH! Check email and phone messages. Shuffle some papers. Taste some cheese. Coffee. ZZZzzz. Oops! Look at the time. Gotta run!

Describe your favorite CROPP story or work related story:

Being part of the "Hairway to Heaven" choir at the 2003 Winter Party Talent Challenge was certainly a "lift". I think we successfully embodied the fantasies of just about every guy in attendance....several in particular, although I won't mention any names.

Words to live by:

One hundred years from now, it will not matter how much money I made, what kind of car I drove or how big a house I lived in. What will matter is that I was important in the life of a child.

Personal or favorite quote:

The only thing in life that you have complete power to change is your attitude. AND Be the change you wish to see.

How do you get to work? (what do you drive to work, etc):

In the summer, I try to make the 6 mile commute on my bicycle at least a couple times a week. Other than that, I ride share with my better half, who also works here.

Favorites:

Music:

Alternative. Garth, Eminem and Brittany need not apply.

Food:

Make it real please, with lots of fresh garlic. Then pretty much anything except mushrooms and excessive heat.

Hobbies:

Swing dancing, volleyball, gardening

Books:

The Bible (an old classic)

If you could trade places with anyone who would it be?

George Bush. Hey, we certainly wouldn't be any worse off!

Name two things you are good at:

Avoiding work and straight answers.

What two words describe you?

Christian Democrat.