Ruth Birkholz has over 23 years of experience in technology across financial services, utilities, health care, and manufacturing. She is the 2020 president-elect for the Project Management Institute Minnesota (PMI-MN) trade association’s more than 3,400 members. In 2019, Birkholz was recruited by the then-chapter president to rebuild and lead PMI-MN’s chapter committee on Professional Development Days. She not only rebuilt the committee, but she also refreshed the chapter’s annual event with high-caliber local speakers.

Birkholz holds multiple certifications in technology including cybersecurity and infrastructure security and risk and information systems control.