Netafim USA
Susan Akers PHRca is an experienced HR professional currently serving as a People Business Partner at Netafim USA since July 2021, where responsibilities include employee relations, leave of absences, and training, alongside an interim role as Benefits Administrator. Prior experience includes positions as an HR Generalist at Rebekah Children's Services and various roles at Mission Bell, including HR Business Partner, HR Benefits Specialist, and HR Assistant. Additionally, Susan held a Project Assistant position at INCOTEC and was a columnist for The Laughing Mom Column, writing humorous tales of motherhood. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of the Pacific and a Masters of Science in Soil Science from the University of California, Riverside.
Netafim USA
Netafim is an Orbia Precision Agriculture business. Netafim is the world’s largest irrigation company and a global leader in precision agriculture solutions committed to fight scarcity of food, water and land, for a sustainable future. Netafim USA, based in Fresno, CA, develops and manufactures drip irrigation systems for agriculture, landscape & turf, greenhouse & nursery, mining, and wastewater. Netafim offers an extensive range of irrigation solutions including driplines, filters, sprinklers, valves, water meters, digital farming equipment, and turnkey greenhouses. Founded in 1965, by farmers and Agronomists on the idea that micro-irrigation is a solution to one of the world's most urgent problems: lack of quality water for food production, Netafim pioneered the drip revolution and created a paradigm shift toward low-flow agricultural irrigation. We started in the Negev desert in Israel, trying to grow crops in desert soil. So, we know what it’s like to farm in extreme conditions. That struggle taught us how to combine precision irrigation, agronomic expertise and relentless innovation to help farmers grow more of any crop, in any climate, with less resources.