Green Bay commissioners highlight workplace culture survey after city formalizes HR director role

The City of Green Bay Human Rights Commission on Dec. 18 heard a staff update that the city has formalized its human resources director position and launched a workplace culture survey intended to guide diversity and retention work across departments.

Andrea, the city’s workplace specialist, told commissioners that the report attached to the agenda — prepared with Human Resources Director Bridal Roloffson — documents recent activities and accomplishments on diversity and equal employment opportunity and stresses new data collection. "Starting this year, we're really focused on data collection," Andrea said. "This gives us the opportunity to figure out, exactly what other data do we need to collect and how to move forward with it." The report also includes a City of Green Bay demographic comparison for employees versus residents and flags opportunities for improvement.

The commission was told the human resources director position was formally separated from the chief of operations role previously held by Joe Faulds; Bridal Roloffson confirmed the change and described the workplace engagement committee as a cross-departmental effort with representation from DPW, parks and recreation, the law department and other frontline staff. "Some significant work that Andrea's accomplishing is within the area of the workplace engagement committees," Roloffson said, adding that early results show promise in increasing staff trust and engagement.

Chair Jerry Yang recognized the staff and commissioners for maintaining a 100% Human Rights Campaign index score for 2025, and commissioners thanked staff for the update. The item was presented as informational only; no formal action or vote on policy followed. Staff said the survey and engagement committee work will inform next steps and benchmarking of progress. The commission's next meeting is scheduled for Jan. 8, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.