Ms. Co joined Churchill Management Group as the Executive Assistant to the CEO, Fred Fern, in the spring of 2001, and later served in an HR Generalist capacity before she left Churchill in 2008. Prior to re-joining Churchill Management Group in 2018, she worked as an HR Operations Specialist and HR Customer Support at Teledyne, Nestlé USA, and NASA Jet Propulsion Lab.

Irene received her Human Resource Management Certification at the University of California Los Angeles, UCLA Extension, and earned her professional designations in Human Resources, SHRM-CP and PHR. She graduated from California Polytechnic University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Landscape Architecture.