Antoinette was raised in Northern Michigan. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor's in Economics & English in 1987, joining GE Capital on the FMP program that same year. She launched an exchange rotation with Aircraft Engines and helped launch Commercial Real Estate in London prior to joining the Corporate Audit Staff. During 4 years on CAS, she drove financial, process & manufacturing reviews at GE's industrial businesses. She then joined Corporate Business Development, supporting corporate Sourcing & M&A activity. She joined GE Information Services, leading Customer Service, Asset Management, & Technology Operations prior to driving Sales & Marketing as the VP - Manufacturing Industry P&L. In 1997, she joined GE Harris-Energy Systems in Florida as VP Operations, a role that expanded to integrate the acquisition of ASCADA based in Scotland. She then drove the commercial integration of GE Smallworld, a UK-based acquisition, prior to serving as CEO for IMV, a GE Digital Energy acquisition based in Switzerland. She repatriated with her husband Matt and two children, Nikolai (8) and Maggie (6) to Wisconsin with GE Healthcare in October, 2002, launching GE Healthcare's Global Marketing organization & integrated strategic planning processes, prior to being named General Manager for Customer Advocacy at GE Healthcare - a role she held since 2005.