“After seeing all the shutdowns happening in China, I knew it would only be a matter of time before the virus got here,” Berg said.

By late January, Berg had shifted work to the United States from a company in China making machine components used for production in her Strongsville, Ohio, plant. By early March, she was rallying management to devise what amounted to a “zero-infection” strategy for the facility. In mid-March, Berg joined other manufacturers in successfully lobbying Ohio’s governor, Mike DeWine (R), to keep factories open during the stay-at-home order, arguing industry had already come up with ways to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. And in April, an advisory board of business leaders appointed by the governor recommended Ohio adopt a statewide mask mandate and other measures.

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