All while living in truly the fastest lane. There is no such thing as “a regular day at the office” in Jill Gregory’s world. As the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for NASCAR, Jill’s job is as fast-paced as the cars on the track. And with so many moving parts, maybe even faster….
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What Drives Her: Rebecca Vest, VP Purchasing, Nissan
There might not be a better job in the world: Shopping for a living, and breaking glass ceilings at the same time. That’s what Rebecca Vest does. Next time you’re in your car, take a look around you. That leather that covers your dashboard? She buys that. The gorgeous metal-flecked paint you fell in love…
What Drives Her: Designing Women, Designing Cars
Teresa Spafford, Design Manager, Mazda. Teresa Spafford, who manages all color and material design, and advanced design planning elements at Mazda North American Design Center, helped develop the Mazda3 and won the “EyesOn Design” award for most innovative design for the Kabura concept car. SBC: How is color design for cars similar to fashion design…
What Drives Her: Michelin’s Claire Dorland-Clauzel is Breaking Glass Ceilings and Wants You To, Too
Confidence, Trust and Good People Fueled Her Journey to Lead Michelin’s Global Sustainability Brand and Communications. Becoming a widow with three children under the age of 7 might be enough to derail your career goals. But when Claire Dorland-Clauzel lost her husband twenty years ago, she didn’t retrench. She altered the demands her bosses could…
What Drives Her: Sheryl Connelly, Ford’s Futurist
Sheryl Connelly may have the coolest job in the world: She predicts the future. Not in a crystal-ball, $20 to read your future type of way, but in a know-what-the-experts-know, understand-the-consumer, anticipate-coming-trends kind of way. And, her job helped to shape one of the most remarkable transitions in corporate history: the rescue and remaking…
What Drives Her: Destined To Race Cars For Audi?
Lea Croteau kills it behind the wheel of the Audi R8. Race car driver Lea Croteau found her way to Audi, but she thinks it may have been pre-ordained. After all, she learned to drive in her father’s Audi 5000 and though she was born in England and, as a military brat, she spent much…
What Drives Her: “Dirt Princess” Hailie Deegan, 16, is Showing NASCAR Fans What She Can Do
Hailie Deegan is 16 and Fearless. Things may seem a little topsy-turvy in teenage NASCAR and Toyota Racing Development driver Hailie Deegan’s world. With four competitive athletes in the family, they are on the road so much that when it’s time for them to take a vacation, they like to stay home. When your home is in…
What Drives Her: Erica Klampfl, Global Mobility Solutions Manager, Ford
Erica Klampfl might have the coolest job ever: She gets to plow through reams of data. And then, she gets to change the world. As part of Ford’s Smart Mobility initiative, Erica’s led the program’s 25 Experiments project, a sweeping company-wide effort designed to bring out the best ideas of the company’s 187,000 employees and…
What Drives Her: Nicole Longhini, Brand Manager, Fiat North America
Don’t ask why she wanted to work in the automotive industry. You might make her cry. Seriously. Nicole Longhini’s passion for autos is so deep she gets emotional talking about it. And it’s not the typical passion—speed, physics, engineering— that drives her; it’s how autos connect her to people, her family and to her first…
What Drives Her: Celeste Briggs, Director GM Women’s Retail Network
In honor of Women’s History month, Director of General Motors Women’s Retail Network, chats about mentoring and leadership. GM has been on a mission to ensure that, because women buy so many cars–and so many of their cars–that women have the opportunity to grow professionally within the company, too. I recently sat down with General Motor’s…
What Drives Her: Women Who Are Changing The Auto Industry From The Inside
Lunch Is A Great Place to Start, Right? What’s better than 100 women coming together to share insights and advice on how they built a career in the auto industry? An annual event focused on this. The Chicago Auto Show thought so, too, so on Wednesday, February 8th, the inaugural What Drives Her luncheon highlighted women…
What Drives Her: Steel Exec Jody Hall Knows the Importance of Support
Jody Hall with the 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee, a newer version of her own car, which is a great example of how steel is used innovatively to keep passengers safe. Photo: Scotty Reiss Knowing what you want is only half the battle. When Jody Hall graduated high school, she had a decision to make. Should…
What Drives Her: Pam Fletcher, chief engineer behind the new Chevy Volt
The Volt-age that sparks GM’s top engineer? Her customer Pam Fletcher’s accomplishments are impressive: as General Motors chief engineer for all electric vehicles, or EVs, she leads a critical sector of of the company, designing and building electric and hybrid cars and trucks. But that’s not what sparks her enthusiasm and quickens her pulse. It’s her customer….
What Drives Her: Amanda Osmer is Reshaping How Cars Are Sold
Her no-haggle car sales strategy is just part of a unique approach. When Amanda Grappone Osmer entered college, she had no plans to join the family business started by her great grandparents in 1924. Once a gas station in Concord, New Hampshire, Grappone Automotive has grown to a successful 5-dealership group in Bow selling Ford,…
What Drives Her: Dorothy Glinton Fought Discrimination and Stereotypes to Force Change in The Auto Industry
Inspired to Build a Better Life For Her Kids, She Changed Her World, Too. When Sonari Rhodes Glinton, a business correspondent for National Public Radio, thinks of his mom and her friends—the women who raised him on the South Side of Chicago–he thinks of the movie “Hidden Figures.” Like those brilliant African-American women who toiled behind…
What Drives Her: Stacy Swank Brings Perfection To Lincoln
Craftsmanship Supervisor Stacy Swank elevates Lincoln’s luxury standards and leads the brand to a new level: Black Label. Many designers and engineers go into automotive because there is a family history. For Stacy Swank, her last name may have been a natural entrée to luxury cars. As the Lincoln Craftsmanship Supervisor, she has responsibility for the execution of all…
8 Luxuries That Are Worth the Investment: What You Should Pony Up for in Your Next Ride
Luxury Has Come a Long Way in Cars, and Good News: These Options are Widely Available in Most New Cars. Most of us started driving before technology was integral to the cars we drive. Have you tried to explain to your kids or grandkids that you used to have to crank your windows down instead…
What Drives Her: M.J. Yatsko, Grad Student Leading The EcoCAR 3 Program
Reimagining and re-engineering the Camaro for the EcoCAR 3 program. How do you balance a love for sports cars with a passion for the environment? M.J. Yatsko, a graduate student at Ohio Sate University, could have the answer. M.J., the team leader for the EcoCAR 3 program at OSU, has been involved in the technology competition since…
What Drives Her: Genesis’ Kate Fabian Speaks Up (And Thinks You Should Too)
When you’re the only girl around, you have to. Hailing from a houseful of brothers and a culture filled with dominant men, Kate Fabian learned how to speak up for herself at an early age. And she’s still speaking up. Newly arrived in the United States from Australia, Kate is the Marketing Manager charged with…
What Drives Her at the Chicago Auto Show: Meet the Women Who Are Taking the Auto World by Storm
And sharing their advice so you can, too. Five years ago I fell in love. With the automotive industry. And along with it, cars. It wasn’t the most natural journey for me; cars were not really my passion. I like design, I like to shop, I like innovative industries and I like to be a…
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