Start the conversation–or shut it down– with your car. It’s a whole new world out there. We are more empowered than ever and yet, #MeToo has us in a cultural identity crisis. But you can still send a wordless message of power just by showing up. In the right car. Here are the top 9 rides…
The Soccer Mom Guide to Prepping the Car for Soccer Season
It’s fall. If you’re a mom with kids in sports…you know what that means. The leaves are turning (well..maybe not in Texas because fall is identical to July where I live.) But turning leaves and crisp weather just sounds better than “It’s September and we’re all still sweating,” right? One thing that screams fall to me –…
What Drives Her: Kathy Gilbert’s Success in a Male-Dominated Industry
Kathy Gilbert is a mentor driving the success of women and minorities in a male-dominated industry. Kathy Gilbert, Director of Customer Success at CDK Global, is proof that a Black woman can succeed in a male-dominated business. Beyond her education and natural confidence, her passion for mentorship has propelled her into a 20-year career in…
What Drives Her: Bogi Lateiner Is Empowering Women To Take Control Of Their Auto Repair Experience
Bogi Lateiner has spent her life empowering women, both inside the automotive sphere and out. She started off with a desire to work in law in order to help domestic violence victims and slowly discovered that her real passion came in empowering women to understand more about cars and to remind the world that girls…
What Drives Her: How Allyson Witherspoon, Fearless Globe-Trotting Marketer, is Shaping Nissan
Five auto makers, four countries and managing a global team adds up to a lot learned and a lot to share. “I was in Saudi Arabia the week women were allowed to drive,” Allyson Witherspoon, vice president of marketing at Nissan says in a flash of sheer happiness. She was reflecting on the monumental moment…
What Drives Her: Joy Falotico, President of Lincoln Motor Company and Chief Marketing Officer, Ford
How do you build a luxury brand? Put your best customer in charge. The industrial-chic Milk Studios in Los Angeles was abuzz last November as Lincoln SUVs graced the studio’s entrance and elegantly suited executives greeted guests. Inside, the studio was transformed by soft lights, low music and uniformed waiters passing perfect bites. Guests chatted…
What Drives Her: How Charlie Martin Is Racing Toward a More Inclusive Future for Motorsport
Charlie Martin is ready to get back on the track. COVID-19 didn’t entirely nix her racing schedule last year, but she still found herself at home more often than not, turning to esports—virtual, simulated racing against all manner of drivers online—and physical training to stay healthy, both mentally and physically. Now, she’s gearing up for…
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…
Diversity in Auto Companies? GM Execs Reveal The Key To Their Future
I learned something shocking this week. I learned that ‘diversity’ means me. I never considered myself a minority. I’m part of the 52 percent of the population that is female and I’m part of some very big groups (moms, professionals, car purchase decision makers). While I always identified with minorities on many levels, I never…
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…