Growing Up in Detroit, Cars are Just What You Do Cars have always been a part of Lisa Hutchinson’s life. “I grew up in Detroit, it’s just what you do,” she says. “There were always car magazines in our house and my dad and brother are both big car fans.” With cars woven into the…
What Drives Her: Elizabeth Curran, Fashion Major, Ends Up Running Color & Trim at Hyundai North America
Two Lucky Moves, One Amazing Career. Despite growing up an hour outside of Detroit, Liz Curran never thought she’d end up in automotive. “I went to school for fashion design,” says this 20-year veteran. “I didn’t even know color & trim existed.” So how does a fashionista end up running a design division at a…
Taking Over For Her Dad and Shaping the Family Business
What Drives Her: Kelly Webb Roberts, President of Webb Auto Group. Growing up, Kelly Webb Roberts always had nice cars. When you grow up with your dad owning a dealership, you tend to drive new cars. But Kelly drove “REALLY nice cars in college: the Ford Thunderbird, a Chevy Blazer in winter, and a number…
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: 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: 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…
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