AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo reports from The Henry Hotel in Dearborn for the Automotive News Leading Women Network conference. In collaboration with Deloitte, Inforum and Ally, the Leading Women Network is a community of men and women working together toward a shared objective: to educate, mentor and empower women in automotive. In this gallery, look for photos of Leah Curry, Vice President of Manufacturing at Toyota Motor Manufacturing; Lisa Lunsford, Co-Founder and CEO, GS3 Global; Karen McKemie, Division/Regional Vice President, Sonic Automotive Group; Maximiliane Straub, CFO and EVP, Finance, Controlling and Administration, Robert Bosch LLC.
Attendees mingling prior to the start of the conference
Free copies of Automotive News for all attendees
Students from Warren Mott High School
Opening keynote by Seema Pajula
She is the Vice Chairman and U.S. Consumer and Industrial Products Managing Partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP
Leah Curry was the first honoree
She is the Vice President of Manufacturing at Toyota Manufacturing in Indiana
Photo of the facility in Princeton, Ind.
“Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day”
Women need to think outside the box
Lisa Lunsford was the second honoree
She is the co-founder and CEO of GS3 Global
Karen McKemie was the third honoree
She is the division/regional vice president of Sonic Automotive Group
Maximiliane Straub was the fourth honoree
She is the CFO and EVP of Finance, Controlling and Administration at Robert Bosch LLC
All four honorees on stage at the same time
Jason Stein lead a question-and-answer session
Jason Stein of Automotive News
Mary Beth Vander Schaaf
She is the Managing Editor of Automotive News
Keynote speaker Connie Glaser
Her talk was titled “Women’s Leadership: Dolphin or Shark?”