Making a Lasting Impact in Automotive
Inforum industry groups bring together practitioners to collaborate on industry issues and share best and next practices. AutomotiveNEXT is a powerful network and supportive community for women in Automotive that inspires and empowers them to lean in, achieve their full potential, and make a lasting impact in the industry.
AutomotiveNEXT aims to close the talent gap and strengthen the talent pipeline for automotive through three primary areas of focus:
- positioning and promoting women thought leaders;
- developing and inspiring rising leaders through volunteer and leadership development opportunities; and
- sharing best practices for attracting, developing and retaining female talent.
Women’s Resource Group
Link by Link: A Guide to Forming a Women’s Network at Your Organization
Moss Adams LLP
Diversity
Minding the manufacturing Gap: How manufacturers can get their fair share of talented women
The Manufacturing Institute, APICS Supply Chain Council, and Deloitte worked together to understand why manufacturing isn’t getting its fair share of talented women. We surveyed more than 600 women in manufacturing, across all functional roles and levels, to get their gauge of how well companies are doing at attracting, retaining and advancing women. We also held an executive roundtable in Washington, D.C., where we convened senior leaders – representing a diverse group of some of the world’s largest manufacturing companies – to bring into focus their executive view of human capital and talent concerns.
Statistics and Facts
How and Where diversity Drive Financial Performance (Harvard Business Review, 2018)
Lean In Women in the Workplace Study (McKinsey & Company)
Women in the Workplace 2017 is a comprehensive study of the state of women in corporate America. This research is part of a long-term partnership between LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Company to give organizations the information they need to promote women’s leadership and foster gender equality.
Women at the Wheel: Recruitment, retention and advancement of women in the European automotive industry (Automotive News & Deloitte, 2016)
Women at the Wheel: Recruitment, retention and advancement of women in the automotive industry (Automotive News & Deloitte, 2015)
Corinne Diemert – co-chair
NA HR director
Valeo
Marlo Vitous, co-chair
Vice President, North America Supply Chain Management Planning & Head of Inter-Regional Flow
Stellantis
Jessica Berry
VP, Toyota/Hyundai-Kia
Adient
Carolyn Cerny
Director of Marketing NA
Continental
Christina Coplen
Consultant, Global Industrial, Automotive, and Leadership Advisory Practice
Spencer Stuart
Chris Garramone
General Manager
Toyota North America
Brandy Goolsby
Director, Global Ecosystem and Market Development
Wind River Systems
Melissa Lindquist
Vice President, Program Management Office
Stoneridge Inc.
Kara Grasso
Vice President, Strategic Operations
Denso
Jessica Hanson
Vice President Corporate Logistics North America
Robert Bosch LLC
Janet Harden
NA Controller
Continental
Laura Hirschhorn
Ford NA Key Account Manager
Henkel
Christi Kann Youngberg
Partner, Assurance Services
EY
Karen King
IT-Engineering Director
Yazaki
Telva McGruder
Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
General Motors Co.
Rhonda McNally
Vice President, Marketing
Magna International
Laura Moss
Vice President, Finance, Global Surface Materials
Lear Corp.
Shilpa Patel
Senior Director, group indirect Purchasing
Faurecia NA
Stephanie Schaupp
Global Purchasing Director
ZF
Sandy Stojkovski
CEO, North America & SVP, Global Injectors Product Line
Vitesco Technologies USA LLC
(formerly known as Continental Powertrain)
Desi Ujkashevic
Global Director, Automotive Safety Office Engineering
Ford Motor Co.
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