2000 AUTOMOTIVE NEWS 100 LEADING WOMEN AWARDS
Helen Petrauskas,
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VP, Environmental and Safety Engineering, Ford Motor Co.
Education: B.S., mathematics, Wayne State University; J.D., Wayne State University
First automotive job: Chemist/Supervisor, Sherwin-Williams Co., 1966
Proudest achievement: "The Cleaner Safer Sooner program."
Career highlights:
Other positions at Ford include:
- 1980-82 Director, Automotive Emissions and Fuel Economy Office
- 1979-80 Assistant Director, Automotive Emissions and Fuel Economy Certification
- 1977-79 Associate Counsel on Emissions
- 1971-77 Staff Attorney/Emissions and Safety, Office of the General Couns
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