2005 AUTOMOTIVE NEWS 100 LEADING WOMEN AWARDS

2005 100 Leading Women in the Automotive Industry

Diane Allen, 45

Design Manager

Nissan Design America

Anne Asensio, 43

Executive Director, Advanced Design

General Motors

Katy Barclay, 49

Vice President, Global Human Resources

General Motors

Mary Barra, 43

Executive Director, Vehicle Manufacturing Engineering

General Motors

Jan Beauchamp

IBM General Manager, Global Automotive Industry

IBM Corp.

Anne Belec, 43

President and CEO

Volvo Cars of North America Inc.

Jan Bertsch, 48

Vice President, Sales and Marketing Finance

Chrysler Group

Jane Beseda, 58

Group Vice President and General Manager, North American Parts and Accessories

Toyota Motor Company

Jean Blackwell, 51

Executive Vice President, CFO

Cummins Inc.

Sandra Bouckley, 46

Plant Manager, Pilot Process Verification Center, Conner Ave. Assembly Plant and Sterling Heights Vehicle Test Center

Chrysler Group

Susan Brennan, 43

Director, Manufacturing, North America Vehicle Operations

Ford Motor Co.

Barb Brown, 45

Senior Partner, Executive Management Director, Ford Retail

J. Walter Thompson

Adriane Brown, 47

President and CEO

Honeywell Transportation Systems

Lorie Buckingham, 47

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Visteon Corp.

Christine Bucklin, 41

COO

CarsDirect.com

Faye Caballero

President and CEO

Black River Plastics

Mary Carpenter, 40

Executive Vice President and COO

GM Planworks

Theodora Casasanta, 44

Director, Proactive Quality Systems, Corporate Quality

Chrysler Group

Michelle Cervantez, 41

Vice President, Marketing

Hyundai Motor America

Sue Cischke, 51

Vice President, Environmental and Safety Engineering

Ford Motor Co.

Annette Clayton, 42

Vice President, GM North America Quality

General Motors

Cathy Clegg, 45

Plant Manager, Fort Wayne Assembly

General Motors

Deborah Coleman, 52

Vice President, Global Quality

Ford Motor Co.

Barbra Cooper, 57

Group Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Information Systems

Toyota Motor Company

Chris Cortez, 51

Senior Vice President, Global Service and Parts

Chrysler Group

Maureen Kempston Darkes, 57

Group Vice President and President, GM Latin America, Africa and Middle East

General Motors

Jacqui Dedo, 44

President, Automotive

Timken Co.

Tracey Doi, 44

Group Vice President and CFO

Toyota Motor Company

Pandora Ellison, 52

Director, Vehicle Attributes and Systems Engineering

Ford Motor Co.

Amy Farmer, 50

Plant Manager, Lansing Grand River Assembly

General Motors

Nancy Fein, 51

Vice President, Lexus Customer Services

Toyota Motor Company

Marianne Fey, 47

Executive Vice President and Managing Director

McCann Erickson Worldwide

Felicia Fields, 40

Vice President, Human Resources

Ford Motor Co.

Marcy Fisher, 41

Director, Design Engineering

Ford Motor Co.

Elena Ford, 39

Director, North America Product Marketing, Planning and Strategy

Ford Motor Co.

Lisa Frary, 43

Vice President, Engineering

Autoliv

Barbara Gasper, 51

Vice President, Investor Relations

Ford Motor Co.

Sandra Gillespie, 51

Senior Vice President, Procurement and Supply

Mitsubishi

Nancy Gioia, 45

Director, Current Model Vehicle Quality, North America

Ford Motor Co.

Maryann Goebel, 54

Chief Information Officer, General Motors North America

General Motors

Louise Goeser, 52

Vice President; President and CEO, Ford of Mexico

Ford Motor Co.

Vanessa Gordon, 46

Vice President and General Manager, Ford and New Domestics Business Unit

ASC Inc.

Joy Greenway, 45

Vice President, Climate Product Group

Visteon Corp.

Elizabeth Griffith, 51

Vice President, Program Management and Advanced Engineering

Intier Automotive Interiors Inc.

Margaret Hackstedde, 50

Director, Product Design, Color and Trim Design

Chrysler Group

Colleen Haley, 38

President, Ford Business Unit

Yazaki Corporation

Linda Hasenfratz, 39

CEO

Linamar Corp.

Karen Healy, 51

Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Marketing Communications and Facilities

Delphi

Deborah deBoer Henderson, 54

Vice President, Quality, Engineering and Technology, Light Vehicle Systems

ArvinMeritor Inc.

Sheryl Welsh Hyman, 42

Senior Vice President

Robert Bosch LLC

Kim Harris Jones, 45

Vice President, Product Finance

Chrysler Group

Cheryl Jones, 42

Project General Manager, Baja California

Toyota Motor Company

Susan Kampe, 47

Vice President and General Manager, Global Information Technology, Automotive Group

Johnson Controls Inc.

Verena Kloos, 44

President

BMW Group DesignworksUSA

Anna Kretz, 54

Vehicle Line Executive, Front-Wheel-Drive Trucks

General Motors

Jill Lajdziak, 48

General Manager, Saturn Division

General Motors

Karen Leggio, 42

Vice President, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain for GM Latin America, Africa and Middle East

General Motors do Brasil Ltda

Grace Lieblein, 45

Vehicle Chief Engineer, Front-Wheel-Drive Truck Products, Product Development

General Motors

Kathleen Ligocki, 48

President and CEO

Tower Automotive

Paula Lillard, 49

Vice President, Human Resources and Administration

Mercedes-Benz USA

Beth Lowery, 49

Vice President, Environment and Energy

General Motors

Pamela Mader, 41

Plant Manager, Moraine Assembly

General Motors

Marcy Hnath Maguire

Co-CEO and Owner

Maguire Automotive Group

Jean Mayer, 51

Executive Director, Asia-Pacific and Africa Purchasing and Global Systems

Ford Motor Co.

Deborah Wahl Meyer, 42

Vice President, Marketing, Lexus Division

Toyota Motor Company

Maureen Midgley, 46

Executive Director, Global Paint and Polymers Manufacturing Engineering Group

General Motors

Linda Miller, 55

Manufacturing Director, Powertrain Operations

Ford Motor Co.

Pat Moran, 60

Chairman

JM Family Enterprises Inc. and Southeast Toyota Distributors LLC

Deb Morrissett, 55

Vice President, Regulatory Affairs

Chrysler Group

Vicky Morter, 52

Executive Director, Global Purchasing, Current Future Business

General Motors

Cherri Musser, 54

Group Vice President and Chief Information Officer

General Motors Acceptance Corp.

Cindy Niekamp, 46

Vice President; President and General Manager, BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems

BorgWarner

Dian Ogilvie

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Toyota Motor Company

Jane Palmieri, 36

Vice President, Body Engineered Systems

Dow Automotive

Danica Patrick, 23

Indy Racing League Driver

Rahal Letterman Racing

Ann Marie Petach, 45

Vice President, Treasurer

Ford Motor Co.

Berta Phelps, 62

Vice President, Best Practices

Manheim

Lori Queen, 49

Vehicle Line Executive, Small Cars

General Motors

Nancy Rae, 49

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Chrysler Group

Julie Roehm, 34

Director, Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge Communications

Chrysler Group

Barb Samardzich, 47

Executive Director, Small FWD and RWD Vehicles

Ford Motor Co.

Cynthia Conn Sidoti, 43

Director, Paint and Energy Management

Chrysler Group

Anne Stevens, 56

Group Vice President, Canada, Mexico and South America

Ford Motor Co.

Roseann Stevens, 51

Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Metaldyne LLC

Barbara Stokel, 53

Regional Vice President, Eastern Operations

General Motors Acceptance Corp.

Karenann Terrell, 44

Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Chrysler Group and Mercedes-Benz NAFTA

DaimlerChrysler

Jan Thompson, 55

Vice President, Marketing

Nissan North America

Rosalinda Torres, 48

Plant Operations Manager, Componentes Mecanicos de Matamoros Operations

Delphi

Sue Unger, 55

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

DaimlerChrysler

Sheila Vaden-Williams, 46

President

National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers

Kitty Van Bortel, 51

President and General Manager

Van Bortel Subaru and Van Bortel Ford Inc.

Sylvia Vogt, 43

Vice President, Corporate Affairs Americas

Robert Bosch LLC

Bette Walker, 62

Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Delphi

Jane Warner, 58

President

Plexus Systems LLC

Donna Wassel, 46

Regional Vice President and General Manager, Atlanta Region

CarMax

Liz Wetzel, 41

Design Director, Global Design Brands

General Motors

Margaret Woodard, 44

Vice President, Marketing

ADP Dealer Services

Carolyn Woznicki, 43

Vice President and General Manager, Purchasing, North America

Johnson Controls Inc.

Mary Ann Wright, 43

Director, Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs

Ford Motor Co.

Sheila York, 48

COO

March/Hodge Automotive Group