2010 Automotive News 100 Leading Women

Why did you want to work in the auto industry? I was raised in the car business and decided to continue working in the car business after I graduated from college. I loved it. The car business is definitely a unique business with a lot of passion and a lot of intensity, a lot of hours. But when you’re raised with it, it becomes part of your personality -- that constant intensity and the fast pace. And everybody likes to talk about cars. Nobody I ever met doesn’t want to talk about it. When I was much younger and realized there were very few women in the car business, that gave me a real challenge. I said I’m going to be a car dealer. I’m going to show that women can succeed in a very male-dominated industry.