
Our guest this month is Laura Wilde, Senior Director Quality & Mission Assurance, Aerojet Rocketdyne. Laura spoke to us about traveling for work while a parent, why she encourages women to join the manufacturing field, networking and more. Listen to other episodes of Hear Her Story here: https://www.womeninmanufacturing.org/hear-her-story-podcast
Mar 28, 2023
33 min

Our guest this month is Tiffanie Lewis, Vice President – HR Technology & Service Solutions at Diebold Nixdorf. Tiffanie spoke to us about her Truth, when to say yes and when to delegate and starting a mentoring program when she was at General Motors. Listen to other episodes of Hear Her Story here: https://www.womeninmanufacturing.org/hear-her-story-podcast
Feb 28, 2023
30 min

Our guest this month is Sandra McNeil, Director of Operations with Amazon Robotic Sortable Fulfillment. Hear Sandra discuss what inspires her and how she strives to inspire others. She also discusses how automation is a great tool to help organize and grow. Listen to other episodes of Hear Her Story here: https://www.womeninmanufacturing.org/hear-her-story-podcast
Jan 19, 2023
36 min

Our guest this month is Tessa Myers, Senior VP, Intelligent Devices at Rockwell Automation. Hear Tessa discuss her start in manufacturing and why having advocates can be even more important than having mentors. As 2022 comes to an end, Tessa also talks about innovations that she is most excited for in the new year. Listen to other episodes of Hear Her Story here: https://www.womeninmanufacturing.org/hear-her-story-podcast
Dec 15, 2022
33 min

Our guest this month is Kathleen Edge, EVP of Operations at Southwire. Hear Kathleen discuss how working in accounting led her into manufacturing, which led to her drive to promote safety within her organization. Kathy also shares her take on Work/Life Ratio, as opposed to Work/Life Balance, and her thoughts on community and family. Listen to other episodes of Hear Her Story here: https://www.womeninmanufacturing.org/hear-her-story-podcast
Nov 17, 2022
48 min

Our guest this month is Michelle Taylor, Director of New Product Quality CHVAC at Trane Technologies. Michelle shares her story about how growing up with three brothers shaped her and how a pen led to her internship and love of manufacturing. Michelle talks about her passion of volunteering and how it has led to forming her “12-12” crew.
Oct 4, 2022
39 min

Jd Marhevko, Vice President of Quality for the ADAS and Electronics Division of the ZF Group, joins WiM President Allison Grealis on Hear Her Story. Jd talks about how her upbringing taught her how to work hard and shaped her entire career. Allison and Jd also talk about the environment and sustainability and discuss what companies can do to help save our planet.
Sep 6, 2022
32 min

Get to know our guest Kristen Dickinson, Senior Leader of Field Competency & Serviceability at Ingersoll Rand. Hear Kristen's experience as a mom in manufacturing and the challenges that inspired her to help launch her company's women's inclusion group. Kristen shares how she helped launch a mentor program for Ingersoll Rand employees and her advice for avoiding and coping with burnout. Listen to Kristen's story here and see her as a presenter during WiM's Moms in MFG virtual conference on August 11, 2022.
Jul 29, 2022
36 min

Our guest this month is Leslie Morales, Vice President of Operations for U.S. Rubber. Listen in as Leslie shares how she reinvented herself professionally and her advice for getting outside of your comfort zone to develop new skills and a supportive network. Also in this episode, Leslie shares how surviving breast cancer in 2021 renewed her focus on and appreciation for self-care and keeping a positive mindset. Hear her advice for other women in manufacturing and how her company leverages second-chance hiring programs to develop their workforce.
Jun 29, 2022
57 min

Our guest this month is Alla Woodson, General Manager, Life Care Solutions Services at GE Healthcare, a WiM Corporate member company. Coming from a family of engineers, Alla is a first-generation immigrant to the United States from the former USSR, now the Russian Federation. Join us as Alla describes her unique path to the United States and how she began a career in manufacturing with GE. Hear her advice for developing a customer-first production philosophy in any industry and how being brave impacted her career.
Jun 6, 2022
56 min
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