Car Care Council Women’s Board Meeting in Orlando
One of my favorite AutoGirl organizations is the Car Care Council Women’s Board. It is comprised of very savy professional women (and some men) from various automotive industries such as: motor sports, service shop owners, writers, associations, company executives and consultants.
The goal of the Council is two-fold: We encourage women to learn how to maintain their vehicles so they are safe and their vehicle is reliable; and to let other women know about all the great career opportunities for them in the automotive parts and service industry.
We have two meetings per year, and our 2008 winter meeting took place in Orlando Florida. The weather was beautiful (my feet were so happy to be out of boots and into flip-flops) and the company was fabulous. It is always so nice to hang out with other AutoGirls from around the country from various automotive industries. It’s always a good time and I come away from these meetings inspired and full of new ideas.
We did a lot of networking, went on the “Disney by Design” tour, ate a lot of yummy food and had some great educational speakers.
Colonel Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot a U.S. space shuttle opened our meeting, and the keynote speaker was Bud Bilanich, “The Common Sense Guy,” who gave us practical tips for success.
Kelly Williams was my favorite speaker of the event. Born and raised in Canada, she has been driving race cars for over fifteen years. This petite spunky lady competed in the CASCAR Super Series, the most prestigious arena for stock car auto racing in Canada. Today she travels around the world with the Champcar Series as a Pace Car Driver. Kelly is also the spokesperson for the Car Care Canada’s Be Car Care Aware campaign. She told me if I ever get to Toronto she would give me a “good-ride” around the track. Now you know where I’m planning one of my summer road-trips! For more information on Kelly, go to her website at www.kellywilliamsracing.com
The Car Care Council has created this fabulous 56-page automotive guide that covers nine major services and twelve various components of and automobile, plus the real service recommendations that you need to have done to your vehicle to keep it safe and reliable. You can download for FREE at www.carcare.org/car_care?guide/consumer.asp
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