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Influential Women in Manufacturing 2019 Luncheon
The 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon took place at MxD on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4. The Luncheon honored 27 women across the manufacturing field.
The 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon took place at MxD on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4. The Luncheon honored 27 women across the manufacturing field.
Guests arrive for the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD. The event honored 27 women in the manufacturing field.
2019 IWIM honorees Diane Doise of Syngenta and Adrianna Swift of Endress+Hauser meet at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 before the awards ceremony begins.
Cieana Detloff of Empowering Brands (left) and IWIM co-founder Erin Hallstrom (right) pose for a portrait at the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon.
2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing honoree Diane Doise of Syngenta (left) and Sena Cooper of MxD (right) catch up before the awards luncheon begins at MxD on Oct. 4.
2019 IWIM honoree Linda Miller of PDT, Inc. (middle) sits alongside her daughter (left) and Lori Ditoro of SEPCO (right) before the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon on Oct. 4, held at MxD.
A view of MxD during the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon on at MxD on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4.
Guests mingle before the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon begins at MxD on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4.
Guests enter MxD’s Innovation House for the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4.
Guests fix plates at the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon at MxD on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4.
Erin Guthrie director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity presents IWIM with a proclamation from Gov. Pritzker for this year’s honorees and for Manufacturing Day and the awards luncheon at on Oct. 4.
Erin Guthrie, director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, presents IWIM with a proclamation from Gov. Pritzker at the 2019 awards luncheon, taking place on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4.
(from left to right) IWIM team member Amanda Del Buono, IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski, director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Erin Guthrie, IWIM co-founder Erin Hallstrom and IWIM co-founder Christine LaFave Grace pose with a proclamation from Gov. Pritzker at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
David McKeown of the Institute for Asset Management gives opening remarks at the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
David McKeown of the Institute for Asset Management gives opening remarks at the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
MxD CEO and 2019 IWIM honoree Chandra Brown welcomes attendees of the awards luncheon to MxD on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4.
MxD CEO and 2019 IWIM honoree Chandra Brown welcomes attendees of the awards luncheon to MxD on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4.
MxD CEO and 2019 IWIM honoree Chandra Brown welcomes attendees of the awards luncheon to MxD on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4.
MxD CEO and 2019 IWIM honoree Chandra Brown welcomes attendees of the awards luncheon to MxD on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4.
IWIM co-founder Christine LaFave Grace presents background information on IWIM before beginning a panel with Chandra Brown of MxD, Kate Rome of Rome Grinding Solutions and Nicole Wiggins of Navistar at the 2019 IWIM awards luncheon at MxD on Oct. 4.
2019 IWIM honoree Chandra Brown (center) of MxD answers questions during a panel, alongside Kate Rome (left) of MxD and Nicole Wiggins (right) of Navistar, at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Chandra Brown (center) of MxD answers questions during a panel, alongside Kate Rome (left) of MxD and Nicole Wiggins (right) of Navistar, at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
Nicole Wiggins of Navistar answers questions during a panel at the Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Kate Rome of Rome Grinding Solutions answers questions during a panel at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
IWIM co-founder Christine LaFave Grace asks questions to 2019 IWIM honoree Chandra Brown (left) of MxD and Nicole Wiggins (right) of Navistar during a panel at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
Nicole Wiggins of Navistar answers questions during a panel at the Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
IWIM co-founder Christine LaFave Grace asks questions to 2019 IWIM honoree Kate Rome (left) of Rome Grinding Solutions, 2019 Chandra Brown (center) of MxD and Nicole Wiggins (right) of Navistar during a panel at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Chandra Brown of MxD answers questions during a panel at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Chandra Brown of MxD (left) and Nicole Wiggins of Navistar (right) answer questions during a panel at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
Panelists 2019 IWIM honoree Kate Rome of Rome Grinding Solutions (left), 2019 IWIM honoree Chandra Brown of MxD (center), and Nicole Wiggins of Navistar (right) answer questions at the 2019 IWIM awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
Panelists and 2019 IWIM honorees Kate Rome of Rome Grinding Solutions (left) and Chandra Brown of MxD (right) answer questions during the 2019 IWIM awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Kate Rome of Rome Grinding Solutions answers questions during a panel at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Chandra Brown of MxD poses for a portrait with her award at the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Diane Doise of Syngenta poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Jonna Gerken of Pratt & Whitney poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Lisa Graham of Seeq Corporation poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Lauren Harrington of Rockwell Automation poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Kelli Kirchner of Kraft Heinz Company poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Jennifer LaVine of Sikorsky Aircraft- A Lockheed Martin Company poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Linda Miller of PDT, Inc. poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Christa Myers of CRB poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
Oluwole Awoyemi accepts an award on behalf of 2019 IWIM honoree Adeola Olubamiji of Cummins and poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Sheri Plain of Owensboro Community and Technical College poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Lesia Protsailo of United Technologies Research Center poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Kate Rome of Rome Grinding Solutions poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 Arial Ruble of Tate & Lyle shakes hands with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski before receiving her award at the IWIM luncheon on Oct. 4.
2019 IWIM honoree Arial Ruble of Tate & Lyle poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 Wendy Smith of Optimation shakes hands with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski before receiving her award at the IWIM luncheon on Oct. 4.
2019 IWIM honoree Wendy Smith of Optimation poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 IWIM honoree Adrianna Swift of Endress+Hauser poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2019 Karla Trotman of Electro Soft, Inc. shakes hands with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski before receiving her award at the IWIM luncheon on Oct. 4.
2019 IWIM honoree Karla Trotman of Electro Soft, Inc. poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
2018 IWIM honoree Marie Getsug shakes hands with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski before receiving an award on behalf of 2019 IWIM honoree Cathy Wilson of Sunair Co. at the IWIM awards luncheon on Oct. 4.
2018 IWIM honoree Marie Getsug accepts an award on behalf of 2019 IWIM honoree Cathy Wilson of Sunair Co. and poses for a portrait with IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski during the awards luncheon on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4 at MxD.
The 2019 IWIM honorees pose with the IWIM team at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD. From left to right: (back row) Diane Doise of Syngenta, Kate Rome of Rome Grinding Solutions, IWIM co-founder Erin Hallstrom, Jonna Gerken of Pratt & Whitney, Chandra Brown of MxD, Lesia Protsailo of United Technologies Research Center, Christa Myers of CRB, Karla Trotman of Electro Soft, Inc., Wendy Smith of Optimation, Arial Ruble of Tate & Lyle, (front row) Lauren Harrington of Rockwell Automation, Kelli Kirchner of Kraft Heinz Company, Sheri Plain of Owensboro Community and Technical College, Lisa Graham of Seeq Corporation, Jennifer LaVine of Sikorsky Aircraft- a Lockheed Martin Company, Linda Miller of PDT, Inc, Adrianna Swift of Endress+Hauser, IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski, IWIM co-founder Christine LaFave Grace, IWIM team member Amanda Del Buono.
The 2019 IWIM honorees pose with the IWIM team at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD. From left to right: (back row) Diane Doise of Syngenta, Kate Rome of Rome Grinding Solutions, IWIM co-founder Erin Hallstrom, Jonna Gerken of Pratt & Whitney, Chandra Brown of MxD, Lesia Protsailo of United Technologies Research Center, Christa Myers of CRB, Karla Trotman of Electro Soft, Inc., Wendy Smith of Optimation, Arial Ruble of Tate & Lyle, (front row) Lauren Harrington of Rockwell Automation, Kelli Kirchner of Kraft Heinz Company, Sheri Plain of Owensboro Community and Technical College, Lisa Graham of Seeq Corporation, Jennifer LaVine of Sikorsky Aircraft- a Lockheed Martin Company, Linda Miller of PDT, Inc, Adrianna Swift of Endress+Hauser, IWIM co-founder Alexis Gajewski, IWIM co-founder Christine LaFave Grace, IWIM team member Amanda Del Buono.
2019 IWIM honoree Lisa Graham of Seeq Corp (center right) poses with IWIM co-founders Christine LaFave Grace (left), Erin Hallstrom (center left) and Alexis Gajewski (right) at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
Theresa Houk (left) and Mike Brenner (right) of Putman Media pose for a portrait at the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
Lori Ditoro of SEPCO (left) and Tom Wilk of Putman (right) pose for a portrait at the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
(from left to right) IWIM co-founders Christine LaFave Grace and Erin Hallstrom, MxD CEO Chandra Brown, and director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Erin Guthrie pose with a proclamation from Gov. Pritzker at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
Keith Larson of Putman Media (left), poses with 2019 IWIM honorees Lisa Graham of Seeq Corporation (center) and Kate Rome of Rome Grinding Solutions (right) pose for a portrait at the awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
Scarlet Burmeister of Chicago Women in Trades (left) poses for a portrait at the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon on Oct. 4.
2019 IWIM honoree Adriana Swift (left) and Stacey Swift of Ingham County Medical Care pose for a portrait at the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon on Oct. 4 at MxD.
Jason Simon (right), Vicki Boyd (right center), 2019 IWIM honoree Sheri Plai (right center) and Cindy Fiorella (right), all of Owensboro Community and Technical College, pose for a portrait at the 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon at MxD.
2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon attendees get a tour of MxD’s manufacturing floor on Oct. 4.
2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing awards luncheon attendees get a tour of MxD’s manufacturing floor on Oct. 4.
Influential Women in Manufacturing 2018 Honoree Breakfast
At the 2018 Smart Industry event in Rosemont, IL, Putman Media, with its sponsoring partner, Rockwell Automation, celebrated the inaugural class of Influential Women in Manufacturing. During the festivities, IWIM co-founders Alexis Gajewski, Erin Hallstrom, and Christine LaFave Grace spoke about the inception of the IWIM program before honorees were presented with their awards. IWIM honorees in attendance included Jolene Baker, Mary Bunzel, Kelly Finch, Linda Freeman, Marie Getsug, Peggy Gulick, Rebecca Holland New, and Rendela Wenzel.
IWIM co-founders Alexis Gajewski, Erin Hallstrom, and Christine LaFave Grace, pose with 2018 honorees.
Erin Hallstrom explains the origins of IWIM.
Alexis Gajewski recounts the IWIM nomination process.
Christine LaFave Grace explores the improtance of women in manufacturing.
Marie Getsug, program manager, strategic consulting - asset management, Jacobs Engineering Group, accepts her award.
Mary Bunzel, general manager and industry leader, manufacturing industry solutions group, Intel, accepts her award.
Kelly Finch, director of technology, O-AT-KA Milk, accepts her award.
Peggy Gulick, director of digital transformation for global manufacturing, AGCO Corp., accepts her award.
Jolene Baker, senior manufacturing intelligence specialist, LSI - Logical Systems LLC, accepts her award.
Linda Freeman, business development manager, Rockwell Automation, accepts her award.
Rebecca Holland New, executive vice president for global business management, Thermo Fisher Scientific, accepts her award.
Rendela Wenzel, global maintenance and reliability leader, Eli Lilly and Co., accepts her award.
Linda Freeman poses with the IWIM banner.
Jolene Baker poses with her daughter beside the IWIM banner.
Kelly Finch poses with the IWIM banner.
