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1997 WAAI Professional Achievement
Award Recipient
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Maureen
Kempston Darkes
President, General Motors of Canada
As President of General Motors of Canada and a General
Motors Vice President, Maureen Kempston Darkes holds the
highest operating post ever achieved by a woman |
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of General Motors. She is also the first woman president
of GM of Canada and one of only two female vice presidents
at General Motors.
In GM's history, only three other women have gained vice
presidential status. Ms. Darkes' address on her career at
General Motors and on the automobile industry provided the
National Women's Automotive Association to hear one of the
most influential women in the auto business.
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WAAI Professional Achievement
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| AWARD RECIPIENTS |
2006: Pamela E. Rodgers - Dealer Owner, Rodgers Chevrolet
2004: Dr. Rose Ryntz - Director
for Advanced Materials Engineering at Visteon Corporation
2003: Debra Kelly-Ennis President
and Chief Operating Officer, Saab Cars U.S.A
2002: Lynn Myers, General Manager,
Pontiac-GMC, General Motors Corporation
2001: Irma Elder, Chairman/CEO,
Elder Automotive Group
2000: Maryann Keller, Automotive
Analyst
1999: Jane Warner, Managing Director,
EDS Global Automotive Sector
1998: Bobbi Gaunt, Retired President,
Ford Motor Company of Canada
1997: Maureen Kempston-Darkes,
President, General Motors of Canada |
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