Registration Open For Women's Board Summer Leadership Conference - aftermarketNews

Registration Open For Women’s Board Summer Leadership Conference

The Car Care Council Women’s Board Summer Conference will take place Aug. 13-14 at the Grand Hyatt Denver.

Join the Women’s Board for a day-and-a-half of networking, education sessions and career leadership in the auto care industry.

The conference agenda and topics covered will include:

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015
12:30 p.m. Registration
1 p.m. Conference begins
6:30 p.m. Special outing and dinner

Friday, Aug. 14, 2015
7:30 a.m. Group breakfast
7:30 a.m. YANG breakfast session*
8:30 – 4 p.m. Education sessions with lunch
4 p.m. Networking event

  • Dr. Bob Nelson: Leading expert on employee motivation.
  • Jody DeVere: CEO of AskPatty.com.
  • Kathleen Winsor-Games: Career coaching and negotiation strategies.
  • Kathleen Nalty: Unconscious Bias and Blindspots
  • Julie Johnson: Past Women’s Board scholarship winner, professor and technician.
  • The NPD Group: Current auto care industry trends.
  • Panel of executive auto care women including Kathleen Schmatz, president and CEO, Auto Care Association.
  • 2014 Auto Care Woman of Excellence Kathy Jorge, Delphi Product and Service Solutions
  • 2014 Female Shop Owner of the Year Bogi Lateiner, 180 Degrees Automotive, Inc.

*YANG Breakfast Session: Special networking session for attendees under 40 years old. YANG also is offering a free conference registration to a YANG member. The deadline to apply is July 1.

To register for the conference, click here.

To view full the agenda, click here.

To book a hotel room for the conference, click here. (Please note the room block for Wednesday, Aug 12, is currently full. Please consider flying in the morning of Aug. 13 or see list of alternate hotels here.

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