It’s no secret, females in the glass and glazing industry are clearly a minority. Personally, I’ve been to many, many conferences, seminars and meetings where I was one of maybe a handful of women in the room. However, over the past few years it does seem like the number of us attending these meetings is increasing.
In the glass industry and many others, women are leading the way for some of the country’s biggest names in business. With that in mind, let’s talk about powerful women for a moment. eBay, Yahoo and Google have more in common than an online domain. High-ranking executives from all three were listed in Fortune magazine’s 2007 list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business:
Rank Name Company Title
3. Meg Whitman eBay President/CEO
20. Sue Decker Yahoo President
29. Sheryl Sandberg Google VP Global Online Sales & Operations
Also making the list (and close to my heart) was Cathleen Black, president of Hearst Magazines. I just love a magazine … and when they’re about my own personal indulgences (shoes and clothes, as found in Harper's Bazaar), well that’s just fine by me.
But what about the glass industry women leaders? There’s more out there than you may realize. Women serve as presidents and/or CEO of more than half a dozen contract glazing companies in the United States. You’ll be able to read about some of them in the March issue of USGlass, which will feature our annual Big Book of Lists.
And if you know a woman who’s running a glass business, it’s still not to late for you to tell us about her. Just click this link http://usglassmag.com/bigbook/ to download the form. Send it in and help us recognize these great leaders.
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Hello Ellen,
While not serving as President's or CEO's of glass companies, I have to mention a few ladies that I believe are playing major roles in working for our industry as volunteer leaders or as leaders of industry association management efforts:
Julie Schimmelpenningh with Saflex (Solutia) and Valerie Block with DuPont are heavily involved in industry activities, standards organizations and are always available for presentations or to help develop reference resource.
Christine Shaffer with Viracon and Tammy Amos with DuPont are also becoming more involved in industry efforts for the Glass Association of North America (GANA) and the Protective Glazing Council International (PGCI).
On the association leadership side, Margaret Webb is the Executive Director for the Insulating Glass Manufactuers Alliance; while Ashley Charest and Sara Neiswanger serve as Account Executives for organizations like GANA, Glass Week, the Glazing Industry Code Committee and PGCI.
In addition, GANA has recently added Urmilla Sowell to their team as Assistant Technical Director and she will be actively representing the industry in a number of fenestration organization activities.
I would encourage you and USGlass Magazine to recognize the efforts of these outstanding ladies serving our industry.
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