15th Annual SAWF Conference Agenda
Location: National Corvette Museum, 350 Corvette Dr., Bowling Green, KY 42101
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
12:00pm - Registration, lunch, networking
1:00pm - Welcome, Yolanda Pate, president, Southern Automotive Women’s Forum
1:15pm - Cindy Sisson, Executive Director, Women in Motorsports North America: Mastering Networking
2:00pm - Networking break
2:15pm - Dr. Deborah Tobey, SOAR: The Resilience Recharge: Smart Strategies to Avoid Burnout
3:15pm - Interactive Networking Activity
3:45 pm - Scholarship Presentations
4:00 PM - Remarks
During the break attendees can check in to the hotel.
5:30pm - President’s Reception, strolling dinner, view museum exhibits, networking
8:00pm - End of reception
Thursday, July 24, 2025
7:30am - Breakfast, conference opening
8:00am - Welcome
8:15am - Fireside Chat with Susan Elkington, Executive Technical Advisor, Toyota Global and North American Sustainability, Toyota Motor North America with Moderator Lydia Irby, General Manager, Administration, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, (MTM)
9:00am - Networking break
9:15am - Setting Boundaries and Self-Advocating
Panelists
Devon Blue, Corvette Program Manager, General Motors
Tamara Gilbert, Principal Consultant, TAG Group LLC
Trisha Jung, Senior Director, EV Strategy and Transformation, Nissan
10:15am - Networking break
10:30am - All Girls Auto Know presentation
Southern Automotive Conference
AAMA Scholarships
SAWF Scholarship presentations
11:00am - Roxanna Metz, Director of Operations / Plant Lead Honda Development and Manufacturing of America Indiana Auto Plant
11:45am - Scholarship presentations
12:00pm - Closing Remarks, grab and go lunch, welcome to network and stay for lunch or take your lunch for the road.
1:00 pm to 3 pm - Optional after conference activity: Tour of the Corvette Plant (tour approximately 1 hour; had to pre-register; limited space with all spots filled.)
