Automotive News to Recognize Top Female Talent With 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry

Nomination deadline Apr. 4, 2005

DETROIT, March 9 -- Automotive News is accepting nominations for its list of 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry through Monday, April 4. Nominees can own or be employed by automakers, suppliers, dealerships and allied businesses working in executive management, manufacturing, engineering, design, marketing, human resources and communications. The award honors women who are leaders in the automotive field -- those who make major decisions and have significant influence on their companies.

Automotive News will salute the 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry with a special issue published Sept. 26 featuring a career biography and photograph of each recipient. Winners will also be celebrated at a gala dinner and awards ceremony on Sept. 28 at the Marriott Renaissance Center in Detroit.

100 Leading Women nomination forms are available online at http://www.autonews.com/leadingwomen and by phone at 313-446-0361. Completed forms can be submitted:

  *  online;
  *  via fax at 313-446-0383; or
  *  via mail to:  Mary Beth Vander Schaaf, Assistant Managing Editor,
     Automotive News, 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, MI 48207.

2005 marks the second time Automotive News is recognizing the 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry. The publication's first listing of the industry's top female executives was published in September 2000.

Questions about the nomination process, the special issue highlighting recipients and the gala dinner can be e-mailed to leadingwomen@crain.com .

Automotive News is a critical source of news, data, analysis and information for the North American auto industry for automakers, dealers and suppliers. Owned by Crain Communications and headquartered in Detroit, Mich., Automotive News employs more than 50 reporters and editors with bureau offices in New York; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles; Nashville; London and Tokyo. Crain Communications also publishes Automotive News Europe, a fortnightly publication for pan-European news and Automobilwoche, a trade paper of the German auto industry.

For more information, visit http://www.autonews.com/ .