2007 Automotive News PACE Award Judges

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Toshikata "Toshi" Amino

Executive-in-Residence & Distinguished Fellow,
Fisher College of Business
The Ohio State University
Visiting Professor, Kansai University of International Studies

Robert M. Chapman

Retired Vice President, Allied Signal Corporation
Former Chairman, Technical Task Force, Partnership for a New
Generation of Vehicles

Pierre Durand

Vice President
Capgemini (retired)

Wade Edwards

Partner
Tibbitts, Edwards & Associates, LLC

Thomas Hachiya

Program Manager - Independent Verification & Validation Services ("IV&V")
Battelle Memorial Institute

Robert W. Hall, Ph.D.

Professor of Operations Management
Indiana University

Thomas H. Hanna

President and CEO (retired)
American Automobile Manufacturers Association

Susan Helper, Ph.D.

SBC Professor of Regional Economic Development
Case Western Reserve University

Susan Insley

Executive Vice President
Cochran Group Inc.

Al Kinzer

Principal
A.O. Kinzer and Associates, Inc.

Harold Krivan

Special Advisor
J.D. Power and Associates

Lawrence Lonero

Principal
Northport Associates

Lee R. Miskowski

Vice President
Ford Motor Company (retired)

Allan D Murray, Ph.D.

President,
Ecoplexus Inc.

Douglas A. Ober, CFA

Managing Director
The Bank of New York Asset Management

Glenn S. Omura, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Marketing and
Competitive Strategy
Michigan State University

Isaac Porche, Ph.D.

Senior Analyst
RAND Corporation

Karl Rink, Ph.D.

Professor
University of Idaho

William L. Sharfman, Ph.D.

Director of Judging

Michael J. Smitka, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics
Washington and Lee University

L.J. (Larry) Tibbitts

Tibbitts, Edwards & Associates
Former Plant Manager, General Motors Corporation
Cadillac Motor Car Division

Scott N. Whitlock

Attorney At Law (retired)
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP