2010 Automotive News 100 Leading Women

Why did you want to work in the auto industry? When I was a student, the energy field was very interesting to me. I’m kind of a semi-environmentalist and energy-efficiency person. I always thought I was going to do research into the energy area. I got into this automotive emissions area in college, in my Ph.D. program. I wound up getting a second master’s rather than a Ph.D. because I was in school all my life, and I wanted to get some practical experience. So cold-start ability of diesel engines and diesel emissions was my thesis topic for my second master’s.