2010 Automotive News 100 Leading Women

Why did you want to work in the auto industry? Many years ago, I had four small children. My husband [who was a dealer] and I discussed that if, God forbid, anything would happen to him, how would I be able to get our children through college and have the lifestyle we wanted for them? So I went in a couple of days a week and sold cars, and then he bought another dealership. And about three months later I was running that.That was 25 years ago. I was just going to learn more about the business in case of an emergency. I learned a lot in a very short amount of time. The automobile business -- either you love it or you hate it, and I ended up to find that I was good at it.