W.I.T.
Posted on Apr 14, 2009 - 4:19pm by Donna Snelling in Trucking
W.I.T. – or for those unfamiliar, Women in Trucking. This organization was started so women can achieve what they want to in the transportation industry. Everything from writing about it to driving a truck to owning their own business. They are supported at every level and helped to overcome obstacles that they may face along the way.
Members of the board are women from: Internet Truckstop, Truckload Carriers Association, Navistar-International, Sunbury, Ladytruckdrivers.com, ATA, Transport Capital Partners, Launchit PR, Jack Jones Trucking, YRC Professional Driver, and Newport Communications.
Here’s a little something that they had about the Navistar-International Board member on their site:
In her role, Lenora is responsible for leading the Ergonomics group to provide International’s engineers with ergonomics requirements, criteria, and specifications to ensure that products are ergonomically correct and user-friendly. She also directs the development of ergonomics tools and processes required to develop and evaluate truck and bus designs for human use.
She joined International Truck and Engine Corporation in 1998 after a 12-year career with General Motors where she was an integral member of inter-disciplinary teams responsible for designing and implementing vehicle components. While with GM she developed a methodology for dynamically evaluating the usability of instrument panel controls, which was incorporated into GM’s formal vehicle development process as a Human Factors validation procedure. Lenora also served as a section head for the Component Criteria Testing and Design Section of the Human Factors Department.
Lenora’s areas of expertise include occupant packaging, driver visibility, controls and displays design, usability testing, and the use of vehicle simulators in transportation research.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Clemson; a Master’s in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Human Factors Engineering Option, from Virginia Tech.
She is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (including the Surface Transportation Technical Group).”
One last VERY interesting fact that I bet you did not know is that Women In Trucking has open membership to BOTH women AND men.
To learn more about Women in Trucking, or to take a peek at their newsletters (which has great advice for both men and women), to their website at: http://womenintrucking.org/index.cfm.
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Donna,
Women in Trucking is a great organization. Ellen Voie, WiT’s president has built an excellent association and any trucking company can join, even if it’s all male.