2018 STEP Ahead Award Winners Announced

The Manufacturing Institute has announced the 2018 STEP Ahead Award Honorees and Emerging Leaders. These women have accomplished success within their companies and have proven to be leaders in the industry as a whole.

This year, the Institute has also chosen to recognize a select few for the Emerging Leaders category – representing young women who are the future of the industry and have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments at just the beginning of their careers.

These 130 women will be honored at the 2018 STEP Ahead Awards on April 10 in Washington, D.C.

Here are the Ohio-based honorees:

• Emerging Leader –Claire Castleman, Sustainability Program Manager, Eaton, Cleveland
• Emerging Leader – Brittany Kanz, Manager, Master Planning and Inventory, Aleris International, Inc., Beachwood
• Honoree Helene Lagace, Director, Technology, Aleris, Beachwood
• Honoree – Elia Lopez, Plant Manager, Procter & Gamble, Lima
• Honoree – Joyce Niedringhaus, Principal Research Engineer, AK Steel Corporation, Middletown
• Honoree – Angie Pitt, Global Business Process Leader, O-I, Perrysburg
• Honoree – Anne Roman, Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Findlay
• Honoree – Audrey Rossman, Director, Global External Supply Operations, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati
• Emerging Leader – Ayesha Satija, Associate Process Engineer, AK Steel Corporation, Mansfield
• Honoree – Jennie Tinney, Materials Manager – ICM, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron

And here is a state by state listing of the honorees. 3/1/2018