Women in Auto Care Awards 2020 [RR 604] - a podcast by Carm Capriotto, AAP

Women In Auto Care 2020 Award Honors
Auto Care Woman of the Year -This award is presented annually to a woman who is a leader, mentor, and role model who has made significant and outstanding contributions to the auto care industry.2020 Winner:?Lauren Beaulieu, vice president, professional marketing, Advance Auto Parts
Female Shop Owner of the Year - This award is presented annually to an outstanding female shop owner who demonstrates role model behaviors, leadership and commitment to the advancement of women.2020 Winner:?Kim Auernheimer, owner and business manager, Cool Springs Automotive, (dba CS Automotive)
Auto Care Woman of Excellence - This award is presented annually to a woman who is a Women in Auto Care member and who has provided recent outstanding contributions to the auto care industry while demonstrating role model behaviors, leadership and commitment to the advancement of women. She is considered a rising star in the industry.2020 Winner:?Danielle Sonnefeld,?Vice President

[caption id="attachment_33565"align="alignright"width="379"] Danielle Sonnefeld and Carm[/caption]Danielle Sonnefeld is the vice president of Business Development for NA Williams, which is a leading manufacturer representative agency in the auto care industry. Celebrating 10 years with the company, Sonnefeld served as the director of Marketing for the first seven years, moved into an account executive role handling a major retailer and was recently promoted to handle business development for the agency. She began her career as the marketing manager for Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, which complemented her previous work experience at both a full-service marketing agency and an international public relations firm.
Sonnefeld is very passionate about the industry and volunteers her time to encourage, promote and support the next generation of leaders. She has been a member of Women in Auto Care since 2010 and served on their executive board from 2017-2020. During this time, she was an integral part of growing the scholarship program from less than $10K to over $100K annually. Sonnefeld serves on the Board of Trustees for The University of the Aftermarket Foundation and is the co-chairman of the scholarship program, which awards over $600K in scholarships from over 40 organizations. She currently serves on the Auto Care Association’s Events Committee and Manufacturer’s Rep Council.Sonnefeld earned a Bachelor’s degree in public relations and an MBA in global marketing. Listen to Danielle's Episodes https://remarkableresults.biz/?s=Danielle+Sonnefeld (HERE).
Kim Auernheimer, AAM is the Co-Owner& Business Manager of CS Automotive in Brentwood, Tennessee. CS Automotive was opened in October of 2006 in the back of a warehouse and now they call a 6,400 square foot, 10-bay shop home. Prior to joining her husband Rob in the business on a full-time basis, Kim had a career in Commercial Real Estate and Property Management. In July of 2011, she stepped out from the background of the business and joined her husband in the venture of creating an industry-leading standout
Kim continuously seeks out training for her and her entire team and put the teachings to use. Her belief in industry education has been a large influence on how much success and growth they have had over the last few years. She has a passion to improve the reputation of the Automotive Repair industry working alongside other shop owners and industry leaders to improve the overall experience of the customer from the moment they make that first call to the shop until they drive their car off the lot instilling transparency and developing trust during the entire process.
In 2017, she obtained her Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM) designation. This is a result of 120-credit hours of coursework in several core competencies including leadership, marketing, customer relations, accounting, and several other areas of automotive repair business management....

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