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CAR Research Groups:

Labor & Industry Group

Manufacturing, Engineering 
& Technology Group

Sustainability & Economic
Development Strategies Group

Transportation Systems
Analysis Group

CAR STAFF

MANAGEMENT

Dr. Jay Baron, President, Chairman & CEO

(jbaron@cargroup.org)

Dr. Sean McAlinden, Executive Vice President of Research and Chief Economist

(smcalinden@cargroup.org)

Lisa Hart, Vice President, Operations

(lhart@cargroup.org)

RESEARCH

Dr. Sean McAlinden, Executive Vice President, Research and Chief Economist

(smcalinden@cargroup.org)

Diana Douglass, Research Business Manager

(ddouglass@cargroup.org)

Joan Erickson, Administrative Assistant

(jerickson@cargroup.org)

Labor & Industry Group

Kristin Dziczek, Director and Assistant Research Director

(kdziczek@cargroup.org)

Yen Chen, Automotive Business Statistical Analyst

(ychen@cargroup.org)

Mark Birmingham, Industry Analyst

(mbirmingham@cargroup.org)

Manufacturing, Engineering & Technology Group

Dr. Jay Baron, President, Chairman & CEO and Co-Director, Manufacturing, Engineering, & Technology Group

(jbaron@cargroup.org)

Brett Smith, Co-Director and Assistant Research Director

(bsmith@cargroup.org)

Greg Schroeder, Research Analyst

(gschroeder@cargroup.org)

Denise Semon, Executive Assistant

(dsemon@cargroup.org)

Sustainability & Economic Development Strategies

Kim Hill, Director and Associate Research Director

(khill@cargroup.org)

Bernard Swiecki, Senior Project Manager

(bswiecki@cargroup.org)

Valerie Brugeman, Project Manager

(vbrugeman@cargroup.org)

Deb Menk, Project Manager

(dmenk@cargroup.org)

Joshua Cregger, Industry Analyst

(jcregger@cargroup.org)

Transportation Systems Analysis Group

Richard Wallace, Director

(rwallace@cargroup.org)

Dr. Qiang (Wesley) Hong, Senior Transportation Systems Analyst

(qhong@cargroup.org)

Valerie Brugeman, Project Manager

(vbrugeman@cargroup.org)

Michael Forster, Transportation Analyst

(mforster@cargroup.org)

OPERATIONS

Affiliates

Brian Esterberg, Director, Affiliates Program

(besterberg@cargroup.org)

Conferences

Brett Smith, Co-Director, Manufacturing, Engineering & Technology Group and Assistant Research Director, Co-Director, Conferences

(bsmith@cargroup.org)

Deborah Schilz, Manager

(dschilz@cargroup.org)

Angie Ely, Registration Manager

(aely@cargroup.org)

Operations

Cherie Van Allen, Controller

(cvanallen@cargroup.org)

Deb Gable, Operations Manager

(dgable@cargroup.org)

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