Jim Evangelista is the director of research & development for Shiloh Industries, a leading global supplier of lightweighting, noise and vibration solutions to the automotive, commercial vehicle and industrial segments. With over 35 years’ experience in automotive...
David E. Cole is the Chairman Emeritus of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Chairman of Auto Harvest and Chair of Building America’s Tomorrow (BAT). He was formerly Director of the Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation...
John Basso is the president and owner of Diversified Tooling Group. Diversified Tooling Group is a full service sheet metal, tool and die operation. Diversified Tooling Group has morphed its engineering and manufacturing process into the additional industries of oil,...
Mike Austin is Manufacturing and Engineering Manager for Diversified Tooling Group, a privately held company with prototype, die design, foundry pattern, full service tool and die, and low volume stamping and assembly operations, located in metro Detroit and Jackson,...
Yen Chen is the Principal Economist at the Center for Automotive Research. His work focuses on economic fundamentals that influence automotive sales, production, and employment; and future trends in U.S. automotive industry. He is responsible for the U.S. automotive...
Lisa Hart, senior vice president of operations, is directly responsible for all staff and formal business operations for CAR, including accounting, human resources, contract management, and management of outside business, legal and accounting consultants. She is a...
Tom Boney serves as chairman of the Aluminum Association’s Transportation Group (ATG), an industry trade group that is the voice of aluminum to the transportation industry in the United States. Mr. Boney began his career in the aluminum industry in 1987 and is...
Dr. Jay Baron is the former president and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR).Jay was a founder of the organization when CAR was formed as an independent non-profit in 2003. Under Jay’s leadership, CAR continues to be a preeminent resource of objective and...
