FCA US LLC technical business leaders received honors for their career achievements at the annual Women of Color STEM Conference held October 5-7 in Detroit.

The Women of Color Conference honors the significant achievements of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) professions. The conference ensures that the accomplishments of outstanding women in technical fields are highly visible to industry professionals, government officials and students.

"The Women of Color Awards celebrate some of the country’s most promising and influential female business and community leaders,” said Kelly Tolbert, Head of Diversity, FCA US LLC. “FCA US is proud that our women leaders are consistently recognized among such accomplished honorees."

FCA 2017 Women of Color Award Recipients

Chairman’s Award: Keera Riddick – Electrical Engineering Components. This award recognizes an elected or appointed leader who makes innovative financial or diversity decisions and recommendations to corporate or community leadership

Technology All-Stars are accomplished professionals who have demonstrated excellence in the workplace and in their communities.

Sohaila Feizy-Marandy – Interior Electromechanical Design

Mary Camilla Raju – PentaSAP Procurement

Technology Rising Stars are young professionals who are helping to shape technology for the future.

Paulina Almada – Powertrain Automatic Transmissions

Pallavi Annabattula – Computational Fluid Dynamics

Gabriela Perea Aguirre – HVAC Systems

Tianna Barnes – Quality Control, Warren Stamping Plant

Shin Boulware – EMC Components

Caron Drake – World Class Manufacturing, Jefferson North Assembly

Lora Faraon – Electrical Engineering

Hong Geng – Powertrain Virtual Engineering Programs

Aisha Johnson – Human Machine Interface & Ergonomics

Erika Keeling – Pressroom, Sterling Stamping Plant

Divya Myneni – Active Noise Cancellation

Dr. Neeharika Anantharaju – Vehicle Safety/Crash Engineering

Nikkita Soni – Digital Marketing

Sangeeta Theru – Powertrain HIL & Validation Tools

Over the years, FCA US employees consistently have earned important technical professional recognition from various diversity organizations, including Black Engineer of the Year, Women of Color, HENAAC Great Minds in STEM and others, reflecting the Company’s strong commitment to developing its diverse workforce.

Additionally, the Company actively supports initiatives that aim to increase the number of college-bound minority students in the STEM pipeline.

For instance, FCA US partnered with Florida International University (FIU) to sponsor a STEM education initiative called “Engineers on Wheels.” The program features mobile classrooms, bringing hands-on engineering and science experiments and experiences to South Florida K-12 schools, and to the community at large.

FIU annually graduates the largest number of Hispanic engineers in the U.S., and is one of the country’s top institutions for graduating African-American engineers.

FCA US LLC is a North American automaker based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It designs, manufactures, and sells or distributes vehicles under the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep®, Ram, FIAT and Alfa Romeo brands, as well as the SRT performance designation. The Company also distributes Mopar and Alfa Romeo parts and accessories.