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Women in the Industry

Welcome to our first annual Women in the Industry Spotlight. In the pages that follow, we highlight 10 amazing women of this industry who day-in and day-out help keep engine shops running smoothly and companies producing products and services, which make this industry a great one.

Because great work is gender blind, and Engine Builder magazine has often put the spotlight on the many men doing amazing things in the sport of racing and the engine building/rebuilding industry, we thought it was time the women of this industry were the focus of a print issue. Welcome to our first annual Women in the Industry Spotlight. In the pages that follow, we highlight 10 amazing women of this industry who day-in and day-out help keep engine shops running smoothly and companies producing products and services, which make this industry a great one. 

Brandi Anderson pg. 30

Adrian Long pg. 31

DeAnna Baldwin pg. 32

Jen Dickmeyer pg. 33

Meytal Snir Gal pg. 34

Renee Noonan pg. 35

Shannon Morgan pg. 36

Tammy Baker pg. 37

Bridgette Fitzgerald pg. 38

Kim Pendergast pg. 39

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