Glenda Gill, Executive Director of Rainbow/PUSH Los Angeles Bureau, will join Ask Patty as a member of the automotive advisory panel of industry-expert women on Ask Patty.Com, Inc.
Sarasota,
FL (PRWEB) August 25, 2006 –- Ask Patty.Com, Inc., announced today that
Glenda Gill, Executive Director of Rainbow/PUSH Los Angeles, will join
the automotive advisory panel of industry-expert women for their new
woman’s portal, Ask Patty. The enterprise version of the Ask Patty
website at http://www.askpatty.com
launched August 21, 2006, and provides a safe place for women to get
advice on car purchases, maintenance and other automotive related
topics online.
Glenda Gill has vast experience in several areas of work including
public affairs, public relations, community relations, public
involvement, marketing, public events and management of special
projects. She also served as a partner in a firm as a public
involvement and public awareness consultant for the Detroit Water and
Sewage Department Projects - CSO Basin and Water Works Park.
She began her career at Xerox Corporation and spent over 14 years in
retail management, with Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord and Taylor and others.
Gill left the retail industry to become immersed in national politics
by joining Rev. Jesse L. Jackson’s 1988 Presidential campaign as
assistant director of fundraising. After the campaign, Ms. Gill worked
in various capacities for other presidential and senatorial candidates
national and a stint as a union organizer for AFL-CIO. These positions
fueled her ascent to fund development director of the Southern Regional
Council in Atlanta.
Glenda Gill is currently the Executive Director of the Rainbow/PUSH Los Angeles (http://www.rainbowpush.org),
formerly the Director of the Rainbow/PUSH Detroit Bureau. Gill’s
current responsibility has been the day-to-day bureau operations,
management, and leading the effort to promote diversity of minorities
and women among the global automotive community. The bureau has focused
on building strategic partnerships within the industry in an effort to
promote, increase, and sustain diversity participation at every level.
The work has been invaluable to the transformation of the automotive
manufacturing industry – leading to increased minority participation
from the boardroom to the assembly line.
In her new capacity, Gill added to her plate the entertainment
industry. The effort will be to forge new relationships in the
entertainment industry and have goals that are similar to automotive.
Advocacy, education, building strong relationships, strategic
partnerships and expanding minority opportunities behind the scenes as
well as in front of the screen will be the chief focus in entertainment.
Gill sees herself as a change agent along with having a drive and
passion to the commitment of economic empowerment for people of color.
In her automotive advisory role, Gill will respond to questions from
consumer women on automotive related topics via the website. The Ask
Patty interactive advice blog launched May 22, 2006.
“I am excited about the opportunity to be involved with Ask Patty. Over
the years I have seen the barriers that exist for women and minorities
in the automotive industry. Ask Patty is an excellent tool to give
women consumers a resource to make more informed decisions as well as
providing current automotive trends,” states Glenda Gill. "Ask Patty is
what consumer women have been waiting for, a safe online place to get
advice before they visit their local car dealerships. I am pleased to
join the Ask Patty team of expert automotive advisers and believe my
experience and industry knowledge will help consumer women make
educated decisions about their automotive needs and enable them to have
a better experience with local car dealerships."
“We are delighted that Glenda Gill has decided to become a part of our
advisory board of automotive experts,” says Jody DeVere, President of
Ask Patty. DeVere continues, “She brings with her an incredibly diverse
background of initiatives and projects. Having her on board will surely
enrich our entire panel.” According to DeVere, Ask Patty provides the
safe environment for women to get advice and information needed to feel
empowered and confident when they go to their local dealership for car
service, repairs, maintenance and to negotiate and purchase a new or
used vehicle.
Peter Martin, President of CarsMagazine.com added, “Glenda Gill is an
asset to Ask Patty and all the women consumers who come to Ask Patty
for advice and direction. With her knowledge of women’s issues, Gill
will be a great guide for these women seeking advice.”
About AskPatty.com, Inc.
Ask Patty provides women consumers an opportunity to send questions
about car buying, selling, repair and maintenance to a panel of expert
automotive women and is a safe online place to share and discuss their
car buying experiences. Women can submit posts directly to the Ask
Patty website by going to the http://www.askpatty.com.
The Ask Patty advisory panel of automotive expert women is headed up by
Deborah Renshaw -- professional NASCAR driver, and is comprised of
women who hold various leadership positions in the automotive industry.
Women purchase over 50 percent of all vehicles sold in the United
States each year and influence 85 percent of the buying decisions,
spending over $80 billion. Yet, shopping for and buying a car can be a
challenge for women who are first time car buyers or for women who had
a bad experience in the past with a car salesman or dealership.
Ask Patty is a safe place for women to get advice on car purchases,
maintenance and other automotive related topics. Women can Ask Patty
for automotive advice on the Ask Patty "Get Advice" blog by clicking
here: Ask Patty Blog; Patty will typically reply back to you the same
day. Selected questions and answers will be answered by the panel of
automotive women experts for the benefit of all women.
Properly armed with the right tools and training your dealerships can
increase its share of the largest and fastest growing demographic of
new vehicle buyers in the US -- Women Consumers. The Ask Patty
Certified Dealer program was designed specifically for car dealerships
to attract, sell, retain and keep loyal women consumers.
AskPatty.com is endorsed and in partnership with CarsMagazine.com, (http://carsmagazine.com), a member and 2006 corporate sponsor of the Women's Automotive Association International based in Detroit, MI, (http://www.waai.com), on the Women's Board of the Car Care Council, (http://carcare.org), a SEMA member (http://www.SEMA.org) and a member of the SEMA Business Women's Networking Group.