Visteon Glass Employee Recognized for Community Commitment and Leadership
March 22 2004 - 11:06AM
PR Newswire (US)
Visteon Glass Employee Recognized for Community Commitment and
Leadership DEARBORN, Mich., March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Chriss Chavez,
a manufacturing superintendent with Visteon Corporation's Nashville
(Tennessee) Glass Plant, has been honored with the company's Summit
Award for her outstanding commitment and dedication to the
community, as well as her leadership abilities. (Photo:
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http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO ) An
employee since 1998, Chavez has been helping the local community
through such activities as the United Way, the Corporate Challenge
program, Executive Women International, Society of Hispanic
Professional Engineers and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Formerly an employee of the Tulsa Glass Plant, Chavez works as a
manufacturing superintendent in the Gravity Sag windshield
manufacturing area of Visteon's Nashville Plant. "Chriss'
dedication and passion for reaching out and helping the community
is a great example of the kind of spirited, enthusiastic employees
we have at Visteon," said Mike Johnston, president and chief
operating officer. "Through the Leading the Way program, we are
focused on identifying those individuals and teams that go
above-and-beyond, and then recognizing them for their efforts."
Chavez's passion for participating and dedicating her time to local
organizations not only earned her a Leading the Way award, she is
also one of six individuals and/or teams beingrecognized with a
2003 Leading the Way Summit Award. "I feel it's critically
important to give of your time and talent to make the world a
better place," said Chavez. "Each of us was provided with certain
skills and abilities and it's up to each one of us to put them to
good use." Putting her talents to work is what Chavez has been
doing for the past five years supporting the Tulsa Glass Plant's
United Way fund-raising campaigns, coordinating the United Way Day
of Caring activities and other philanthropic events sponsored by
the plant. During her time at the Tulsa Glass Plant, Chavez's
passion to support local organizations didn't end at the four walls
of the plant. She was also active in sponsoring the Corporate
Challenge program in 2000 (a city wide corporate physical fitness
competition), and earned a Gold Medal in the Most Physically Fit
category for the Tulsa Glass Plant. Chavez also represented the
Tulsa Glass Plant in the local chapter of Executive Women
International for three years, serving as the Public Relations
committee chair and volunteering on several other committees. In
2000, she helped found the Oklahoma Professional Chapter of the
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE-OK), where she
served the first year as president. She later held the role of
treasurer of SHPE-OK. In 2003, she was recognized by the SHPE
regional organization with a leadership award for her work in the
local and national organizations. Chavez volunteered at the Tulsa
Engineering Challenge, where local engineering groups provide an
opportunity for children in grades 6-9 to compete in engineering
build competitions at the Tulsa Technology Center. Chavez brought
the plant into the Greater Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and
helped plant management recognize the business value in
understanding Hispanic culture and language, which is especially
important since Visteon continues to conduct business in many Latin
American countries. In 2003, she was selected to the position of
vice-chairperson of the Board of Directors and was slated to be the
next chair. In addition to working closely with the Greater Tulsa
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Chavez served on the Hispanic
American Foundation's Board of Trustees, which provides
scholarships and educational awareness to Hispanic students. She
acted as chair of several community fund-raising projects that
benefited local Hispanic charities and also served on the Board of
Directors for the YWCA in Tulsa. As a single mother of two boys, it
might seem that carrying out her job at Visteon while
participating, supporting, coordinating and sponsoring so many
community activities would leave Chavez with little time for
herself. Although she admits it was a challenge to juggle her
schedule and her two son's schedules, she managed to further her
education by completing a master's degree in business
administration from the University of Tulsa in August 2002. Chavez
earned her undergraduate degree in engineering and political
science from the United States Military Academy at West Point in
1989. She is also a military police officer in the United States
Army Reserves, holding the rank of major. "My maternal grandmother
went to college and raised her three young daughters by herself
after her husband passed away," said Chavez. "She believed in hard
work and a good education to get ahead in life ... she truly was an
inspiration." Chavez's enthusiasm for helping people extends to her
job at the glass plant. "Working out on the floor with the teams is
a terrific experience," said Chavez. " Helping them realize they
can make a difference is what makes me most proud. It's very
rewarding for me to be able to work side-by-side with the employees
in an effort to bring about positive changes in processes and in
helping to contribute to the bottom line." Launched in 2003, the
Leading the Way recognition program honors employees who
demonstrate exemplary performance, accomplishments or behavior that
is significantly above-and-beyond expectations, or results that
produce noticeable improvement in areas such as quality, value to
the customer, speed and people. The Summit Award is granted
annually and is the most prestigious award associated with the
Leading the Way program. Visteon Corporation is a leading
full-service supplier that delivers consumer-driven technology
solutions to automotive manufacturers worldwide and through
multiple channels within the global automotive aftermarket. Visteon
has approximately 72,000 employees and aglobal delivery system of
more than 200 technical, manufacturing, sales and service
facilities located in 25 countries.
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Visteon Corporation CONTACT: Liane Bilicki of Visteon Corporation,
+1-313-755-2916, Web site: http://www.visteon.com/
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