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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.
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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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CONTACT: Liane Bilicki of Visteon Corporation, +1-313-755-2916,
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