By SEMA Editors
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February’s SEMA Businesswomen’s Network (SBN) “She Is Spotlight” features Ellen McKoy of EMK Marketing, who received the 2018 Athena Champion award for lifetime contributions and dedication to supporting and mentoring women in the specialty-equipment automotive industry. As current chair of the Professional Restylers Organization (PRO), McKoy has been a trailblazer for women in the industry. Take a look at her Q&A with SBN below:
SEMA: What is the best advice you have ever received?
Ellen McKoy: Don’t let anyone ever tell you there’s something you cannot do.
SEMA: What keeps you involved in this industry?
EM: The excitement, the passion, the innovation and the people.
SEMA: On a Saturday, where can you be found?
EM: Doing any number of things: attending an industry-related event, spending time with family or friends, antiquing or simply relaxing.
SEMA: How do you prepare for going to an important meeting?
EM: Prepared and excited to be part of the conversation.
SEMA: If you could go to lunch with one industry leader, living or dead, who would it be?
EM: The late Nat Danas, founder and publisher of Auto Trim & Restyling News magazine, a dear friend, an exceptional mentor and industry visionary.
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