OUR TEAM
The Auto Innovators team includes professionals with a wide range of experience deep within the automotive, policy, regulatory, and legislative arenas. The team utilizes their expertise to help guide the industry’s transformation as it strives for a cleaner, safer, smarter future.
John
Bozzella
President & CEO
Angel
Punzalan
Chief Financial Officer
Ben
Tesfazghi
Director, Federal Affairs
Brian
Weiss
Senior Vice President, Communications
Cassy
LaRussa
Director, Events
Catherine
Palin
Senior Attorney and Director of Environment Policy
Charles
Haake
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Colin
Kuhlkin-Hornsby
Communications Coordinator
Colleen
Hogan
Executive Assistant
Curt
Augustine
Senior Director, State Affairs
Dan
Bowerson
Vice President, Energy and Environment Policy
David
Bright
Senior Attorney
David
Schwietert
Chief Government Affairs and Policy Officer
Hilary
Cain
Senior Vice President, Policy
Jennica
Sims
Director, Federal Affairs
Jessica
Simmons
Assistant General Counsel
John
Ohly
Head of Congressional Affairs
Josh
Fisher
Senior Director, State Affairs
Judith
Fenelus
Director, State Affairs
Judy
Mulcahy
Chief Operations Officer
Kim
Hutchinson
Senior Manager, Operations
Lauren
Collins
Director, Safety Policy
Lindsay
Abate
Director, Technology Policy
Michael
Hartrick
Senior Director & Executive Advisor, Energy and Environment Policy
Michelle
Hernandez
Manager, Membership
Mike
Watson
Senior Manager, Energy and Environment Policy
Nick
Steingart
Director, State Affairs
Nicole
Monger
Senior Manager, Human Resources
Paul
Scullion
Director, Safety Policy
Sarah
Puro
Vice President, Safety and Technology Policy
Scott
Rossow
Manager, State Affairs
Tara
Hairston
Senior Director, Technology Policy
Toi
Taylor
Policy Operations Manager
Tom
Miller
Senior Director, Energy and Environment Policy
Tonya
Parish
Manager, Communications
Tricia
Cauley
Senior Director, Research
Tyson
Megown
Director of Mobilization
Wayne
Weikel
Vice President, State Affairs
Zahid
Nangrahary
Senior Finance & Operations Analyst