Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) workforce development panelists (Left to right): Stacey Hughes, Kentucky FAME; John Blevins, TMNA Seibi Tech; TMMK President, Susan Elkington; TMNA CEO, Jim Lentz; Special Assistant to President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump; Kentucky Governor, Matt Bevin; Simeon Karamoko, AMT student; Marly Jenkins, BCTC employee, BCTC-Bluegrass Community Technical College.

Toyota team members (left to right) Renee Robertson, general manager Production Control, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, and Shamaya Morris, production engineering specialist, Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia, were honored in Washington, D.C., with Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Awards from The Manufacturing Institute, April 11, 2019. Photo by David Bohrer/National Association of Manufacturers.

Toyota team members and 2019 STEP Ahead Award winners (left to right): Renee Robertson, general manager Production Control, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, and Shamaya Morris, production engineering specialist, Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia, in Washington, D.C., with Larry and Barb Kendrick, who received the award on behalf of their daughter, Marie Kendrick, powertrain engineer, Toyota’s Bodine Aluminum, Troy, Mo., who was being honored posthumously, April 11, 2019.