Nancy Gioia

Part of Ford Motor Co., Auto Alliance International, Inc. is a private company that manufactures motor vehicles. The company is based in Flat Rock, MI. Auto Alliance International was acquired by Ford Motor Co. from Mazda Motor Corp. on January 23, 2015.

Meggitt Plc is a holding company, which engages in the designs and manufacture of components and sub-systems for aerospace, defence, and energy markets. It operates through the following segments: Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems; Meggitt Control Systems; Meggitt Polymers and Composites; Meggitt Sensing Systems; and Meggitt Equipment Group. The Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems segment produces wheels, brakes, and brake control systems for in-service aircraft. The Meggitt Control Systems segment provides fire protection equipment to engines and airframes. The Meggitt Polymers and Composites segment supplies bladder fuel tanks, complex composites and seals packages for a range of civil and defence platforms. The Meggitt Sensing Systems segment offers engineered sensors to measure a variety of parameters such as vibration, temperature, speed, pressure, fluid level and flow as well as power storage, conversion and distribution systems, and avionics suites for aerospace applications. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Christchurch, the United Kingdom.

Gioia Consulting Services LLC provides consulting services. The private company is based in Plymouth, MI.

AutomotiveNEXT is a leadership development company that offers courses and programs to increase emotional intelligence and subject matter expertise for leadership development. The private company is based in Detroit, MI. The company also host events and webinars, including a discussion about the Detroit Apple Developer Academy, which is a free 10-month program for students to receive comprehensive app development and entrepreneurial training. The company offers courses for early and mid-career professionals, as well as a program for senior-level women executives who aspire to the C-suite. AutomotiveNEXT combines strategic connections, professional development programs, and original research to accelerate careers for women and boost talent initiatives for companies.

Blue Current, Inc. is a company that specializes in manufacturing 100% dry, safe, and high-performance silicon elastic composite solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, grid storage, and consumer electronics. Blue Current is based in Hayward, CA. The company leads with science and data and is scaling up in the next wave of battery innovation. The company was founded by Nitash Balsara and Joseph M. DeSimone, and Ben Eiref has been the CEO of the company since 2022.