Executive Panel: Voices from Leadership

Carolyn Lee is the executive director of The Manufacturing Institute, the education and workforce partner of the National Association of Manufacturers, the nation’s largest industrial trade association.

In her role, Ms. Lee leads the Institute in its goal of supporting the manufacturing workforce of today and growing the manufacturing workforce of tomorrow. The Institute does so through a variety of programs designed to excite, educate and empower—with a particular focus in four key areas: women, veterans, youth and lifelong learning.

Ms. Lee was raised in a manufacturing family. She saw from a young age the transformative impact manufacturing can have on communities, families and the men and women who build the world around us. Now it’s what drives her every day as she works to bring manufacturing’s powerful potential to more Americans.

Prior to her role leading the Institute, Ms. Lee served in a policy role at the NAM and worked in leadership positions with the Telecommunications Industry Association and 3M and in the offices of former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and former Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY).

Ms. Lee lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and three children.

Tracey Hustad currently works for Arconic (split from Alcoa in 2016) and is based in Davenport, Iowa. After holding various engineering and operations management roles for the first 13 years of her career, she has been in Human Resources since 2004 serving as an HR Business Partner, HR Manager, Talent Manager and Global HR Director. Tracey recently had Inclusion and Diversity added to her scope while retaining HR leadership for Arconic’s NA rolled products and extrusions business units, which employs over 5,000 people in multiple locations. She has been based at several U.S. locations and travels both domestically and internationally to various manufacturing sites.  Some of her favorite HR focus areas include leadership development, inclusion, organizational design, and talent management tools such as exit risk mitigation, workforce planning, career mapping and succession planning.

Tracey has a BS in Industrial Engineering and an MBA.  She serves as a board member for the local, non-profit YWCA Board of Directors and is part of their Social Justice committee.  She enjoys outdoor activities, travel, reading and spending time with family, friends and her two dogs.

Dawn is the acting Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Global Director of Social Impact  Communications, Policy, and Strategy at Intel Corporation.  As acting CDIO, she manages Intel’s Global Diversity and Inclusion operation and oversees the company’s investments and programs that deliver positive global impact and enrich lives globally.

As Global Director of Social Impact Communications, Policy, and Strategy, Dawn drives Intel’s diversity and inclusion strategy and public policy advocacy. Additionally, she is responsible for the development of Intel’s global Inclusion Index.

Dawn joined Intel in 1997. Since that time, she has held numerous roles, including being the Intel Texas Public Affairs Manager, where she was responsible for creating and implementing Intel’s external strategic engagement. In 2014, she also completed a 6-week rotational assignment in South Africa, where she led a project implementation team to scale the Intel® She Will Connect program throughout the continent of Africa.

Dawn holds a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in communications management from Syracuse University.

Stanley is Vice Chairman | U.S. Energy, Resources, & Industrials (ER&I) Leader.  ER&I is a $2.7 billion practice where more than 6,000 practitioners—representing the Industrial Products & Construction; Oil, Gas & Chemicals; and Power & Utilities sectors — collaborate to address Deloitte’s clients most critical and complex challenges. Stanley’s responsibilities include the overall strategic direction of the practice, alignment of resources with clients, team leadership development and succession, and go-to-market strategies for Deloitte’s key businesses, including consulting, audit, tax, risk, and financial advisory services.

Stanley is a member of Deloitte LLP’s Board of Directors and is a Lead Client Service Partner with over 25 years of experience assisting executives in matters regarding strategy, capex optimization, opex reduction, mergers, and technology adoption (digital, analytics, robotic, etc.) to enhance business performance.  Stanley has published and presented articles on the trends, challenges, and practices in energy to address the disruption and proliferation of data/information to improve analytics, decision-making, and performance.

Clients served include: American Electric Power, General Electric, AES Corporation, National Grid, Iberdrola, Ameren, Exxon Mobil, Exelon, Williams, Energy Future Holdings, Department of Energy, TransAlta, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Springs Industries, Bechtel, and China Light & Power.

Prior to joining Deloitte, Stanley worked at Ernst & Young and ExxonMobil.  Mr. Porter serves on Wofford College Board of Directors and is the Chairman of the Board for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington.  Mr. Porter received his Bachelor of Science from Wofford College and his Masters of Business Administration from Duke University – Fuqua School of Business.