Latinas Today 6 www.latinastyle.com LATINAStyle Vol. 26, No.5, 2020
Daisy Auger-Dominguez has made it her
mission to make workplaces more
equitable and inclusive. A human capital
executive and expert on diversity, equity
and inclusion, she inspires and equips
global leaders and organizations to think
inclusively, lead with purpose, embrace
courage and shape the future of work.
Auger-Dominguez is Chief People
Officer at VICE Media Group where she
leads the global human resources
organization. Prior to VICE Media, she
founded and led Auger-Domínguez
Ventures, a consultancy that transformed
the leading companies and organizations
of our times by taking them from inclusive
workplace culture theory to practice. She
has designed and executed organizational
transformations at Moody's Investors
Service, The Walt Disney Company,
Viacom and Google. Her impact over the
past 20 years at the intersection of
finance, media, entertainment and
technology reaches across the global
business, social impact, entrepreneurial
and philanthropic communities.
She serves on the board of directors
of Planned Parenthood Federation of
America as Vice-Chair, the Brooklyn
Children’s Museum as Secretary of
the Board, the Robert Sterling Clark
Foundation as Chair of the Governance
committee, The 19th, and on the advisory
board of Facing History and Ourselves.
Douglas Dynamics, Inc., North America's
manufacturer and upfitter of work truck
attachments and equipment, announced that
the Board of Directors has elected Lisa Rojas Bacus as
a director of Douglas Dynamics, Inc.
“We are pleased to welcome Lisa as a new
independent director,” said James L. (Jim) Janik,
Chairman of the Board of Directors. “She has a track
record of proven leadership at complex enterprises with
more than 30 years of multi-cultural and international
experience across a diverse set of industries. Her
background in C-suite roles with a focus on marketing,
strategic planning and data analytics, plus her private
and public board experience, will be invaluable to our
entire organization as we continue to drive growth and
deliver shareholder value.”
Bacus previously served as Executive Vice
President and Global Chief Marketing Officer at Cigna
Corporation, a global health care services company. Prior
to joining Cigna, she was the Executive Vice President
and chief marketer at American Family Insurance Group,
a personal and commercial property and casualty
company. Earlier in her career, she spent 22 years with
the Ford Motor Company, where she held a number of
executive leadership positions, including Executive
Director of Global Market Research and Insights,
Executive Director of Global Marketing Strategy, and
head of marketing for Ford in Mexico.
Bacus currently serves on the boards of publicly
traded companies Teradata and Selective Insurance,
privately held Culver Franchising System, Inc.
She received her Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration from Northern Arizona University and a
Master of Business Administration from the Fuqua
School of Business at Duke University.
She will serve on each of the Audit, Compensation
and Nominating, and Corporate Governance
Committees of the Board and will be in the class of
directors that will be up for reelection at the 2021 annual
meeting of stockholders.
Marysol Luna, First Latina Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Marysol Luna, is the first Latina to earn a Ph.D. in
Mechanical Engineering in the Sibley School of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. She attributes
her success to her hard work, dedication, and
support from the people she has met along the way.
Luna first became interested in
STEM during middle school when
she participated in a program that
allows students to compete in team
projects in the areas of science and
engineering. She grew up in Nogales,
Arizona.
After graduating high school as
salutatorian, Luna, a first-generation
student, attended the University of
Arizona as to study biomedical
engineering with minors in mechanical engineering,
math, and Spanish. During her freshman year, Luna
joined an undergraduate lab that grew cartilage from
stem cells – sparking her interest in the field of
biomedical engineering.
During her undergraduate career, Luna was
heavily involved in the University of Arizona’s Society of
Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), serving on the
leadership board for a year. After
completing her Ph.D. in August 2020,
Luna is now an associate for
Exponent, a multi-disciplinary
engineering and scientific consulting
firm that brings together more than
90 different disciplines to solve
engineering, science, regulatory, and
business issues facing their clients.
Her role allows her to continue to do
what she loves: research and applying
her engineering knowledge to solve problems. Luna is
part of the biomechanics group, conducting failure and
accident analysis.
LS
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Daisy Auger-
Dominguez,
Chief People
Officer at VICE
Media Group
Douglas Dynamics, Inc. Appoints
Lisa Rojas Bacus to Board of Directors
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