West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will host a forum presentation discussing sustainability in the tire industry and, separately, the transgender experience, on Monday, May 13 at Kendall College of Art & Design.

This month’s featured speaker is Ashley Fahey, Sustainability Principal at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Ashley will provide insights into sustainability in an industry many of us only think about once every few years — when we need new tires. She’ll discuss how the industry is evolving to meet the needs of the mobility revolution, some material innovations that Goodyear has been working on, and the company’s new strategy for addressing sustainability throughout the organization.

A West Michigan native and graduate of Aquinas College’s Sustainable Business Program, Ashley worked in Sustainability at Steelcase for the last seven years. Shortly after earning her Executive MBA at Michigan State University in 2018, Ashley came out as a transgender woman and relocated to Northeast Ohio for an opportunity with Goodyear. Ashley will also provide insights into what employers and co-workers should know about the transgender community as they focus on the social leg of sustainability, and will share her personal experience transitioning to a new state, a new job, and a new gender.

Register for the WMSBF May Forum here.

Lunch is $17 for members if paid online ($22 at event), $25 for  future members ($30 at event).

Tentative Agenda