Kathleen A. Ligocki has been a director since September 2012. Ms. Ligocki also serves on the boards of Carpenter Technology, where she chairs the Human Capital Management Committee, and PPG Industries, Inc. She also currently serves on two investment advisory boards, Lime Rock New Energy and Assembly Ventures, both focused on entrepreneurial companies addressing the energy transition. Ms. Ligocki has extensive leadership experience in the automotive industry having served as Chief Executive Officer of Agility Fuel Solutions (2015-2019) and Tower Automotive (2003-2007). She also served as the Chief Executive Officer of three other innovative venture-backed companies, as a principal at Pine Lake Partners, a consulting firm focused on startups and turnarounds, and as a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital providers. Ms. Ligocki has broad global automotive background, having previously held executive positions at Ford Motor Company and United Technologies Corporation, where she led operations in North and South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Russia. She began her career at General Motors Corporation where she worked at Delco Electronics. Ms. Ligocki holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University Kokomo and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where she was a GM Fellow. She has also been awarded several honorary doctorate degrees.
