WOA's Newest Executive Director

One potential challenge that hasn't been an issue for Garnett is being a woman in what was once a predominantly male dominated industry.

"It is about who can best do the job," she states. "Our industry is progressive; there are many companies with women owners, presidents and vice presidents."

Garnett plans to carry her experience and lessons learned from PIA over to her new position with the WOA. She says her primary goal is to create a member-centric focus so that WOA members are the top priority. "I want to seek and identify the needs of the group first," Garnett explains. "Then we can help members to increase their profitability."