The Women’s Industry Network (WIN) has named Haylie Colby, a painter at Nuss Collision Center in East Bethel, Minn., as the first recipient of its Founding Mothers Award. The new award, announced in November, recognizes women working as technicians or painters on the collision repair shop floor — a distinction from WIN’s long-running Most Influential […]
WIN Opens Nominations for New Shop Floor Award Recognizing Female Technicians
The Women’s Industry Network has opened nominations for a new annual award recognizing women actively working in collision repair shops, with a focus on technicians still performing hands-on refinishing and painting work. The Founding Mothers Award, named after WIN’s six original founders from 2005, accepts nominations through Jan. 19, 2026. The recipient will be announced […]