WELCOME TO AWiA

Cindy Barlow is the Director of Industry Relations for WyoTech. Cindy has always had a strong passion for trades. She is a strong supporter of the American Truck Maintenance Council, serving as the Chairwoman for the RP Manual Competition and an active member on the TMC Scholarship committee, she has served the last four years as the Industry Chairperson for Wyoming CTE. Holding a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Colorado State University, she demonstrates daily, the importance of collaboration by successfully connecting businesses across the nation, focused on the Diesel, Automotive and Collision industries, by developing strong long-lasting industry partnerships for WyoTech. In her spare time, Cindy is a big game outfitter owning Antelope Creek Outfitting. She also loves to garden, hike in the mountains, and spend time with her family.

Tiffany Sherado’s favorite part of working in the auto industry is working with the high schools and tech colleges in developing programs to assist with the tech shortage and networking and sharing knowledge and experiences with other passionate people in the industry. She looks forward to watching the family transmission business and her personal accomplishments flourish. In her free time, she has been a foster family respite provider and foster parent. She also loves spending time with her 60-pound fur baby, Sasha, the red vizsla, three nieces, two nephews, traveling, and trying new local restaurants and entertainment with friends. Tiffany’s main objective as leader of Amazing Women in Automotive is to support the automotive industry. She is doing this by helping to provide resources and support for women currently in the industry and increase the number of females entering the field and ensuring we retain them.

Melissa “Birdie” Patterson comes to AWiA with a long history (over two decades!) of working in the automotive body repair industry. She started out detailing cars and eventually worked her way up to running the whole show. In more recent times, she has focused on the marketing side of the auto repair industry and loves working with shops to develop strong marketing plans as well as handling the actual marketing for those shops wanting that level of service. Birdie loves to turn her own wrenches when it comes to working on her myriad of vehicles that include multiple cars, a couple of motorcycles, a motorhome, and even a Bayliner 2655 Ciera Sunbridge. She’s not afraid to get her hands dirty and loves digging into finding solutions for your marketing needs. “I am thrilled to bring Bird’s iSocial to support all Amazing women in Automotive, AWiA. My talents include excellent marketing and organizational abilities, outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, as well as a high level of technical competency.” Birdie is here to help you brainstorm and share your unique story with the world through social media marketing and content development. From planning to creation and implementation, she works with each shop on an individual level to meet your specific needs, all the while ensuring your branding is distinctly shared within your marketing reach. Like you, we are passionate about the automotive repair industry, which is why we have made it our mission to help Amazing Women like you achieve a higher level of success within the industry.