AIAG Appoints Goodrich as Director of Finance

DETROIT, Dec. 6, 2004 -- The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) announced today that Lorraine Goodrich has been appointed director of finance for the association.

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Goodrich will oversee AIAG's financial operations and reporting, as well as customer service functions. She reports to Linda Plawecki, acting executive director.

"We are pleased that Lorraine has joined AIAG as director of finance," said Linda Plawecki. "She brings strong experience and a wealth of knowledge in all aspects of finance, accounting and financial management. She will be a solid asset to the organization."

Goodrich has more than 20 years of financial and accounting experience in the medical, information technology and agricultural industries. Previously, she was director of finance and administration for Trinary Systems, Inc., a provider of business-to-business e-commerce and e-process solutions.

Prior to joining Trinary, Goodrich served as controller for Universal Standard Medical Laboratories, Inc. and Metric Medical Laboratory, Inc., and financial accounting manager and assistant treasurer for Farmers' Rice Cooperative.

Goodrich is a certified public accountant. She holds a Master of Finance degree from Walsh College and a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from California State University in Sacramento, Calif. She is a member of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA) Controllers Task Force and Financial Executives Networking Group.

A native of Redwood City, Calif., Goodrich resides in Bloomfield, Mich.

Founded in 1982, AIAG is headquartered in the metro Detroit area. Its member companies include North American, European and Asia-Pacific OEMs and suppliers to the automotive industry with combined annual sales of more than $850 billion. A not-for-profit association, AIAG's primary goals are to reduce cost and complexity within the automotive supply chain and to improve speed to market, product quality, employee health-and-safety and the environment. Additional information is available on the Internet at http://www.aiag.org/ .

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