NCRO Leadership Team
Lee Iacocca
In Memoriam – Lee Iacocca 1924–2019 Honorary Chairman
Charles Austin
Founder
40 years in Chrysler engineering, an EE degree & 2 masters, Engineering and Business.
Jay Kuhnie
President
Jay retired from Chrysler at the end of 2007 after 35 years of service.
Pete Piccinato
Vice President
Deb Morrissett
Vice President
Mike Cipponeri
Treasurer
Dana Oliver
General Counsel
She has been licensed to practice law since 1979. Prior to joining Chrysler, she taught at Wayne State University Law School and Wayne State University School of Business Administration.
Judy Shumaker-Holland
Counsel
Vicki Bonus
Secretary
Vicki Bonus Prout retired in mid-2007 after a 23-year career at Chrysler.
Howard Baron
Director
Howard retired in 2011 after providing financial support to most of Chrysler's operational organizations for 30 years. Since 2017, he has been a Member of NCRO's Insurance Committee.
Rich Brown
Chair of the Insurance Committee
Rich currently chairs the NCRO’s Insurance Committee. He retired from DaimlerChrysler at the end of 2005 after about 32 years of service
Terry Crockatt
Director
Terry started his 29 year automotive career at Ford in 1978 after serving 5 years in the Army. He spent 6 years there in various Product Development and Product Planning positions
John Glotzbach
Director
Rick Golpe
Director
Working with the dedicated people on the NCRO board and the enthusiastic volunteers for the purpose of advancing the causes affecting Chrysler retirees is both rewarding and educational.
Grainger Goodman
Director
Ted Gray
Director
Ted retired from Chrysler after 32 years all in Sales and Marketing. Ted began his career in 1975 in the Sales Division at the Chicago Zone Sales office
Pete Hollinshead
Director
Joe Huber
Director
Joe retired in 2000 after 32 years of service. He began his career in manufacturing at the Windsor Assembly Plant. Held numerous positions in Industrial, Resident, Process, Quality and Product Engineering.
John Kaiser
Director
John worked for Chrysler for 34 years retiring in February 2001. His entire career was in Finance beginning as a Budget Analyst at Warren Stamping in 1967.
Dale Koch
Director
Dale retired from Chrysler (FCA) in June of 2014, after 33 years of service. After graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State, he started out in an R&D group in Highland Park Building 136 in 1978.
Kathleen S. Neal
Director
Integrated Health Care & Disability
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Kathleen S. Neal was appointed Director Integrated Health Care & Disability, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles,
on March 1, 2009 and retired in March, 2019 .
Dave Slates
Director
Dave worked for Chrysler for 35 years in the Controller’s Department, supporting the manufacturing side of the business for most of his career
Chris Dyrda
Director Emeritus
Chris retired after a 35 year career with Chrysler where he worked in Vehicle Development as Manager of Vehicle Programs, Program Management, Defense,
Doran Samples
Director Emeritus –
Doran Samples retired in 1996 after a 38-year career at Chrysler. He received several degrees in Engineering and Business, including a degree from the Chrysler Institute.
Roy H. Sjoberg, Jr.
In Memoriam Director
Stan Hurst
In Memoriam – Director
Michael Kane
In Memoriam - Director
Ray Pasternak
In Memoriam – Director
About the NCRO
The History of the National Chrysler Retirement Organization (NCRO) Beginning of 2008Formation of GroupRetirees Meet to Discuss Options (L -R) Chris Dyrda, John Glotzbach, Dana …