Awards Banquet Dinner Speaker:

Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 7:20 - 8:00 pm

“The GM Chevy Volt: Extended-Range Electric Vehicle”

Dr. Terry J. Woychowski is the vice-president of General Motors Global Vehicle Program Management. He is responsible for the program management and execution of all General Motors' car and truck platforms globally.

Dr. Woychowski is General Motors’ key executive liaison with Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI, in addition to being a member of the M.T.U. Industrial Advisory Board.

In 2008, Dr. Woychowski was named to the Board of Directors for the Engineering Society of Detroit. He was recently voted President Elect to the Board, and is chairman for the Young Engineers Committee.

Dr. Woychowski was raised in Bad Axe, MI. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1978. He took post-graduate studies in the pre-medical program at Wayne State University in Detroit from 1980-1981, and attended the Global Executive Development Program at the Duke University School of Business in 1998. He was awarded his Doctorate in Business Management, honoris causa, from Indiana Wesleyan University in December 2003.

In 2007, Dr. Woychowski was inducted into the Michigan Technological University Academy of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics.

Dr. Woychowski resides in Commerce Township, MI, with his wife, Rochelle. Together they have three children, Justin, Jamie and Jenna.