Previous Men and Women of Steel awardees include:
2017 Industry Innovator, Gregory Warden, executive director and global functional leader, body, exterior & dimensional engineering at General Motors Corp.;
2017 Community Hero, Steve Marks, industry technical support manager at Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR);
2016 Industry Innovator, Mike Sweers, chief engineer for the Toyota Tundra and Tacoma vehicle programs and the vice president of engineering design – interior at Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor, Mich.;
2016 Community Hero, The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Vehicle Technologies for its support of research, development and deployment of efficient and sustainable highway transportation technologies to improve fuel economy and minimize petroleum use;
2015 Industry Innovator, Elizabeth Krear, chief engineer on the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel; and,
2015 Community Hero, Ron Moore, retired fire chief of McKinney, Texas, for his efforts in educating first responders and other emergency workers on cutting tools or alternate solutions for passenger compartment access.