{"id":261,"date":"2020-07-22T20:42:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T20:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damonautry.com\/?page_id=261"},"modified":"2024-01-06T22:11:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T22:11:44","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/damonautry.com\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"261\" class=\"elementor elementor-261\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99c3baf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99c3baf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1407b1\" data-id=\"c1407b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34e0980 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34e0980\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bio<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a45b002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a45b002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/damonautry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Damon-Autry1-scaled-qhxb5eib8z1fpuq9lijxrf9kysbrnfeuguvsntbj5k.jpg\" title=\"Damon Autry[1]\" alt=\"Damon Autry[1]\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-985af73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"985af73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Damon Autry is a communications professional, writer, panel moderator, and trusted strategic partner. He provides expertise in key areas of business communication, including internal and external communications, market research analysis, corporate statements, ghostwriting of op-eds, speeches and book forewords, corporate talking points, and equity and inclusion strategies. The author of two books, he also produces and pens scripts for live events, including the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration in Detroit, the annual Rainbow PUSH Global Automotive Summit, the United Auto Workers Community Awards event, and the Fritz Pollard Alliance Salute to Excellence Awards ceremony.\u00a0<\/h5><h5>In addition to penning communication for busy corporate executives, Damon\u2019s writing also chronicles the need for improved equity and inclusion in the North American automotive sector. One of his most significant accomplishments in this role is penning the <strong>2020 BENCHMARK PLAN FOR PARITY<\/strong> document, a guideline report used by automotive manufacturers in their continued effort toward fortifying their diversity and inclusion initiatives.<\/h5><h5>Damon also conducted extensive research while developing and writing an 85-page booklet for the United Auto Worker\u2019s National Ford Department. The booklet chronicled the 75<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the union\u2019s partnership with Ford Motor Company. 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