THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -

Online resource for female car shoppers AskPatty.com Inc. recently launched a bureau that is designed to give decision-makers in the automotive industry insight into how to effectively market and sell to women car buyers as well as how to attract and retain female employees.

The Women’s Automotive Speakers Bureau represents a variety of speakers, whose specializations include keynote presentations, brand spokespersons, workshops, coaching, video training, live and recorded webinars, facilitated panel session speakers and more.

"We're a company that thrives on educating and empowering women as consumers, business owners and employees in the automotive industry," said Jody DeVere, chief executive officer of AskPatty.com Inc. "Our women's speakers bureau is just another step in our journey to help the automotive industry grow market-share and get better results with women on all fronts."

The twenty inaugural members of the Women's Automotive Speakers Bureau include authors, mechanics, and finance and insurance experts, to name a few.

Miriam Muléy, CEO and author of The 85% Niche and former executive director of marketing and sales for General Motors Corp. Diversity Growth Markets, as well as a new Bureau member,  said, "Finally, we have a top-notch venue to help leaders in the automotive industry stay ahead of trends, insights and strategies that will demonstrably move the needle in increasing market share with all women—White, Black, Latina, Asian and more—through the expertise of the Automotive Women’s Speaker’s Bureau."

For more information and detailed profiles on the speakers, see www.askpatty.com/speakers.