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Women make up just 29.5% of a manufacturing labor force that needs to fill 4.6 million jobs during the next decade, and three S.C. industry leaders think it’s high time that number grew.
Lindsay Leonard, senior director of national strategy and engagement for Boeing South Carolina, has been with the North Charleston-headquartered company for seven years. She acknowledged during a recent online forum hosted by the National Association of Manufacturers, The Manufacturing Institute and West Columbia-headquartered Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corp. that while she didn’t necessarily plan on career in manufacturing, that path has yielded many rewards.
Chief among them, she said, was helping launch Boeing’s second 787 Dreamliner final assembly and delivery facility.