Common Threads
Observations
of a world well
traveled
C
indy McCracken can still clearly picture elements
from one of the defining moments of her life and
career—a whiteboard and an impassioned example
of crisis management. Together, they helped launch her
on a professional journey that has taken her around the
world and created an enthusiastic ambassador
for ethanol.
“I was always good at math and science
in high school,” McCracken recalled. “My
father was an engineer at a steel mill, and
they had a Take Your Daughter to Work Day
program. While I was visiting, a bit of a crisis
arose. I was able to watch him at the whiteboard
working through the best way to handle a quality
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