With nearly 25 years of experience in trade associations, Allison Roberts Grealis is Founder and President of the Women in Manufacturing® Association (WiM), a global trade association focused on supporting, promoting and inspiring women at all levels in the manufacturing sector. She is also President of the WiM Education Foundation, the 501(c)(3) arm of WiM, which provides effective and affordable educational opportunities for women in manufacturing.

Allison is also Host of Hear Her Story, WiM’s monthly podcast celebrating the stories of incredible women from different roles and niche industries within manufacturing. Since its launch in April 2021, Hear Her Story has recorded close to 50 episodes, yielding 10,000k+ downloads. Allison is also regularly featured on other industry podcasts and in the media and is a frequent speaker at national and global industry and corporate manufacturing events, including those produced by the Brookings Institute, the Financial Times, the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, WBENC and Generis.

Outside of her work with WiM, Allison currently serves as an Executive Committee member for the Cleveland chapter of the Private Directors Association; as a member of the Membership Committee at the Union Club of Cleveland; as the chair of the Coalition for Women in Industry and as a member of the National Skilled Trades Coalition.

Recognized as one of Crain’s Cleveland Business 2018 Women of Note, which celebrates women for their outstanding leadership in the community, Allison went on to become the 2021 recipient of the Leadership in Manufacturing Award from Empowering Women in Industry. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English with a Certificate in Women’s Studies from Ohio University, and a master’s in public administration from the University of Akron.