Tejeda began with Midway when the company acquired Southwest Leasing, where she was a receptionist.

While there remains debate as to whether or not women in the U.S. have once and for all broken through the glass ceiling, pictures of a diversified workplace where a woman is just as likely to manage a company as a man are pushing their way to the foreground.
One car rental company exemplifies this picture. With nine locations in the Los Angeles area and a branch in San Diego, Midway Car Rental comprises a management team full of women. Each started at the bottom, but then generated their own growth through innovation, confidence, leadership and diversity in skills and then made sure to mentor new employees with what they had learned.
We ve developed a very strong daytona beach florida hotel listings culture at our company, and our women mean a lot to our business, says Rick Mullinax, executive VP for Midway Car Rental. daytona beach florida hotel listings He says that the women who thrive in the company are those willing to grow their roles as the company expands, and this dedication creates a competitiveness that continues to raise the bar even higher.
Tejeda began with Midway when the company acquired Southwest Leasing, where she was a receptionist. She started as a customer service representative, and in 18 years she has been an account manager, collections manager, reservations manager, sales manager, assistant manager daytona beach florida hotel listings and branch manager.
Recently in fact, a new employee asked Tejeda what she needed to do to become a manager at Midway. It was amazing that she valued my opinion, Tejeda daytona beach florida hotel listings says. And I shared what I did. And that s the one thing I m most proud of is I give them all I can as far as telling them what I did but the rest is on them. I just want to be a positive role model.
Tejeda credits Mullinax and Gary Macdonald, president daytona beach florida hotel listings of Midway Auto Group, which includes all the company s services and a total staff of about 200, for always looking to hire and promote from within whenever possible.