Beatrice Coolican
Beatrice Coolican, a previous president of the Automotive Fleet & Leasing Affiliation (AFLA), handed away on Dec. 26, 2020, on account of problems from COVID-19 in Commerce Township, Mich. She was 74.
Coolican served as AFLA president from 2000-2001 and, as much as that time, was solely the fourth lady to carry that place. As well as, Coolican was one of many early fleet managers who attained world fleet administration tasks at a multinational company whereas working at AlliedSignal Corp. In 1995, Coolican was honored as one of many nominees for the Skilled Fleet Supervisor of the Yr Award introduced by Automotive Fleet journal.
Coolican was born in Donaueschingen, West Germany on Aug. 8, 1946. Whereas residing in Germany, Coolican studied on the Sabel Enterprise College majoring in worldwide enterprise/commerce/commerce. She graduated in 1977. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1978 following the epic Blizzard on the Waterkant of 1978, one of many largest ice storms in German historical past that buried northern Germany in snow, which stranded hundreds of thousands of individuals of their properties and stopped all rail and street site visitors. “Beatrice couldn’t communicate a phrase of English when she arrived within the U.S. She realized English by watching cleaning soap operas and taking courses,” stated her long-time husband, James Coolican. The 2 have been married in 1985. Coolican’s first job in the uswas working for an importer of European equestrian tools.
Coolican began her automotive profession in 1983 working at Volkswagen of America (VWoA) in worldwide buying. From 1985-1989, she labored because the fleet administrator for VWoA. Coolican joined McCullagh Leasing in 1989 working because the director of fleet operations.
In 1992, Coolican joined AlliedSignal in Southfield, Mich., the place she labored for the following 12 years. In 1997, she was promoted to world fleet supervisor for AlliedSignal. On the time, AlliedSignal’s fleet included 2,200 gross sales/managers automobiles, of which, 1,600 have been based mostly in North America and 500 in Europe, together with 120 govt automobiles. Coolican managed AlliedSignal’s Fleet Administration group as an working unit inside Enterprise Providers, which was an inside service group that supplied over 78 totally different companies to workers and companies of AlliedSignal. Throughout Coolican’s tenure on the firm, AlliedSignal acquired Honeywell in 1999 and following the acquisition assumed the Honeywell title for its model recognition.
Whereas at AlliedSignal, Coolican’s tasks included buying firm automobiles for gross sales drive and govt employees, together with negotiating buy costs, amount reductions, and drop ship costs. Her job perform required that she administered the corporate automobiles all through the lifetime of the car in accordance with firm process, managed titling, licensing, and the final word resale of the automobiles. Her remarketing tasks included negotiating the sale of the automobiles with drivers, auto auctions, and/or particular person patrons. Coolican’s job duties additionally concerned negotiating with leasing firms and implementing agreements.
Coolican departed AlliedSignal in 2001 and labored in a fleet capability for Frito-Lay in Plymouth, Mich., from 2001-2004.
In 2005, Coolican began a brand new profession as a care giver working within the assisted-living trade. She labored for numerous assisted-living firms, equivalent to Dwelling As a substitute Senior Care, Visiting Angels, Dawn Dwelling Care, and TLC Dwelling Care in Commerce Township, Mich. Whereas at TLC Dwelling Care, Coolican cared for the resident senior residents, which included aiding these with Alzheimer’s.
On the time of her passing, Coolican was retired. Along with her husband James, Coolican is survived by her sister Roswitha Geiger and a brother Ekehard Albicker. Each stay in Germany. Her brother Armin Albicker and each her dad and mom preceded her in dying.
