Mary Petrovich

Mary Petrovich is the chairman of the Traxen Board of Directors. In addition to her role at Traxen, Petrovich is a senior executive at the Carlyle Group and chairman of DealerShop™.

She is an accomplished business leader and entrepreneur with a passion for disruptive technologies and leading innovation. Throughout her career, she has guided start-up ventures and overseen the successful private equity exits of three companies in the on- and off-highway markets. Most recently, she served as executive chairman of AxleTech, where she helped shape the company’s electric vehicle strategy for the truck and bus markets, positioning it as a technology leader. She also previously held the position of president of Dura Automotive’s driver controls unit and served in various roles with increasing responsibility at AlliedSignal, Chrysler and General Motors.

Beyond Traxen, Petrovich currently serves on the boards of United Road, Woodward, Inc. and Xeeva Software. Petrovich has received several awards including the University of Michigan’s Hermelin Award for fundraising leadership, Most Influential Women in Business and Top 40 under 40 from Crain’s Detroit Business, and EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Midwest.

Petrovich earned a master’s in business administration from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in industrial and operations engineering from the University of Michigan.