A pair of female employees at Zip's AW Direct in New Hampton, Iowa, were featured in the New Hampton Tribune Sept. 1 as part of the local newspaper's 'Women in the Workplace' series. Nearly a third of Zip's 225 employees in Iowa and Michigan are women.

Jennifer Klassen (right) has served as Zip's showroom receptionist for the past six years. She considers herself the "customer concierge" here, and in that role, she said she wants to make customers feel welcomed and comfortable during their visit to Zip's.

A self-described "people person," Lori Throndson  (left) has worked as a personal truck sales consultant at Zip's the past year and a half. Starting off in customer service, she is now one of 12 people in equipment sales and the only female in what she calls a "man's environment."

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