March 1, 2025 ~ Karen Arondoski is the owner of I.F. Metalworks, a business that started as an automotive tooling supplier that quickly diversified into other industries such as the architectural, aerospace, decorative metals, and defense industries. Arondoski has been leading the business as its owner and president since it began in the early 2000s, helping customers through the process of designing their products to completion. Not just content with running a successful metalworks business, she also works with the Women in Aerospace Industry Association of Michigan to help empower other women in the field. She also helps her community by sitting on the Board for Macomb County/St. Clair Workforce Development.