As part of our commitment to treating each other like family at Chapel Hill Tire, we mean treating everybody like family. That includes creating opportunities for people to grow, discover new strengths, and build careers they may never have imagined for themselves.
“In a male dominated field like the automotive industry, I want young women out there to know that they are capable too,” says Logan Gray, who has continued to grow her career at Chapel Hill Tire and now serves as our Parts Coordinator. “I pursued a career in healthcare for nearly a decade before getting tired of pushing paper. And when I decided to go out on a limb and apply at Chapel Hill Tire, they really gave me the opportunity to discover my passion for something I once overlooked!”
That passion may have started early in life for Logan, who grew up on an alfalfa farm surrounded by heavy machinery, go-karts, and ATVs. But it wasn’t until she joined Chapel Hill Tire that she began to see just how many opportunities the automotive industry could offer.
Logan started at our Fordham Boulevard location, where she advanced into the role of General Service Lead and worked alongside an experienced team of technicians who helped fuel her desire to keep learning.
“I am blessed to be at a shop with four Master Technicians and many other co-workers that are constantly sharing whatever information they come across. We truly do win as a team!”
Since then, Logan’s role at Chapel Hill Tire has continued to expand. She played an important part in helping us open our Homestead Market location in Durham and has since been promoted to Parts Coordinator, where her knowledge and experience now support the whole team.
Throughout her career with Chapel Hill Tire, Logan has also stayed active in efforts to introduce more young women to opportunities in the automotive industry.
“One of the things I’ve enjoyed the most during my time at Chapel Hill Tire was working with The Power of Us summer camp and the Summer Careers Academy. There was a young lady there who had just graduated high school and had never even considered automotive as an option. But after finding out how much she loves it, she enrolled in her local community college’s automotive program while working with us part time. It is really awesome watching her continuously excel!”
For Logan, the appeal of automotive work has always gone beyond cars. It is also about solving problems, supporting people, and being part of a team.
During her time working directly with customers, she saw firsthand how meaningful that could be.
“As a service lead, I spent a good bit of my time up front with the service advisors, and I could see how flustered some of our customers were when they came in. It can be totally overwhelming to have a problem with your only method of transportation. And sometimes, when I could tell a customer that their problem had been solved, it seemed as if I could actually see the weight lifted off their shoulders. That is super gratifying.”
Logan’s journey from a career in healthcare to General Service Lead, helping launch a new Chapel Hill Tire location, and now serving as Parts Coordinator is a great example of what can happen when people are given opportunities to learn, take on new challenges, and grow.
We’re grateful to have Logan as such an integral part of the Chapel Hill Tire family, and we’re excited to see where her career takes her next.