Shirley Young

Shirley Young is President of Shirley Young Associates, LLC, a business advisory company and serves as senior advisor to General Motors, China. From 1988 until December 31, 1999, she served as Corporate Vice President of General Motors Corp. As Vice President for China Strategic Development and Asia Pacific Counselor, she had key involvement with General Motors' two billion dollar investment in China's auto industry particularly with Shanghai GM building Buick cars. Subsequently her responsibilities included operational responsibility for marketing, distribution and sales in China. Prior to this, she served as Vice President for Consumer Market Development at General Motors' headquarters, working across the various marketing divisions of the company. Shirley Young serves on the Board of Teletech Holding, Inc. and Salesforce.com. She has served as Director of the Bank of America, Bell Atlantic/Verizon Corporation, Dayton-Hudson/Target Corporation, Holiday Inn/Promus/Harrah's, the Bombay Company and as Vice Chairman of the Nominating Committee of the New York Stock Exchange. Ms. Young is a graduate of Wellesley College, Phi Beta Kappa, and is a recipient of the Wellesley College Alumna Achievement Award.