Debra Kelly-Ennis was appointed President and Chief
Operating Officer of Saab Cars USA in September 2002. Under Kelly-Ennis’ leadership, Saab is having
the best year in the company’s 47-year history in the United States market.
Kelly-Ennis joined General Motors in 1999
as the brand manager for Chevrolet S-10 trucks where she was responsible
for marketing, product development, finance, quality and production
planning. Enhancements she and her team made to the competitiveness
of the S-10 increased sales volumes and contributed to General Motors’
truck leadership.In June
of 2000 she was promoted to the position of general manager of GM’s
Oldsmobile Division. During
her tenure she led the phase-out of Oldsmobile, which included redeployment
of personnel, maintaining dealer relations and marketing the product
line.
In addition to her General Motors
experiences, Kelly-Ennis has held a number of non-automotive marketing
and sales leadership roles as well as general management positions
with leading companies such as RJR/Nabisco and Grand Metropolitan,
PLC.
Kelly-Ennis
has been a member of the Pulte Corporation board of directors since
1997 where she currently serves as chairman of the governance committee
and member of the audit committee.
Pulte is the nation’s largest homebuilding company and is
traded on the New York
Stock Exchange.
Active in community affairs she led GM’s
2002 United Way campaign. She was also recognized by Automotive News as
one of the top 100 leading women in the automotive world.
A graduate of the University of Texas, Kelly-Ennis received a B.S. in education
in 1979; M.B.A. in marketing at the University of Houston in 1981; and she participated in the executive
leadership program at Harvard Business School in 2001.
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