| 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. |
