Mary T. Barra, General Motors Co. Chairman & CEO, Elected to The Walt Disney Company Board of
Directors
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) Board of Directors has elected Mary T. Barra, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
General Motors Co., as a director, effective immediately. Ms. Barra’s election brings Disney’s total board membership to 12.
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“Beyond being an incredibly respected leader of a major US company, Mary is recognized as an agent of change with a relentless
focus on quality, safety and, most importantly, consumers,” said Robert A. Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Walt
Disney Company. “Her ability to adapt to a changing technological and consumer-focused landscape makes her uniquely suited for the
Disney Board.”
“I am honored to be associated with such an iconic organization as The Walt Disney Company,” Ms. Barra said. “Under Bob’s
visionary leadership, the Disney team has continued to set the benchmark for innovation, branding and the highest levels of
customer service. GM has worked together with Disney on a number of projects over the years, and I look forward to helping
contribute to the company’s ongoing success as the world’s premier entertainment and media enterprise.”
Ms. Barra was elected Chairman of the GM Board of Directors in January 2016, and has served as CEO of GM since January 2014.
Under her leadership, GM is focused on strengthening its core business of building great cars, trucks and crossovers, while also
working to lead the transformation of personal mobility through advanced technologies like connectivity, electrification,
autonomous vehicles and car sharing. Ms. Barra has also established a strategic direction based on putting the customer at the
center of everything the company does.
Prior to becoming CEO, Ms. Barra served as GM’s Executive Vice President, Global Product Development, Purchasing & Supply
Chain from August 2013, and as Senior Vice President, Global Product Development from February 2011. In these roles, Ms. Barra and
her teams were responsible for the design, engineering and quality of GM vehicle launches worldwide. She also served as Vice
President, Global Human Resources; Vice President, Global Manufacturing Engineering; Plant Manager, Detroit Hamtramck Assembly; and
in several other executive engineering and staff positions.
Ms. Barra began her career with GM in 1980 as a General Motors Institute (Kettering University) co-op student at the Pontiac
Motor Division, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1985. She earned an MBA from the
Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1990.
Ms. Barra is a member of the Stanford University Board of Trustees and the Stanford GSB Advisory Council. She also serves on the
Board of Directors of the Detroit Economic Club; the Board of Trustees for Detroit Country Day School; and as a member of The
Business Council. Ms. Barra is also co-chair of the Department of Transportation’s Advisory Committee on Automation in
Transportation.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international entertainment and
media enterprise with four business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, and consumer products and
interactive media. Disney is a Dow 30 company and had annual revenue of $55.6 billion in its Fiscal Year 2016.
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