We are committed to developing and supporting the career paths of all women, both inside and outside of the company. In fact, we aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world.
We believe we all must make a choice every day in what we can do – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful, deliberate change through our words, our deeds and our culture. That's why we have invested in programs like Black Girls Code and The Girl Scouts and support inclusive public policy action through our participation in the Business Coalition for the Equality Act and the Coalition for the American Dream.
We’re proud to have been recognized as the #1 company for Gender Equality by Equileap who identified as the only leading U.S. company in the S&P 100 Index with no gender pay gap. In addition, we offer nearly a dozen different employee resource groups, including the GM WOMEN’s council which help us foster a more inclusive environment.
Growing up on the sunny Florida Coast, it would appear as though Ven Lai was destined to be a creative designer in GM’s Color and Trim studio. Instead, it was her desire to follow a different path than the demanding mathematics and science curriculum that dominated her high school years. Opting to attend the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, this paved the way for a career in design and she’s never looked back.
Lai excelled in her undergraduate studies and earned internships at a number of companies including The Gap; however, it was the offer from General Motors that lured the talented Fashion Design and Applied Textiles graduate into the automotive industry.
Lai says she enjoys working on global vehicle programs and the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues in China, Korea, Brazil, and Australia. She is currently working on the Chevrolet portfolio, leading all global passenger cars and crossovers.
Her influence can be seen in the 2017 Chevrolet Trax and Bolt EV.
“These vehicles are showcases for many of the elements our Color and Trim Studio have been developing specifically for the Chevrolet brand,” says Lai. “We design materials and colors that speak to future trends whilst sensitive to current customer needs. Materials that will be enduring, while both functional and attractive.”
Mary Barra is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors Company. She was elected Chairman of the GM Board of Directors on January 4, 2016, and has served as CEO of GM since January 15, 2014.
Under Barra’s leadership, GM envisions a world with zero crashes, to save lives; zero emissions, so future generations can inherit a healthier planet; and zero congestion, so customers get back a precious commodity – time.
She’s focused on strengthening GM’s core business of great cars, trucks and crossovers, while also working to lead the transformation of personal mobility through advanced technologies like connectivity, electrification, autonomous driving and car sharing. Barra has also established a strategic direction based on putting the customer at the center of everything the company does.
Prior to becoming CEO, Barra served as executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing & Supply Chain since August 2013, and as senior vice president, Global Product Development since February 2011. In these roles, Barra and her teams were responsible for the design, engineering and quality of GM vehicle launches worldwide.
Previously, she 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.
Barra began her career with GM in 1980 as a General Motors Institute (Kettering University) co-op student at the Pontiac Motor Division. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1985, followed by a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1990.
Barra serves on the Board of Directors of the Walt Disney Company, the Stanford University Board of Trustees and the Detroit Economic Club.
She is a member of The Business Council and an At-Large Board Member of the Business Roundtable, where she also serves on the Social Issues Committee.
More details on Barra’s career and related activities can be found via Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Growing up on the sunny Florida Coast, it would appear as though Ven Lai was destined to be a creative designer in GM’s Color and Trim studio. Instead, it was her desire to follow a different path than the demanding mathematics and science curriculum that dominated her high school years. Opting to attend the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, this paved the way for a career in design and she’s never looked back.
Lai excelled in her undergraduate studies and earned internships at a number of companies including The Gap; however, it was the offer from General Motors that lured the talented Fashion Design and Applied Textiles graduate into the automotive industry.
Lai says she enjoys working on global vehicle programs and the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues in China, Korea, Brazil, and Australia. She is currently working on the Chevrolet portfolio, leading all global passenger cars and crossovers.
Her influence can be seen in the 2017 Chevrolet Trax and Bolt EV.
“These vehicles are showcases for many of the elements our Color and Trim Studio have been developing specifically for the Chevrolet brand,” says Lai. “We design materials and colors that speak to future trends whilst sensitive to current customer needs. Materials that will be enduring, while both functional and attractive.”
Mary Barra is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors Company. She was elected Chairman of the GM Board of Directors on January 4, 2016, and has served as CEO of GM since January 15, 2014.
Under Barra’s leadership, GM envisions a world with zero crashes, to save lives; zero emissions, so future generations can inherit a healthier planet; and zero congestion, so customers get back a precious commodity – time.
She’s focused on strengthening GM’s core business of great cars, trucks and crossovers, while also working to lead the transformation of personal mobility through advanced technologies like connectivity, electrification, autonomous driving and car sharing. Barra has also established a strategic direction based on putting the customer at the center of everything the company does.
Prior to becoming CEO, Barra served as executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing & Supply Chain since August 2013, and as senior vice president, Global Product Development since February 2011. In these roles, Barra and her teams were responsible for the design, engineering and quality of GM vehicle launches worldwide.
Previously, she 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.
Barra began her career with GM in 1980 as a General Motors Institute (Kettering University) co-op student at the Pontiac Motor Division. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1985, followed by a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1990.
Barra serves on the Board of Directors of the Walt Disney Company, the Stanford University Board of Trustees and the Detroit Economic Club.
She is a member of The Business Council and an At-Large Board Member of the Business Roundtable, where she also serves on the Social Issues Committee.
More details on Barra’s career and related activities can be found via Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Growing up on the sunny Florida Coast, it would appear as though Ven Lai was destined to be a creative designer in GM’s Color and Trim studio. Instead, it was her desire to follow a different path than the demanding mathematics and science curriculum that dominated her high school years. Opting to attend the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, this paved the way for a career in design and she’s never looked back.
Lai excelled in her undergraduate studies and earned internships at a number of companies including The Gap; however, it was the offer from General Motors that lured the talented Fashion Design and Applied Textiles graduate into the automotive industry.
Lai says she enjoys working on global vehicle programs and the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues in China, Korea, Brazil, and Australia. She is currently working on the Chevrolet portfolio, leading all global passenger cars and crossovers.
Her influence can be seen in the 2017 Chevrolet Trax and Bolt EV.
“These vehicles are showcases for many of the elements our Color and Trim Studio have been developing specifically for the Chevrolet brand,” says Lai. “We design materials and colors that speak to future trends whilst sensitive to current customer needs. Materials that will be enduring, while both functional and attractive.”
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Together, we want to make electric vehicles for everyone and safely push transportation beyond our wildest imaginations with autonomous vehicles and advance hydrogen fuel cell technology. We will expand our horizons through new technology platforms and create innovations that deliver customer value.
Our diverse workforce of 164,000 employees bring their collective passion for engineering, technology and design to help us deliver on this ambitious future. While we are proud of our achievements so far there is more work to be done. Together, for everyone.
Join us today: careers.gm.com.
Our culture is critical to helping us succeed in our mission to become the most inclusive company in the world. In fact, one of our core behaviors is “Be Inclusive” which is evidenced even at the highest levels of our leadership and Board of Directors. At our helm is the first female CEO for an automotive company, and we were the first of any major industrial corporation to achieve a 50/50 gender split on our Board of Directors in which women currently represent 55% of our Board.