General Motors Company

As the chief executive officer of two highly technical, complex companies, Ms. Russo demonstrated
leadership that strongly supported her nomination to our Board of Directors. In that capacity she dealt with a
wide range of issues including mergers and acquisitions and business restructuring as she led Lucent
Technologies, Inc.’s recovery through a severe industry downturn and later a merger with Alcatel, a French
company. In addition, she brings to the Board extensive global experience in corporate strategy, finance, sales
and marketing, technology, and leadership development. Ms. Russo’s service as chair of the governance
committee and lead director on the Schering-Plough board provided valuable expertise when she was chosen to
be Lead Director by her fellow members of the GM Board.
Carol M. Stephenson
Carol M. Stephenson has been a member of our Board of Directors since July 24, 2009. She has been Dean
of the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario (“Ivey”) since 2003. Prior to
joining Ivey, Ms. Stephenson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lucent Technologies Canada
from 1999 to 2003. Ms. Stephenson is currently a director of Intact Financial Services Corporation (formerly
ING Canada), a provider of property and casualty insurance in Canada, and Manitoba Telecom Services Inc., a
communications provider in Canada. She was a member of the Advisory Board of General Motors of Canada,
Limited, a GM subsidiary (“GM Canada”), from 2005 to July 2009. Ms. Stephenson was invested as an Officer
into the Order of Canada in 2010.
Ms. Stephenson’s experience as Dean of the Richard Ivey School of Business and President and Chief
Executive Officer of Lucent Technologies Canada provides our Board of Directors with diverse perspective and
progressive management expertise in marketing, operations, strategic planning, technology development, and
financial management. Her experience on boards of companies in a variety of industries provides our Board of
Directors with her broad perspective on successful management strategies.
Cynthia A. Telles
Cynthia A. Telles has been a member of our Board of Directors since April 13, 2010. She has been on the
faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry since 1986
and the Director of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Spanish-Speaking Psychosocial Clinic since 1980.
Among many corporate and non-profit board memberships, in 2010 Dr. Telles joined the board of the Pacific
Council for International Policy and was appointed to the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars by
President Obama. She has held several governmental and public service appointments that include serving as a
Commissioner for the City of Los Angeles for 13 years. Dr. Telles currently is a member of the board of the
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals. She previously served on the boards of Americas United Bank, the
largest Hispanic-owned bank in California, from 2006 to 2010, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation from
2009 to 2010 and California United Bank (formerly Sanwa Bank California) from 1994 to 2002.
Dr. Telles’s qualifications for serving as a director include her extensive experience in public and
governmental service, as well as public policy and governmental and community relations. In addition, her
in-depth understanding of the Hispanic community, which represents the nation’s largest and fastest growing
consumer market segment, provides our Board of Directors with valuable insight. Moreover, her previous and
current board positions in companies in the health care, transportation, and financial industries and in non-profit
organizations involved with, among other areas, community development, environmental issues, health care
reform, and education, have developed her broad perspective on issues related to corporate social responsibility
and governance.
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