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"Also in the securities filing on Friday, shareholders have submitted five proposals to be considered at the GM annual meeting to be held in June. Among the proposals was one urging the auto maker to cut the amount of
so-called greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, from vehicle emissions.
The GM board of directors urged shareholders to vote against the proposal, arguing that GM is investing in fuel cell technologies which promise to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions."
Board of Directors w/all their connections
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Percy N. Barnevik Age 64 Joined GM Board 1996
Retired Chairman, AstraZeneca PLC, United Kingdom, since 2005; held office of Chairman (1999-2004); Honorary Chairman, Sandvik AB, Sweden, since 2002; held office of Chairman (1983-2002); Chairman, Investor AB, Sweden (1997-2002); Chairman, ABB Ltd., Switzerland (1997-2001)
COMMITTEES Public Policy (Chair), Directors and Corporate Governance
AFFILIATIONS Member of The Business Council, the International Investment Council advising the South African government, the International Advisory Council of the Federation of Korean Industries, the Advisory Council of Centre for European Reform-UK, Advisory Councils at the Wharton School of Business Administration and at Humboldt University in Berlin, and the Academies of Engineering Sciences in Sweden and Finland; Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
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Erskine B. Bowles Age 59
Chairman, Erskine Bowles & Co., LLC since 2003; Senior Advisor, Carousel Capital, a private investment firm, since 2002; Managing Director, Carousel Capital, and Partner, Forstmann Little & Co. (1999-2001)
DIRECTORSHIPS Cousins Properties Incorporated
AFFILIATIONS Member of the Board of Chancellors, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International; Deputy Special Envoy for the Tsunami Recovery, United Nations
John H. Bryan Age 68 Joined GM Board 1993
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, since 2001; held offices of Chairman (1976-2001) and Chief Executive Officer (1975-2000)
COMMITTEES Executive Compensation (Chair), Directors and Corporate Governance
DIRECTORSHIPS BP p.l.c., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
AFFILIATIONS Member of The Business Council and the National Trust Council of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Trustee of the University of Chicago and Life Trustee of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Art Institute of Chicago and Chairman of the Board of Millennium Park, Inc.
Armando M. Codina Age 58 Joined GM Board 2002
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Codina Group, Inc., a full-service commercial real estate firm based in Coral Gables, Florida, since 1979
COMMITTEES Investment Funds, Public Policy
DIRECTORSHIPS AMR Corporation, BellSouth Corporation
AFFILIATIONS Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of Florida International University
George M.C. Fisher Age 64 Joined GM Board 1996
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, since 2001; held offices of Chairman (2000) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2000)
COMMITTEES Directors and Corporate Governance (Chair), Executive Compensation
DIRECTORSHIPS Chairman, PanAmSat Corporation; Eli Lilly and Company
AFFILIATIONS Member of The Business Council, the International Academy of Astronautics and the National Academy of Engineering; Senior Advisor for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Karen Katen Age 55 Joined GM Board 1997
Vice Chairman, Pfizer Inc, New York, New York, and President, Pfizer Human Health, since March 2005; held offices of President, Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals and Executive Vice President, Pfizer Inc (2001-March 2005), Corporate Senior Vice President (1999-2001), Executive Vice President, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group (1995-2001), and President, Pfizer U.S. Pharmaceuticals Group (1995-2002)
COMMITTEES Directors and Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation
DIRECTORSHIPS Harris Corporation
AFFILIATIONS Member of the Boards of Directors of Catalyst, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), and the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the RAND Corporations Health Board of Advisors, the National Board of Trustees for the American Cancer Society Research Foundation, the Healthcare Leadership Council, and the Economic Club of New Yorks Board of Trustees; Trustee for the University of Chicago and Council Member of the Graduate School of Business; Appointee to the National Infrastructure Advisory Committee
Kent Kresa Age 67 Joined GM Board 2003
Chairman Emeritus, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, California, since 2003; held offices of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1990-2003) and President (1987-2001)
COMMITTEES Audit, Investment Funds
DIRECTORSHIPS Avery Dennison Corporation, Fluor Corporation, MannKind Corporation
AFFILIATIONS Chairman of the Board of Trustees of California Institute of Technology; Member of the Boards of Directors of the W.M. Keck Foundation, The Broad Foundation, and Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County, the Board of Overseers of the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, the Board of Visitors of the UCLA Anderson School of Management, the Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, and the Board of Trustees of the Haynes Foundation
Ellen J. Kullman Age 49 Joined GM Board 2004
Group Vice President, Safety and Protection, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Delaware, since 2002; held offices of Group Vice President and General Manager (2000-2002), and Vice President and General Manager (1995-2000)
COMMITTEES Investment Funds, Public Policy
AFFILIATIONS Member of the Board of Overseers at Tufts University School of Engineering, the Board of Directors of the National Safety Council, and The Committee of 200
Philip A. Laskawy Age 64 Joined GM Board 2003
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ernst & Young, New York, New York, since 2001; held offices of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1994-2001)
COMMITTEES Audit (Chair), Investment Funds
DIRECTORSHIPS Henry Schein, Inc., Loews Corporation, The Progressive Corporation
AFFILIATIONS Trustee of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation
E. Stanley ONeal Age 53 Joined GM Board 2001
Chairman, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., New York, New York, since 2003, and Chief Executive Officer since 2002; held offices of President and Chief Operating Officer (2001-2002), President, U.S. Private Client Group (2000-2001), Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (1998-2000)
COMMITTEES Investment Funds (Chair), Public Policy
DIRECTORSHIPS Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
AFFILIATIONS Member of The Business Roundtable, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Boards of Directors of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and The Lincoln Center Theater
Eckhard Pfeiffer Age 63 Joined GM Board 1996
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, Texas, since 1999
COMMITTEES Audit, Investment Funds
DIRECTORSHIPS Chairman, Intershop Communications AG; IFCO Systems, N.V.; Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
AFFILIATIONS Member of the Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr. Age 52 Joined GM Board 1998
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Corporation, since May 1, 2003; held offices of President and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2003), President and Chief Operating Officer (1998-2000); joined General Motors Corporation in 1977
DIRECTORSHIPS General Motors Acceptance Corporation, subsidiary of GM
AFFILIATIONS Member of The Business Council and The Business Roundtable, the Board of Directors of Catalyst, and the Boards of Trustees of Duke University and Detroit Country Day School; Chairman, the Detroit Renaissance Executive Committee
just filed Proxy
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