|
Beth Lowery is vice president, Environment, Energy, and Safety Policy. She was appointed vice president, Environment and Energy, in October 2001. In April 2007, she assumed additional responsibility for GM safety policy.
As GM's chief environmental officer, Ms. Lowery is responsible for GM's environmental, energy, and safety policies worldwide. She is also secretary to the Public Policy Committee of the GM Board of Directors and a member of the Public Policy Center global coordination team. She is a member of the North America Strategy Board (NASB).
Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Lowery was GM North America vice president-general counsel. From 1994 to 1997, she was the practice area manager for the Environmental and Energy practice area of the GM Legal Staff, where she had responsibility for facility environmental matters, mobile emissions, and energy initiatives on a global basis.
Ms. Lowery joined GM in 1989 as an attorney and was involved in the development and adoption of the GM Environmental Principles and the mutual endorsement of the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies Principles. She has been instrumental in shaping GM's environmental direction since she joined the company.
Before joining GM, Ms. Lowery was a partner in the Detroit law firm of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, specializing in environmental law. In 2002, she completed GM's Senior Executive Program (in partnership with Harvard Business School) and was chosen one of the 100 Most Influential Women by Crain's Detroit Business.
Ms. Lowery is a member and former chair of the board of directors for the World Environment Center, an independent, not-for-profit, non-advocacy organization and serves as the GM Council member of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development. In addition, she is on the board and former chair of Inforum Center for Leadership, which focuses on areas critical to leadership effectiveness, personal growth, and advancement of women in the workplace.
In 2004, Ms. Lowery was elected one of Detroit's most enterprising women by the Detroit Historical Society and received the same distinction from Corp! magazine. In September 2005, she was named one of the 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry by Automotive News. She also received the Automotive Hall of Fame's 2007 Distinguished Service Citation, which recognizes individuals who have succeeded in making significant contributions to the automotive industry.
Ms. Lowery earned a bachelor of business administration, cum laude, from Eastern Michigan University in 1978. She earned a juris doctorate, magna cum laude, from Wayne State University in 1981, where she was an editor of The Wayne Law Review. She was a law clerk for Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice G. Mennen Williams from 1981 to 1983.
|
