William,
Thanks for your time on the phone this afternoon. Here is the information of the event and some on Ed Welburn. Please get back to me as soon as possible (preferably by tomorrow morning) with short (no more than one paragraph) bios on those attending and your club, the Seaside GOATS. Call or email me if you have any questions.
--Nate Erickson
xxx-xxx-6014
Meet-and-Greet Breakfast Roundtable with Ed Welburn, General Motors Vice President, Global Design
Tuesday, July 15
8 - 9:30 a.m.
Art Center College of Design, Hillside Campus
Conference Room B
1700 Lida Street
Pasadena, CA 91103
Follow the main road through the campus until it ends in a large student parking lot. This lot is adjacent to the south entrance of the campus which gives you direct access to Conference Room B. There will be signs directing you to parking and to the conference room.
Ed Welburn was appoiting GM Vice PResident, global design on March 1st, 2005. He had been vice president of design, GM North America, since October 1 2003, when he became only the sixth design leader in GM history. As vice president of global design, Welburn is responsible f! or the d esign development of all General Motors cars and trucks. He heads a team of over 1,400 men and women operating in 11 design centers in eight countries around the world. Under his direction, GM has walked away from the North American International Auto Show with the coveted 2007 and 2008 "car of the year" awards and the 2008 Motor Trend Car of the Year for Cadillac CTS, the 2008 Eyes on Design Awards for both the CTS-V and CTS Coupe Concept and the 2008 Green Car of the Year for GM's Chevy Tahoe Hybrid.
