McCullough Joins Toyota Marketing

TORRANCE, Calif., June 27 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., announced today that Kim McCullough will join the company in the position of corporate manager of marketing communications, succeeding Deborah Wahl-Meyer who was recently promoted to vice president of marketing for the Lexus Division.

McCullough will manage advertising and interactive marketing for the company's 18 models of cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles. She will be working with a number of Toyota's advertising agencies, including Saatchi & Saatchi; Hispanic agency, Conill Advertising; African American agency, Burrell Communications and Asian agency, Inter Trend.

"Toyota is proud to welcome Kim to our marketing team," said Jim Farley, TMS vice president, marketing. "Kim's strong credentials as an advertising and marketing professional in both corporate automotive and agency environments, as well as her proven track record, will be great assets as we continue to move our brand identity forward."

McCullough is a graduate of Florida International University.

Prior to joining Toyota, McCullough spent over 20 years developing brand and marketing strategies for various automotive nameplates.

ABOUT TOYOTA

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. is the marketing, sales, distribution and customer service arm of Toyota, Lexus and Scion in the United States, marketing products and services through a network of 1,422 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealers in 49 states. Established in 1957, TMS and its subsidiaries also are involved in distribution logistics, motorsports, R&D and general aviation. The company's main Web site is Toyota.com.