Kent Kresa Elected To GM Board Of Directors

DETROIT - General Motors Corp. Chairman Rick Wagoner today announced the election of Kent Kresa to the GM Board of Directors effective immediately. He becomes a member of the board's Audit and Investment Funds Committees. Kresa's election increases the membership of the GM board to 11, of whom 10 are independent, outside directors.

Kresa, 65, was chairman of the board of directors of Northrop Grumman Corp. from September 1990 until October 1, 2003. He had served as chief executive officer from January 1990 until March 2003, and president from 1987 until September 2001. He had previously served as group vice president of the company's Aircraft Group and senior vice president-Technology Development and Planning.

"Kent brings to the GM Board a strong track record of proven business leadership as well as a rich and extensive background in engineering, research and technology," Wagoner said.

George Fisher, chair of the board's Directors and Corporate Governance Committee, said, "On behalf of the GM Board, we're excited to have Kent join our board and we look forward to working with him."

Kresa, born March 24, 1938, in New York City, is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He earned a bachelor's degree in 1959, a master's degree in 1961, and an engineering degree in 1966, all in Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Kresa serves on the boards of Advanced Bionics; Avery Dennison Corporation; Fluor Corporation; Eclipse Aviation Corporation; Trust Company of the West; and several non-profit organizations and universities.