General Motors has had an excellent 2016. It's making money, posting great quality scores in a variety of product surveys and is becoming a hot topic in Silicon Valley where it is expanding into ride sharing and autonomous driving. It felt like a no-brainer for the Automotive News staff to select Mary Barra as Industry Leader of the Year and top CEO, North America, and we picked seven other GM executives for this 28-person All-Stars list.

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INDUSTRY LEADER OF THE YEAR AND CEO, NORTH AMERICA
Mary Barra		 CEO, General Motors
CEO, EUROPE
Hakan Samuelsson		 CEO, Volvo Cars
CEO, ASIA
Li Shufu		 Chairman, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co.
MARKETING
Andrea Riley		 Chief marketing officer, Ally Financial
U.S. EXECUTIVE, EUROPEAN AUTOMAKER
Dietmar Exler		 CEO, Mercedes-Benz USA
DESIGN
Gorden Wagener		 Chief design officer, Daimler AG
BRAND
Duncan Aldred		 U.S. vice president of Buick and GMC, General Motors
U.S. EXECUTIVE, ASIAN AUTOMAKER
John Mendel		 Executive vice president, American Honda Motor Co.
DEALER, PUBLICLY HELD
Bryan DeBoer		 CEO, Lithia Motors
DEALER, PRIVATELY HELD
Melinda Holman		 Chairman, Holman Automotive Group
ENGINEERING
Pamela Fletcher		 Executive chief engineer for electrified vehicles, General Motors
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Tony Cervone		 Senior vice president, global communications, General Motors
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Anthony Foxx		 U.S. Transportation Secretary
FINANCE
Joy Falotico		 CEO, Ford Motor Credit Co.
SUPPLIERS
Amnon Shashua		 Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Mobileye
SALES
Alan Batey		 President of North America, General Motors
SERVICE AND PARTS
Frank Ferrara		 Executive vice president, customer satisfaction, Hyundai Motor America
MINORITY BUSINESS
Vinnie Johnson		 CEO, Piston Group
MANUFACTURING
Yoshi Yamane		 COO for production, Honda
LABOR
Jerry Dias 		President, Unifor
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Ron Lamb		 President, Reynolds and Reynolds
REMARKETING
Jim Hallet		 CEO, KAR Auction
PURCHASING
Steve Kiefer		 Vice president, global purchasing and supply chain, General Motors
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Mark Reuss		 Executive vice president, global product development, General Motors
FINANCE & INSURANCE
Rodolfo Dominguez and Johan Swart		 Vice President of Business Transformation and Chief Digital Officer, Chief Information Officer; Mercedes-Benz Financial Services
ENVIRONMENT
Robert Mueller		 Special settlement master in Volkswagen emissions case
ADVERTISING
Tim Mahoney		 Chief marketing officer, Chevrolet
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