Automotive News - November 9, 2015 - Supplement - 56W

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MICHELE LIEBER
Chief Public Policy Officer | Ally
Financial | Washington | Age:
47 | Education: B.A., English
literature and politics,
Brandeis University; J.D.,
University of Pittsburgh School
of Law
● What attracted you to the auto
industry? It was a dynamic
industry. I joined General Motors at
a critical time. It was an exciting
opportunity to be the first ever
public policy person in Washington

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focused exclusively on financial
services issues. I worked in all
financial services prior to General
Motors.
● First automotive job: Director of
government relations financial
services at General Motors in 2003
● Big break: I was asked to focus
exclusively on GMAC and help with
a significant challenge, which
turned into a great opportunity to
be working for GMAC at a critical
time. We were going through a
change of control by the ownership
of GMAC. I was asked to work with

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the regulatory community to help
facilitate that. It was a difficult
assignment, but we ended up being
successful.
● What is the major challenge
you've faced in your career?
Working through the auto industry
transformation time - working with
members of Congress and their
staff to explain the role that Ally
played through that transformation
and the important role of auto
finance to auto dealers,
manufacturers, customers and
others in the industry, during the
industry's recovery.
● Who has had the biggest
influence on your career? I've had
some major mentors. First when I
finished law school, I had worked
for somebody who had served in
the Johnson administration. He did
not have a really formal education,
but he had been an incredibly
successful leader in the financial
services industry. He taught me
everything he knew while still
running a part of a major business.
And then I had a mentor at General
Motors - Ken Cole (former vice
president of government relations
and public policy). He was
instrumental in the bailout
negotiated between the Obama
administration and GM in 2009 and
helped me take my skills to the
next level.
● What should
be done to
encourage
women to
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enter the auto
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industry? We
have to create
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more of an
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environment
where women feel this is the right
career. I'm passionate about what I
do, and I'm lucky because what I do
is also part my hobby, which is the
political environment. So this has
been a natural fit for me. I think for
other women, finding ways to have
a job that is actually something
they're passionate about will be
incredibly helpful. So helping to
mentor people in the younger
stages of their career to give them
an opportunity to understand what
their career could be and taking the
more mundane tasks away to give
them some more exciting
opportunities will be important.
● Tell us about your family. I grew
up in a very driven family. Both my
parents are lawyers. My sister is a
federal prosecutor. My brother is a
Hollywood screenwriter. We're all
doing different things, but we've all
been passionate about everything
that we do. We've all been quite
successful in different ways. I joke
that I only went to law school to
understand dinner.
● What's your favorite weekend
activity? Going and exploring
something new, going to a place
where I can hike or spend time
outdoors.
● Name one thing about yourself
that most people don't know. I
make beaded necklaces and I
make them only to wear myself.
Over the years, I've looked for
certain things, and I was never
particularly happy with things that I
found. So I created some designs
just for myself and I wear them
proudly. I don't tell anybody that I
made them.
- Hannah Lutz
http://www.MyPowerDealer.com http://www.autonews.com/liebervideo
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