Debbie Dingell, Wife of John Dingell, Takes GM Buyout
August 10, 2009
Debbie Dingell, wife of powerful House Democrat John Dingell, will retire from her long-held post at General Motors.
She was vice chairman of General Motors Foundation and executive director of public affairs and community relations. She is one of many GMers who had to decide last Friday to stay with the new GM or take a buyout to leave the automaker, which is winnowing its executive ranks by at least a third.
With a high-profile in Detroit, Debbie Dingell and her husband have been a power couple in the domestic auto industry and on the local and national political scene. And she likely will continue that role as a GM spokesperson said she will lead a project involving a domestic auto industry, though no details were given.
Having joined GM in 1977, Debbie Dingell stopped lobbying on the automaker's behalf in 1981 when she married U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. -- By Michelle Krebs
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