Career Spotlight – with Deborah Wahl
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Join us as Kylie chats with Deborah Wahl, former Global Chief Marketing Officer at General Motors, Chrysler, PulteGroup, Cadillac and McDonalds.
Deborah is a powerhouse of transformational marketing, possessing a rare "Midas touch" for legacy brands in need of a digital soul. A Detroit native who rose to become the first female Global CMO in General Motors' history, she is as much an engineer of human sentiment as she is a business strategist.
Amongst her many achievements, she has been named in the Forbes CMO Hall of Fame and the CMO Club Hall of Fame. In 2021 she was awarded the Automotive Hall of Fame Influencers Award and was named to the Event Marketing Hall of Fame in 2023.
Personally, she is defined by a relentless joie de vivre - a philosophy she adopted in the eighth grade - which allows her to navigate high-stakes corporate turnarounds (from All Day Breakfast at McDonald’s to the "Everybody In" EV movement at GM) with an infectious, high-energy optimism.
She doesn't just manage brands; she retools their cultural relevance for the modern age. Deborah now sits on multiple boards - including Mediaocean, First American Financial Corporation, and Safe-Guard Products International.