PLANO, Texas, Oct. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Effective
immediately, Kelly McNeff has been
named vice president, Corporate Communications for Toyota Motor
North America (TMNA). In this role, McNeff will be responsible for
leading internal and external communication activities, including
executive, business and brand communications. In addition, her
responsibilities will include social media channel strategy and
content.
"Kelly is an accomplished leader in strategic communications and
we look forward to having her join our team," said Scott Vazin, group vice president and chief
communications officer for TMNA. "Her proven ability to foster
transformation through communications strategy is a great fit for
Toyota as we continue to invest in advanced technologies and
innovation that will lead the future of mobility."
McNeff joins TMNA from McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 7
healthcare company, where she served as vice president of
Transformation Communciations. While at McKesson, her
responsibilities included communicating the company's global
business transformation strategy across five business units, and
with external media, stakeholders and investors. Through her work,
McNeff partnered closely with senior leaders to design and lauch a
strategy and playbook meant to align and engage stakeholders across
the business.
Prior to McKesson, McNeff spent more than a decade with
Kimberly-Clark Corporation. She took on roles in marketing,
strategic communications, as well as executive and internal
communications. Ultimately, she led the company's international
communications organization throughout Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle
East, Africa and
Latin America.
McNeff holds a bachelor's degree in business administration,
marketing from Southern Methodist
University. She currently resides in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and will be located in
Toyota's North American Headquarters in Plano, Texas.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the
U.S. and North America for more
than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable,
next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus
brands. During that time, Toyota has created a tremendous
value chain as our teams have contributed to world-class design,
engineering, and assembly of more than 38 million cars and trucks
in North America, where we have 14
manufacturing plants, 15 including our joint venture in
Alabama (10 in the U.S.), and
directly employ more than 47,000 people (over 36,000 in the
U.S.). Our 1,800 North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in
the U.S.) sold 2.8 million cars and trucks (2.4 million in the
U.S.) in 2018.
Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights
the way it partners with community, civic, academic and
governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing
mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move,
anything is possible. For more information about Toyota,
visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.
Media Contacts:
Carley
Hummel
469-292-8754
carley.hummel@toyota.com
Victor Vanov
469-292-1318
victor.vanov@toyota.com
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