Shirley Young is President of Shirley Young Associates, LLC, a business advisory company, and serves as senior adviser to General Motors-Asia Pacific and consultant to Interpublic Group of Companies for Asia. From 1988 until December 31, 1999, she served as corporate Vice President of General Motors Corp. Her most recent assignment as Vice President for China Strategic Development and Asia Pacific Counselor included operational responsibility for marketing, distribution and sales in China. Prior to this, she served as Vice President for Consumer Market Development at General Motors' headquarters, working across the various marketing divisions of the company.

Shirley Young serves on the Board of Directors of the Bank of America, Bell Atlantic Corporation, and has served as a Director of Dayton-Hudson Corporation, Holiday Inn/Promus/Harrah's, the Bombay Company and as Vice Chairman of the Nominating Committee of the New York Stock Exchange.

Born May 25, 1935, in Shanghai, China, Ms. Young is a 1955 graduate of Wellesley College, Phi Beta Kappa, and is a recipient of the Wellesley College Alumna Achievement Award. She has three sons--David Hsieh, William Hsieh, and Douglas Hsieh.