Background
Mahone, Barbara Jean was born on April 19, 1946 in Notasulga, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Freddie Douglas M. and Sarah Lou (Simpson).
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Barbara Jean Mahone
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Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1968; Master of Business Administration, University of Michigan, 1972; program for management development, Harvard University, 1981.
Career
System analyst, General Motors, Detroit, 1968-1971;
senior staff assistant, General Motors, Detroit, 1972-1974;
manager career planning, General Motors, Detroit, 1975-1978;
director personnel administration, General Motors, Rochester, New York, 1979-1981;
manager industrial relations, General Motors, Warren, Ohio., 1982-1983;
director human resources management Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada group, General Motors, 1984-1986;
director general personnel public affairs Inland division, General Motors, Dayton, Ohio., 1986-1988;
general director personnel Indland Fisher Guide division, General Motors, Detroit, 1989-1991;
general director employee benefits, General Motors, Detroit, 1991-1993;
director human resources truck group, General Motors, Pontiac, Michigan, since 1994. Chairman Federal Labor Rels. Authority, Washington, 1983-1984, Special Panel on Appeals.
Director Metro Youth. Member of the Board of Governors University of Michigan Alumni.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors American Red Cross, Rochester, 1979-1982, Urban League Rochester, 1979-1982, Rochester Aea Multiple Sclerosis. Member human resources committee Young Men’s Christian Association, Rochester, 1980-1982. Member Executive Board National Council Negro Women.
Member allocations committee United Way Greater Rochester. Member National Black Master of Business Administration Association (board directors, national president Distinguished Svc. award, board directors, national president Outstanding Master of Business Administration), Women Economics Club (board directors), Industrial Rels. Research Association, International Association for Pers.
Women, Engineering.Soc.
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Political Party
Republican
Awards
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Recipient Public Rels. award National Association Business and Professional Women, 1976, Mary McLeod Bethune award National Council Negro Women, 1977, Senate resolution Michigan State Legislature, 1980. Named Outstanding Woman, Michigan Chronicle, 1975, Woman of Year, National Association Business and Professional Women, 1978, Distinguished Business Person, University of Michigan, 1978, one of 11 Michigan Women, Redbook magazine, 1978.Recipient Public Rels. award National Association Business and Professional Women, 1976, Mary McLeod Bethune award National Council Negro Women, 1977, Senate resolution Michigan State Legislature, 1980. Named Outstanding Woman, Michigan Chronicle, 1975, Woman of Year, National Association Business and Professional Women, 1978, Distinguished Business Person, University of Michigan, 1978, one of 11 Michigan Women, Redbook magazine, 1978.