Cynthia J. Brinkley became Vice President, Global Human Resources, on July 1, 2011. In this role, Brinkley leads global human resources and corporate diversity strategies and key initiatives designed to drive business results and support GM's 210,000 employees worldwide. She reports to GM Chairman & CEO Dan Akerson and serves on the company's Executive Operations Committee.  

Brinkley joined GM from AT&T Inc. where she was senior vice president, talent development and chief diversity officer, responsible for identifying and developing future leaders, companywide training, building the new AT&T University, employee engagement and diversity management.

Brinkley's extensive career also includes serving as President, AT&T Missouri and AT&T Arkansas. In addition, she held a number of significant positions in AT&T (SBC) Federal Relations and Communications, including representing AT&T (SBC) and its subsidiaries in policy and legislative matters before Congress.

Brinkley is active in the community serving as chairman of the National Oasis Institute and on the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Detroit Institute of Arts. She is a member of the Trulaske School of Business Strategic Development Board and co-chaired the University of Missouri's Billion Dollar Fundraising Campaign. She is a former deputy chairman of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank and former chairman of the board of the St. Louis Symphony. She was named the 2010 "Woman of Influence" by Webster University’s School of Business & Technology.
 
A native of Milan, Missouri, Brinkley holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a bachelor's of science degree in political science from Truman State University.

Revised: 03/12