(http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/chevrolet/ns/chevrolet_ns_12011_196.jpg) General Motors on Thursday named Mary Barra senior vice president of global product development. She is the former vice president of GM's global human resources and a relative unknown in the automotive product development community.
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