GM exec married to Ilitch Holdings' VP of Corporate Communications

Matt Cullen, 49
General manager, economic development and enterprise services
General Motors Corp., Detroit
Revenue: $193 billion
Civic and corporate involvement: Chairman, Michigan Economic Development Corp., Detroit Investment Fund and Metropolitan Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau; board member, Detroit Downtown Development Authority, Downtown Detroit Partnership, University of Detroit-Mercy, The Parade Co., Mosaic Youth Theatre, Detroit Metropolitan YMCA, Knight Foundation and Hudson-Webber Foundation.

Cullen has served on or chaired most of the organizations that work to improve Detroit’s greater downtown area. He was a key player in putting together the deal in which General Motors bought the Renaissance Center for $75 million. The company has since spent close to $500 million on renovations and improvements to the complex that anchors revitalization of the city’s riverfront, being undertaken by the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, which Cullen co-chairs.

Matt is married to Karen Cullen, Ilitch Holdings, Inc., vice president corporate communications.