Mark L. Reuss leads the design, engineering, safety, quality, research and development, advanced vehicle technology and program management of General Motors cars, trucks and crossovers around the world. He also oversees GM's Global Purchasing and Supply Chain organization, and is a member of the GM Executive Leadership Team and the board of Shanghai General Motors (SGM).

From 2009-2013, Reuss was President of General Motors North America, responsible for GM's performance, manufacturing, portfolio and dealer network. Under his watch, GM's North America region produced consistent profits and improved margins during a product renaissance featuring a slate of award-winning vehicles.

Previously, Reuss served briefly as GM's vice president of global engineering after spending two years overseas as vice president and managing director of Australia and New Zealand. During this time, he was a member of the GM Asia Pacific Strategy Board.

Reuss is a mechanical engineer who began his GM career as a student intern in 1983. He has held numerous engineering and management positions, including chief engineer of GM's large luxury vehicles and manufacturing body shop tooling launches.

He also created and led the GM Performance Division in 2001 while serving as executive director of Architecture Engineering. In this role, he was responsible for GM's racing vehicles including the V-Series Cadillacs and SS Chevrolets. In 2005, he was appointed executive director of GM's North America Vehicle Systems and Architecture, and a year later was named executive director of Global Vehicle Integration, Safety and Virtual Development.

A lifelong auto enthusiast, Reuss is a certified industry pool test driver on the North Course of the Nürburgring Motorsport Racetrack in Germany, and is licensed for FIA C and IMSA Road Racing. His first car was a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro, which he bought and restored himself.

Reuss was born and raised in metro Detroit and is deeply committed to revitalizing the region via education, community and philanthropy. In 2010, he spearheaded a $27.1 million grant to the United Way for Southeastern Michigan to improve graduation rates at seven Detroit-area high schools. In 2013, he championed the GM Student Corps, a summer internship and career development program for under-served youth in metro Detroit and Flint. He was instrumental in bringing the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix back to Detroit's Belle Isle Park, which generates millions in economic impact for the region. Also in 2013, he oversaw the purchase of the historic Durant-Dort Factory One, the birthplace of General Motors. After extensive renovations, Factory One reopened in 2017 as a modern, world-class facility that hosts events and the iconic Kettering University automotive archives.

He holds a bachelor of engineering degree from Vanderbilt University and a master of business administration from Duke University.

Reuss is a member of the Duke Fuqua School of Business Board of Visitors and is GM's Key Executive at Duke University. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of The Henry Ford, the Skillman Foundation, Cranbrook Schools, Horizons Upward Bound, the Detroit Workforce Development Board and the Detroit Education Coalition.