Mitsubishi Motors CMO Kim Ito Named To Automotive News' 2025 Roster Of 100 Leading Women In Auto
100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry recognizes female leaders in the automotive field who have significant influence and are major decision-makers within their organization. Automotive News has published the list of the industry's top female executives every five years since 2000. The sixth list of 100 Leading Women is featured in the May 19 issue, and the honorees will be celebrated at a gala in Dearborn, Mich. on May 20.
'Women represent half of MMNA's executive leadership team, and we believe that is one of our greatest organizational strengths,' said Mark Chaffin, MMNA CEO. 'Kim has earned her place among the very best in our industry. She drives innovation daily and fulfills one of the key pillars of our Momentum 2030 business plan by setting the global standard for digital marketing excellence for Mitsubish Motors. We celebrate her achievements and eagerly anticipate her future contributions to our company. She and her team will have plenty of opportunities for further innovation as we launch one all-new or significantly refreshed vehicle every year between 2026 and 2030.'
Ito joined MMNA in 2016, rising first to director then vice president then CMO. Her areas of responsibility have covered all marketing and advertising activities and strategies for the brand, including media, marketing communications, interactive including digital retailing, lifecycle marketing management, customer experience, retail performance, and retail marketing programs with the company's dealer partners.
'Being included in Automotive News' 100 Leading Women is a great honor, and I'm thrilled to be among so many accomplished professionals,' said Ito. 'I have to thank my team and MMNA leadership for all of their support and collaboration along the way, but I owe my most heartfelt gratitude to my family. Their encouragement and love allows me to be my best self, and I would not be here without my amazing husband and two kids. My hat is off to all of the impressive women on this distinguished list, but none more so than to the mothers who, like me, juggle the competing priorities of work and family every day in order to achieve so much.'
Prior to MMNA, Ito worked with QANTAS as an integrated marketing manager from 2011 through 2015, where she led the development and production of national brand and retail communications, and was responsible for the media and advertising strategy in North, Central and South America.
She holds a master's degree in English Literature from California State University, Los Angeles and a bachelor's degree in English Literature from the University of California, Riverside. Ito currently works from MMNA's U.S. headquarters offices in Franklin, Tenn.
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For more information on the full lineup of Mitsubishi vehicles, visit MitsubishiCars.com.
ABOUT MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Through a network of approximately 330 dealer partners across the United States, Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is responsible for the sales, marketing, and customer service of Mitsubishi Motors vehicles in the U.S. MMNA's recently announced five-year business plan – " Momentum 2030 " – outlines the brand's mid-term intentions for product and business transformation. MMNA will expand and refresh its vehicle lineup in the U.S. with one new or completely refreshed model to debut each year between now and 2030. Powered by a selection of advanced-technology internal combustion engines, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery electrics, the product line will nearly double from today's four vehicles. Momentum 2030 also includes a vision for a modernized retail sales model and plans for network expansion and sales growth.
MMNA has its headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee, as well as corporate operations in California, Georgia, Michigan, and New Jersey.
For more information on MMNA, visit media.mitsubishicars.com.
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