CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT
Charles Brown
James H. Colon
Vice President - Accounting Finance & Secretary Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America, Inc.
Vice President – African American Business Strategy Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
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harles Brown was named vice president in June 1997, is responsible for all areas of Accounting and Finance. In June 2003, he was appointed Secretary. Prior to joining TEMA, Brown worked at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK) as general manager of Accounting. Before beginning his career with Toyota in 1987, Brown held a variety of ¿QDQFLDO SRVLWLRQV ZLWK *HQHUDO 0RWRUV LQFOXGLQJ plant l acco ountant, intern nal aud udit itor-domes d tic ic an andd over ov erse seas a , tr as trea easu sure rer’ r s st staf afff bu budg dget et ana naly lyst st and sen enio iorr ¿QDQFL ¿QDQ QFLLDOO DQD QDO\ O\VW VW
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im Colon is vice president of African American Business Strategy at Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., responsible for creating, gathering and managing information and promotion initiatives for Toyota brand vehicles in addition to product and sales training. Since beginning his career with Toyota in 1980, Colon has held various roles at Toyota. Most recently, he served as vice president of sales for the Toyota division, resp spon onsi sibl b e fo or sales supp pport of Toy yota’s re r gionall RI¿F RI ¿FHV HV SXEOOLF FRP PSD SDQL QLHHV DQG SUL U YD YDWH WH GLV LVWU WULE LEXW X RUV
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