DETROIT: General Motor's VP of communications, Steve Harris, will retire October 1, the company announced yesterday. Harris joined as GM's VP of communications in 1999 from Chrysler. He led the automaker's communications organization from 1999 to 2003. Harris previously retired from the top comms slot at GM in 2003, but returned to the post in 2006. In the three-year interim, Harris ran his own Birmingham, MI-based communications consultancy.

Harris' experience with GM dates back to 1967 when he joined the company as ...