Steven Wilhite - Vice President, Marketing, Nissan North America
Steven Wilhite is the vice president of marketing for Nissan North America, Inc.
(NNA). In this position he is responsible for selling Nissan and Infiniti products, building the Nissan brands, and forecasting marketing concepts.
Wilhite brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Nissan and Infiniti marketing teams, having previously served as the senior marketing executive at Volkswagen of America
(VW). At VW, Wilhite directed the development of the highly acclaimed "Drivers Wanted" advertising campaign in support of the launch of VW's
Passat, Beetle, Jetta and Golf. In 1998, he was named BrandWeek's Marketer of the Year. Wilhite left VW to become vice president, worldwide marketing communications at Apple and most recently held the position of chief marketing officer for
HealtheTech, Inc., a health products and services company.
Born in Chicago, IL, Wilhite earned a master's degree in Business Administration at the University of California at Berkeley, and a bachelor's degree in psychology at Stanford.
