Tara Willis is independent of all Nissan Canada’s departments, but as DEI manager she interacts with all of them; Mark Scigliano first worked on Kia’s brand relaunch through advertising, and he’s now working on dealership makeovers. They are the latest pair of Unobvious Ones, movers and shakers who fly below the radar in the Canadian auto industry.
The Unobvious Ones is a monthly look at movers and shakers who fly below the radar in the Canadian auto industry.Although she works alone in her office, Tara Willis ultimately has a hand in every department of Nissan Canada through her role as senior manager of diversity, equity and inclusion .
From the company’s head office in Mississauga, Ont., she is also senior manager of philanthropy for the Nissan Canada Foundation, working with its partners on charitable donations. “The mindset was to build Nissan for everyone,” she said, adding that it’s about accountability and action. “DEI is a longterm journey. I love the industry and want to leave it in a better place than when I started.”Kia Canada launched a new brand identity for its 198 franchised dealerships in 2021 and Mark Scigliano has led that effort as the company’s national manager of dealer development, based in Mississauga, Ont.
Scigliano, 38, considered becoming a professor and earned a degree in philosophy, but his family was in the auto industry and “I decided that’s where I wanted to be.”
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