Cavanaugh Named to Lead Goodyear North American Off-Highway Business

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 9, 2008 - The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced that John Cavanaugh has been named vice president of the company's North American off-highway business. Cavanaugh succeeds Joe Copeland, who was recently named vice president, Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems in North America.

The announcement was made by Richard J. Kramer, president of Goodyear, North American Tire, to whom Cavanaugh will report. Goodyear's off-highway business unit is responsible for tires used in applications for aviation, racing, motorcycles and off-the-road vehicles such as those used in mining and earth moving.

Cavanaugh, 38, has a broad base of experience both inside and outside Goodyear. He came to Goodyear in July 2003 as director, financial strategy and served in that role for seven months before being named assistant treasurer. In December 2006, he became financial director of the off-highway business. He increased his experience in this business unit by serving as director, racing operations, from June 2007 through January 2008. Since then, Cavanaugh has been financial director, commercial tire systems, North American Tire.

Prior to joining Goodyear, Cavanaugh worked in various leadership capacities at Visteon Corporation and Kmart Corporation. He also spent more than four years as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps.

Cavanaugh earned his undergraduate and masters degrees from the University of Notre Dame (1992 and 1998) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He lives in Copley, Ohio, with his wife, Dawn, and two children.

Goodyear is North America's largest tire company. Fortune magazine named Goodyear the World's Most Admired Motor Vehicle Parts Company in its 2008 list of the World's Most Admired Companies. Goodyear employs about 30,000 people in North America and manufactures its products in more than 20 facilities.