Kevin Hunter is executive design director, Toyota North America. Hunter is responsible for overseeing all aspects of CALTY’s Ann Arbor, Mich., design studio focusing on Toyota’s North American product development and production design, working with Toyota’s operations in Japan and North America. He will also serve as an executive advisor to CALTY.

CALTY creates innovative vehicle designs for the Toyota and Lexus brands. The most recent accomplishments under Hunter’s direction are the 2012 Lexus LF-LC concept which became the 2018 Lexus LC500, 2014 Toyota FT-1 Sports car concept which became the 2020 Supra, 2021 Toyota Sienna, 2021 Lexus Electrified Sport, 2022 Toyota Tundra, 2023 Toyota Sequoia, 2023 Toyota EPU concept, 2024 Toyota Tacoma, 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser, 2025 Toyota Camry and 2025 Toyota 4Runner.

Hunter was appointed president in 2007 and was the first American to serve in this role. Prior to that he held various design positions including vice president and chief designer. Hunter was selected as one of BusinessWeek’s 2011 Masters of Innovation and was invited as an influential speaker to the 2013 Bloomberg Next Big Thing Summit.

Hunter was born in Detroit, Michigan and has a Bachelor of Fine Art in Transportation Design from The College for Creative Studies.

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