Full Name
Rosalind Brewer
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Council Member
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President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement
Speaker Bio
Rosalind (Roz) Brewer most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. from March 2021 through August 2023. Prior to that, she was Chief Operating Officer and Group President at Starbucks from October 2017 to January 2021. Before joining Starbucks, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sam’s Club, a membership-only retail warehouse club and division of Walmart, Inc., from February 2012 to February 2017. Brewer previously held several executive leadership positions with Walmart beginning in 2006. Prior to joining Walmart, she led the Global Nonwovens Division for Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a global health and hygiene products company, from 2004 to 2006, and held various management positions at Kimberly-Clark beginning in 1984. She currently serves as Chair Emerita of the board of trustees for Spelman College, where she did her undergraduate work. Brewer is also a board member of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and formerly served on the boards of directors for Starbucks, Amazon, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Molson Coors Brewing Company. She is currently ranked #7 on Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and was named one of the 25 most influential women by the Financial Times in 2021.
Rosalind Brewer