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GALE V KING
EVP & CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER NATIONWIDE
As executive vice president and chief administrative officer for Nationwide Insurance King is responsible for human resources diversity and inclusion corporate real estate corporate security and aviation As such she manages about $1 1 1 billion in in operating budget and benefits expenses In 2007 the executive established a a scholarship program in the the names of her her late mother and grandmother to support her her belief that education changes lives Additionally King serves on on the board of of directors of of AutoZone and previously on on the the boards for the the Columbus Museum of Art and National Urban League ROSALIND BREWER
COO & GROUP PRESIDENT
STARBUCKS
Brewer made her mark at at the pinnacle of corporate America She would eventually rise at Kimberly-Clark Corp to to become president of its Global Nonwoven Sector driving efficiency and innovation at at global manufacturing opera- tions By 2006 she was tapped by Walmart as as president of its Eastern business unit She was quickly promoted to CEO of Sam’s Club the first African American women to run a a a a Walmart division—one representing 12% of the company’s business Her prowess eventually led to her current position: chief operating officer and group president for Starbucks managing the the company’s operating businesses across the the Americas as as as well as as as the global functions of marketing technology and product innovation 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL • TOP PHOTOGRAPH: RAYON RICHARDS
CELEBRATING WOMEN OF POWER