Rosalind Brewer Wharton Graduation Keynote Conversation One Wharton Ceremony

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As part of the 2021 One Wharton graduation ceremony honoring students across the School's degree programs, Rosalind Brewer (WAM'01) – CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. – sits down with MBA student Rebecca Agostino (WG'21). • They discuss how to make career decisions, what Brewer is hoping to learn in her new role at Walgreens, leadership, advice on championing diversity, and lessons from the pandemic year. • FULL SPEAKER BIO: • Rosalind (Roz) Brewer is Chief Executive Officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., appointed March 2021, and a Director on WBA’s Board. Today, she is ranked #27 on Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. • Most recently, Ms. Brewer served as Chief Operating Officer and Group President at Starbucks from 2017 to 2021. Prior to Starbucks, she served as President and CEO of Sam’s Club, a membership-only retail warehouse club and division of Walmart, Inc., from 2012 to 2017. Ms. Brewer previously held several executive leadership positions with Walmart beginning in 2006. Prior to joining Walmart, she served as President of 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 is a Board Member of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture, and formerly served on the Board of Directors for Starbucks, Amazon, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Molson Coors Brewing Company. • Ms. Brewer is currently Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for Spelman College, where she earned a BS in chemistry. She also attended Wharton’s Advanced Management Program and Stanford University’s Directors’ College. • #Wharton #WhartonGrad #graduation #Walgreens #CEO • ----- • Founded in 1881 as the world’s first collegiate business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is shaping the future of business by incubating ideas, driving insights, and creating leaders who change the world. • With a faculty of more than 235 renowned professors, Wharton has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students. Each year 18,000 professionals from around the world advance their careers through Wharton Executive Education’s individual, company-customized, and online programs. More than 99,000 Wharton alumni form a powerful global network of leaders who transform business every day. • Learn more about Wharton: https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/ • Subscribe to the Wharton YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/thewhart...

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