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issues that affect the $41 billion retail giant. Her proudest achievement was devising an approach and language hailed by industry partners and adopted by the Fed for a newly regulated business component. The innovation saved, and saves, Safeway millions of dollars annually. Raised in Michi- gan, she has well-honed mentoring instincts, asking potential colleagues thoughtful questions: What is it that you want? Do you have a timetable and a plan? Do you have a mentor and a sponsor? If not, what can I do to help? Lewis also tells young corporate lawyers that their value is tied to an understanding of the business, its needs and how best to drive profits in a legally compliant manner. “It is about being ‘can do’ and 360 in an ever-changing, fast-paced environ- ment,” she says.
Beth M. Jacob
Executive Vice President, Target Technology Services and Chief Information Officer Target
Beth Jacob leads Target’s technology service team, which supports Target. com and other e-commerce initiatives. Her team collaborates with the retailer’s
Target.com team to develop Target’s own e-commerce platform, which is set to launch by the start of the holiday shopping season in 2011. She stepped into this new role in
Subriana McFadden Pierce Senior Vice President, Sales and Merchandising
SuperValue Inc.
The Spelman College graduate, who majored in economics and graduated cum laude, is multifaceted. The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. member is the merchandising leader for the Southern California and Nevada division for Albert- sons, a subsidiary of the Fortune 50 grocer. Pierce and her team of 50 develop
initiatives for 258 Albertsons stores under her watch. Her previous positions include director of marketing at Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, where she designed and developed supermarket channel marketing initiatives; and held was part of the Kroger management category at Campbell Sales Company. Her first job in retail was as a category manager at Jewel Food Stores. The native of Mississippi also has a master’s degree in business administration from the Univer- sity of Chicago Booth School of Business. Not content to simply do retail, Pierce also wants to make the shopping experience easier. To do that, she created a Frito-Lay display unit for the salsa/dip section and received a patent for it in 2007. Visitors to her
Linkedin.com page will find strong recommendations for Pierce’s organizational and marketing skills. Pierce is also the former chair of the Network of Executive Women’s Dallas and Southern California chapters.
Cara Kinzey
Senior Vice President - IT Store, Field and Corporate Support The Home Depot
Cara Kinzey is senior vice president of information technology for The Home Depot. She is responsible for leading IT technology opera- tions for nearly 2,000 stores across the United States. She also is responsible for IT support for the company’s field operations and corporate services. Before joining The Home Depot in 2008, Cara served as senior vice president
of information technology at RadioShack. There, her respon- sibilities included leading IT strategy, infrastructure, applica- tion development and managing the operating and capital expense budgets. Cara is a 26-year veteran in the retail industry. She began her career as a cashier at Walmart Stores and later moved into the internal audit division. During her Walmart tenure, she held the positions of vice president for store, specialty and treasury systems, VP for human resourc- es, finance and corporate systems; and VP for membership, member services and credit for Sam’s
Club.Cara was a key leader in developing strategy and implementing Walmart’s software infrastructure changes. She earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance from Arkansas Tech University.
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2008, after advancing through a number of managerial positions within Target, including vice president of guest operations and vice president of Guest Contact Centers. Although she has more than enough on her plate work-wise, she also makes time for her community, serving as a board member of the United Way, Greater Twin Cities.
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