Brenda C. Barnes
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Brenda C. Barnes is the president, chairman and chief executive of Sara Lee, and previously was the first female CEO of Sara Lee. She has been listed in Forbes power rankings of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women since 2004.
Barnes, a graduate of East Leyden High School, Augustana College and Loyola University, has moved Sara Lee's headquarters out of downtown Chicago to suburban Downers Grove.
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- 1976: Business Manager, Wilson Sporting Goods
- 1981: VP of Marketing, Frito-Lay
- 1984: Group VP of Marketing, Pepsi-Cola;
- 1991: President, Pepsi-Cola South/West
- 1993: COO, Pepsi-Cola North America
- 1996 - 1998: CEO, Pepsi-Cola NA
- Nov 1999 - Mar 2000: Interim President & COO, Starwood Hotels & Resorts
- 2002: Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and at North Central College
- July 2004: President & COO, Director, Sara Lee Corp.
- February 2005: President & CEO, Sara Lee
- October 2005: Chairman & CEO, Sara Lee
- 1975: BA, Economics, Augustana College
- 1978: MBA, Loyola University Chicago
- 1997: honorary doctor of humane letters, Augustana College
- Avon Products, Inc.
- Augustana College Trustees, chair
- Grocery Manufacturers Association
- LucasFilm, Ltd.
- The New York Times Company [1]
- PepsiAmericas, Inc.
- Sara Lee Corporation
- Sears, Roebuck & Co.
- Staples, Inc.
- Steering Committee of the Kellogg Center for Executive Women, Northwestern University
- Barnes Brenda Biography (pdf) - Sara Lee
- Barnes Profile - Forbes.com
- Member Profiles - Brenda C. Barnes - The Chicago Network
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