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.

1 Career
2 Education
3 Board memberships
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Career

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