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MELLODY HOBSON, 52, has served as chair of the board since March 17, 2021. She served as vice chair
of the board from June 2018 to March 2021 and has been a Starbucks director since February 2005.
Ms.
Hobson has served as Co-CEO, President, and Director of Ariel Investments, LLC, an investment
management firm, since 2019. She previously served as President of Ariel Investments, LLC from 2000 to
2019. In addition, she serves as the President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ariel
Investment Trust, a registered investment company advised by Ariel Investments. She previously served
as Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing at Ariel Capital Management, Inc. from 1994 to 2000,
and as Vice President of Marketing at Ariel Capital Management, Inc. from 1991 to 1994. Ms. Hobson
works with a variety of civic and professional institutions, including serving as Co-Chair of the Lucas
Museum of Narrative Arts and as Chairman of After School Matters, which provides Chicago teens with
high quality out-of-school time programs. Additionally, she is on the Board of Governors’ Executive
Committee of the Investment Company Institute. Ms. Hobson also serves on the Board of Directors of
JPMorgan Chase & Co., and, she previously served on the Board of Directors of DreamWorks Animation
SKG, Inc. and The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
RICHARD E. ALLISON, JR., 54, has been a Starbucks director since September 2019. He served as Chief
Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Domino’s Pizza, Inc., the largest pizza
company in the world based on global retail sales, from July 2018 – until his retirement in May 2022. He
joined Domino’s in March 2011 as Executive Vice President of International and then served as
President, Domino’s International from October 2014 to July 2018. During the seven years that Mr.
Allison led the international division, it expanded by more than 20 countries and grew by more than
5,000 stores. Prior to joining Domino’s, Mr. Allison worked at Bain & Company, Inc. for more than 13
years, serving as a Partner from 2004 to 2010, and as co-leader of Bain’s restaurant practice.
ANDREW CAMPION, 50, has been a Starbucks director since September 2019. He has served as the
Chief Operating Officer of NIKE, Inc., a multinational athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, and services
corporation since March 2020. Previously, Mr. Campion served as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of NIKE, Inc. from 2015 to 2020. From 2014 to 2015, he served as Senior Vice President,
Strategy, Finance, and Investor Relations for NIKE, Inc., which he assumed in addition to his prior role as
Chief Financial Officer of the NIKE Brand, to which he was appointed in 2010. Mr. Campion joined NIKE,
Inc. in 2007, leading Global Strategic Planning, Global Financial Planning, and Market Intelligence. From
1996 to 2007, he held leadership roles in strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, financial planning
and analysis, operations planning, investor relations, and tax at The Walt Disney Company, a
multinational mass media and entertainment corporation. Mr. Campion also currently serves on the
Board of Directors of The Springhill Company, the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic
and Paralympic Games, and the Board of Advisors of the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of
Management.
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ISABEL GE MAHE, 47, has been a Starbucks director since September 2019. She has served as the Vice
President and Managing Director of Greater China of Apple Inc., a multinational technology company,
since 2017. In addition to providing leadership and coordination of Apple’s Greater China-based teams,
she is a key influencer for China-inspired product features. From 2008 through 2017, Ms. Ge Mahe
served as Apple’s Vice President of Wireless Technologies. Before joining Apple, she served as Vice
President of Wireless Software Engineering at Palm, Inc., a computersoftware and hardware company,
and held key technical and managerial positions at other wireless companies.
JØRGEN VIG KNUDSTORP, 53, has been a Starbucks director since March 2017. Since January 2017, Mr.
Knudstorp has served as Executive Chairman of LEGO Brand Group, owner of the LEGO brand and part
of the controlling company of the LEGO Group, a leading manufacturer of construction toys. From
October 2004 to December 2016, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the LEGO Group.
He previously held various leadership positions at the LEGO Group from 2001 to 2004, including Senior
Vice President, Corporate Affairs from 2003 to 2004; Vice President, Strategic Development in 2003;
Senior Director, Global Strategic Development & Alliance Management from 2002 to 2003; and Director,
Strategic Development from 2001 to 2002. Prior to joining the LEGO Group, Mr. Knudstorp served as a
Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm, from 1998 to 2001.
SATYA NADELLA, 54, has been a Starbucks director since March 2017. Mr. Nadella has served as Chief
Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Microsoft Corporation, a global technology
provider, since February 2014. He has held various leadership positions at Microsoft Corporation since
joining in 1992, and most recently, Mr. Nadella was executive vice president of Microsoft Corporation’s
Cloud and Enterprise group. In this role, he led the transformation to the cloud infrastructure and
services business. Previously, Nadella led research and development for the Online Services Division and
was vice president of the Microsoft Business Division. Before joining Microsoft Corporation, Nadella was
a member of the technology staff at Sun Microsystems. Mr. Nadella currently serves on the Board of
Trustees of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Chicago Board of Trustees.
JOSHUA COOPER RAMO, 53, has been a Starbucks director since May 2011. Since June 2020, Mr. Ramo
has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sornay, a privately held advisory and principal
investment firm. Until January 2020, Mr. Ramo was Co-Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of
Kissinger Associates, Inc., an advisory firm where he was employed since 2005. He was previously the
Managing Partner of JL Thornton & Co., LLC, a corporate advisory specialist, and an advisor to Goldman
Sachs, from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Ramo has served as lead China advisor on more than $200 billion of
transactions. Mr. Ramo spent his early career as a journalist, most recently with Time Magazine, from
1995 to 2002 serving as Senior Editor and Foreign Editor. He is a leading China scholar and has written
several papers on China’s development that have been distributed in China and abroad. In 2008, Mr.
Ramo served as China Analyst for NBC during the Summer Olympics in Beijing and in 2018, served the
same role for NBC during the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. He is the author of two New York Times
best-selling books, “The Age of the Unthinkable” (2009) and “The Seventh Sense” (2016). Mr. Ramo has
been a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Asia 21 Leaders Program, World Economic
Forum’s Young Global Leaders and Global Leaders for Tomorrow, and co-founder of the U.S.-China
Young Leaders Forum. He also serves on the Board of Directors of FedEx Corporation.
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CLARA SHIH, 40, has been a Starbucks director since December 2011. Since January 2021, Ms. Shih has
served as Chief Executive Officer & General Manager of Service Cloud at Salesforce.com, Inc., a
multinational software corporation. Since September 2020, Ms. Shih has served as Executive Chair and a
Board member of Hearsay Systems, Inc., an enterprise software company serving Fortune 500 firms,
which she co-founded in August 2009. Previously, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Hearsay
Systems, Inc. From June 2006 to June 2009, she served as Product Management Director, AppExchange
of Salesforce.com, Inc. From 2004 to 2006, she served as Associate, Strategy and Business Operations
for Google, Inc. Previously, Ms. Shih was a software engineer at Microsoft Corporation. Ms. Shih, the
creator of the first business application on Facebook, is the author of “The Facebook Era” (2009) and
“The Social Business Imperative” (2016). She has been named one of Businessweek’s Top Young
Entrepreneurs, one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women.
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