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Crew earned her bachelor"s degree from the University of Denver and her Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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Debra Crew
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She previously held senior management positions at Pepsi Cola, Mars, Incorporated, and Dreyer"son She was named to the Fortune list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2014 and 2015. Crew began her business career at Kraft Foods in 1997, where she filled a number of management positions, culminating in Category Business Director in the Foodservice Division.
After seven years at Kraft, she moved to Dreyer"s, a subsidiary of Nestlé, where she worked from 2004 to 2008, rising to Senior Vice President of Marketing, Frozen Snacks.
From 2008 to 2010 she was General Manager and Chief Marketing Officer of Petcare United States, at Mars, Incorporated. Crew joined Pepsi Cola in April 2010 as President, Western European Region, headquartered in Geneva.
In August 2012 she was named to the newly created position of President of Pepsico Americas Beverages, which incorporated responsibility for the North American operations of the Gatorade and Tropicana brands, the Latin America Beverages operation, the North America warehouse sales operation, and the Beverage Growth Ventures Group. In August 2014 she was named President and General Manager of Pepsi Cola North America Nutrition.
In October 2014 Crew departed Pepsi Cola to become President and Chief Commercial Officer of the R.J. She had been a director of the company since December 2013.
The switch from the food to cigarette industry surprised observers, as well as the timing, since she had headed Pepsi Cola"s North America Nutrition for only two months. In September 2015 her title changed to President and chief operating officer. She oversees $8.8 billion of the company"s estimated $11 billion in post-merger sales, and has been suggested as a possible successor to Chief Executive Officer Susan Cameron. In 2013 Crew was named to the board of directors of Stanley Black & Decker.
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In 2013 Crew was named to the board of directors of Stanley Black & Decker.
