Deidra Denise Cheeks Merriwether

Background

Merriwether, Deidra Denise Cheeks was born in 1968.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, 1991. Master of Business Administration in Financial and Operations Management, Indiana University, 1997. Associate of Arts in Accounting, University Texas, Austin, 1997.

Career

Manager mergers & acquisitions PricewaterhouseCoopers, Detroit, 1997—1999. Vice president finance & real estate acquisitions, chief operating officer Isiah Investments, 1999—2000. Director Information Technology finance & global capital planning Kmart Holding Corporation, 2001, divisional vice president real estate, 2002—2004, vice president procurement, 2004—2005.

Vice president procurement and purchasing Sears Holdings Corporation, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, 2005—2007, vice president finance, retail store, supply chain, 2007—2008, senior vice president finance & procurement, 2008—2011, senior vice president, president retail services, since 2011. Board directors Sears Canada.

Achievements

• Deidra Denise Cheeks Merriwether has been listed as a noteworthy retail executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Executive sponsor African American Associate Network. Board directors Evergreen Children Services, Detroit.