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Chad Greenway's Lead the Way Foundation, a charitable organization in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the executive board of
the Children's Cancer Research Fund, a non-profit research foundation associated with the University of Minnesota.
Carol A. Surface joined us in 2010 when she was appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior
to joining us, Ms. Surface spent 10 years at PepsiCo, Inc., a global food, snack and beverage company, where she served most
recently as senior vice president of human resources and chief personnel officer for PepsiCo International. From 2009 to 2010,
Ms. Surface served PepsiCo in Dubai where she was responsible for all human resources aspects across the Asia Pacific region,
Middle East and Africa. Prior to that, Ms. Surface spent five years in Hong Kong, serving as PepsiCo's senior vice president of
international human resources and chief personnel officer for the Asia region. Prior to her work at PepsiCo, her professional
career included human resources and organization development positions with Kmart Corporation and the Oakland County,
Michigan government.
Shari L. Ballard was named Executive Vice President and President, International in January 2012. Previously, she served as
Executive Vice President, President – Americas from March 2010 until being appointed to her current role; Executive Vice
President – Retail Channel Management from 2007 to 2010; and as Executive Vice President – Human Resources and Legal
from 2004 to 2007. Ms. Ballard joined us in 1993 and has served as Senior Vice President, Vice President, and General and
Assistant Store Manager. Ms. Ballard is a member of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts board of trustees. She also serves on the
board of directors of the Delhaize Group, a Belgian international food retailer.
Susan S. Grafton was named Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in 2011. She previously served
as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from 2006 until being named to her current role. From 2005 to
2006, she served as Vice President – Financial Operations and Controller, and from 2004 to 2005, she served as Vice
President – Finance, Planning and Performance Management. Prior to joining us in 2000, she worked in finance and accounting
positions with The Pillsbury Company and Pitney Bowes, Inc. Ms. Grafton is a member of Financial Executives International's
Committee on Corporate Reporting and the Finance Leaders Council for the Retail Industry Leaders Association. She also
serves on the board of Perspectives, Inc., a non-profit supportive housing program in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Christopher K.K. Gould joined us in 2010 when he was named Vice President, Treasurer. Previously, Mr. Gould spent 11
years at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a global retailer, most recently as vice president and head of the capital markets division from
2007 to 2010. From 2006 to 2007, he was a senior director and head of finance for the financial services division, and prior to
that, Mr. Gould held other financial leadership roles in Wal-Mart in its international, corporate finance and investment analysis
divisions. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gould worked with Wasatch Funds and Bankers Trust Company. He previously served on
the board of the Business Consortium Fund, an affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.
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