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INSIDE TRACK
Paula Stern advises President
Clinton on international trade policy
and is chairwoman of the Advisory
Committee of the U.S. Export-Import
bank. She’s an important figure in
Washington. But there’s also an
artistic side
to this former
chairwoman of the International
Trade Commission. Stern loves to
sculpt in clay, especially busts of
family members.
If she weren’t an
international trade consultant,
Stern
says, she’d spend her days in artistic
pursuits. “Instead of intellectualizing,
I’d be reading a lot more poetry and
listening to a lot more individual
expression,” she says. She also would
spend more time with her family
before her children leave the nest.
Frederick Humphries bought his Prince tennis
racket at Wal-Mart, along with another important
outdoor item. “I have found a wonderful barbecue
grill,” he says. “I like the quality of goods there.”
Humphries, the president of Florida A&M
University in Tallahassee since 1985, also
likes
the “upbeatness” of Wal-Mart associates.
Humphries
is pretty upbeat himself — about Wal-Mart’s
community involvement and associate recruitment
programs, and its efforts to create jobs.
Artistry helps consulta nt sculpt tra de policy
‘Wal-Mart is welcoming’:
Values are the ties that bind our
extended ‘family’
A sense of community draws Paula Stern to
Wal-Mart. The Washington, D.C.-based
international trade consultant feels at home
shopping at Wal-Mart, where the associates are
friendly and the customers diverse. “Wal-Mart
is so inclusive,” she says.
Stern, one of nine outside directors on the
Wal-Mart board, is proud to be associated with
the company because of its positive impact.
“In significant ways, Wal-Mart has affected the
standard of living of American families,” agrees
director Betsy Sanders, a management consultant.
Here’s an inside look at the values these
important members bring to our Wal-Mart family.