Featured Speaker

Fall 2024 Keynote

Rachel Ruggeri
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Starbucks

Alumna Rachel Ruggeri (’00 MBA) was named Starbucks’ executive vice president and chief financial officer in 2021. She leads the global finance function for Starbucks, developing and executing financial strategies enabling long-term growth of the company. Ruggeri joined Starbucks’ accounting team in 2001 and helped launch the Starbucks stored value card, a significant vehicle of growth. During her tenure, she has held a variety of finance positions, largely within the US business portfolio that’s part of Starbucks’ global business platform, and she was promoted to vice president of corporate finance and planning in 2010. From 2014 to 2016, she became vice president of finance supporting the US business portfolio and was later promoted to senior vice president of global retail in 2016. Most recently, she served as the senior vice president of Americas, responsible for the retail portfolio across the segment including company-operated and licensed/franchised stores. Ruggeri also holds a BSAB in accounting from Walla Walla University and a BA in English literature from the University of Puget Sound.