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Day: March 5, 2021

Walgreens’ New CEO Shows We Still Need to Build Pipelines to Increase Diversity in Leadership

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Pharmacy giant Walgreens recently announced that Rosalind ‘Roz’ Brewer will be the company’s next CEO. Her ascension will make her the only current Black female CEO and only one of a small group of Black CEOs of Fortune 500 companies after Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier steps down at the end of June. This means that […]

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