100 Most Influential People in Healthcare - 2021

In addition to leading Walgreens Boots Alliance, she’s also a director on its board. Walgreens claims to have administered approximately 45 million COVID-19 vaccines as of October 2021. Brewer previously served as chief operating officer and group vice president at Starbucks, president and CEO of Sam’s Club, and in multiple senior executive positions at Walmart. She also held several management positions at Kimberly-Clark before becoming president of its Global Nonwovens Division. Brewer has served on the boards of Starbucks, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Molson Coors Beverage Co. and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Brewer speaks: “You can have the best strategy in the world. But if your team operates in a silo-driven environment, you’re not going to get the results that you expect.”