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Betsy
D. Holden
Director
Tribune Company
Betsy D. Holden joined Tribune Company’s
board of directors in 2002. She is a senior advisor
to McKinsey & Company.
Holden served as president of global marketing and category
development at Kraft Foods Inc. from January 2004 through
June 2005. Before that she was co-CEO at Kraft from 2001
to 2003 and president and CEO of Kraft Foods North America
from 2000 to 2003.
Holden joined General Foods Corporation
(which later merged with Kraft Foods Inc.) in 1982 and
held a number of management positions over the years. In
1998, she was elevated to executive vice president of Kraft
Foods, responsible for operations, procurement, research
and development, consumer communications and e-commerce.
Prior to that, in 1995, she was named executive vice president
and general manager of Kraft’s Cheese
Division.
In 1993, Holden became president of
Kraft’s Tombstone
Pizza Division. Her roles before that included vice president/marketing
for Dinners and Enhancers; vice president/new product development
and strategy; and several brand management positions in various
food categories.
Holden serves on the board of directors
of Western Union Company and is on the Dean’s Advisory Board of Northwestern
University’s Kellogg School of Management and the Board
of Visitors for Duke University’s Trinity College.
In Chicago, she serves as board president for the Off the
Street Club and is a trustee of the Museum of Science and
Industry and Ravinia Music Festival.
A Pittsburgh area native, Holden earned
a bachelor’s
degree in education from Duke University and a master’s
degree in education from Northwestern University. She also
holds a master’s degree in business administration
from the Kellogg School of Management where she was valedictorian
of her class and honored as Outstanding Marketing Student.
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