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Linda G. Alvarado Linda G. Alvarado

Linda G. Alvarado was elected to PBG's Board in March 1999. She is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Alvarado Construction, Inc., a general contracting firm specializing in commercial, industrial, environmental and heavy engineering projects, a position she assumed in 1976. Ms. Alvarado is also a director of Pitney Bowes, Inc., 3M Company, Lennox International and Qwest Communications International, Inc.


Barry H. Beracha

Barry H. Beracha

Barry H. Beracha was elected to PBG's Board in March 1999.  Mr. Beracha served as PBG's Non-Executive Chairman from April 2007 to October 2008.  Mr. Beracha served as an Executive Vice President of Sara Lee Corporation and Chief Executive Officer of the Sara Lee Bakery Group from August 2001 until his retirement in June 2003.  Mr. Beracha was the Chairman of the Board and CEO of The Earthgrains Company from 1983 to August 2001. Earthgrains was formerly part of Anheuser-Busch Companies, where Mr. Beracha served from 1967 to 1996.  Mr. Beracha is also a director of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Louis University.


John C. Compton

John C. Compton

John C. Compton was elected to PBG's Board in March 2008.  Mr. Compton is Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Americas Foods, an operating unit of PepsiCo, a position he assumed in November 2007.  Mr. Compton began his career at PepsiCo in 1983 as a Frito-Lay Production Supervisor and since that time has held various sales, marketing, operations and general management positions.   From September 2006 until November 2007, Mr. Compton was Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo North America and from March 2005 until September 2006, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade.  Mr. Compton served as Vice Chairman and President of North American Salty Snacks Division of Frito-Lay from March 2003 until March 2005.  Prior to that, he served as Chief Marketing Officer of Frito-Lay’s North American Salty Snacks Division from August 2001 until March 2003.  Mr. Compton is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and serves on the University’s Board of Directors.


Eric J. Foss Eric J. Foss

Eric J. Foss is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PBG .  He was named CEO and elected to the PBG Board of Directors in July 2006, and was elevated to Chairman of the Board in October 2008.  Previously, Mr. Foss served as PBG’s Chief Operating Officer from September 2005 to July 2006. Mr. Foss joined Pepsi-Cola Company in 1982 and held a variety of increasingly responsible field and headquarters-based positions. In 1994, he was appointed General Manager of PCNA's Great West Business Unit and, in 1996, was named General Manager of Pepsi-Cola's Central Europe business. He returned to the United States in 1999, when he joined PBG as Senior Vice President, U.S. Sales and Field Marketing. In 2000, Mr. Foss was appointed Executive Vice President and General Manager of PBG North America and, a year later, was named President, PBG North America. He serves on the Board of Directors of UDR , Inc. and on the Industry Affairs Council of the Grocery Manufacturers of America.


Ira D. Hall Ira D. Hall

Ira D. Hall was elected to PBG's Board in March 2003. From 2002 through 2004 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Utendahl Capital Management, LP, widely recognized as a premier African-American-owned financial services institution. Mr. Hall previously served as Treasurer of Texaco Inc. from 1999 through 2001. He joined Texaco in 1998 as General Manager of Alliance Management. Prior to joining Texaco, Mr. Hall spent 13 years with IBM in a variety of senior management roles. Mr. Hall holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and an MBA from Stanford University. He currently serves on the Board of Praxair, Inc. He also serves on the Board of the Jackie Robinson Foundation and is the current Chairman of the Board of the Executive Leadership Council.

Susan D. Kronick Susan D. Kronick

Susan D. Kronick was elected to PBG's Board in March 1999. Ms. Kronick became Vice Chair of Macy's Inc., formerly Federated Department Stores, in February 2003. Previously, she served as Group President of Federated Department Stores since April 2001. Ms. Kronick was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Burdines, a division of Federated Department Stores, a position she held from 1997 to 2001. From 1993 to 1997, Ms. Kronick served as President of Rich/Lazarus/Goldsmith's division. She spent the previous 20 years at Bloomingdale's, where her last position was Senior Executive Vice President and Director of Stores.

Blythe J. McGarvie Blythe J. McGarvie

Blythe J. McGarvie was elected to PBG's Board in March 2002. Ms. McGarvie is Chief Executive Officer of Leadership for International Finance, a private consulting firm. From 1999 through 2002, Ms. McGarvie was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for BIC Group, a worldwide leader in writing instruments, lighters and one-piece shavers. From 1994 to 1999, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hannaford Bros. Co., a food retailer. She also has held senior financial positions at Sara Lee Corporation, Kraft General Foods, Inc. and Pizza Hut, Inc. A Certified Public Accountant, Ms. McGarvie holds a B.A. in economics from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern. Ms. McGarvie currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Accenture Ltd., The Travelers Companies, Inc., Viacom Inc. and Wawa Inc., a Philadelphia-based retailer.


John A. Quelch John A. Quelch

John A. Quelch was elected to PBG's Board in January 2005. Mr. Quelch has been the Senior Associate Dean and Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School since 2001. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Quelch was Dean of London Business School. Prior to that he was an Assistant Professor, an Associate Professor and a full Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School from 1979 to 1998. Mr. Quelch is also a Director of WPP plc, and Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.

Javier G. Teruel Javier G. Teruel

Javier G. Teruel was elected to PBG's Board in May 2007.  Mr. Teruel is a partner at Spectron Desarrollo, S.C., a management consulting firm in Mexico.  Previously, he served as Vice Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive until his retirement in April 2007.  Mr. Teruel joined Colgate Mexico in 1971 advancing to Marketing Director in 1981.  He became General Manager of Colgate Dominican Republic in 1983.  In 1991 Mr. Teruel returned to Mexico as Vice President of Colgate's Caribbean and Central American Operations.  In 1993, he became President and General Manager of Colgate Mexico.  Mr. Teruel served as President of Colgate Europe in 1997 and returned to New York in 2000 as Chief Growth Officer.  In 2002, Mr. Teruel was promoted to Executive Vice President for Asia and South Pacific, Central Europe/Russia and Africa/Middle East Divisions, as well as Hill's Pet Nutrition before assuming his last position with the company.  Mr. Teruel is also a director of Starbucks Corporation, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. and Corporacìon Geo.


Margaret D. Moore Cynthia M. Trudell

Cynthia M. Trudell was elected to PBG's Board in May 2008.  Ms. Trudell is Senior Vice President, Human Resources, for PepsiCo, a position she assumed in February 2007.  Prior to joining PepsiCo, Ms. Trudell was president of Sea Ray Group from 2001 to 2006.  Ms. Trudell served on the PepsiCo board of directors from January 2000 until her appointment to her current position.  Ms. Trudell previously served as General Motors' Vice President, and Chairman and President of Saturn Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of GM.  From 1995 to 1999, she served as President of IBC Vehicles in Luton, England, a joint venture between General Motors and Isuzu.  Ms. Trudell began her career with the Ford Motor Co. as a chemical process engineer.  In 1981, she joined GM and held various engineering and manufacturing supervisory positions.


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