DiversityInc - Fall 2011

CURRENT JOB Chairman and CEO of JCPenney since 2004. Will retire Nov. 1, 2011, and remain as executive chairman until Feb. 1, 2012. Will be succeeded as chairman and CEO by Ron Johnson, now senior vice president of retail operations at Apple.

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Director General, Group Managing Director, Louis Vitton Moet Hennessy, 1999– 2002

Group Chairman, CEO, DFS Group Limited, 1995–1999

Chairman, CEO, R.H. Macy & Co., 1992–1999

White House Fellow, 1991–1992

CURRENT BOARDS

• Chair of Mercy Ships International

• Board member of Starbucks Coffee

Company

• Deputy chairman of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

• Vice chairman of National Retail

Federation

• Board member of FIRST Robotics,

a charity that sponsors robotics competitions to help youth pursue careers in science and technology

Watch the video interview at www.DiversityInc.com/ullman

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