- December 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Amazon Vice President of Consumables, Carla Vernon.
Greatness, Inc. via General Mills Natural & Organics
When Carla Vernon joined Amazon as Vice President of Consumables, she could look back at a dozen milestones that made her present job possible. Not least among these was mile marker one: an opportunity in a ballet studio in upstate New York as a young girl. That’s when nine-year-old Vernon was paired with the famous Arthur Mitchell, the first African-American dancer with the New York City Ballet and founder of his own legendary company. Since that time, Vernon has been applying the lessons learned from dance to a stellar career as president of General Mills Natural & Organic and recognition as one of Savoy Magazine’s Top 25 Women in Retail and Most Influential Women in Corporate America.
Today as Amazon’s Vice President of Consumables, she oversees a $56 billion portfolio that includes all food, beverage, baby,…
