Shana Kruse

Vice President, Human Resources - Asia Pacific Region at Starbucks

Shana Kruse is an accomplished human resources leader with extensive experience at Starbucks since 2005, currently serving as vice president of Human Resources for the Asia Pacific Region. Shana has held various senior roles, including vice president of Human Resources & Talent Acquisition, where responsibilities included overseeing the Corporate Talent Acquisition organization and HR support for multiple business functions. Additionally, Shana served as vice president of Partner Resources for Global Supply Chain, Store Development, Product & Insights, and has experience as an attorney from Davis Wright Tremaine between 2002 and 2004. Shana holds a B.A. from Western Washington University and a J.D. from Seattle University School of Law.

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Starbucks ethically sources and roasts high-quality arabica coffee. They are known as the leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffee globally. Starbucks purchases, roasts, and serves award-winning coffee to its millions of customers. Their food and beverage offerings include Italian-style espresso beverages, cold blended beverages, seasonal drinks, hot breakfast, lunch, snacks, a bakery, and premium teas. Additionally, they sell merchandise like tumblrs and mugs as well as gift cards for special occasions. In some stores around the world, they sell alcoholic drinks. In everything they do, they always live by their mission: to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time. Founded in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker, Starbucks began as a single store front in Pike Place Market. Originally, they sourced their beans from Peet's Coffee & Tea. Eventually, Alfred Peet stopped supplying his own beans and began to train a new Roastmaster for the company. Following this transition, they sold the company in the 1980's to Howard Schultz who had Italian Coffeehouse aspirations. Originally a coffee bean store, Howard set out to make Starbucks an espresso-based coffeeshop and led much of the expansion of the franchise. With shifts in leadership over time, a decade was spent growing market share and defining corporate social responsibility. Starbucks went on acquire several operations as part of their strategy such as Seattle's Best Coffee, Torrefazione Italia, and The Coffee Connection. Today, Starbucks operates in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, and Asia with about 32,000 stores worldwide.


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