The 2018 LATINA Style 50 • Special Report
9. PepsiCo
Grace Puma
Executive Vice President, Global Operations
Grace Puma is executive vice president,
Global Operations of PepsiCo, where she
leads make and move global operations, global
procurement, concentrate operations, safety and
security and advanced manufacturing systems.
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers
more than one billion times a day in more than
200 countries and territories around the world,
and generated more than $63 billion in net
revenue in 2017. With a product portfolio that
include a wide range of enjoyable foods and
beverages such as Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola,
Quaker, and Tropicana, PepsiCo generates more
than $1 billion in estimated annual retail sales
in 22 brands.
Working across a complex operating environment
that is evolving at a rapid pace, Puma is valued for
her ability to find innovative solutions and build
strong business relationships to meet the needs of
customers and consumers.
Puma is also a seasoned executive experienced
at transforming organizations into globally
connected, locally wired business functions that
drive performance. When she joined PepsiCo in
2010 as chief procurement officer, she globalized
procurement and consistently delivered above-plan
productivity and cash flow results in the process.
Prior to joining PepsiCo, Puma was Chief
Procurement Officer at United Airlines and held
a variety of senior leadership positions in global
procurement at Kraft Foods. She is a current board
member for Williams-Sonoma and previously
served as a board member for Steppenwolf
Theatre and Marietta Corporation.
8. United Technologies Corporation
Diana Morales
Vice President, Legal, Fire & Security Products
Diana Morales is a senior level executive with
over 20 years of UTC experience globally;
she is based in Jupiter, Florida. Morales is the
Vice President, Legal, Fire & Security Products
(FSP) for United Technologies Corporation Climate,
Controls & Security (CCS). Together with her
legal team, she is responsible for providing
comprehensive legal and compliance support to
the Fire & Security Products business globally
(USD 3.4 Billion in Sales with over 14K employees
worldwide) and reports to the FSP President and
the CCS Vice President, General Counsel.
In 2016, Morales was the Executive Sponsor for
the CCS WHQ United Way campaign and
assisted CCS employees in the Jupiter, Florida
location learn more about the important work
done by the United Way and its partner
agencies. Morales also represented CCS on the
Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce
Trustee Council. She joined Carrier Corporation
in 1996, and has held positions of increasing
responsibility within Carrier and other UTC
companies, including assignments covering the
United States and Latin America, and overseas
assignments in Europe and Asia.
Morales holds a Bachelor of Arts from
Columbia University and a Juris Doctor from the
University of Connecticut, School of Law. She is
a member of the Connecticut bar and Florida
Authorized House Counsel. She is married, has
two children and two dogs.
10. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Victoria Bashlor
Sr. Mgr. Supply Chain Management Finance
Victoria Bashlor is a second-generation
American (father was born in Mexico, mother
of Puerto Rican descent), she spent 16
years dedicated to earn her education in order
to capitalize on her potential while sustaining a
young family with four children.
Bashlor is Head of Supply Chain Management
Finance for FCA US. In this position, she oversees
logistics; production/demand planning and
capacity, supplier delivery risk management;
and market management and sales reporting,
among a long list of leadership responsibilities.
“Over the past 20 years, my drive, passion,
and determination has afforded me the
opportunity to lead global teams in more than
10 countries for several multi-national companies,”
Bashlor noted.
Bashlor earned a Bachelor of Science degree
in Management Information Services and her
MBA from Wayne State University. She is also
involved in two of the Company’s Business
Resource Groups (BRGs), the Women’s Alliance
and Latins in Connection.
To her credit, Bashlor has never forgotten the
challenges she stood up to in her life and career
journey and is active helping young Latinos forge
paths to a bright future. She supports a Michigan
based organization that raises funds to provide
college scholarships to financially challenged
Latino students...and has done so for more than
a decade.
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