Business Executive & Health Advocate; Former CEO at American Diabetes Association; President of Retail Products & Chief Customer Officer at Walgreens; Board Director at WW International
Tracey D. Brown Biography
Tracey D. Brown is an American business executive and health advocate with a career spanning more than three decades in engineering, marketing, operations, and nonprofit leadership. Brown trained as a chemical engineer at the University of Delaware and earned an MBA from Columbia University. Early in her career, she held leadership positions at American Express, Procter & Gamble, and Exxon Mobil. She later served as chief operating officer for the direct marketing agency Direct Impact, CEO and managing director of RAPP Dallas, and senior vice president at Sam's Club.
Brown became chief executive officer of the American Diabetes Association, the nation's largest voluntary health organization and a global authority on diabetes. She was the first CEO in the organization's history to be living with type 2 diabetes. Brown's experience with diabetes began as gestational diabetes during pregnancy and developed into type 2 diabetes, a condition she continues to manage. She has openly shared her personal health journey to drive awareness and support for diabetes prevention and management.
During Brown's tenure, the American Diabetes Association increased funding for diabetes research and strengthened its financial position. She advanced the organization's commitment to community engagement, advocacy, and research, and launched partnerships with corporate sponsors on the #HealthEquityNow platform to address health disparities in communities of color. Brown also conducted a listening tour to gather insights from stakeholders, emphasizing the need for collaborative partnerships to address the diabetes epidemic.
Brown later joined Walgreens as president of retail products and chief customer officer, overseeing store operations, merchandising, marketing, product, digital, omnichannel store format, data and analytics, and supply chain organizations. She has been a featured speaker at the Fast Company Innovation Festival, discussing the future of health and wellness. Brown was recognized on the Forbes CEO Next list during her time at Walgreens. She serves on the board of directors for WW International and Yeti, and was named one of Savoy Magazine's Most Influential Black Corporate Directors. Brown's career reflects the intersection of personal experience, strategic vision, and operational expertise in advancing organizational transformation and public health leadership.
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