Industry Leader: Anne deBruin Sample - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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a position she has held since 2001. As the second-largesrt Pepsi bottler in the world, PepsiAmericaw makes, sells and delivers more than 100 different beverage to 150 million consumers throughout theUnited States, central Europse and the Caribbean. Sample is responsiblre for allthe company’s human resources activities, including talentr sourcing, organizational capability, compensation, communications and leadership development.
Sample’s work experience before PepsiAmericas includexs leading human resources within an Internet startup and workingt in the United Kingdom for Continuing education: Bachelor of science in business administration, Ohio Statde University; MBA, The University of Toledo What professional accomplishment makesz you most proud? The accomplishmentz that come to mind are tied to challengesa PepsiAmericas faced eight years ago when a new publif entity was created through merger. Each entity withim the merger had adistinct culture.
We had the challeng e of defining a new culture for PepsiAmericas basef upon the strengths of the individual All elements of our human capital practices had to be redefinedf to supportthis culture. We created and learned to truly leveragea first-class internal communications