Mr. Lerman currently serves as the executive vice president and general counsel of Starbucks Corporation, a company with a multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves. Previously, Mr. Lerman served as the senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Medtronic plc, an American medical device company, from 2014 to January 2022. At Medtronic, he led the company’s global legal, government affairs and ethics and compliance
functions. Prior to Medtronic, Mr. Lerman served as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). Previous to Fannie Mae, he served as senior vice president, associate general counsel and chief litigation counsel for Pfizer. Mr. Lerman also served as a litigation partner at Winston & Strawn LLP in Chicago and as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Illinois. He received a law degree from Harvard Law School and his bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University.