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Bradley E. Lerman

Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Starbucks

Mr. Lerman served as the executive vice president and chief legal officer of Starbucks Corporation from 2023 to 2025, where he led the legal and regulatory affairs, global security, and ethics and compliance functions. Mr. Lerman also served as the senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of Medtronic plc, an American medical device company, from 2014 to 2022. 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.