Rachel Brand Joins Walmart as Executive Vice President, Global Governance and Corporate Secretary

Wal-Mart ^ | Feb 9, 2018

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BENTONVILLE, Ark., Feb. 9, 2018 – Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announced Rachel Brand will join the company as Executive Vice President, Global Governance and Corporate Secretary. Brand will report to President and CEO Doug McMillon. She will be responsible for the organization’s Legal, Global Ethics and Compliance and Global Investigation, Security, Aviation and Travel departments, along with her role as corporate secretary.

“We are fortunate to have a leader of Rachel Brand’s stature join the company,” McMillon said. “We have strengthened our governance capabilities and Rachel will help us continue on that journey. Her strong character, capabilities and experience will enable her to contribute broadly as we shape the future of Walmart and strive to serve our customers even more effectively.”

Brand is replacing Jeff Gearhart, who retired at the end of January. Brand brings deep academic and professional experience to her role, coming to the company from the U.S. Department of Justice, where she served as Associate Attorney General, the department’s third-ranking position. Brand, the first woman to serve as Associate Attorney General, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn into office May 22, 2017. As Associate Attorney General, Brand oversaw thousands of attorneys and professionals across the department’s civil law divisions, including Antitrust, Tax and Environment and Natural Resources...

She will be joining Walmart April 2 and will relocate to Bentonville with her husband and two boys.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***But mostly, everything was made in China.***

So is much of the items in other stores. Plumbing fixtures, pipe, wrenches, full tool boxes, all made in China.

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Apple iPhones are made in China....

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Here's a little tidbit for you:

On February 1, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Brand to be United States Associate Attorney General.[21] Her appointment was confirmed 52–46 by the U.S. Senate on May 18, 2017,[22] and she was sworn in on May 22, 2017. The reauthorization of the 702 section of the surveillance law was a job assignment of the subject according to CNN.[23] On February 9, 2018, the New York Times reported that Brand planned to resign from the Justice Department.[1]