68: What It’s Like To Be Starbucks Coffee EVP & Chief Partner Officer Lucy Helm, Starbucks [Main T4C episode]

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Lucy Helm is Starbucks Executive Vice President and Chief Partner Officer. A partner (employee) since 1999, Lucy previously served as Starbucks Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for more than five years, and served as the interim leader of the Partner Resources organization (PRO) from March to July 2017. She is part of the senior leadership team, reporting directly to CEO Kevin Johnson.   In her work in Law & Corporate Affairs, Lucy proved to be a trendsetter in the legal profession through diversity and pro bono work, and gained a reputation as an incomparable leader and advocate for the communities Starbucks serves. Lucy was recognized by the National Law Journal as one of America’s 50 Outstanding General Counsel in 2014, received Legal Momentum’s Woman of Achievement award, and was honored with the Washington Appleseed Bradley C. Diggs Outstanding Service Award for leadership in social justice in 2015. She is a member of the board of directors of the global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps, and also serves on the board of the Washington YMCA Youth & Government Program. Lucy received her B.A. in political science with highest honors from the University of Louisville and is a cum laude graduate of the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. Her favorite Starbucks beverage is a Nitro Cold Brew.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE:

• What the Chief Partner Office (Head of Global HR) does at Starbucks?
• What are the many benefits Starbucks employees (part-time and full-time) receive including free college tuition to Arizona State University!
• Why you may want to consider getting a law degree
• What the best career advice is that Lucy ever received
• What the differences are between being a lawyer at a private law firm and working as an in-house counsel at a corporation like Starbucks
• Why diversity and equality matters in a company like Starbucks
• What the Starbucks College Achievement Plan is and how to qualify and apply
• Why volunteering your time is so worthwhile and important