Steven Williams is the Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Foods North America. He is a 24-year veteran of PepsiCo with strong leadership experience across the food industry. As the CEO of PepsiCo Foods North America (PFNA), Steven Williams oversees all aspects of PepsiCo’s $20 billion snack and convenient foods business, including Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) and Quaker Foods North America (QFNA). In this role, Steven is accountable for more than 65,000 associates and over 500 locations across the United States and Canada. Steven, a 24-year PepsiCo veteran, has served as CEO since March 2019. Prior to this role, Steven served as senior vice president and chief commercial officer for Frito-Lay’s U.S. organization, setting strategy and overseeing all commercial activities for the U.S. field sales and customer organization, leading a large multi-functional sales organization, spanning all Frito-Lay retail customers, sales channels and go-to-market systems. Steven also previously served as senior vice president and general manager for Frito-Lay’s East division where he was responsible for the overall business and performance management for the six geographic regions in the Eastern U.S. Earlier in his tenure at PepsiCo, Steven led the company’s global Walmart business, managing the PepsiCo portfolio of products across all aspects of the Walmart Business worldwide, including: Walmart U.S., Sam’s Club, and Walmart International Divisions. In this role, he built strong strategic partnership and delivered significant retail sales and share growth in Walmart. Steven joined PepsiCo in 2001 as part of PepsiCo’s acquisition of the Quaker Oats Company, which he joined in 1997, and has held leadership positions of increased responsibility in sales, general management, customer management, sales planning and shopper marketing, gaining deep experience and a building proven track record of strong results. Steven is a member of the board of directors of State Farm Mutual and is very active in the community, serving on the executive advisory board for the Southern Methodist University Cox Business School, the president’s advisory board for University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in addition to serving on the board of directors of the Dallas Regional Chamber and the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. Steven holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Central Oklahoma and is a graduate of the Program for Leadership Development (PLD) at Harvard Business School. Steven currently resides in Dallas, TX, with his wife.