What is Brenda C. Barnes?
'''Brenda C. Barnes''' ({{Circa|1953}} &ndash; January 17, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] businesswoman. She served as the [[chief executive officer]] of [[Sara Lee Corporation|Sara Lee]] from 2005 to 2010. She was also the first female CEO of [[PepsiCo]] from 1996 to 1997. Barnes died from a [[stroke]] on January 17, 2017 in [[Naperville, Illinois|Naperville]] of [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. She was 63. Her three children outlived her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2017/01/17/brenda-barnes-dead-63-sara-lee/|title=Brenda Barnes, Former Sara Lee CEO and Hero to Working Moms, Dies at 63|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=January 17, 2017|access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Brenda C.}} [[Category:1950s births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Chicago]] [[Category:American chief executives]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]]