6.16.2003 ET

(CSRwire) SEATTLE, WA - Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced today that Sandra Taylor, former vice president and director, Public Affairs for Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK), has accepted the position of senior vice president, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). She will assume her new role June 16, and will report to Orin Smith, president and chief executive officer, Starbucks Coffee Company.

Taylor succeeds Dave Olsen, senior vice president of Starbucks Culture and Immersion and the first leader of the CSR department. Olsen, who will work closely with Taylor during the transition of responsibilities, will retain responsibility for the Culture and Immersion function.

Taylor, who has served in her most recent position at Eastman Kodak Company since 1996, brings extensive international and domestic corporate social responsibility and government affairs experience to Starbucks. As a corporate officer, Taylor had overall responsibility for federal, state and international government relations. In addition, she managed the company’s Washington, D.C. government affairs office.

Additionally, she has held several senior leadership positions at top-tier organizations such as ICI Americas Inc., the American branch of Imperial Chemical Industries Plc., a British-owned chemical corporation. She also worked as a foreign service officer for the United States Department of State and as an attorney for Colorado’s third largest law firm, Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker and Grover.

"Sandra’s 28 years of experience in the public and private sector will be of great value to Starbucks," said Orin Smith. "To sustain the prominence of Starbucks brand in the marketplace and to continue to build stakeholder trust, we must be accountable for our actions. The Starbucks CSR department leads this effort and integrates sustainable business practices, which align with our mission and guiding principles, to help ensure that our company continues to thrive."

"Starbucks corporate social responsibility department is truly a role model for not only the coffee industry but for businesses in general," said Taylor. "I look forward to joining Starbucks, and am excited about the opportunity to apply my learnings to the remarkable Starbucks success story."

Taylor received her bachelor of arts degree in French from Colorado Women’s College in 1972 and her Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law in 1975. Taylor sits on many boards and community relations committees, including co-chair and founder of American and African Businesswomen’s Alliance and the Women’s Leadership Board for the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

About Starbucks

Starbucks Corporation is the leading retailer, roaster and brand of specialty coffee in the world, with more than 6,500 retail locations in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim. The Company is committed to offering the highest quality coffee and the Starbucks Experience while conducting its business in ways that produce social, environmental and economic benefits for communities in which it does business. In addition to its retail operations, the Company produces and sells bottled Frappuccino® coffee drinks, Starbucks DoubleShot™ coffee drink, and a line of superpremium ice creams through its joint venture partnerships. The Company’s other brands enhance the Starbucks Experience through best-of-class products: Tazo Tea Company offers a line of innovative premium teas, and Hear Music produces and distributes a line of exceptional compact discs.

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