---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000829224-22-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBUX"
cik: "0000829224"
company_name: "STARBUCKS CORP"
filed_at: "2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:24:13.870461+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Starbucks CAO Jill Walker taking sabbatical; CFO Ruggeri adds principal accounting officer role

## Summary
- Jill L. Walker, SVP and CAO, begins unpaid sabbatical (Coffee Break) effective Feb 25, 2022.
- CFO Rachel Ruggeri appointed principal accounting officer effective same date, retaining CFO duties.
- Ruggeri's compensation unchanged; she has been CFO since Feb 2021 and at Starbucks since 2001.
- Ruggeri previously served as CFO of Continental Mills (2018-2020) and held various Starbucks finance roles.
- No family relationships or reportable transactions involving Ruggeri as disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000829224-22-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBUX
- cik: 0000829224
- company_name: STARBUCKS CORP
- filed_at: 2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/829224/000082922422000014/0000829224-22-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/829224/000082922422000014/sbux-20220204.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000829224-22-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jill L. Walker changed role as senior vice president, Corporate Financial Services and chief accounting officer at STARBUCKS CORP.
  - Action: transition from her role due to unpaid sabbatical leave
  - Role: senior vice president, Corporate Financial Services and chief accounting officer
  source text: On February 4, 2022, Starbucks Corporation (the “Company”) approved Jill L. Walker’s transition from her role as senior vice president, Corporate Financial Services and chief accounting officer of the Company as a result of her taking an unpaid sabbatical leave from the Company (also known as a Starbucks “Coffee Break”), effective February 25, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/829224/000082922422000014/0000829224-22-000014-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rachel Ruggeri was appointed as principal accounting officer at STARBUCKS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: our executive vice president, chief financial officer, Rachel Ruggeri, 52, will be appointed as the Company's principal accounting officer and will continue to serve in her role as the Company’s principal financial officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/829224/000082922422000014/0000829224-22-000014-index.htm

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