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KINNA THOMAS
K inna Thomas was recently appointed to serve as the Vice President of Merchandising Operations and Business Development at CVS Health. Thomas received her bachelor’s degree from Lane College in 2000 and earned a Master of Arts in Management and Master of Business from Webster University in 2005 and 2007. Thomas previously served as senior divisional planner at Target and as director of global insights and analytics at Walmart
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LaBelle Sweet Potato Pies are sold a day. Following the success of the Patti Pies, the line has expanded to include peach cobbler, banana pudding, bread pudding, and many more variations of African American dessert staples. She is the proud mom of two boys as well as an active member of the Phi Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. in northwest Arkansas. Thomas is happily married to her husband, Gerry Thomas.
Thomas is no stranger to innovation as she is also the founder of the best- selling Patti LaBelle Pies and the Patti LaBelle Peach Cobbler. Patti Pies went on to take the world by storm in 2015 and became an overnight internet sensation—selling out on shelves across the country.
Five years after its launch in 2020, Walmart reported that 36,000 Patti
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