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A four-day celebration of Aretha Franklin begins today in her hometown of Detroit. Her funeral will take place on Aug. 31. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. As a Black girl in segregationist Virginia, I did not yet know “feminism” or “Black power” but I knew her song and how to spell its title. Like just about anyone under 60,… Continue reading Crosscut publishes Paula Boggs’ essay honoring Aretha Franklin

Sixteen years ago, Paula Boggs spent two weeks sweeping floors and serving coffee at Starbucks’ Alki Beach location. At the conclusion of her mandatory “immersion,” she shed the green apron to take on the job of Starbucks General Counsel—its main legal advisor and lawyer—as well as Executive Vice President and Secretary. This week, in recognition… Continue reading Meet the 2018 Mayor’s Arts Award Winners: Paula Boggs

Recipients will be honored at the Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony on Thursday, August 30 at 4 p.m. at the Mural Amphitheatre SEATTLE – Mayor Durkan announced the recipients of the 2018 Mayor’s Arts Awards. The award honorees are Tarik Abdullah, Paula Boggs, Fulgencio Lazo, Jorge Enrique González Pacheco, and Karen P. Thomas. All five recipients… Continue reading Mayor Durkan announces recipients for the 2018 Mayor’s Arts Awards

While still Starbucks general counsel, a University of Washington law student emailed me asking for a meeting. Impressed, I agreed, and he came to my office. After exchanging pleasantries, the student asked boldly how he could someday be general counsel of a Fortune 500 company like Starbucks. I was taken aback because as a law… Continue reading Paula Boggs: Success is built on life-long relationships

Paula Boggs began her career jumping out of airplanes for the U.S. Army and after law school her star rose quickly from the Department of Defense, to the White House Office of Legal Counsel, to corporate positions at Dell Computer, Preston Gates & Ellis and finally as Starbucks General Counsel from 2002-2012. Along the way… Continue reading 2017 Goldmark Distinguished Service Award Winners: Paula Boggs and Lucy Lee Helm

This former Starbucks attorney stopped at nothing to follow her dreams! Paula Boggs is not only a former Starbucks executive but also an Army Airborne veteran who decided to trade in her incredibly successful career to pursue her passion in music. Boggs started her career in the ARMY ROTC in college, continuing on into the… Continue reading Former Starbucks Executive to Lead Singer, Paula Boggs Followed Her Dream

Johns Hopkins University became one of the first campuses to establish a Reserve Officers Training Corps with the passage of the National Defense Act of 1916. Since then, ROTC at Johns Hopkins has witnessed the doughboys of the First World War, the dark days of Vietnam, on through the near constant wars of 21st-century America.… Continue reading Johns Hopkins University’s ROTC celebrates their 100th year; Paula Boggs honored

Sandra Day O’Connor Board Excellence Awards Luncheon this October, at which Paula Boggs will be honored for her long and successful career and work to advance gender diversity on boards. This year’s Luncheon will be held on October 21, 2016 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.