Beth Keck

Current

• Senior Director, International Sustainability and Strategy at Wal-Mart

Past

• Senior Director, International Corporate Affairs at Wal-Mart
• Vice President, Asia Pacific Business Development, Air Traffic Management at The Boeing Company
• Senior Representative, Beijing, China at FAA

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Education

• The Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
• University of Missouri-Columbia
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Beth Keck’s Summary

Global executive who delivers high-caliber results in environments requiring initiative, cross-cultural acumen, creative thinking and flexibility.
Trusted advisor on China, global government and public relations strategies, and sustainability.
Experienced leading complex multinational, cross-functional strategy and project teams.
Established, managed offices in Beijing and Hong Kong.
Conversational Chinese.

Beth Keck’s Specialties:

Global Public Relations and Public Affairs; Sustainability;
International Relations and Trade; Retail; Aviation; Asia and China

Beth Keck’s Experience

• Senior Director, International Sustainability and Strategy

  Wal-Mart

  (Public Company; WMT; Retail industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  Oversee sustainability strategies for Wal-Mart’s $100 billion International Division which operates more than 3,000 stores in 14 international markets. Major focus is responsible sourcing, which involves enhancing the environmental, social and quality standards of the company’s global supply chain, including a major initiative in China.

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Beth Keck’s Honors:

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Raymond M. Solomon Memorial Lecturer, University of Missouri School of Journalism, April 2007.

Annual lecture on “Wal-Mart and China,” The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC, Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Winter 2008.

“Pros and Cons of Taking an International Assignment,” Women in International Trade, Washington, DC, 1/2006.

“Global Solutions to Air Traffic Management,” Economist Asia Aviation Roundtable, Hong Kong, 11/2002.

“China’s Changing Skies: China is Reforming and Upgrading Its Air Traffic Management Systems,” The China Business Review, 3/2000.

“A WTO Model: Setting Aviation Standards in China,” The China Business Review, 3/2000.

“The Importance of Civil-Military Air Traffic Coordination to National Aviation Development,” Meeting of Directors General of Civil Aviation Asia Pacific Region, Hanoi, Vietnam, 9/1999.

A complete list of publications is available on request.

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