[3] She is also a board member of Mondelez International, and the former president and chief executive officer of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

[2] She served in the United States Army from 1993 to 1997 in the field of military intelligence, achieving the rank of captain.

After seven years at Kraft, she moved to Dreyer's, a subsidiary of Nestlé, where she worked from 2004 to 2008, rising to Senior Vice President of Marketing, Frozen Snacks.

[5] Crew joined PepsiCo in April 2010 as president, Western European Region,[5] headquartered in Geneva.

[5] In October 2014 Crew departed PepsiCo to become president and Chief Commercial Officer of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

[5] The switch from the food to cigarette industry surprised observers,[8] as well as the timing, since she had headed PepsiCo's North America Nutrition for only two months.