Mr. Hourican earned an undergraduate degree in economics and a master’s degree in supply chain management from The Pennsylvania State University. He has served as Sysco’s President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors since February 1, 2020. Kevin is leading Sysco’s large-scale, customer-focused and growth-related transformation, aimed at further improving the way Sysco supports its customers and accelerating profitable sales growth. During an unprecedented year such as 2020, Sysco is not just successfully managing the pandemic crisis, the Company under Mr. Hourican’s leadership is leveraging it as an opportunity to fuel transformation and growth.

Prior to Sysco, he served as Executive Vice President of CVS Health Corporation, a premier health innovation company, and President of CVS Pharmacy from April 2018 to January 2020, overseeing CVS Health’s $85 billion retail business, including 9,900 retail stores and over 200,000 employees, as well as merchandising, marketing, supply chain, real estate, front store operations, pharmacy growth, pharmacy clinical care and pharmacy operations. He previously held the roles of Executive Vice President, Retail Pharmacy and Supply Chain from June 2016 to March 2018, CVS Health’s pharmacy operations, professional services and retail pharmacy product innovation and development functions, as well as the company’s supply chain organization, and Senior Vice President, Field Operations and Supply Chain of CVS Pharmacy from June 2014 to May 2016. Prior to joining CVS Health, Mr. Hourican held executive leadership roles at Macy’s, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Regional Director of Stores, responsible for the management of 110 department stores in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Through these various operations and management positions within CVS and Macy’s, Mr. Hourican has acquired extensive experience and knowledge in the areas of executive leadership and management, corporate strategy development, distribution and supply chain management, merchandising and marketing. Further, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Board believe that it is appropriate and beneficial to Sysco to have its Chief Executive Officer serve as management’s voice on the Board.