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10 Starbucks regional operations leaders
These ten current and former Starbucks regional operations leaders have run regions, districts or markets for Starbucks. A reader can learn how regional operations leaders run their areas at Starbucks from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Bryan Setzer
LinkedInExperience: Regional Director of Operations · Starbucks
Regional Director of Operations at Starbucks since November 2025, a role covering San Francisco and the Peninsula. At Starbucks they also held Regional Director of Operations rows for 2022–2024 and 2024–2025, and they were a Regional Operations Coach (2021–2022), with a profile headline of Regional Director and executive leader in operations.
Chris Monzingo
LinkedInExperience: Market Vice President · Starbucks
Market Vice President at Starbucks since June 2026, and Regional Vice President there from December 2025 to June 2026, a role in the Mid South Region. At Starbucks they were also Director of Business & Operations (2024–2025), Regional Director of Operations (2018–2024) and Regional Operations Coach (2017–2018).
Greg Budzak
LinkedInExperience: Former VP Regional Operations, Washington Oregon Alaska · Starbucks
Former VP Regional Operations, Washington Oregon Alaska at Starbucks (2022–2024) and VP Regional Operations there (2019–2022). At Starbucks they were also SVP, US Operations, East (Interim) (2024–2025), VP, Operations NY NJ Metro (2025) and Interim RVP (2019), giving a view of regional operations on both coasts.
Laura Haraga
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President, operations Canada · Starbucks
Regional Vice President, operations Canada at Starbucks since March 2025. At Starbucks they were also Director of Business Operations (2023–2025) and Regional Director of Operations (2014–2023), and they were a District Manager at Starbucks Coffee Canada (2004–2014), so the person can speak to store operations in Canada.
Lucious McDaniel III
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President · Starbucks
Regional Vice President at Starbucks since August 2025. At Starbucks they were also VP Experience Innovation (2024–2025) and Vice President Regional Operations (2021–2024), and their profile lists Regional Vice President of Operations California at PetSmart (2021) and Regional Vice President at The TJX Companies, Inc. (2019–2021).
Rachel Kelly
LinkedInExperience: vice president, regional operations · Starbucks
vice president, regional operations at Starbucks since December 2023, a role covering the North Atlantic Region. At Starbucks they were also vice president, Siren Retail Operations and Implementation (2022–2023), Director Business and Operations, US Operations Services (2020–2022) and Director Partner Resources (2017–2020).
Sean Williams
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President of Operations · Starbucks
Regional Vice President of Operations at Starbucks since August 2025, a role covering the Northern California/NV region. At Starbucks they were also Regional Vice President of Operations (2023–2025), Regional Vice President Of Operations - TLA (2022) and Director of Business Operations, US Company Operated Stores, with rows for 2021–2022 and 2022–2023.
Shanel L. Williams (Smith)
LinkedInExperience: Former Regional Vice President of Operations · Starbucks
Former Regional Vice President of Operations at Starbucks (2023–2026), a role their profile says provided executive leadership for a multi-state Midwest region of 780+ stores. At Starbucks they were also Regional Director (2019–2023) and District Manager (2015–2019), and their profile lists DreamLife Coaching (2014–2019).
Tunji Browne
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President of Operations · Starbucks
Regional Vice President of Operations at Starbucks since February 2024, a role covering Southern California and Hawaii. They were also Head of Operations, TLA at Starbucks Australia (2023–2024), and at Starbucks they were a regional director (2017–2023) and manager, Food Operations & Inventory Management (2016–2017).
Yolanda Horton Evans
LinkedInExperience: Regional Director of Operations · Starbucks
Regional Director of Operations at Starbucks since March 2025, a role based in Memphis, Tennessee. Their profile also lists Walmart roles as Regional Vice President, Operations, North Carolina (2022–2024), Regional Operations, Senior Director II Florida (2021–2022) and Senior Director, Market Manager, Pennsylvania (2018–2021).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's level to your question, since a regional director and a regional or market vice president see store operations from different distances. If your question depends on a part of the country or Canada, check which region each person covered.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a regional leader coach district managers when stores in the same region perform very differently?
- 02Which store metrics does a regional leader review each week, and what actions do they trigger?
- 03How is a new store standard or program rolled out across a region of company-operated stores?
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