The company also promoted Michael Hines to vice president of inclusion and diversity Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson announced Friday the promotion of Midwest regional vice president, Dennis Brockman to senior vice president and global chief inclusion and diversity officer. He replaces Nzinga Shaw, who left the company in December to work for Marsh & McLennan. Additionally, Michael Hines has been promoted from director of inclusion and diversity compliance and analytics to vice president of inclusion and diversity. Brockman took the role on an interim basis in December and has now been officially promoted after working for Starbucks for 13 years. Before working as Midwest regional vice president, Brockman was the regional director of operations for the company.