DENISE Sullivan Morrison is president of the Campbell Soup Company’s North America Soup, Sauces and Beverages division. Campbell Soup Company is a global manufacturer and marketer of high-quality food and simple meals, including soup, baked snacks and healthy beverages.

 

Sullivan Morrison leads the Campbell USA, North America Foodservice, and Campbell Canada businesses, which represent approximately $4.9 billion of the company’s net sales and nearly 90% of the company’s profits. She is also a member of Campbell’s corporate leadership team.

 

She has earned several prestigious awards, including the Trailblazer Award from Philadelphia Magazine this year, and Top Woman in Grocery from Progressive Grocer magazine, 2008, 2009, and 2010. She was also one of the Top 50 Women in Business in New Jersey, from NJBIZ magazine in 2008, and one of the Top 50 Women to Watch from TheWall Street Journal in 2007.

 

A native of Elberon, New Jersey, Sullivan Morrison earned a achelor’s degree in economics and psychology from Boston College.  

 

Sullivan Morrison is a second generation Irish American who traces her ancestry to counties Cork and Mayo. She traveled throughout the country on a visit there. Last year she spoke to the Irish Chamber of Commerce in Philadelphia, and was recently recognized as an Inspirational Irish Women with a painting from Pat Gallagher and from the Commodore John Barry Society Irish Center in Philadelphia.

 

Married with two daughters, Sullivan Morrison says that her Irish heritage is “special. The Irish are a people of great warmth, intelligence, and good family values. Irish women are strong, but feminine. I am proud to be Irish.”

 

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