CVS' Merlo to kick off Network of Executive Women's Leadership Summit

CHICAGO Larry Merlo, president and COO of CVS Caremark and president of CVS/pharmacy, will kick off the Network of Executive Women's Leadership Summit in Charlotte, N.C., in September.

The event will be held Sept. 27 to 29 at the Westin Charlotte. Merlo will welcome more than 700 Network members at the Summit's opening reception on Sept. 27.

The event will "provide tools to help CPG/retail executives transform their careers, lives and companies to better profit from the consumer industry's 'new normal,'" according to the Network, which is the consumer products and retail industry's largest diversity organization.

The three-day event will also include three SuperSessions, featuring Bill Fournet, corporate strategist and president and CEO of the Persimmon Group; Kevin Coupe, journalist, author and industry blogger at MorningNewsBeat.com; and DeLores Pressley, a consultant and coach specializing in building relationships.

Founded in 2001, the Network of Executive Women, Consumer Products and Retail Industry, has more than 3,000 members from more than 400 companies and 66 corporate sponsors.