McDonald's chief marketing officer-U.S - Speaking of People - William Lamar Jr - Brief Article

William Lamar Jr. is the first African-American senior vice president, chief marketing officer-U.S. in charge of national marketing for McDonald's 13,000 U.S. restaurants. He was vice president of McDonald's national marketing department. He also served as general manager and regional vice president for McDonald's Atlanta Region, which included nearly 700 restaurants in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and parts of North Carolina and Tennessee, with more than $1 billion in annual sales.

Lamar earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a master's degree in marketing from Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg School of Management. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Chicago. They have two adult sons, Brian and Andrew.

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