Thursday, October 21, 2010
Worrell Professional Center

Susan Ivey is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Reynolds American Inc., as well as president of RAI Services Company. She was formerly president and chief executive officer of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (B&W), a subsidiary of British American Tobacco that was the third-largest manufacturer and marketer of cigarettes in the United States prior to the merger of its U.S. operations with Reynolds Tobacco in July 2004.

Ivey is ranked No. 26 in Fortune magazine’s 2009 listing of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and is No. 58 in Forbes magazine’s 2009 World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. She is also ranked No. 33 in the Financial Times’ 2009 Top 50 Women in World Business.