Russ Yarrow
General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Chevron
Russ Yarrow is general manager for corporate affairs at Chevron Corp. He is responsible for corporate marketing, executive communications and California corporate affairs. Prior to joining Chevron, he was senior vice president of global corporate relations at Visa International. Before that, he managed the corporate practice at Ketchum. From 1988 to 1997, Yarrow held a variety of senior corporate communications positions at Bank of America, including leading communications and stakeholder engagement for its CRA-related initiatives and BofA Community Development Bank. He has been a guest lecturer at professional functions and has served in senior positions at several nonprofits, including the Commonwealth Club (where he is currently on the Board of Governors), the San Francisco Global Trade Council and the Northern California Golf Association. An award-winning former journalist, he majored in journalism at San Diego State University and is a fellow of the San Francisco Academy, a graduate-level public relations seminar.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.