Valerie D. Lewis is Assistant Vice President and Assistant Secretary, Legal Division, with Albertsons Companies, LLC.
In this role, Lewis has corporate-wide responsibility for Litigation and Regulatory Compliance, including consumer protection, consumer privacy, food, health, safety, labeling and advertising issues, and environmental, as well as Proposition 65 (California), commercial, product liability, and general and enforcement-related litigation.
Prior to joining Safeway Inc., which was acquired by Albertsons in 2015, Lewis was engaged in the private practice of law in both state and federal courts. One of the founders of the Safeway African- American Leadership Network, she served as its second Chair and as its first woman Chair.
Lewis sits on the Board of Ramsell Corporation, where she chairs the Compensation Committee. She recently served as Vice President of the Alameda Health System Board of Trustees, one of the largest public hospital systems in the country ($1 billion).
Lewis is a member of the Board of Directors of the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce.
Lewis holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law.
