Paula A. Price was the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Macy’s, Inc., an omni-channel retailer of merchandise, including apparel and accessories, cosmetics and other goods from 2018-2020, before serving as its advisor. From 2014 to 2018, Paula was a full-time senior lecturer at Harvard Business School in the Accounting and Management Unit and today serves as a visiting executive. Prior to joining the faculty of Harvard Business School in 2014, she was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Ahold USA, a retailer that operates more than 700 supermarkets in the United States under the Stop & Shop, Giant and Martin’s names, as well as the Peapod online grocery delivery service. A certified public accountant, she began her career at Arthur Andersen & Co.
Paula is a director of Accenture, Bristol Myers Squibb, Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. and Mondelez International, Inc. She previously served as a director of DaVita Inc. , Western Digital Corporation, and Dollar General Corporation.